Lets Talk '24

[Postmaster]

I don’t understand this tweet.

[Merkin]

I don’t understand this tweet.

I don't either but 502 is the Louisville area code. Skaggs went to high school there before her family moved to AZ.

[arizonawildcats]

[dmjcat]

In a good sign another Crystal Ball just dropped for AZ (Carter Bryant)

https://247sports.com/PlayerInstitution ... edictions/

[arizonawildcats]

[Merkin]

In a good sign another Crystal Ball just dropped for AZ (Carter Bryant)

https://247sports.com/PlayerInstitution ... edictions/

Guess it's a lock for UL then. If UA can't compete with NIL money with Gonzaga, not even going to think about how much UL has.

[arizonawildcats]

In a good sign another Crystal Ball just dropped for AZ (Carter Bryant)

https://247sports.com/PlayerInstitution ... edictions/

Guess it's a lock for UL then. If UA can't compete with NIL money with Gonzaga, not even going to think about how much UL has.

UL fans have been confident since they got involved. We've got to figure out NIL regardless of Bryant's decision.

[azcat49]

Not sure what we can do for NIL. You have the common fans FOW&W giving monthly. Big donors have donated to seed the project at over 1m each. Hard to ask for that every year. Businesses like Click have done stuff for players but let’s face it, Tucson is not an economic powerhouse.

[Postmaster]

The NIL scares me. I don’t see how AZ can compete. All we really have is a few car dealers and a couple casinos.
Click isn’t a young dude plus he has interests in So Cal and OK, I believe.

[PHXCATS]

Obviously the big whales matter a lot but so do the regular people who give a little bit

[AZCatGirl]

Obviously the big whales matter a lot but so do the regular people who give a little bit

Everyone in Tucson giving a little bit still isn't enough to compete with the big boys.

[arizonawildcats]

From Jamari's dad

[dmjcat]

[dovecanyoncat]

hope is a dangerous thing.

[PHXCATS]

Obviously the big whales matter a lot but so do the regular people who give a little bit

Everyone in Tucson giving a little bit still isn't enough to compete with the big boys.

Bullshit loser talk

Tucson metro is over 1 million people

Everyone gives $20 you don't think an extra $20 Million helps the collectives? Bull fucking shit loser talk

[PHXCATS]

Fuck make it $5. An extra $5MM would be a complete gamechanger for UA and the collectives

[RaisingArizona]

Phillips is going to be a star IMO. Love his game.

[dovecanyoncat]

All of Tucson is running players off the team and recruits out of town. It's appalling and morally reprehensible. It's an entire town of losers who are full of loser bullshit talk. Players, recruits and coaches have no say in how this transpires because there's no capitalistic or personal self interest at work. The only people in charge and to blame are those who are entirely outside of athletic programs and college administrations, namely, the bad fans and collectives who control everything. Tucson as an aggregate municipal population must repent in the true confessional mode. Anything less than that is bullshit loser talk.

[KillerKlown]

Obviously the big whales matter a lot but so do the regular people who give a little bit

Everyone in Tucson giving a little bit still isn't enough to compete with the big boys.

Bullshit loser talk

Tucson metro is over 1 million people

Everyone gives $20 you don't think an extra $20 Million helps the collectives? Bull fucking shit loser talk

How about we make it up with $20 for each stupid post you submit.

[CardiacCats97]

If PHXCAT isn’t homeless and starving because he gives every last penny he earns to the athletic department I’m going to be super disappointed.

[PHXCATS]

If PHXCAT isn’t homeless and starving because he gives every last penny he earns to the athletic department I’m going to be super disappointed.

It is amazing how you fail to understand the point every single time

[CardiacCats97]

If PHXCAT isn’t homeless and starving because he gives every last penny he earns to the athletic department I’m going to be super disappointed.

It is amazing how you fail to understand the point every single time

So you’re not posting from the underside of a highway overpass? Faker

[Bordercat]

All of Tucson is running players off the team and recruits out of town. It's appalling and morally reprehensible. It's an entire town of losers who are full of loser bullshit talk. Players, recruits and coaches have no say in how this transpires because there's no capitalistic or personal self interest at work. The only people in charge and to blame are those who are entirely outside of athletic programs and college administrations, namely, the bad fans and collectives who control everything. Tucson as an aggregate municipal population must repent in the true confessional mode. Anything less than that is bullshit loser talk.

I fucking love this post.

[PHXCATS]

If PHXCAT isn’t homeless and starving because he gives every last penny he earns to the athletic department I’m going to be super disappointed.

It is amazing how you fail to understand the point every single time

So you’re not posting from the underside of a highway overpass? Faker

Beachcat97 is at least a parody. I think you are really that clueless. Hopefully though you are just a much less funny version of Beachcat97

[dovecanyoncat]

All of Tucson is running players off the team and recruits out of town. It's appalling and morally reprehensible. It's an entire town of losers who are full of loser bullshit talk. Players, recruits and coaches have no say in how this transpires because there's no capitalistic or personal self interest at work. The only people in charge and to blame are those who are entirely outside of athletic programs and college administrations, namely, the bad fans and collectives who control everything. Tucson as an aggregate municipal population must repent in the true confessional mode. Anything less than that is bullshit loser talk.

I fucking love this post.

Does that mean I don't have to shell out 20 buck?

[Captain Obvious]

All of Tucson is running players off the team and recruits out of town. It's appalling and morally reprehensible. It's an entire town of losers who are full of loser bullshit talk. Players, recruits and coaches have no say in how this transpires because there's no capitalistic or personal self interest at work. The only people in charge and to blame are those who are entirely outside of athletic programs and college administrations, namely, the bad fans and collectives who control everything. Tucson as an aggregate municipal population must repent in the true confessional mode. Anything less than that is bullshit loser talk.

I fucking love this post.

I guess you must love bull****

[dovecanyoncat]

All of Tucson is running players off the team and recruits out of town. It's appalling and morally reprehensible. It's an entire town of losers who are full of loser bullshit talk. Players, recruits and coaches have no say in how this transpires because there's no capitalistic or personal self interest at work. The only people in charge and to blame are those who are entirely outside of athletic programs and college administrations, namely, the bad fans and collectives who control everything. Tucson as an aggregate municipal population must repent in the true confessional mode. Anything less than that is bullshit loser talk.

I fucking love this post.

I guess you must love bull****

It is amazing how you fail to understand the point every single time

[TheCat]

Of course Capt O falls for it also.

[dmjcat]

[Merkin]

All of Tucson is running players off the team and recruits out of town. It's appalling and morally reprehensible. It's an entire town of losers who are full of loser bullshit talk. Players, recruits and coaches have no say in how this transpires because there's no capitalistic or personal self interest at work. The only people in charge and to blame are those who are entirely outside of athletic programs and college administrations, namely, the bad fans and collectives who control everything. Tucson as an aggregate municipal population must repent in the true confessional mode. Anything less than that is bullshit loser talk.

I fucking love this post.

Shades of Longhorned. Is Dovecanyoncat an educated elite too? Just giving us bits of their very deep wit,

[CardiacCats97]

If PHXCAT isn’t homeless and starving because he gives every last penny he earns to the athletic department I’m going to be super disappointed.

It is amazing how you fail to understand the point every single time

So you’re not posting from the underside of a highway overpass? Faker

Beachcat97 is at least a parody. I think you are really that clueless. Hopefully though you are just a much less funny version of Beachcat97

You could have been out on the streets panhandling for loose change to raise the funds needed to get us the point guard we so desperately need but instead you’re on the internet firing off the lamest of comebacks.

Bro, do you even Bear Down?

[U.P. Zona Fan]

All of Tucson is running players off the team and recruits out of town. It's appalling and morally reprehensible. It's an entire town of losers who are full of loser bullshit talk. Players, recruits and coaches have no say in how this transpires because there's no capitalistic or personal self interest at work. The only people in charge and to blame are those who are entirely outside of athletic programs and college administrations, namely, the bad fans and collectives who control everything. Tucson as an aggregate municipal population must repent in the true confessional mode. Anything less than that is bullshit loser talk.

I fucking love this post.

Shades of Longhorned. Is Dovecanyoncat an educated elite too? Just giving us bits of their very deep wit,

Dove is a retired Forester, which makes him a genius by definition. He can look at the seemingly most trivial details and see how minute changes will impact the boarder landscape hundreds of years from now.

The great thing is if we're wrong, nobody knows til we've been dead for a long time so, there.

[dmjcat]

We picked up another crystal ball for Carter Bryant.....if that means anything. Lately the Crystal Balls have been
as reliable as the Hindenburg.

https://247sports.com/PlayerInstitution ... edictions/

[CardiacCats97]

The issue with the crystal balls is that they’ve become a circle jerk. One school “insider” hears positive news and the rest then jump in to mirror that prediction based on nothing more than the idea that momentum is swinging that way.

I feel like five years ago these predictions were based on actual journalism. Calling the family, texting the player, getting his AAU coach’s take, and talking to the recruiters. Now it’s “I don’t want to be the last one to predict this thing it seems like everyone else is predicting”.

[pc in NM]

The issue with the crystal balls is that they’ve become a circle jerk. One school “insider” hears positive news and the rest then jump in to mirror that prediction based on nothing more than the idea that momentum is swinging that way.

I feel like five years ago these predictions were based on actual journalism. Calling the family, texting the player, getting his AAU coach’s take, and talking to the recruiters. Now it’s “I don’t want to be the last one to predict this thing it seems like everyone else is predicting”.

IMNSHO, the ONLY problem with "Crystal Balls" recruiting projections is the people who think they are worth anything more than brief moment of elation upon reading them. After that, to give them any credence, or even mention them to anyone else is to reveal oneself to be uncritical!!

[Beachcat97]

We picked up another crystal ball for Carter Bryant.....if that means anything. Lately the Crystal Balls have been
as reliable as the Hindenburg.

https://247sports.com/PlayerInstitution ... edictions/

Merk made the point either in this thread or elsewhere that the other school he's mainly considering is L'ville, who will almost certainly be able to offer a more competitive NIL, if that's what this comes down to. So I'm not holding my breath for Bryant coming to AZ. Hopefully I'm wrong.

[CardiacCats97]

The issue with the crystal balls is that they’ve become a circle jerk. One school “insider” hears positive news and the rest then jump in to mirror that prediction based on nothing more than the idea that momentum is swinging that way.

I feel like five years ago these predictions were based on actual journalism. Calling the family, texting the player, getting his AAU coach’s take, and talking to the recruiters. Now it’s “I don’t want to be the last one to predict this thing it seems like everyone else is predicting”.

IMNSHO, the ONLY problem with "Crystal Balls" recruiting projections is the people who think they are worth anything more than brief moment of elation upon reading them. After that, to give them any credence, or even mention them to anyone else is to reveal oneself to be uncritical!!

I pay them about the same attention as any post here with more than one exclamation point.

[arizonawildcats]

[IndianaZonaFan]

We have to get one of Diallo or Thomas right? I’m hoping it’s Thomas and he reclassifies. I’m assuming Diallo is leaning Washington/Gonzaga due to family issues?

[arizonawildcats]

We have to get one of Diallo or Thomas right? I’m hoping it’s Thomas and he reclassifies. I’m assuming Diallo is leaning Washington/Gonzaga due to family issues?

Lloyd saw both play this weekend. I don't know who he is prioritizing. Adding Thomas early would definitely help, assuming he can come in and contribute like Boz.

[Merkin]

Lloyd saw both play this weekend.

Does Lloyd have a published schedule? I know he comes to the little town I live in to see a couple of recruits and have no idea when he is here. The primary player Lloyd wants, although believe he did offer his teammate too.

https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildca ... 0a7f2.html

[arizonawildcats]

Lloyd saw both play this weekend.

Does Lloyd have a published schedule? I know he comes to the little town I live in to see a couple of recruits and have no idea when he is here. The primary player Lloyd wants, although believe he did offer his teammate too.

https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildca ... 0a7f2.html

I don't think so. I'm just going by what Scheer and others report on Twitter.

[arizonawildcats]

[arizonawildcats]

Forgot to mention DJ's brother Tyus is a freshman and both have offers from UNLV (their father's alma mater). It wouldn't hurt to offer the brother but that doesn't seem to be Tommy's approach. He hasn't even offered Alijah Arenas yet.

[U.P. Zona Fan]

Well crap, he wants a popcorn NIL deal, so does that mean we lost him to Wichita st. or Creighton or maybe Iowa st. Don't they have that big popcorn money from Pioneer seed?

[dmjcat]

We have to get one of Diallo or Thomas right? I’m hoping it’s Thomas and he reclassifies. I’m assuming Diallo is leaning Washington/Gonzaga due to family issues?

Or this guy:

[Postmaster]

Isn’t carter supposed to choose today? Or is it Thursday?

[KillerKlown]

Isn’t carter supposed to choose today? Or is it Thursday?

[Postmaster]

Thanks
I get mixed up with all of the time zones.

[arizonawildcats]

Coming up soon. BTFD!