A little bit more on the coaches last night. Since this is football and basketball I am not sure where to put this.
Sanchez when talking about the portal and Jahmir said “He was under-recruited and he came in an elevated the program and we coached him up and got him to a point he was able to leave and get the opportunity from Maryland and this is the new normal and we should be proud” Maybe not word for word there, but thats the basics.
Compared to Will who said we have players now getting recruited by other programs and when a kid hits the portal its almost always a done deal. He basically said please someone give us some money to keep talent. He mentioned not just being happy being in the AAC but wanting to beat “their butts”. He mentioned he tries to make sure the kids are having the absolutely best experience possible as way to defend against other programs but if a kid gets a huge offer from another program he can’t fault them for taking it. He did say kids transferring to peer schools/conference schools like Memphis is something he doesn’t want to see happening.
To compare each coaches perspective on this was interesting. Here Will has a massive roster trying to build a wall around them as best he can and making sure they are having a great experience. Ron basically says hey come in and play and if someone wants you then bye. An absolutely defeatist attitude.
Also Cara got the biggest applause - thats what happen when you win. You get sprinkles and claps.