2023 Off-season Recruiting

[SD UND]

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. 

[iramurphy]

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. 

[fightingsioux4life]

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.

[McBuckets]

“Sometimes you gotta go back to actually move forward”

[sioux24/7]

1 hour ago, McBuckets said:

“Sometimes you gotta go back to actually move forward”

Maybe @UND-SPORTS-FANwas onto something?…. Jk

[HoopsFan03]

1 hour ago, McBuckets said:

“Sometimes you gotta go back to actually move forward”

Give us what the people want!!!

[HoopsFan03]

We need to see the IRL beef between DeSean and @ZDosch

[McBuckets]

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.

[SD UND]

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.

[GoodGood]

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

[SD UND]

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.

[GoodGood]

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!! 

[The Sicatoka]

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.) 

[Oxbow6]

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.

[UND-SPORTS-FAN]

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!!!

[Nodak78]

Sather with another Hawk landing stating life is full of awesome surprises!!!

[SWSiouxMN]

53 minutes ago, Nodak78 said:

Sather with another Hawk landing stating life is full of awesome surprises!!!

Hmmmm.............

[Nodak78]

Survey says Tyree.  Just guessing but is announcing soon.  Takes care of PG.

[dmksioux]

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. 

[SD UND]

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. 

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[dmksioux]

9 minutes ago, SD UND said:

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[HoopsFan03]

Welcome back!!

[SiouxFan100]

SD knows

[SD UND]

3 minutes ago, SiouxFan100 said:

SD knows

[UND1983]

So it's Tyree coming back for sure?  How many years would he have left?