Does Washington Wait?

Bullnamed_gus · Post by **Bullnamed_gus** » March 21st, 2024, 4:18 pm

So Pope just signed an extension…? Is he no longer gone?

OrangeCountyAggie · Post by **OrangeCountyAggie** » March 21st, 2024, 4:25 pm

Bullnamed_gus wrote: ↑
March 21st, 2024, 4:18 pm
So Pope just signed an extension…? Is he no longer gone?

Source?

Post by **ProvoAggie** » March 21st, 2024, 4:31 pm

Bullnamed_gus wrote: ↑
March 21st, 2024, 4:18 pm
So Pope just signed an extension…? Is he no longer gone?

I see a few Tweets today about the extension he signed in 2020 but nothing about a new one. Here is the article from then:
https://byucougars.com/news/2020/11/24/ ... -27-season

Imakeitrain · Post by **Imakeitrain** » March 21st, 2024, 7:34 pm

With the meltdown in Kentucky Calipari might be available for the Huskies.

thrashsoundly · Post by **thrashsoundly** » March 21st, 2024, 8:00 pm

With NIL and free transfers, Calipari has lost all his advantages.

Blue Sage · Post by **Blue Sage** » March 21st, 2024, 8:01 pm

tinplater wrote: ↑
March 21st, 2024, 4:10 pm

ViAggie wrote: ↑
March 19th, 2024, 9:28 am
They do have a bomb Indian restaurant in pwovo... I'll give them that.
It would take some doing to beat the gas station Indian in Logan.

Having lived in Asia including worked in India, I say the gas station one is better. That is a fact.

Aggie702 · Post by **Aggie702** » March 21st, 2024, 8:01 pm

Imakeitrain wrote: ↑
March 21st, 2024, 7:34 pm
With the meltdown in Kentucky Calipari might be available for the Huskies.

33 Milly buyout will keep him in Lexington

Imakeitrain · Post by **Imakeitrain** » March 21st, 2024, 8:07 pm

Aggie702 wrote: ↑
March 21st, 2024, 8:01 pm

Imakeitrain wrote: ↑
March 21st, 2024, 7:34 pm
With the meltdown in Kentucky Calipari might be available for the Huskies.
33 Milly buyout will keep him in Lexington

Probably but sec teams seem to blow more money than the mwc gets in a year on things like firing a coach. They seem to have no price aversion.

Ftr I agree. I don’t think they will- but fans aren’t happy even before the loss. High expectations.

Bank Shot · Post by **Bank Shot** » March 21st, 2024, 8:10 pm

ay Wright made a great observation. He said the day of getting one and done high school phenoms and winning against teams that are rostered by grown men are over. I think his point is with the money being handed out, kids are staying around and playing at age 23-25 instead of 18.

GameFAQSAggie · Post by **GameFAQSAggie** » March 21st, 2024, 8:12 pm

Imakeitrain wrote: ↑
March 21st, 2024, 8:07 pm

Aggie702 wrote: ↑
March 21st, 2024, 8:01 pm

Imakeitrain wrote: ↑
March 21st, 2024, 7:34 pm
With the meltdown in Kentucky Calipari might be available for the Huskies.
33 Milly buyout will keep him in Lexington
Probably but sec teams seem to blow more money than the mwc gets in a year on things like firing a coach. They seem to have no price aversion.

Ftr I agree. I don’t think they will- but fans aren’t happy even before the loss. High expectations.

Kentucky also could give in and agree to a lower or no buyout if Washington wants him and they think a different coach could do better.

Aggie formerly in Hawaii · Post by **Aggie formerly in Hawaii** » March 21st, 2024, 8:17 pm

Calipari isn't going to Washington

NVAggie · Post by **NVAggie** » March 22nd, 2024, 8:19 am

That is interesting, I didn't think about the Blue Bloods having the advantage of keeping good talent on their rosters longer with NIL. They have had to rebuild when their phenoms go to the NBA, now they can keep them longer. First world problems.

ViAggie · Post by **ViAggie** » March 22nd, 2024, 9:05 am

Blue Sage wrote: ↑
March 21st, 2024, 8:01 pm

tinplater wrote: ↑
March 21st, 2024, 4:10 pm

ViAggie wrote: ↑
March 19th, 2024, 9:28 am
They do have a bomb Indian restaurant in pwovo... I'll give them that.
It would take some doing to beat the gas station Indian in Logan.
Having lived in Asia including worked in India, I say the gas station one is better. That is a fact.

I happen to personally know the owner of the one in Provo (assuming he still owns it), so there's that!

ViAggie · Post by **ViAggie** » March 22nd, 2024, 9:11 am

ProvoAggie wrote: ↑
March 21st, 2024, 4:31 pm

Bullnamed_gus wrote: ↑
March 21st, 2024, 4:18 pm
So Pope just signed an extension…? Is he no longer gone?
I see a few Tweets today about the extension he signed in 2020 but nothing about a new one. Here is the article from then:
https://byucougars.com/news/2020/11/24/ ... -27-season

extension to 2027, I'd say that means Pope is staying at ybu. I guess he was either told he wasn't getting the UDub job, or Ybu backed up another truckload of money on his front porch.

cval · Post by **cval** » March 22nd, 2024, 9:14 am

Going to need a newer link than 2020 to suggest any kind of extension for Pope.

bigblue32 · Post by **bigblue32** » March 22nd, 2024, 9:19 am

ViAggie wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 9:11 am

ProvoAggie wrote: ↑
March 21st, 2024, 4:31 pm

Bullnamed_gus wrote: ↑
March 21st, 2024, 4:18 pm
So Pope just signed an extension…? Is he no longer gone?
I see a few Tweets today about the extension he signed in 2020 but nothing about a new one. Here is the article from then:
https://byucougars.com/news/2020/11/24/ ... -27-season
extension to 2027, I'd say that means Pope is staying at ybu. I guess he was either told he wasn't getting the UDub job, or Ybu backed up another truckload of money on his front porch.

That article is from 2020.

ViAggie · Post by **ViAggie** » March 22nd, 2024, 9:21 am

cval wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 9:14 am
Going to need a newer link than 2020 to suggest any kind of extension for Pope.

A 4-year buyout from Ybu? That's going to cost UDub a grundle. I doubt they are willing to come up with that kind of scratch to buyout ybu for Pope.

QuackAttackAggie · Post by **QuackAttackAggie** » March 22nd, 2024, 9:23 am

ViAggie wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 9:21 am

cval wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 9:14 am
Going to need a newer link than 2020 to suggest any kind of extension for Pope.
A 4-year buyout from Ybu? That's going to cost UDub a grundle. I doubt they are willing to come up with that kind of scratch to buyout ybu for Pope.

It's 2024, so it's a 3 year buyout, which is shorter than what Sprinkle has left and completely normal as far as buyouts go.

ViAggie · Post by **ViAggie** » March 22nd, 2024, 9:36 am

QuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 9:23 am

ViAggie wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 9:21 am

cval wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 9:14 am
Going to need a newer link than 2020 to suggest any kind of extension for Pope.
A 4-year buyout from Ybu? That's going to cost UDub a grundle. I doubt they are willing to come up with that kind of scratch to buyout ybu for Pope.
It's 2024, so it's a 3 year buyout, which is shorter than what Sprinkle has left and completely normal as far as buyouts go.

You are right, my bad. Still I bet it's more $$ to buy out Pope than Sprinkles.

The Old Bull · Post by **The Old Bull** » March 22nd, 2024, 9:39 am

ViAggie wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 9:21 am

cval wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 9:14 am
Going to need a newer link than 2020 to suggest any kind of extension for Pope.
A 4-year buyout from Ybu? That's going to cost UDub a grundle. I doubt they are willing to come up with that kind of scratch to buyout ybu for Pope.

I am guessing that is where Pope was willing to deal, by paying some of his buyout to get out of BYU. I don't think Pope ends up at Washington. I think the search is over and has been over since late February.

I am hoping that the latest post from @raggie is similar in nature to his post about sprinkle back in late February.

QuackAttackAggie · Post by **QuackAttackAggie** » March 22nd, 2024, 9:51 am

ViAggie wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 9:36 am

QuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 9:23 am

ViAggie wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 9:21 am

cval wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 9:14 am
Going to need a newer link than 2020 to suggest any kind of extension for Pope.
A 4-year buyout from Ybu? That's going to cost UDub a grundle. I doubt they are willing to come up with that kind of scratch to buyout ybu for Pope.
It's 2024, so it's a 3 year buyout, which is shorter than what Sprinkle has left and completely normal as far as buyouts go.
You are right, my bad. Still I bet it's more $$ to buy out Pope than Sprinkles.

I'm not so sure. buying sprinkle out of 4 years and buying pope out of 3 years could end up being a wash. buyouts often taper down the closer you are to the end of the contract. Sprinkle has a very steep buyout percentage right now. Pope's buyout could be something like 50% of his remaining salary (3 years) where sprinkles is still 75%. If that's the case (and it's an assumption, so it might not be), Pope would need to be making over 2 million dollars per year to break even with Danny's buyout.

rAggie · Post by **rAggie** » March 22nd, 2024, 10:05 am

So I've got some bets out with folks around town where I am betting that Sprinkle leaves and the others say he stays (they got 5:1 odds)...

The person I wagered with who is closest to the coaching staff called up this morning wanting to quadruple the bet. I pressed for information as to why but got nothing.

So take that for what it is worth, which probably isn't much, but it has me wondering if something has shifted the calculus.

hipsterdoofus21 · Post by **hipsterdoofus21** » March 22nd, 2024, 10:09 am

rAggie wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 10:05 am
So I've got some bets out with folks around town where I am betting that Sprinkle leaves and the others say he stays (they got 5:1 odds)...

The person I wagered with who is closest to the coaching staff called up this morning wanting to quadruple the bet. I pressed for information as to why but got nothing.

So take that for what it is worth, which probably isn't much, but it has me wondering if something has shifted the calculus.

Aggie702 · Post by **Aggie702** » March 22nd, 2024, 10:10 am

rAggie wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 10:05 am
So I've got some bets out with folks around town where I am betting that Sprinkle leaves and the others say he stays (they got 5:1 odds)...

The person I wagered with who is closest to the coaching staff called up this morning wanting to quadruple the bet. I pressed for information as to why but got nothing.

So take that for what it is worth, which probably isn't much, but it has me wondering if something has shifted the calculus.

Is the bet that he leaves for Washington? Or that he leaves in general? Even if we dodge WA, others may come calling. Obviously I'd love to keep Sprinkle and the core players coming back. Even if it's just one more year.

rAggie · Post by **rAggie** » March 22nd, 2024, 10:14 am

The bet is that he is not the Utah State head coach in 2024-25.

ususports · Post by **ususports** » March 22nd, 2024, 10:16 am

rAggie wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 10:14 am
The bet is that he is not the Utah State head coach in 2024-25.

Hipster just went full.

hipsterdoofus21 · Post by **hipsterdoofus21** » March 22nd, 2024, 10:17 am

ususports wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 10:16 am

rAggie wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 10:14 am
The bet is that he is not the Utah State head coach in 2024-25.
Hipster just went full.

beyond

Real Life Aggie · Post by **Real Life Aggie** » March 22nd, 2024, 10:24 am

hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 10:17 am

ususports wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 10:16 am

rAggie wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 10:14 am
The bet is that he is not the Utah State head coach in 2024-25.
Hipster just went full.
beyond

hipster rn:

Post by **aggies22** » March 22nd, 2024, 11:02 am

rAggie wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 10:05 am
So I've got some bets out with folks around town where I am betting that Sprinkle leaves and the others say he stays (they got 5:1 odds)...

The person I wagered with who is closest to the coaching staff called up this morning wanting to quadruple the bet. I pressed for information as to why but got nothing.

So take that for what it is worth, which probably isn't much, but it has me wondering if something has shifted the calculus.

Mark Pope happened.

bigblue · Post by **bigblue** » March 22nd, 2024, 11:16 am

aggies22 wrote:
rAggie wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 10:05 am
So I've got some bets out with folks around town where I am betting that Sprinkle leaves and the others say he stays (they got 5:1 odds)...

The person I wagered with who is closest to the coaching staff called up this morning wanting to quadruple the bet. I pressed for information as to why but got nothing.

So take that for what it is worth, which probably isn't much, but it has me wondering if something has shifted the calculus.
Mark Pope happened.

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OrangeCountyAggie · Post by **OrangeCountyAggie** » March 22nd, 2024, 11:57 am

aggies22 wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 11:02 am

rAggie wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 10:05 am
So I've got some bets out with folks around town where I am betting that Sprinkle leaves and the others say he stays (they got 5:1 odds)...

The person I wagered with who is closest to the coaching staff called up this morning wanting to quadruple the bet. I pressed for information as to why but got nothing.

So take that for what it is worth, which probably isn't much, but it has me wondering if something has shifted the calculus.
Mark Pope happened.

So he's going to sign with Washington? When will that (likely) be announced? @aggies22

flying_scotsman2.0 · Post by **flying_scotsman2.0** » March 22nd, 2024, 12:01 pm

I’m still not sure what the damn bet was. Raggie was giving someone 5:1 odds that sprinkle goes? So raggie pay 5x the bet if sprinkle stays? Now they want to quadruple the bet because they think he’ll stay? That’s what I understood. But gambling jargon has always been lost on me.

ViAggie · Post by **ViAggie** » March 22nd, 2024, 12:02 pm

the funny thing about Pope to UDub is that NO ONE is talking about it, so is this going to blindside everyone except us?

OrangeCountyAggie · Post by **OrangeCountyAggie** » March 22nd, 2024, 12:04 pm

Stating the obvious but if we could somehow win a few games in the tourney AND keep Sprinkle one more year - it'd propel the program forward in a big way. Especially considering the incoming class and the team returning. IF we lost him the following year, the blow wouldn't be as severe as it'd be bit of a retooling year anyway.

Aggie in Boise · Post by **Aggie in Boise** » March 22nd, 2024, 12:12 pm

aggies22 wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 11:02 am

rAggie wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2024, 10:05 am
So I've got some bets out with folks around town where I am betting that Sprinkle leaves and the others say he stays (they got 5:1 odds)...

The person I wagered with who is closest to the coaching staff called up this morning wanting to quadruple the bet. I pressed for information as to why but got nothing.

So take that for what it is worth, which probably isn't much, but it has me wondering if something has shifted the calculus.
Mark Pope happened.

Does Mark know?

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