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RollingPresidential

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  1. 17 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

    Huh? Disu weighs more and was noticeably stronger than Mitchell. Mitchell was a poor post defender. Disu is/was clearly better at that. 

    I guess what sticks out in my mind is how much Mitchell just abused Mitch Lightfoot in the first Kansas game on simple drop steps, and Disu looked like he was going to crumple into pieces half the time.

  2. 9 hours ago, HookEm said:

    Bishop coming back is HUGE. He was probably my favorite player this year. And he got consistently better throughout the year.  Add in a fully healthy Disu plus Brock and we are about set for bigs.

    I think we need some beef. Disu looked uncomfortable with his body 50% of the time but the talent was obvious - that being said he's still a skinny dude. A beefy 6'9" guy can push Edey off the block or help to double Williams in that game - watching Brock try to get leverage on Williams when he was getting backed down from the elbow was sad. Bishop only qualified as a physical post defender when the refs would let him - maybe he works on that. I think T Mitchell had a lot of potential as a skrong guy but that bridge is burned. Give me a homeless man's DaJuan Blair to grab boards, be fat, make layups, and not be run off the floor against perimeter fours. Easier said than done I guess.

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  3. 1 hour ago, Hookem2147 said:

    Via Gerry Hamilton:

    On hoops recruiting ... some very important news ... Arterio Morris is going to be working out with T.J. Ford some in the off-season prior to getting to Texas. That will be crucial for Morris' development playing in the half court at the college level.

    Would seem to bode well that he's not going to the G League

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  4. 1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

    If you are behind on in-state players, there's almost no way you'd otherwise be ahead on OOS players. None of it relates to the staff not putting in work, to be clear. Texas just isn't an "it" program right now because they're not winning and they're not throwing ungodly amounts of money at guys in lieu of the winning.

    This is all fine and does nothing to invalidate concerns anyone has towards this upcoming class. I hope that Texas clutches up on a wave of high quality players that currently aren't looking like viable targets as well. 

    If Texas gets Cutcliffe on board, Manning commits shortly after that and the class trajectory looks fucking awesome immediately. 

    Gotcha. Was just wondering since 2019 it seemed like Jimbo was throwing bags of cash around and we grabbed some kids out of state to stem the bleeding. But we are even more removed from success since then.

  5. 1 hour ago, Octavian said:

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    I think he’s just stating a fact as evidenced by the below:

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/nurse-salaries-rise-as-demand-for-their-services-soars-during-covid-19-pandemic-11637145000
     

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/covid-travel-nurses/2021/12/05/550b15fc-4c71-11ec-a1b9-9f12bd39487a_story.html
     

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/high-pay-for-covid-19-nurses-leads-to-shortages-at-some-hospitals-11630253483
     

    Also, I’m not sure your statement that “everyone pays the bills” is valid here. Hospitals/hospital administrators pay the bills. My boss’ wife is a hospital admin in NYC and she’s said that a lot of Northeast hospitals have struggled to be profitable because of problems with labor retention and wage inflation. I would imagine that’s the case in many places around the country. When hospitals aren’t profitable and they start closing, that’s a problem for everybody.

    Maybe you should think about this the next time you complain about someone’s knowledge being limited.

    No CR

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