Jake to Utah State

[Mudrafan]

His son STAYED and then went to the NBA

Fully aware. But he entered the transfer portal until he was taken in the draft. He wasn't going back to UNI. He was either going to ISU or possibly somewhere else, but highly likely to ISU. But the draft took precedence.

[MVCBeat]

What did you expect? A coach leaves and takes his players with him. It happens everywhere, to everyone and it finally happened to us. Now Franklin gets to mold the program in her image instead of having this big immovable statue for a coach. There's plenty of negatives in losing Jake, but don't lose sight of potential positives.

Please explain the positives to me. Because I don't really see any true material positives for UNI here.

[DownGoesKansas]

I would not be surprised if it ends up that way just to be clear.

Can we afford both?

[Khan4Cats]

I like KG with Tuttle in the line of succession. Need to get another good recruiter on staff. Wouldn't mind seeing one of our NBA experienced guys come back.

Surprised Jake is taking as many as he is, figured he would need to find a west coast recruiter because we have not really targeted there before unless he believes G can handle that. I wish him well, but that's his problem now.

Would like to see most of our guys stay, but that's up to them. Leon, Ben, Geon I think have upside to play a step up. Not sure about Will. I like him a lot but think his skill set is best in the Valley. Would be interesting to see how he handles playing at altitude, conditioning wasn't his strongest suit. Plus, I would expect him to face a lot of taller players in that new conference configuration and he has seemed to struggle against height/length. (1 point, 2 rebounds, 4 fouls against St. Mary's size)

[MVCBeat]

Fully aware. But he entered the transfer portal until he was taken in the draft. He wasn't going back to UNI. He was either going to ISU or possibly somewhere else, but highly likely to ISU. But the draft took precedence.

He played a whole season at UNI with his dad at ISU.

[06panther10]

Fully aware. But he entered the transfer portal until he was taken in the draft. He wasn't going back to UNI. He was either going to ISU or possibly somewhere else, but highly likely to ISU. But the draft took precedence.

He played at UNI for 4 years, graduated, and never put on another school's jersey. His number currently hangs in our rafters.

I don't know what else needs to be said than that.

[DownGoesKansas]

Please explain the positives to me. Because I don't really see any true material positives for UNI here.

I mean the downside heavily outweighs the upside.

But...

It's not like the last 10 years have been exactly what we wanted either. Sometimes after 20 years a change can be good.

Who knows what will happen. I certainly do not

[Mudrafan]

He played a whole season at UNI with his dad at ISU.

Yep. Doesn't change anything as to what was said.

[Mudrafan]

He played at UNI for 4 years, graduated, and never put on another school's jersey. His number currently hangs in our rafters.

I don't know what else needs to be said than that.

Again, he left UNI & entered the transfer portal. If he wasn't drafted to his liking, he was going to play elsewhere. Highly likely ISU. I'm not sure how much more plain I can be.

[PantherAlum09]

Can we afford both?

I think Kyle would be interested in the head gig here. Wife still works in town and I'm pretty sure he rents in Ames rather than owning a place. Plus he'd be a little closer to AJ in Milwaukee. Nothing crazy obviously. There's probably a little bit of him that would like to prove he can do it, too. If he made $350,000 at ISU and we could up that just a little to have him have the head gig, I don't think that would be a bad move.

[BCPanther]

As if we didn't really know but I can confirm there are only two candidates under consideration and no additional search will be undertaken.

[UNIpanther99]

Again, he left UNI & entered the transfer portal. If he wasn't drafted to his liking, he was going to play elsewhere. Highly likely ISU. I'm not sure how much more plain I can be.

He wasn't drafted, he worked his but off on a two-way contract. AJ Green is the best Panther in modern history - having someone like his dad associated with the program again could only be seen as a positive.

[BCPanther]

Can we afford both?

Unquestionably.

We're still a Top 3-ish operating budget in the league and it's going to be important for either one of them to get that in writing in their deal.

[MVCBeat]

Yep. Doesn't change anything as to what was said.

It changes everything as to what you said. You said Kyle Green "left UNI twice & took his son away after the last time". No he didn't. He didn't leave UNI. He stayed, played his final season with his dad at ISU, graduated, and went (undrafted) to the NBA. There is no way to interpret that as "Kyle Green left UNI and took his son away" that I can possibly fathom.

[Mudrafan]

He wasn't drafted, he worked his but off on a two-way contract. AJ Green is the best Panther in modern history - having someone like his dad associated with the program again could only be seen as a positive.

Agreed. I literally said he is a very intriguing choice. Between him & Tuttle, that's a no brainer to me. Green has been all over the place. With success, he'd leave in a minute. But that's a win-win, as stated. I simply pointed out the fact that he's left twice & was set to take his son (our star player) after he entered the portal. But the NBA came calling.