Great Osobor

Post by **aggies22** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:15 pm

Hits the portal.

slcagg · Post by **slcagg** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:15 pm

Assume he met with Calhoun today and he is taking next steps. Bummer

bwcrc · Post by **bwcrc** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:15 pm

Aggie84025 · Post by **Aggie84025** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:16 pm

Dang, that sucks. I wish him well, he was a joy to watch.

Aggie702 · Post by **Aggie702** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:17 pm

Bummer

ineptimusprime · Post by **ineptimusprime** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:17 pm

https://x.com/travisbranham_/status/177 ... 55522?s=46

Great and Ian.

3rdGenAggie · Post by **3rdGenAggie** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:18 pm

Unsurprising, but still a bummer. He's gonna get a lot of money on the NIL market.

JonnyCienPesos · Post by **JonnyCienPesos** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:18 pm

Ian was always a going. Even if Sprinkle had stayed.

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ineptimusprime · Post by **ineptimusprime** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:20 pm

JonnyCienPesos wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:18 pm
Ian was always a going. Even if Sprinkle had stayed.

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Well, I appreciate him lending us his mercenary skills this season. The man is a basketball drifter though!

JonnyCienPesos · Post by **JonnyCienPesos** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:21 pm

Great hasn’t ruled out a return.

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TrueAG · Post by **TrueAG** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:21 pm

ineptimusprime wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:20 pm

JonnyCienPesos wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:18 pm
Ian was always a going. Even if Sprinkle had stayed.

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Well, I appreciate him lending us his mercenary skills this season. The man is a basketball drifter though!

4 schools! That is nuts. Student athletes my a$$

JonnyCienPesos · Post by **JonnyCienPesos** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:23 pm

TrueAG wrote:
ineptimusprime wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:20 pm

JonnyCienPesos wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:18 pm
Ian was always a going. Even if Sprinkle had stayed.

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Well, I appreciate him lending us his mercenary skills this season. The man is a basketball drifter though!
4 schools! That is nuts. Student athletes my a$$

Oh relax.

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Aggie in Boise · Post by **Aggie in Boise** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:24 pm

JonnyCienPesos wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:21 pm
Great hasn’t ruled out a return.

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Didn't Steven say the same thing?

newhouse9 · Post by **newhouse9** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:24 pm

I wish them both well regardless of where they end up. I hope for support from USU fans for these kids. It hurts, but they're good kids and deserve the best I can give them.

ineptimusprime · Post by **ineptimusprime** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:24 pm

JonnyCienPesos wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:21 pm
Great hasn’t ruled out a return.

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I'm sure not, but my guess is he'll get an offer he can't refuse. Just hoping we can hold on to a few guys.

Real Life Aggie · Post by **Real Life Aggie** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:25 pm

Good for him; he should absolutely test the NBA waters. Hopefully we can keep him here at Utah State. But I'm a fan of him as a person regardless of where he ends up.

Speaking less as a fan and more on a personal level, if I knew anyone who was currently a D1 basketball player, I would recommend they hit the portal pretty much every year. It doesn't hurt to see what your options are. Sucks for fans and coaches, though.

Aggie in Boise · Post by **Aggie in Boise** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:25 pm

Does this mean that we didn't offer Haslam an Assistant Coaching position?

brian5562 · Post by **brian5562** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:26 pm

It stings a little less knowing that Coach met with each player and that NIL was discussed with each of them.

ViAggie · Post by **ViAggie** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:28 pm

Real Life Aggie wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:25 pm
Good for him; he should absolutely test the NBA waters. Hopefully we can keep him here at Utah State. But I'm a fan of him as a person regardless of where he ends up.

Speaking less as a fan and more on a personal level, if I knew anyone who was currently a D1 basketball player, I would recommend they hit the portal pretty much every year. It doesn't hurt to see what your options are. Sucks for fans and coaches, though.

that only works if the coaches let you come back after entering the portal, doesn't always work out they way you wanted, some former FB players found this out the hard way a few years back. Got a big head after listening to their former HS or 7 on 7 coaches (LOL) and hit the portal only to find no takers, when they came crawling back the door was already closed and locked. I get that we have a new coach and he'll likely try and keep them, but doing this on a year when there are no coaching changes might not turn out so well.

Aggie in Boise · Post by **Aggie in Boise** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:28 pm

aggies22 wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:15 pm
Hits the portal.

I'm glad you're back, my Aggie brother!

Bullnamed_gus · Post by **Bullnamed_gus** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:29 pm

This mean no haslam? @aggies22

I am assuming Uduje is the next.

Aggie in Boise · Post by **Aggie in Boise** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:30 pm

ViAggie wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:28 pm

Real Life Aggie wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:25 pm
Good for him; he should absolutely test the NBA waters. Hopefully we can keep him here at Utah State. But I'm a fan of him as a person regardless of where he ends up.

Speaking less as a fan and more on a personal level, if I knew anyone who was currently a D1 basketball player, I would recommend they hit the portal pretty much every year. It doesn't hurt to see what your options are. Sucks for fans and coaches, though.
that only works if the coaches let you come back after entering the portal, doesn't always work out they way you wanted, some former FB players found this out the hard way a few years back. Got a big head after listening to their former HS or 7 on 7 coaches (LOL) and hit the portal only to find no takers, when they came crawling back the door was already closed and locked. I get that we have a new coach and he'll likely try and keep them, but doing this on a year when there are no coaching changes might not turn out so well.

How does it work if you're Kade Rice and your daddy is..........?

hipsterdoofus21 · Post by **hipsterdoofus21** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:31 pm

So all that talk about Calhoun being chosen cause it’ll keep the team together was bull$hit. That he would keep Haslam and Brown on staff, also bull$hit. That the AD had addressed NIL concerns, bull$hit frosting on top of bull$hit.

I’ve lost all faith in college sports.

ryguy417 · Post by **ryguy417** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:32 pm

brian5562 wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:26 pm
It stings a little less knowing that Coach met with each player and that NIL was discussed with each of them.

Or worse, Coach met and we don’t have the bag to even consider staying. Hopefully not, but a big man like Osobor will demand $300-500k likely.

rickjames23 · Post by **rickjames23** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:34 pm

ryguy417 wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:32 pm

brian5562 wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:26 pm
It stings a little less knowing that Coach met with each player and that NIL was discussed with each of them.
Or worse, Coach met and we don’t have the bag to even consider staying. Hopefully not, but a big man like Osobor will demand $300-500k likely.

He will also make that likely

TrueAG · Post by **TrueAG** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:35 pm

Let's just go the Nascar Route, lose the Utah State Jerseys and put all the AD space into the NIL.

Aggie in Boise · Post by **Aggie in Boise** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:35 pm

ryguy417 wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:32 pm

brian5562 wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:26 pm
It stings a little less knowing that Coach met with each player and that NIL was discussed with each of them.
Or worse, Coach met and we don’t have the bag to even consider staying. Hopefully not, but a big man like Osobor will demand $300-500k likely.

Perhaps Calhoun will step up and make a significant donation so that we can get the National Championship he promised?

ViAggie · Post by **ViAggie** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:35 pm

hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:31 pm
So all that talk about Calhoun being chosen cause it’ll keep the team together was bull$hit. That he would keep Haslam and Brown on staff, also bull$hit. That the AD had addressed NIL concerns, bull$hit frosting on top of bull$hit.

I’ve lost all faith in college sports.

Please don't do this; someone like @BBD will dig up your post a year from now and use it to fan-shame you.

AggiePharm · Post by **AggiePharm** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:35 pm

Welp. Guess it’s time to start the full rebuild like we were expecting last year.

Hoot · Post by **Hoot** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:36 pm

This is difficult for me 22 because I want you to be wrong about this but I also want you to be right because you’re the man.

I suppose I’ll do what I always do when I face dilemmas like this: take some shrooms and watch Apocalypse Now.

JonnyCienPesos · Post by **JonnyCienPesos** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:36 pm

Who is to say that Osobor wouldn’t have entered the portal even had Danny stayed? You think he hasn’t been getting offers all year?

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ViAggie · Post by **ViAggie** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:36 pm

Aggie in Boise wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:30 pm

ViAggie wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:28 pm

Real Life Aggie wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:25 pm
Good for him; he should absolutely test the NBA waters. Hopefully we can keep him here at Utah State. But I'm a fan of him as a person regardless of where he ends up.

Speaking less as a fan and more on a personal level, if I knew anyone who was currently a D1 basketball player, I would recommend they hit the portal pretty much every year. It doesn't hurt to see what your options are. Sucks for fans and coaches, though.
that only works if the coaches let you come back after entering the portal, doesn't always work out they way you wanted, some former FB players found this out the hard way a few years back. Got a big head after listening to their former HS or 7 on 7 coaches (LOL) and hit the portal only to find no takers, when they came crawling back the door was already closed and locked. I get that we have a new coach and he'll likely try and keep them, but doing this on a year when there are no coaching changes might not turn out so well.
How does it work if you're Kade Rice and your daddy is..........?

I thought Kade Rice hitting the TP was an April Fools Day joke. Did he really? LOL, Like I said, he was probably counseled out by dad!

Heathen · Post by **Heathen** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:37 pm

I think we all thought this was inevitable. He has talked to Calhoun and the collective, has a sense of what he has here and can go look at other options. Based on no sources other than my gut, I say 10% he stays in Logan, 80% goes to Washington, 10% goes elsewhere.

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:37 pm

newhouse9 wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:24 pm
I wish them both well regardless of where they end up. I hope for support from USU fans for these kids. It hurts, but they're good kids and deserve the best I can give them.

Just out of curiosity, why should these athletes be given any more of a congratulations or well wishes than a regular student that decides to transfer to another school? The athletes have already had their school paid for and now get NIL money on top of that for doing absolutely nothing in return (as near as I can tell) - what more do we owe them? Yes, they wore the USU jersey and played ball, but they don't care about the school or you and me. I shrug my shoulders and move on with my life. They do the same.

hipsterdoofus21 · Post by **hipsterdoofus21** » April 3rd, 2024, 1:38 pm

ryguy417 wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:32 pm

brian5562 wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2024, 1:26 pm
It stings a little less knowing that Coach met with each player and that NIL was discussed with each of them.
Or worse, Coach met and we don’t have the bag to even consider staying. Hopefully not, but a big man like Osobor will demand $300-500k likely.

I bet more, but he’ll live to regret it. He will not have the freedom he has here. The relationships. He’ll likely move up another level in competition that he’s not ready for. He could’ve fine tuned his skills in the MW.

I hope Calhoun can get Burns to replace him.

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