Mike Schmidtz was part of Draft Express, along with Givony, back in the day. He was actually the lead scout, if memory serves. If Hubert really doesn’t want to scout and recruit, it wouldn’t be a bad choice based on the limited knowledge I have of him.
but it would appear that his experience in the endorsement/NIL area is thin to non existent, just marketing in general, where Rachel Baker excels.
It is an interesting question. I assume that at Duke Baker manages the NIL side of things. I'm not sure who is doing the recruiting/talent identification? Is that Schrage? Or someone else. From what everyone says Baker is doing a great job but I don't think that talent evaluation is her area of expertise. But clearly someone is doing it and doing it and doing it well.
Rachel's on the business side, not the basketball side. Assisting players with NIL, e.g. Also, reminding them on tax matters -- coverage, filing deadlines, esr. tax payments -- all would and should be handled by tax professionals.
Yes - that is what I stated and assumed. Though "tax matters" are a drop in the bucket. But who manages the rest of it? Because whoever found Sion in particular and realized that he was a great fit deserves a lot of credit. It is not rocket science but not easy either. Gillis and Brown were also great additions and deserve a lot of credit but the talent ID part of finding them was less challenging.
The way Cory Alexander talked about Baker yesterday, you would have thought she was identifying transfers Jon should recruit. I'm guessing that the title General Manager has led to a lot of confusion, which is great. I'm glad it is confusing the feeble brains in Chapel Hill.
yes, the general tenor over at IC is that they don't really know what they're doing or looking for...definitely agree Baker is not Jon's chief talent scout...she does lots of other stuff as is noted above.
"do you think the skills to bring in 5 star recruits, and then stifle their development enough that they lose all NBA prospects and stick around for 5 years?
I thought that was weird and an overreach on his part. That isn’t what I have understood her role to be. But of course I could be wrong.
Hubert next gonna announce he needs a practice coach, game day coach and motivational coach?
As a semi-interested observer (who doesn't love a good train wreck) I think they are largely stuck with the status quo until Hubert is gone, and it seems like he'll get another year (at least). Their well deserved rep for not developing talent and not getting guys to the league quickly (if ever) has, IMO, tainted him. Who knows, maybe they get a huge influx of talent via the Porthole, that's what could save him.
but enough about Hubie - what about the rest of the team.....?
That Jordan, he's a straight shooter with upper management written all over him.
Every school does this differently. There is not a consensus. Also, it is not IC's decision as to what they do - they do not speak for the UNC athletic department.
Come on, man. Be real.
