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  1. Skinner's entire family hated Texas. It took a week for Texas to even get her family to answer a phone call. They had to pay above market price for Skinner because she wanted to literally go anywhere else. You can call it "hustling on her own" or whatever bullshit you want to call it but she was paid more than the low tens of thousands. Do you honestly think a family that despises Texas just all of a sudden did a 180?
  2. I'm not going to put this out in the open but you couldn't be more wrong about Skinner. Lol there are really people that think Skinner and her family went from despising Texas to then picking Texas. Let me tell you, her father wanted nothing to do with Texas.
  3. I bet rifle will be one. TCU just won the national championship and their coach is legit. Seems like a coach we could steal with Del Conte's relationship.
  4. Rifle team will be one I bet. TCU just won the national championship and there's a relationship with Del Conte. Seems like a coach we could steal.
  5. It was discussed on the UCONN board but when likes were still public on twitter Chavez was liking a bunch of comments about NIL. She's going to the school that pays her the most money. All the other discussions are pointless.
  6. Yeah, I was saying this yesterday. It's pretty obvious they have some "nutty benefactors" in WBB with the way they are recruiting (HS and portal). I think the same can be said of volleyball. We pretty much bought a championship 2 years ago via the portal in volleyball.
  7. Between Rerick, Flores, and now Volantis we have some legit FR arms coming in.
  8. I would like to know what our NIL commitment is because we are definitely throwing some money out there. Flores was likely expensive, Spencer is arguably the best bullpen arm in the portal, Stewart is one of the best JUCO players in the country, and Mendoza/Winfield were very good additions (top 50ish portal players) that a lot of top programs wanted. aggy is in desperation mode after losing Schloss to a rival. It's like you've never watched aggy and their stupidity when it comes to spending money for 1 cycle to prove a point. See Jimbo and their historic '22 recruiting class.
  9. Trop was a relief pitcher that never pitched over 24 innings at Penn in 3 years. Giving him over $100k would be about as dumb as it gets.
  10. I'm pretty sure Texas has some big spenders in WBB. '24 recruiting class included Lee (#9 recruit) and Carlton (#12 recruit). The '25 class already added Crump (#4 recruit). Also, Phelia was one of the top transfers this year in WBB and a lot of big programs wanted her. We are 100% spending money on players in WBB.
  11. Yeah, I've never understood why people thought Glasco was a good coach. ULL went from being a powerhouse under Lotief to just a good program under Glasco. They regressed under Glasco. Me either, Glasco is one of the most overrated coaches in college softball.
  12. It's the same as it's always been. Academics and winning matter very little to most recruits/transfers. It's about who is going to pay the most.
  13. I laughed but it really is. Really talented recruits that struggled as FR and then struggled a bit early in summer ball. There was a long debate over whether we should recruit over Flores via the portal. Talented players like Gaspo and Flores normally get much better in year 2.
  14. The Gaspo discussion is verbatim the same discussion we had about Flores last year.
  15. Figuring out the starting lineup will be interesting. Returning all 11 starters, getting Cox back from injury, adding a starter from a Sweet 16 team in Haugen, and adding a few top recruits from a top 10 recruiting class.
  16. Added a starter from a Sweet 16 team. This team is loaded on paper.
  17. The thing with Chavez is I actually think stylistically we are a much better fit than South Carolina and LSU. Mulkey and Staley run a very half-court-oriented offense where they want to pound the ball in the paint. Chavez wants to run and play in a wide-open offense where she has some freedom. HVL is a prime example of why that type of player doesn't work with Mulkey. Injuries the last couple of years have kind of made people forget how Vic actually wants to play. Full-court pressure and playing in the open court.
  18. They normally go over slot in these rounds with bonus pool money. Never say never but he's likely gone. They wouldn't have drafted him if they didn't think he would sign.
  19. Bronny should have stayed in college. At least there he could maybe develop into a decent role player. Now, his career is pretty much over.
  20. I don't know what the price tag is or what Texas is willing to pay but Canady is worth it. 2 more years of eligibility gives you a great shot of winning 2 titles. Anything less than 1 would be a huge coaching failure.
  21. Speaking of Ace, he actually reminds me a lot of Prager. They are very similar. Lefty, strike throwers, whose stuff can play up with the right pitching coach.
  22. Only 1 year of data but what Weiner did with the aggy pitching staff last year was the best coaching job in the country. I don't think they had top-10ish talent on the mound but still finished #4 in team ERA. The two pitchers that were drafted high were Cortez and Prager who were far from spectacular before Weinrer. Cortez went from a 7.74 ERA in '23 to 2.78 in '24. Prager went from a 5.16 ERA in '22 (major injury) to 2.95 ERA in '24. That pitching staff last year was not loaded with talent or proven production but Weiner made it work.
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