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Post by JJVb on May 20, 2024 17:14:15 GMT -5
I know we are questioning some of the coaches' decisions in terms of recruiting the right players and players for positions needed vs. not, etc, but part of this has to do with the transition of still having players that she hadn't recruited on the roster, and some players leaving which weren't anticipated, like Puk. I think it takes a couple of years to get into the rhythm of hopefully not having these situations where players are being added that seem unnecessary and needing players for positions that seem more necessary.
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Post by kimdc on May 21, 2024 6:58:01 GMT -5
I think I mentioned somewhere in this thread or private message that before Hodge decided to stay, Rita needed to tell her she’s going to play opposite. If she doesn’t want to play opposite, then she could look for playing opportunities somewhere else. Because Hodge refuses to move, we have to bring in two opposites when we have needs at other positions, plus we have a 6’5 lefty opposite committed for 2025. Jae isn't impacting scholarships. She's getting NIL but no scholarship. She only hurts depth if Rita could find another kid willing to take the equivalent of 1 semester of in-state tuition instead of a scholarship. That's a very specific kind of person. Sofia apparently gave Arizona’s collective the opportunity to come up with NIL for her before committing elsewhere. Because she’s not in-state, she didn’t fit the kind of deal Jae agreed to. She could get more in scholarship/COA/etc from Louisville. Worrying about Jae became a moot point after Rita explained her financial situation a couple of weeks ago.
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Post by uofaGRAD on May 21, 2024 7:00:51 GMT -5
I think I mentioned somewhere in this thread or private message that before Hodge decided to stay, Rita needed to tell her she’s going to play opposite. If she doesn’t want to play opposite, then she could look for playing opportunities somewhere else. Because Hodge refuses to move, we have to bring in two opposites when we have needs at other positions, plus we have a 6’5 lefty opposite committed for 2025. Jae isn't impacting scholarships. She's getting NIL but no scholarship. She only hurts depth if Rita could find another kid willing to take the equivalent of 1 semester of in-state tuition instead of a scholarship. That's a very specific kind of person. Sofia apparently gave Arizona’s collective the opportunity to come up with NIL for her before committing elsewhere. Because she’s not in-state, she didn’t fit the kind of deal Jae agreed to. She could get more in scholarship/COA/etc from Louisville. wait, foreign players can’t accept NIL money I thought? so a collective wouldn’t have worked for her, unless someone else was willing to take it and give Sofia the scholarship
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Post by kimdc on May 21, 2024 7:07:14 GMT -5
Jae isn't impacting scholarships. She's getting NIL but no scholarship. She only hurts depth if Rita could find another kid willing to take the equivalent of 1 semester of in-state tuition instead of a scholarship. That's a very specific kind of person. Sofia apparently gave Arizona’s collective the opportunity to come up with NIL for her before committing elsewhere. Because she’s not in-state, she didn’t fit the kind of deal Jae agreed to. She could get more in scholarship/COA/etc from Louisville. wait, foreign players can’t accept NIL money I thought? so a collective wouldn’t have worked for her, unless someone else was willing to take it and give Sofia the scholarship They actually can accept NIL under very specific circumstances. They can't do anything considered "work" off campus. They can take NIL funds, though. Sometimes it's merchandise sales or just pure pay for play (no off-campus appearances or shooting commercials). This is a misconception about internationals. Arizona WBB internationals do merch sales. I talked to an NIL broker a couple of years ago who explained it in more detail but I never wrote about it.
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Post by kimdc on May 21, 2024 7:12:51 GMT -5
That thing about work is one reason an employee model will not work for college sports as long as internationals are involved. There are very restrictive rules about international students working on a student visa. The number of hours they can work are capped. I used to supervise a lot of international students when I worked in higher education. The rules for them were much more restrictive because of US tax code and immigration law.
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Post by uofaGRAD on May 21, 2024 8:11:56 GMT -5
wait, foreign players can’t accept NIL money I thought? so a collective wouldn’t have worked for her, unless someone else was willing to take it and give Sofia the scholarship They actually can accept NIL under very specific circumstances. They can't do anything considered "work" off campus. They can take NIL funds, though. Sometimes it's merchandise sales or just pure pay for play (no off-campus appearances or shooting commercials). This is a misconception about internationals. Arizona WBB internationals do merch sales. I talked to an NIL broker a couple of years ago who explained it in more detail but I never wrote about it. that’s interesting! TIL!
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Post by azcatsfan on May 21, 2024 12:07:23 GMT -5
I think I mentioned somewhere in this thread or private message that before Hodge decided to stay, Rita needed to tell her she’s going to play opposite. If she doesn’t want to play opposite, then she could look for playing opportunities somewhere else. Because Hodge refuses to move, we have to bring in two opposites when we have needs at other positions, plus we have a 6’5 lefty opposite committed for 2025. Jae isn't impacting scholarships. She's getting NIL but no scholarship. She only hurts depth if Rita could find another kid willing to take the equivalent of 1 semester of in-state tuition instead of a scholarship. That's a very specific kind of person. Sofia apparently gave Arizona’s collective the opportunity to come up with NIL for her before committing elsewhere. Because she’s not in-state, she didn’t fit the kind of deal Jae agreed to. She could get more in scholarship/COA/etc from Louisville. Worrying about Jae became a moot point after Rita explained her financial situation a couple of weeks ago. Good points, but if Hodge plays on the right does Rita offer a four year scholarship to a Dutch outside rather than a middle or libero? If you don’t like Sydnie there that’s fine, but giving a four year scholarship to An to fill a one year need seems like overkill. I’d rather have Hodge on the right, with Carlie and Jordan on the left. That’s a pretty darn good combo if you ask me. I think in your article you mentioned there was one scholarship available, without offering An there’s two. Your middle and libero.
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Post by kimdc on May 21, 2024 20:26:13 GMT -5
Jae isn't impacting scholarships. She's getting NIL but no scholarship. She only hurts depth if Rita could find another kid willing to take the equivalent of 1 semester of in-state tuition instead of a scholarship. That's a very specific kind of person. Sofia apparently gave Arizona’s collective the opportunity to come up with NIL for her before committing elsewhere. Because she’s not in-state, she didn’t fit the kind of deal Jae agreed to. She could get more in scholarship/COA/etc from Louisville. Worrying about Jae became a moot point after Rita explained her financial situation a couple of weeks ago. Good points, but if Hodge plays on the right does Rita offer a four year scholarship to a Dutch outside rather than a middle or libero? If you don’t like Sydnie there that’s fine, but giving a four year scholarship to An to fill a one year need seems like overkill. I’d rather have Hodge on the right, with Carlie and Jordan on the left. That’s a pretty darn good combo if you ask me. I think in your article you mentioned there was one scholarship available, without offering An there’s two. Your middle and libero. If in some hypothetical world Jae played on the right, sure. But she wasn't going to do that either way, so it doesn't matter. She could have just left, too. You can't force her to play opp if she's willing to walk. She no longer has relationship ties at Arizona, either, so there's no reason for her to stay and play RS is she doesn't want to. The only reason would be to be closer to her mom. This scenario is pure wishing.
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Post by azcatsfan on May 22, 2024 1:56:54 GMT -5
Good points, but if Hodge plays on the right does Rita offer a four year scholarship to a Dutch outside rather than a middle or libero? If you don’t like Sydnie there that’s fine, but giving a four year scholarship to An to fill a one year need seems like overkill. I’d rather have Hodge on the right, with Carlie and Jordan on the left. That’s a pretty darn good combo if you ask me. I think in your article you mentioned there was one scholarship available, without offering A there’s two. Your middle and libero. If in some hypothetical world Jae played on the right, sure. But she wasn't going to do that either way, so it doesn't matter. She could have just left, too. You can't force her to play opp if she's willing to walk. She no longer has relationship ties at Arizona, either, so there's no reason for her to stay and play RS is she doesn't want to. The only reason would be to be closer to her mom. This scenario is pure wishing. Well considering this is a message board during the offseason I’m going to wish lol. I just don’t understand why she won’t play oppostie. Did she hate it that much her freshman season? Audible sigh…. Oh well, what could be.
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Post by kimdc on May 22, 2024 3:52:19 GMT -5
If in some hypothetical world Jae played on the right, sure. But she wasn't going to do that either way, so it doesn't matter. She could have just left, too. You can't force her to play opp if she's willing to walk. She no longer has relationship ties at Arizona, either, so there's no reason for her to stay and play RS is she doesn't want to. The only reason would be to be closer to her mom. This scenario is pure wishing. Well considering this is a message board during the offseason I’m going to wish lol. I just don’t understand why she won’t play oppostie. Did she hate it that much her freshman season? Audible sigh…. Oh well, what could be. It's fine to wish. You just can't get down on Rita's decisions based on those wishes. Implying or believing that she did the wrong thing because she couldn't make hypotheticals and wishes happen just isn't fair. She has to operate in the real world. I actually asked Rita if it was true Jae didn't want to play RS and why. She said she thought Jae had misconceptions about it based on that first year. Apparently, Rita hasn't been able to dislodge whatever those misconceptions are. It was very loud at the place we were talking, so I didn't ask for details about that. Maybe I will when we get closer to season and we're in a quieter location.
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Post by azcatsfan on May 22, 2024 12:52:25 GMT -5
Well considering this is a message board during the offseason I’m going to wish lol. I just don’t understand why she won’t play oppostie. Did she hate it that much her freshman season? Audible sigh…. Oh well, what could be. It's fine to wish. You just can't get down on Rita's decisions based on those wishes. Implying or believing that she did the wrong thing because she couldn't make hypotheticals and wishes happen just isn't fair. She has to operate in the real world. I actually asked Rita if it was true Jae didn't want to play RS and why. She said she thought Jae had misconceptions about it based on that first year. Apparently, Rita hasn't been able to dislodge whatever those misconceptions are. It was very loud at the place we were talking, so I didn't ask for details about that. Maybe I will when we get closer to season and we're in a quieter location. That would be awesome! Thanks Kim!
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Post by kimdc on May 30, 2024 16:44:22 GMT -5
Arizona announced the official signing of DeWitt today.
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Post by kimdc on Jun 10, 2024 8:10:10 GMT -5
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Post by azcatsfan on Jun 10, 2024 14:07:24 GMT -5
Idk how Rita plans to “out speed” Big12 teams when the passing situation is still bleak. I wouldn’t expect this team to make the tourney next season.
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Post by JJVb on Jun 10, 2024 15:20:58 GMT -5
Seems like no more transfers coming in, so whats the likely starting lineup?
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