OT: 2 gonzaga 5-stars xfer to Wake

[Do Dah Day]

This will provide some interesting analytics:

Wake Forest lands another former five star recruit from Gonzaga! Hunter Sallis & Efton Reid will reunite in Winston-Salem next season

 

[PaBoiler78]

This will provide some interesting analytics:

Wake Forest lands another former five star recruit from Gonzaga! Hunter Sallis & Efton Reid will reunite in Winston-Salem next season

at least it's a school that I don't mind. They did pick up Nembhard though

 

[ChoiceBeef]

Third time might be a charm for Reid. Previously he was at LSU.

 

[BoilerDeac]

This will provide some interesting analytics:

Wake Forest lands another former five star recruit from Gonzaga! Hunter Sallis & Efton Reid will reunite in Winston-Salem next season

As a Wake Forest alum, this just shows it has NOTHING to do with NIL or campus location. Let's put those excuses to bed.

 

[Boiler Buck]

As a Wake Forest alum, this just shows it has NOTHING to do with NIL or campus location. Let's put those excuses to bed.

Not true. Clearly there are some transfer players asking for and receiving NIL deals. Most don't as they are not of that quality. But always will have the cream in the pale of milk.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

As a Wake Forest alum, this just shows it has NOTHING to do with NIL or campus location. Let's put those excuses to bed.

You have proof there’s no NIL deals?

 

[BoilerDeac]

You have proof there’s no NIL deals?

If you think they're going to Wake because of the NIL package, I can't help you.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

If you think they're going to Wake because of the NIL package, I can't help you.

So, no.

 

[Woodsa]

I can think of no other reason they would go to Wake outside of being paid to do so.

 

[BoilerDeac]

I can think of no other reason they would go to Wake outside of being paid to do so.

Recent transfers to Wake have absolutely thrived under Steve Forbes. That has just about everything to do with it.

Alondis Williams went from a role player at Oklahoma to ACC POY at Wake.

Tyree Appleby transferred to Wake and became a 1st team all-ACC player.

 

[BoilerDeac]

So, no.

Nothing to do with NIL. Everything to do Steve Forbes’ success with transfers, like Alondes Williams and Tyree Appleby.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

Nothing to do with NIL. Everything to do Steve Forbes’ success with transfers, like Alondes Williams and Tyree Appleby.

So, no proof ?

 

[BoilerDeac]

So, no proof ?

Such a predictably childish, straw man argument from you. Do you have any proof it was because of NIL?

Also, yes, I do have proof from people within the program and longtime Wake donors.

You’re clueless.

Have you ever been wrong in your life?

 

[New Pal Boiler]

Such a predictably childish, straw man argument from you. Do you have any proof it was because of NIL?

Also, yes, I do have proof from people within the program and longtime Wake donors.

You’re clueless.

Have you ever been wrong in your life?

So we’re all just supposed to accept this as gospel with no proof, from the guy who cries for the coach to be fired every year?

 

[Do Dah Day]

I am SO PROUD to have finally posted a controversial post.

 

[Purdue Grad in Texas]

I am SO PROUD to have finally posted a controversial post.

 

[ChoiceBeef]

As a Wake Forest alum, this just shows it has NOTHING to do with NIL or campus location. Let's put those excuses to bed.

Winston Salem isn’t that bad. Maybe they got some deal sweetener with unlimited pimento cheese sandwiches.

 

[*4purdue*]

So we’re all just supposed to accept this as gospel with no proof, from the guy who cries for the coach to be fired every year?

When people say "it's not about the money"... 99% of the time, it's about the money.

 

[BoilerAndy]

As a Wake Forest alum, this just shows it has NOTHING to do with NIL or campus location. Let's put those excuses to bed.

If you didn't pay attention to the reality of the Pack deal, yeah, this would make sense.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

When people say "it's not about the money"... 99% of the time, it's about the money.

I remember an MLB pitcher (maybe Kevin Brown) signing with a terrible Colorado team because he and his wife “really liked the schools.”

 

[BoilerDeac]

If you didn't pay attention to the reality of the Pack deal, yeah, this would make sense.

If you think Wake is anywhere NEAR Miami in terms of NIL, well, I don't know what to tell you.

Also, Nijel Pack was a proven performer at Kansas State.

The same cannot be said about the two Gonzaga transfers.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

If you think Wake is anywhere NEAR Miami in terms of NIL, well, I don't know what to tell you.

Also, Nijel Pack was a proven performer at Kansas State.

The same cannot be said about the two Gonzaga transfers.

All it takes is one rich booster, like a minority Owner of an NBA team, for example.

 

[Purdue Grad in Texas]

When people say "it's not about the money"... 99% of the time, it's about the money.

Haha.....in other forms......

 

[BoilerDeac]

All it takes is one rich booster, like a minority Owner of an NBA team, for example.

Yes -- neither of which were the reasons Sallis and Reid went to Wake Forest.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

Yes -- neither of which were the reasons Sallis and Reid went to Wake Forest.

Yes, and Ruiz wasn’t the reason Pack said he wanted to go to the U.

 

[rgarlitz]

We should ask Jim Boeheim to weigh in on this. Wasn't he the guy who went on that epic rant about how Wake and Pitt went out and bought teams last year?

 

[BoilerDeac]

Yes, and Ruiz wasn’t the reason Pack said he wanted to go to the U.

Not a fair comparison at all.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

We should ask Jim Boeheim to weigh in on this. Wasn't he the guy who went on that epic rant about how Wake and Pitt went out and bought teams last year?

That’s rich coming from the guy who has been busted for cheating multiple times.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

Not a fair comparison at all.

If you’re a Wake fan, I’m sure you believe that.

 

[BoilerDeac]

If you’re a Wake fan, I’m sure you believe that.

I'm a Wake alum, but I'm a much, much bigger Purdue fan.

With that said, I would hope both Wake and Purdue use NIL to their respective advantages.

Given how much larger of a school Purdue is (with a much bigger alumni and fanbase), Purdue should have a significant advantage over a small, private school like Wake Forest.

You seem to have this mentality that Purdue is some supremely disadvantaged place.

It comes off like you're already building in an excuse for Purdue's future letdowns. It's never Purdue's fault. It's never Painter's fault. It's just that the deck is always stacked against Purdue.

If only Purdue cheated like all the other schools, those losses to North Texas, St. Peter's, FDU, etc. wouldn't have happened. Sigh.

Also, these two Gonzaga transfers hardly played last year. It's really not in the same ballpark as the Nijel Pack situation, in terms of how much they were coveted and who they were coveted by.

 

[rgarlitz]

That’s rich coming from the guy who has been busted for cheating multiple times.

Very true. Boeheim also got increasingly abrasive in his last few years. He does know ACC recruiting, though.

 

[Schmedly_Whiplash]

If you think they're going to Wake because of the NIL package, I can't help you.

So in other words you have no idea.

 

[kurt cloverdales]

I'm a Wake alum, but I'm a much, much bigger Purdue fan.

With that said, I would hope both Wake and Purdue use NIL to their respective advantages.

Given how much larger of a school Purdue is (with a much bigger alumni and fanbase), Purdue should have a significant advantage over a small, private school like Wake Forest.

You seem to have this mentality that Purdue is some supremely disadvantaged place.

It comes off like you're already building in an excuse for Purdue's future letdowns. It's never Purdue's fault. It's never Painter's fault. It's just that the deck is always stacked against Purdue.

If only Purdue cheated like all the other schools, those losses to North Texas, St. Peter's, FDU, etc. wouldn't have happened. Sigh.

Also, these two Gonzaga transfers hardly played last year. It's really not in the same ballpark as the Nijel Pack situation, in terms of how much they were coveted and who they were coveted by.

it's a victim mentality. like kid rock shooting up bud light cans

 

[New Pal Boiler]

I'm a Wake alum, but I'm a much, much bigger Purdue fan.

With that said, I would hope both Wake and Purdue use NIL to their respective advantages.

Given how much larger of a school Purdue is (with a much bigger alumni and fanbase), Purdue should have a significant advantage over a small, private school like Wake Forest.

You seem to have this mentality that Purdue is some supremely disadvantaged place.

It comes off like you're already building in an excuse for Purdue's future letdowns. It's never Purdue's fault. It's never Painter's fault. It's just that the deck is always stacked against Purdue.

If only Purdue cheated like all the other schools, those losses to North Texas, St. Peter's, FDU, etc. wouldn't have happened. Sigh.

Also, these two Gonzaga transfers hardly played last year. It's really not in the same ballpark as the Nijel Pack situation, in terms of how much they were coveted and who they were coveted by.

I’m not saying Wake is cheating. But Painter’s integrity is definitely a disadvantage when it comes to the portal and NIL era.

He’s not going to tamper with an LJ Cryer before he is in the portal. So a scumbag like Sampson gets him.

He’s not going to use NIL money as a recruiting inducement. (I think he needs to adjust a little here)

Yeah, Purdue does have advantages also. (Mackey, proximity to talent, education, etc)

But listen to Walters and it definitely sounds like we are behind in the NIL game. We need one of these CS grads to start a huge tech company and become the Boilers patron saint.

 

[BoilerDeac]

Very true. Boeheim also got increasingly abrasive in his last few years. He does know ACC recruiting, though.

And he was totally wrong about the Wake and Pitt thing.

Steve Forbes did a hell of a job identifying sleeper transfers (like Jake LaRavia and Alondes Williams), and also recruited a bunch of under-the-radar international players.

Boeheim was a bitter joke of a man the past few years.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

And he was totally wrong about the Wake and Pitt thing.

Steve Forbes did a hell of a job identifying sleeper transfers (like Jake LaRavia and Alondes Williams), and also recruited a bunch of under-the-radar international players.

Boeheim was a bitter joke of a man the past few years.

He did apologize later, said he only actually knew about Miami. But again, Boeheim doesn’t exactly have the moral high ground to stand on here…

 

[Chi-Boiler]

Boeheim was a bitter joke of a man the past few years.

And that, friends, is something we can all agree on.