We've never been able to recruit head-to-head consistently against the Duke's, UNC's, Kentucky's, etc. in basketball, or the FSU's, Clemson's, Notre Dame's, etc. in football, but for years we could hold our own by attracting good players who also valued having a Wake Forest degree from a big-time school on a small, intimate campus. And maybe the smaller, pretty campus is still an attraction at some surface level during a visit, but I don't think the academic value/prestige of a Wake degree is a factor at all anymore outside a select few. I hope we can hang in at the highest levels of college sports, but w/o major reforms in the athletic/academic model I'll be o.k. with whatever happens.
Ya you definitely could be right there. To me, Carr transferring is pretty damning for the program, and indicates that he does not have faith in us putting together a high level team. That would definitely be an indication he doesn't expect Sallis back and/or a good stable of transfers incoming. If he goes pro (Europe or trying his luck in the U.S.), I don't feel there's much to surmise about our program from that decision.
Then there’s no sense in being a reporter. Talk about doing an exclusive or something.
Top 30 NIL has to do with what we can pay players. If Carr doesn't want to be at Wake (no idea if that is true or not), NIL doesn't matter. NIL will matter for purposes of bringing in folks who can replace Carr.
Kind of. I'd rather play golf or do charity work, but make decent money at a career I don't really "want" to be doing. NIL money could/should be a trump card for some. We'll see if he goes pro or transfers.
Slightly confused, yeah, but probably because I was overly optimistic about our NIL abilities, particularly when it comes to player retention. Seems like the NIL market in general is more inflated and chaotic than most expected.
I can't say you're wrong. But without hearing from Carr, we can't extrapolate too much about a guy deciding to do something else after four years of college ball, even if he wants to play a 5th year somewhere else.
Now really tempted to just post a cryptic, baseless "Good news coming soon" new thread here and let the hilarity ensue. Then when our next player commits, I can just claim that's what I was referencing. Not saying that's what happens at 247, but is basically the same end result.
Understand, but Carr was identified as the WF roster loss within 12 hours.
Lucky for you, good news IS coming soon !
For sure, without being in the program it's hard to know anything for certain, and I'm sure within the program things are very fluid right now anyways. There are so many factors at play that it'll be difficult to draw real conclusions even after we get an official announcement and details.