It appears they're all transferring to St. Louis:
Indiana State's 5 starting players enter transfer portal, adding to SLU speculation
The activity intensified speculation about who might end up on Josh Schertz’s roster after he left the Sycamores to be named the Billikens' coach over the weekend.www.stltoday.com
Most of them are following their coach.....who left for SLU.
no I get that part. It's the fact that ISU goes, in a span of 10 days, from completing a 30+ win season, the best season since Bird 79 (let me know if that's not true...I dont' have the energy to research), making to the NIT championship and losing in the closing seconds. ...to losing their coach and entire starting 5 to another program. Their program went from 'back to prominence' to 'in the shitter' in a matter of hours.
Yeah tough deal for Indiana State for sure, but those kids committed to Schertz not Indiana State. Been that way for awhile.
its seems like we've created a scenario where it's the kiss of death for a mid major program to have a great year with a young coach.
Comparing St. Louis to Terrible Hut? Put the coin away no need for a flip.
Mid Majors will be the minor league now. Any success will be short lived.
been 30+ yrs for me...does TH still smell like fertilizer?
They have options outside of just those two choices.
He's making 10x the annual salary he was at ISU, plays in a multi-bid league, and has actual NIL resources that he didn't enjoy in Terre Haute. I'd say this was a substantial move up.
Maybe. SLU is paying him $2M/year, which is pretty good, and they have real NIL and some great new facilities. ISU revised their contract offer up to a rumored $750K, that's all they had.
i didn't see any financial details, so yes...that does make sense.
Had he gotten into the tournament and made a nice little run I think he would have had better suitors. But SLU definitely has some decent basketball pedigree and has made the tournament as at-large twice in the last decade. He should do well there for a year or two especially if he keeps his ISU core.
Swope and Avila already following him and Kent is expected to join. Leaves Larry and Conwell. SLU has NIL money.
I don't follow them...any of those that you mentioned that are SLU bound high major level players? What about Larry and Conwell?
People won't care about this, but your post reminded me of when my wife signed up for the Air Force her bus stopped off in Terre Haute. So I went and picked her up and we ate at Pizza Hut. I had locked my keyes in the car, but I noticed a car dealership next door and asked them if they had a way of getting into the car. A guy from the dealership came over and used that metal gadget to open the car up. So in some ways I could see where my then girlfriend could have thought, "I am dumping this loser because he locks his keys in the car" or maybe she was thinking, "He sure seems lucky so I am going to give him a chance".
Is he high major level? Starter at IU level? Honestly no clue...he looks legit on highlights. And had some decent games against the best teams on their schedule... but again, never watched an actual game of theirs.
Probably more like..."I wish he'd take me to get good pizza".
I’d like to see the school names gone.
That's a good idea. I think as the facade of the connection to any particular college fades, the money will too.
no shite...not expecting big things from date night that begins with Pizza Hut in Terr Hune.
You bad mouth Terre Haute right after saying you haven't been there for 30+ years. 🤔🙄
But entering the portal isn't a commitment to leave. It's smart for the players to have the option, ISU needs to get a coach and have him at least try to recruit them back.
figured I'd hit a sensitive nerve out there somewhere.
Back then Pizza Hut was a real treat. We didn't have one in Washington. When we got married we spent our wedding night at the Executive Inn in Vincenness. The next day we went to see my grandmother who lived in town and we ate at Pizza Hut. Some years ago we stayed in Vincenness and were in a hotel across the street from the Executive Inn which had been torn down. So I said to my wife, "We were probably 90 ft in the air so does that mean we joined the 90 ft club? She didn't laugh as hard as I did.
It makes you think coaches like Mark Few would've even more likely left to more prominent jobs in the early Gonzaga years when he and the program had not yet been established.
I don't know what others think, but I am impressed with Scherz and that's a guy I would definitely want Dolson to talk with if we end up looking for a coach before he leaves SLU.
