Vila - U19 World Championships

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bobinator said:

The buyout isn't very high at the end of next season IIRC, I think after next year it's basically down to just one year's salary. Whether that's too high for us to make a change in basketball is probably a valid question, but it really isn't very high if I'm remembering the contract numbers right.
$3.5MM until the middle of May, then drops to $2.5MM
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And as usual every basketball thread must devolve into something about getting rid of the coach. The coach who while not perfect has taken us to 2 Sweet 16's in the last 3 years.

The obsession is along the lines of Trump Derangement Syndrome that many on the left have regarding impeaching President Trump. I guess we should name this illness and obsession Billy Kennedy Derangement Syndrome or BKDS.
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This is actually a thread that was discussing the contract details of the head coach, and it was specifically mentioned that an extension/new deal may be due after next season for mr 2 sweet 16s. I wouldn't expect a trump apologist who brings politics into every discussion (even one about Aggie basketball) to understand the nuance, though.
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expresswrittenconsent said:

This is actually a thread that was discussing the contract details of the head coach
I guess the thread title being about Eric Vila is just meant to throw off the masses.
expresswrittenconsent
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The masses see 100+ post thread and understand the discussion has probably veered directions. You seem to be the only upset snowflake. I'm sincerely sorry that this thread has offended you. Do you accept my apology?
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Does the snowflake thing even apply here to a discussion about hijacking an Eric Vila thread? Too unoriginal to come up with a better attempted insult?
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"copo de nieve" is snowflake in Spanish if that's any better?
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So.......

has anybody seen Vila walking around the campus lately? I haven't heard anything, so I suspect it was a brief flirtation. They looked at the rules and saw it wasn't feasible and all parties have moved on.
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He enrolled, but then he transferred again.
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Hop said:

So.......

has anybody seen Vila walking around the campus lately? I haven't heard anything, so I suspect it was a brief flirtation. They looked at the rules and saw it wasn't feasible and all parties have moved on.
I was looking at his Twitter thing and clicked on something that took me to another Twitter thing and someone was saying he was coming back to the NCAA. I don't read Spanish so not sure if that's what was said but that's all I got.
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Vila's progression going in wrong direction. Seems like a good kid so I hope he balls out

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wacarnolds said:

Vila's progression going in wrong direction. Seems like a good kid so I hope he balls out


I wouldn't say wrong direction. He has to go JUCO to play next season and then can transfer back to D-1.
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Still sort of seems like a backwards move when he could have just as easily not gone juco and just been eligible at Fresno now. And I get that he is from Europe and likely doesn't care about a degree, but if he had been working towards a degree, with 1 yr here, and 2 yrs at Fresno (1 redshirt) he could be looking at graduating in may with 2 to play 2 at a high major rather than transferring for a 3rd time in may and having still 2 yrs of eligibility left.
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expresswrittenconsent said:

Still sort of seems like a backwards move when he could have just as easily not gone juco and just been eligible at Fresno now. And I get that he is from Europe and likely doesn't care about a degree, but if he had been working towards a degree, with 1 yr here, and 2 yrs at Fresno (1 redshirt) he could be looking at graduating in may with 2 to play 2 at a high major rather than transferring for a 3rd time in may and having still 2 yrs of eligibility left.
You or I don't know the specifics at Fresno that led to his departure, so to express what you think is best for him is a moot point. We do know there was a coaching change and that several veterans publicly expressed their displeasure at the situation. Something happened during this change that rubbed Vila the wrong way and he felt he needed to leave. He looked into coming back to A&M, and that didn't work out. He didn't play last year, and if he transferred to a D-1 school, he'd not only sit out a second year, but he'd lose that year of eligibility...so it makes sense to go JUCO and play right away, and then immediately jump to D-1.
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You admit neither of us know anything but then you immediately follow that up by telling me my uninformed opinion on the subject (which was a response to your uninformed opinion about wac's uninformed opinion) is moot. Do you not see the irony there?
My opinion that he is moving backwards is 100% as valid as your take that he had no choice at all but to leave FSU and go JC.
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Does anyone think occasionally the Hop has a sock that is eco.zapp.makes.crisp air?
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expresswrittenconsent said:

You admit neither of us know anything but then you immediately follow that up by telling me my uninformed opinion on the subject (which was a response to your uninformed opinion about wac's uninformed opinion) is moot. Do you not see the irony there?
My opinion that he is moving backwards is 100% as valid as your take that he had no choice at all but to leave FSU and go JC.


You don't see the logic of him going to JUCO, and I provided a very clear reason why he would go to JUCO. In fact, it's the only logical choice for somebody in his situation. It makes no sense to transfer to another D-1 school to sit and lose a year.

Maybe he has dreamed of playing at a Florida JUCO, or maybe it's the only JUCO he could find, so I don't know the personal reason why he picked East Florida State College or whatever it's called. But it is clear that he realized the logical route to move his basketball career forward is to play somewhere at a JUCO as opposed to sitting a second straight season which would set him back. He plays well at JUCO, and D-1's are coming after him. If he tries to find a D-1 to transfer to now with no recent playing experience and two consecutive transfers, his D-1 market value is almost nil.
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You don't see the logic of him going to JUCO, and I provided a very clear reason why he would go to JUCO. In fact, it's the only logical choice for somebody in his situation. It makes no sense to transfer to another D-1 school to sit and lose a year

You do this thing a lot where you build an argument around things that were never said, things that are factually incorrect, etc.
I never said I don't understand or see the logic in why he would go to a juco, I said it could be argued that juco was another step backward.
I also never said it would make sense for him to transfer to another d1 and sit another year. I said he could have played this coming year at fresno, graduated in may and had 2 to play 2 as a grad xfer anywhere he wanted without sitting out at all.
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Vila was in Houston eating brunch at buffalo grill last Sunday. FYI
 
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