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by hickaggie
Yesterday, 1:29 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Tod Kowalczyk - Announcement on Tuesday
Replies: 245
Views: 11108

Re: Tod Kowalczyk - Announcement on Tuesday

I’ll be honest this is the least excited I have been about a hire. I’m usually a homer guys, I’ve never felt so negative about the direction of USU Athletics as I do now, well since the Arslainian power punt. Someone help, what am I not seeing here? Sadly we didn’t choose to invest in our future we...
by hickaggie
Yesterday, 1:28 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Tod Kowalczyk - Announcement on Tuesday
Replies: 245
Views: 11108

Re: Tod Kowalczyk - Announcement on Tuesday

I wanted Todd's Pizza Cafe, and our AD went Michael Scott and ordered Pizza by Tod. Underrated comment :thanks: There are some odd things about the hire. 22 years and 400 wins in Toledo and he never receives and/or accepts a bigger offer until now in an area 1500 miles from where he's lived in a pl...
by hickaggie
March 27th, 2024, 4:19 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Two more
Replies: 71
Views: 6754

Re: Two more

Two others to be considered. (They may have already been mentioned, and if so I am sorry. I don’t see everything on this board. ) Two guys I would like to see on the list. Madsen , CAL and before that SUU. And Pope, BYU. They are really good coaches. Great recruiters. From Utah, not too old. Would ...
by hickaggie
March 27th, 2024, 3:42 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Interesting Blue A Collective Article
Replies: 39
Views: 1889

Re: Interesting Blue A Collective Article

Contracts are going to be needed. If the NIL money being given to an athlete is tied to a years, games played, etc. If they are being treated as a professional athlete then they shouldn't be able to hit free agency every year unless they are signing 1 year agreements. All of that requires congressi...
by hickaggie
March 27th, 2024, 2:32 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Interesting Blue A Collective Article
Replies: 39
Views: 1889

Re: Interesting Blue A Collective Article

Can't go back in time but man we were late to the party in jumping on the NIL train. Doesn't matter. We've still done well. Things will settle and we'll figure it out. I do worry about putting too much pressure on your limited pool of big doners. I don't know if it's possible, but the University ne...
by hickaggie
March 27th, 2024, 2:20 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Interesting Blue A Collective Article
Replies: 39
Views: 1889

Re: Interesting Blue A Collective Article

Contracts are going to be needed. If the NIL money being given to an athlete is tied to a years, games played, etc. If they are being treated as a professional athlete then they shouldn't be able to hit free agency every year unless they are signing 1 year agreements. All of that requires congressi...
by hickaggie
March 27th, 2024, 10:57 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: TAMPERING
Replies: 27
Views: 1811

Re: TAMPERING

Here's a quote from Eric Laub in a Tribune Article: “The frustrating part is there are so many slimy agents and third-party people that will reach out to players that we have, both football and basketball, right now. They will say, ‘Hey, I’m not affiliated with this university. But if you come here...
by hickaggie
March 26th, 2024, 4:39 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Two more
Replies: 71
Views: 6754

Re: Two more

I don't really want Pope, but I would take him just to watch the Cougarboard meltdown! They wouldn't melt down....they'd say they are glad we took him, the Cougars need a better coach then him...sloppy seconds type convos haha. But who would they get? Its not like they have a lot to choose from. Ma...
by hickaggie
March 26th, 2024, 4:33 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Keeping Our Guys
Replies: 78
Views: 6485

Re: Keeping Our Guys

The only way I'd even interview Hill is if he can guarantee, Great comes back PEROID. You can build around that. Ian, and Mason returning (I'm not worried about Johnson) and keeping Wynott and the other recruits committed is icing. Continuity is the only card he can play. Otherwise, why take the ri...
by hickaggie
March 26th, 2024, 4:21 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Head Coaches that we should consider
Replies: 111
Views: 6903

Re: Head Coaches that we should consider

I'm all for Samford's coach Bucky McMillan. He had a team of midgets that played with confidence and brashness they shouldn't have had. They had one gear way to play and they never backed off. That was my take of their NCAA appearance anyway. A team coached by him would wake up the spectrum in a hu...
by hickaggie
March 26th, 2024, 4:13 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Head Coaches that we should consider
Replies: 111
Views: 6903

Re: Head Coaches that we should consider

I'm all for Samford's coach Bucky McMillan. He had a team of midgets that played with confidence and brashness they shouldn't have had. They had one gear way to play and they never backed off. That was my take of their NCAA appearance anyway. A team coached by him would wake up the spectrum in a hur...
by hickaggie
March 26th, 2024, 4:05 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Aggies22 missed twice but I still love his posts
Replies: 61
Views: 3386

Re: Aggies22 missed twice but I still love his posts

I really appreciate 22’s insights here, he is right a lot more than he is wrong and I enjoy his comments. In some cases, it can be challenging (at least for me) to know whether 22 (or anyone for that matter) is sharing “insider” information or just opinion. I believe he said Martinez wouldn’t be cl...
by hickaggie
March 25th, 2024, 5:01 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Sprinkle to Washington
Replies: 446
Views: 34848

Re: Sprinkle to Washington

Crazy to me that the guy was able to land that kind of interest after 3/4 of a season just because of a stupid "returned no points" narrative. Congrats to his agent his got his 🤑🤑🤑 No one cares Sprinkle turned around Montana State instantly with incredible recruiting. When he came to USU, his best ...
by hickaggie
March 25th, 2024, 4:55 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Falslev will be entering the portal
Replies: 136
Views: 12401

Re: Falslev will be entering the portal

I was told by someone who is in a high position with another school's athletic department, that a private donor gave Washington 3 million to be used solely for NIL money for Sprinkle. Could be true , could not be true. But let's assume it is true. And he has 3 Mill to use to buy his next team. Are ...
by hickaggie
March 25th, 2024, 12:23 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Falslev will be entering the portal
Replies: 136
Views: 12401

Re: Falslev will be entering the portal

Remember last year when one donor stepped up and paid several of our players good money just to have them walk away with the money? The dumbest thing the collective could do right now is pay these players. If you want to keep the players then wave the money in front of them, but tell them they can’...
by hickaggie
March 25th, 2024, 12:04 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Falslev will be entering the portal
Replies: 136
Views: 12401

Re: Falslev will be entering the portal

twentytwocactus wrote:
March 25th, 2024, 11:49 am
Yup, you heard it. Probably today or in the next few days. Let’s do everything we can to keep him here.
Are you proposing a GoFundMe NIL or something. Not sure what else you can do other than put your money where your mouth is in the collective. Count me out of that rabbit hole.
by hickaggie
March 25th, 2024, 11:59 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Sprinkle to Washington
Replies: 446
Views: 34848

Re: Sprinkle to Washington

Sprinkle and Washington might as well have announced this yesterday at the 10:00 minute mark in the first half because that's about when he stopped coaching Utah State. 1000% Nobody can deny he checked the fu*k out. Like Matt Wells vs bosie state. I don't have any problem at all with Sprinkle takin...
by hickaggie
March 25th, 2024, 11:33 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Keeping Our Guys
Replies: 78
Views: 6485

Re: Keeping Our Guys

Not shocked about anyone leaving except Mason. Seems really strange he doesn't want to stay local after the year he had. This would be his team next year. $$$ Can we match what Washington offers if Sprinkle wants him. If not what other offers will he get. Sometimes I think we delude ourselves and s...
by hickaggie
March 25th, 2024, 11:15 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Sprinkle to Washington
Replies: 446
Views: 34848

Re: Sprinkle to Washington

Thanks for the wonderful year Danny. It was an awesome year that was fun to watch. Thanks for bringing the tournament victory. That was awesome to see. That being said i wish you no success at Washington and hope you regret your decision in a few years. He obviously did not listen to Matt Painter's...
by hickaggie
March 22nd, 2024, 4:52 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: MWC stinkin it up
Replies: 23
Views: 879

Re: MWC stinkin it up

Really too bad. Thought this was the year the conference would make some noise Most on here will blame it on the lower seeding. Most seeding really only matters for round 1. If you think a team is good enough to make a run in the tournament then none of the Mountain West's seeds should have mattere...
by hickaggie
March 22nd, 2024, 4:37 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: MWC stinkin it up
Replies: 23
Views: 879

Re: MWC stinkin it up

Nevada had by far the best matchup out of all our teams. Nevada really fooked the pooch on this one. CSU won a game. Can’t blame them for losing their next game less than 48 hours later with a flight during that time. boise also dropped the ball because they had a very winnable game. I don’t feel l...
by hickaggie
March 22nd, 2024, 12:57 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Sprinkle to Washington
Replies: 446
Views: 34848

Re: Sprinkle to Washington

For what it's worth (take that for what it's worth), I'm not hearing this. That doesn't mean we're not losing Sprinkles at the end of this season though. I'm always suspicious of this kind of stuff getting "leaked" right before a big game/tournament, etc.; it's almost like it's meant to hurt us. An...
by hickaggie
March 16th, 2024, 6:36 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Net drops 9 spots to 39
Replies: 51
Views: 2208

Re: Net drops 9 spots to 39

It's just one of many metrics that the committee will consider. It sucks that the NET too heavily weighs RUTS, but it is what it is. Its almost as if the computer in charge of the NET actually watched the game. In all seriousness can we really complain. Anytime you claim to be a top 30 team and go ...
by hickaggie
March 15th, 2024, 11:04 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Body language was bad tonight
Replies: 15
Views: 742

Re: Body language was bad tonight

JonnyCienPesos wrote:
March 15th, 2024, 11:02 pm
We weren’t checked out when we were up 17.


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I thought it looked like about when it was like 51-51 and SDSU got a couple buckets. After that shot selection was terrible, passing lazy, and rebounding non-existent for the rest of the game.
by hickaggie
March 15th, 2024, 11:01 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Body language was bad tonight
Replies: 15
Views: 742

Re: Body language was bad tonight

Dude, enough with the checked out talk. That’s worse than blaming the refs ;) They sure looked checked out to me. Outrebounded by 20 or whatever, being the 2nd leading 3 pt defense in the country and letting one of the worst in the country get comfortable with uncontested shots, Forcing 1 TO the la...
by hickaggie
March 15th, 2024, 10:50 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Body language was bad tonight
Replies: 15
Views: 742

Re: Body language was bad tonight

Dude, enough with the checked out talk. That’s worse than blaming the refs ;) They sure looked checked out to me. Outrebounded by 20 or whatever, being the 2nd leading 3 pt defense in the country and letting one of the worst in the country get comfortable with uncontested shots, Forcing 1 TO the la...
by hickaggie
March 15th, 2024, 10:46 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Mental loss. 100%
Replies: 30
Views: 1616

Re: Mental loss. 100%

Sprinkle is an amazing coach. But he absolutely was out coached tonight, Wally was exactly right. I agree he lost his composure and the team followed. Sprinkle is young coach, it showed tonight. It’s just one game, and he gets a chance at redemption next week. I’ll never complain about a 27-6 recor...
by hickaggie
March 15th, 2024, 10:44 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Body language was bad tonight
Replies: 15
Views: 742

Re: Body language was bad tonight

Dude, enough with the checked out talk. That’s worse than blaming the refs ;) They sure looked checked out to me. Outrebounded by 20 or whatever, being the 2nd leading 3 pt defense in the country and letting one of the worst in the country get comfortable with uncontested shots, Forcing 1 TO the la...
by hickaggie
March 15th, 2024, 3:42 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Yewts likely out...
Replies: 48
Views: 2123

Re: Yewts likely out...

In coaching circles, Craig Smith is a really good coach. I agree. While on a different thread, a lot of fans drool over getting Will Wade (not going to happen), Smith beat Wade on a neutral with a walk on point. Craig's problem is his recruiting. Utah is in a better spot than when Craig took over, ...
by hickaggie
March 13th, 2024, 8:03 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Just want to make sure I understand……
Replies: 17
Views: 1623

Re: Just want to make sure I understand……

I have been watching for the right place to say this. The NBA, NFL, and MLB players have been trying for decades to get to unfettered free agency. Everyone has been smart enough to see that it would lead to chaos and instability. The NCAA, mostly through benign neglect, has granted it to college pl...
by hickaggie
March 11th, 2024, 3:23 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Point play
Replies: 14
Views: 1170

Re: Point play

Jared Quayle’s play was at an elite level going into the tournament his senior year. He straight up outplayed Marquette and absent Ricky taco officiating he’d have won that game. He was that good. Yeah, I think Quayle is the only one comparable. He didn't have all the last second shots of course bu...
by hickaggie
March 7th, 2024, 9:06 am
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Todays college football climate
Replies: 22
Views: 1763

Re: Todays college football climate

College football needs to figure this out. Every professional sport has structure when it comes to contracts and commitment to the team you're playing for. I personally would like to see there be a cap to NIL. I'd propose having tiers with how much players can get paid. Something along the lines of...
by hickaggie
January 23rd, 2024, 7:20 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Jordan Love GB commercial
Replies: 13
Views: 1915

Re: Jordan Love GB commercial

Chukie didn't have Love's arm. He was good but not at this same level. Not really a pro prospect. Edit: I could be very wrong though. I didn't think Jalen Hurts would start in the NFL. He didn't had Love's arm but I think he had a good enough NFL arm given his athleticism and unmatched quickness an...
by hickaggie
January 19th, 2024, 11:08 am
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Jordan freaking Love!
Replies: 124
Views: 11102

Re: Jordan freaking Love!

Bosa just said that he doesn't think Love has been forced to pass under pressure. Dallas tried to pressure him. How did that work out? I think the Niners DL is better than the Cowboy's, but how much better? The matchup is really Purdy v Packer defense. Pack held Prescott to 6? points in the first h...
by hickaggie
January 19th, 2024, 10:49 am
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Defensive scheme: Updates?
Replies: 17
Views: 1912

Re: Defensive scheme: Updates?

They see the pros do it. They dance around when the receiver drops the ball despite them not even being close. It is everywhere. Td's , sacks, dropped balls, and even just first downs Act like you've been there before. Bunch of over inflated, over payed glory hogs. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatal...