The "run off" vs "be honest about a player's role" is a distinction without a difference. Which term you use is largely dependent on whether you're team is doing it or some other team.

If a coach sits a player down at the end of the season and says, "Listen, son, you're a great kid, but I see no path to you having a role on this team next season and your NIL will reflect that," that's running the kid off.
And if NIL distributions aren't heavily influenced by a player's anticipated role ... well, that's a good way to build a losing program and culture. Cause if I'm, say, Nigel James and I'm earning substantially less than a 5 mpg guy player simply because he's been around longer, I'm outta here.

Quote from: tower912 on February 03, 2026, 01:42:00 PMIn the real world CEOs run companies into the ground and receive golden parachutes.  Go through multiple bankruptcies, are sexual predators, still get supported.

So weird.

In the real world some CEOs get paid solely on performance. Should MU do that with the players? Also, some NBA, MLB and NFL players get paid to not even play.

Quote from: tower912 on February 03, 2026, 01:42:00 PMIn the real world CEOs run companies into the ground and receive golden parachutes.  Go through multiple bankruptcies, are sexual predators, still get supported.

Just like Wojo (without the sexual predator non-sense) and maybe Shaka is next. In this new era of college basketball players just might be getting golden parachutes when told to move on.

Quote from: tower912 on February 03, 2026, 01:42:00 PMIn the real world CEOs run companies into the ground and receive golden parachutes.   Go through multiple bankruptcies, are sexual predators, still get supported.

In the real world of college athletics, the coaches and athletic directors are the CEOs. The players are just the labor.

Quote from: muwarrior69 on February 03, 2026, 12:21:52 PMIt didn't help Wojo.

The players are technically not employees, but are being compensated via NIL/ Revenue Sharing. Even if they are not cutting it, you are still OK with them staying? If the entire '26 class is a bust, your OK with Shaka keeping them on for the next 3 years? If the '27 class is a bust will keep them too?

In the real world performance matters.

In the real world CEOs run companies into the ground and receive golden parachutes.   Go through multiple bankruptcies, are sexual predators, still get supported.

Quote from: DoctorV on February 02, 2026, 11:01:49 PMI had St Thomas on the side tv on Sunday while watching a soccer game.

I must've caught one of Minessales worst stretches of the season but it was really really bad...

I get that everyone has a bad game but usually studs seems to jump off the screen at lower levels and his athleticism didn't seem to fit the bill.
They were playing a 4-16 team.
On one possession he did this quadruple fake thing in the post to trick the defender that almost made me fall off the couch in laughter, and then he got swatted.

Not trying to disparage the kid but in the 15-20 mins of real time that I watch it was not good.

On the other hand, he's got a teammate named Bjerke that went 10-12 from 3.
He's 6-9, pretty unathletic, but is shooting 47% from 3 and shot 42% last year and 47% in year 1. A guy like that would be a decent one year Caedin replacement imo.
Probably only gives you 10-12 mpg but can light it up with guys getting him the ball for some open looks

At least his shooting isn't regressing.

Quote from: Tha Hound on February 03, 2026, 01:19:17 PMTre Norman's high school stats would shock a lot of people.

Unless he was shooting 50% from three... his stats won't shock anyone. Average high schoolers arn't particularly good basketball players.

Quote from: GB Warrior on February 03, 2026, 01:09:01 PMlol

Memphis has entered tank mode. Keep Ja away from the guns.

Tre Norman's high school stats would shock a lot of people.

Sure, you sound like the Badger fans that said Bo never cut anyone, they just lost the love for the game of basketball and left the team.

With $M at stake and a job on the line, pretty sure ALL teams "run" players off. 

Quote from: 79Warrior on February 03, 2026, 07:55:42 AMShake will not "run" any player off. Players know where they sit in the rotations. If they want to play more, then another program may be the answer. He will not buzz cut anyone.