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He should. He’s earned it. I just hope he improves offensively.

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I can speculate, assume, reason, and guess that Coach Ford isn't going to be pushed around by the players and agents. He recruited over Sherron.

WKU is a program many around the MAC for years have coveted for expansion, specifically because of the quality of their basketball program, historically. Guessing their NIL is competitive with MAC teams, just a ??? of which positions they want/need to spend it.

This is where we are projected to be right now. I know someone mentioned one of the freshmen leaving, but until we get verification or see someone officially declare portal entry, I'm going to include them. This would leave us with 3 open roster spots. Returning (9) Barre Halligan MMK Head Perkins Henderson Jones Christion Ladd Incoming (3) Staveskie Burton Wilson

I think it's a bit telling that Groce didn't make a strong play for him. After all if the rumors are true about CoC NIL they should be able to outbid WKU. Edit: I think WKU followed him higher than Akron/CoC thought his market value was.

From folks inside the program I heard that they wanted Eric but feared they couldn't afford him, which was true. He ended up better on all counts. As regards Sharon they felt they had better talent coming in and coming up from redshirt. They wanted to keep him but were not going to pay much. Personally I hate losing him because I liked his grit. According to the people I talked with he was never assured he would start.

oh man I thought I was done reading this stuff like 4 years ago

I know a former coach of his at Louisville… he told me this was in the works for awhile. Akron was a serious contender, but he chose money over winning (is what I was told)

I'd heard about the Fulford thing a couple of weeks ago. I'm a little surprised as Marshall seemed to be a homecoming for him.

Groce just plucked the Associate HC away from Miami OH haha!

Teams are allowed up to 15 scholarships now and the real cost to the University for the marginal cost of 1-2 extra students is very minimal and way less than the stated cost. I wouldn't see why if someone is under scholarship or not is material any longer since the number of scholarships allowed now matches the roster spots allowed.

NFL-bound Zips Offensive Tackle Gets Some Love on the NBA Starting Line up Show Yesterday. Frank Isola and Scal

Isola_Scal.M4V NFL-bound Zips offensive tackle highlighted on the NBA Starting Line up yesterday.

Hey maybe it came down to Sharron vs Tahj vs the same amount Loyalty goes both ways these days I suppose

Sharron was one of my favorite Zips, but an undersized guard like him has to be able to shoot at a better rate than 40/33 to earn a starting gig on a championship-caliber team. He did it as a freshman, so he can absolutely be that guy, but maybe his ask didn't match what he has proven to be to this point. I wish him the best - he seems like a good kid.

Odd to me as well. I liked what Sharron did while he was here and liked his potential. Time will tell whether we got/kept the better guy or not.

Not with the 3 star kid coming in from K-State. Good trade off

Sharron to Western Kentucky Wtf

Just the state of the internet nowadays. People will complain about EVERYTHING. It's exhausting.

With Staveskie and Wilson inbound and Head and Perkins (as far as we know) returning, we look pretty solid in the backcourt. Ideally we would add a wing and/or stretch 4-type.

Sad to see a "rafterable" player leave so soon, but that's the way it will be for the rest of our lifetimes. I saw worthless talking head Clark Kellogg state "The mid-majors are losing their veteran players to P4 programs, but they're getting a better caliber of Freshmen than ever before. So it's a wash." You know what they say when a Freshman redshirts? "You're trading your worst year for your best (5th) year." The Zips now get a Freshman for his worst year, and P4 programs get him for his best years. Definitely a "wash." 🙄