Popular Post SD UND Posted April 21, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2023 10 minutes ago, siouxweet said: To me this seems more like a token jesture. Happened in football as well with 2 GF kids. If they aren't good enough for a scholarship they should go elsewhere. These walk on offers mean about as much as a verbal commitment. Sure, and I don't know about the football kids, but Kraft had D2 offers, I think from Northern and Moorhead?? Those are pretty good D2's. So he definitely had options to go elsewhere... This seems to me like the kid voiced to the coaching staff at UND that he really wanted to stay home and go to school at UND and would be willing to walk-on. Would it be better if UND said "we don't want you to walk-on here because you are costing us next to nothing and you're a local kid and you need to go play in the NSIC" Win-win situation here with Kraft... He wants to be here, he's a capable player and hopefully down the road he can progress enough to maybe get consideration to get on the court. I imagine he is a great kid and will be a great teammate. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iramurphy Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 4 minutes ago, siouxfan512 said: So walk on's are ok, so long as they are from outside of GF? Is Thompson ok? Fargo? What's the approved distance for a walk on? 6 minutes ago, siouxweet said: To me this seems more like a token jesture. Happened in football as well with 2 GF kids. If they aren't good enough for a scholarship they should go elsewhere. These walk on offers mean about as much as a verbal commitment. I know it was FB, but walk-ons ( Joe Schobert, Joe Haeg, Adam Thielen) are often athletes who show potential or had been injured and maybe hadn’t fully recovered enough yet. The staff thinks they could further develop into a player that can help a team. The investment, even for a walk-on, is significant so it would be an expensive “token gesture”. Coaching time, uniforms, some meals etc involves valuable time and resources. Often area kids have been to summer camps so the coaches know they have a skill set that allows them to at least contribute to practice needs. Having said that, many don’t continue to improve to the point where they are key contributors. However, many do (probably more in FB than BB). Often those that don’t become stars remain on the team as practice players who may be that alumnus that can later donate big money. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightingsioux4life Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 44 minutes ago, siouxfan512 said: I don't think location is a criteria for a scholly in any sport. Sometimes, these walk-ons blossom into key starters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBuckets Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 “Sometimes you gotta go back to actually move forward” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sioux24/7 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 hour ago, McBuckets said: “Sometimes you gotta go back to actually move forward” Maybe @UND-SPORTS-FANwas onto something?…. Jk 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoopsFan03 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 hour ago, McBuckets said: “Sometimes you gotta go back to actually move forward” Give us what the people want!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoopsFan03 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 We need to see the IRL beef between DeSean and @ZDosch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post McBuckets Posted April 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2023 9 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said: We need to see the IRL beef between DeSean and @ZDosch I need a boxing match between these two with all money going to the Forum NIL fund, if DeSean wins he gets a roster spot if Zach wins he gets to go into the locker room for an interview. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SD UND Posted April 21, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2023 Just now, McBuckets said: I need a boxing match between these two with all money going to the Forum NIL fund, if DeSean wins he gets a roster spot if Zach wins he gets to go into the locker room for an interview. Desean is currently 0-1 in things resembling boxing matches. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodGood Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 11 minutes ago, McBuckets said: I need a boxing match between these two with all money going to the Forum NIL fund, if DeSean wins he gets a roster spot if Zach wins he gets to go into the locker room for an interview. One stipulation is all footage must be deleted before going to bed 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD UND Posted April 21, 2023 Author Share Posted April 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, GoodGood said: One stipulation is all footage must be deleted before going to bed Coming from the guy that almost always deletes his posts, this is rich. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodGood Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, SD UND said: Coming from the guy that almost always deletes his posts, this is rich. I only started once I saw @ZDosch do it. Now it’s called pulling a Dosch!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 6 minutes ago, GoodGood said: One stipulation is all footage must be deleted before going to bed Oh no. Pay-per-view or no deal. (Someone will get it from DVR to YouTube and it'll live forever.) 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 2 hours ago, jdub27 said: Given how many Grand Forks kids have been on UND's basketball team in the couple decades, scholarship or not, it seems like the offer is pretty far from a token gesture. Nothing was stopping him from taking a scholarship or PWO elsewhere either. Plenty of reasons to take the PWO, including betting on yourself to earn a scholarship. Seems like you're insulting a whole bunch of different people with this take though. I'll bet on him having a scholarship in 2 years over some incoming Fr. on scholarship in his class. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND-SPORTS-FAN Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 3 hours ago, sioux24/7 said: Maybe @UND-SPORTS-FANwas onto something?…. Jk @sioux24/7 say it to my face! My sources would never lie to me!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodak78 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Sather with another Hawk landing stating life is full of awesome surprises!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 53 minutes ago, Nodak78 said: Sather with another Hawk landing stating life is full of awesome surprises!!! Hmmmm............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodak78 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Survey says Tyree. Just guessing but is announcing soon. Takes care of PG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmksioux Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Any chance its’s Mier Panoam? I see that Mier Panoam fan retweeted Sather’s tweet. They didn’t do that with any of the other recent commits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD UND Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 14 minutes ago, dmksioux said: Any chance its’s Mier Panoam? I see that Mier Panoam fan retweeted Sather’s tweet. They didn’t do that with any of the other recent commits. 0.6% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmksioux Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 9 minutes ago, SD UND said: 0.6% 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoopsFan03 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Welcome back!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxFan100 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 SD knows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD UND Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 3 minutes ago, SiouxFan100 said: SD knows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND1983 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 So it's Tyree coming back for sure? How many years would he have left? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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