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Is WSU at risk of Elleby transferring if Kent and staff are fired?

YakiCoug

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Personally, I believe EK is back next season, but consider this scenario.
 
He signed with WSU after receiving surprisingly little attention. If he holds true to recent player form, he will use the Cougs as a ‘gap year’ and bolt regardless of any asst. coach.
 
Not true he signed with the Cougars as he loved WSU and Pullman.
 
Can’t worry about who stays and who goes when Ernie does.

If recent history is any indication, he’ll leave regardless. Transfer central.
 
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Biggest reason for leaving will be lack of support for hoops, regardless of whether Ernie stays or goes
 
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Biggest reason for leaving will be lack of support for hoops, regardless of whether Ernie stays or goes

Biggest reason will be other schools see his game tape and contact him through back channels.

This is the AAU era - every guy has a guy who does the talking for his guys.

Elleby no different. His dad is very visible in the Seattle AAU world. He ran a ranking service on players for years. He knows the college coaches and they know him.
 
Biggest reason will be other schools see his game tape and contact him through back channels.

This is the AAU era - every guy has a guy who does the talking for his guys.

Elleby no different. His dad is very visible in the Seattle AAU world. He ran a ranking service on players for years. He knows the college coaches and they know him.
I ran into him
He manages a Jiffy Lube.
 
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The cougs will keep Kent for another year.All the caterwauling is for naught. If Ellerby s dad is an entrepreneur then more power to him. He does run a recruiting service and has kept his hand in basketball/ There are lasting friendships with all the coug coaches who all have previous ties to WSU. Kent has another year to turn this ship around . They have had some success on the recruiting trail and have one more scholarship.So buckle up and get ready for another year. The shrillers are basically not financially wealthy but if Kent does not produce net year then they may have their way.
 
Biggest reason will be other schools see his game tape and contact him through back channels.

This is the AAU era - every guy has a guy who does the talking for his guys.

Elleby no different. His dad is very visible in the Seattle AAU world. He ran a ranking service on players for years. He knows the college coaches and they know him.
I have no doubt that's already taking place. Of course I thought other Pac 12 offers would come in before he signed. Maybe they did so I figured the relationship with his dad and Haskins must be pretty strong. Other posters have indicated he's committed to being at WSU and obviously we have to hope that continues to be the case.
 
The cougs will keep Kent for another year.All the caterwauling is for naught. If Ellerby s dad is an entrepreneur then more power to him. He does run a recruiting service and has kept his hand in basketball/ There are lasting friendships with all the coug coaches who all have previous ties to WSU. Kent has another year to turn this ship around . They have had some success on the recruiting trail and have one more scholarship.So buckle up and get ready for another year. The shrillers are basically not financially wealthy but if Kent does not produce net year then they may have their way.

Ernie's job until the end of next season is to get the women and children to the lifeboats. He already rammed the ship into an iceberg. That can't be undone. It's not turning around.

And even if it does, it has no fuel left and will be adrift until Ernie's contract runs out or Chun shoots Ole Yeller.
 
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Ernie's job until the end of next season is to get the women and children to the lifeboats. He already rammed the ship into an iceberg. That can't be undone. It's not turning around.

And even if it does, it has no fuel left and will be adrift until Ernie's contract runs out or Chun shoots Ole Yeller.
Not sure why, after we just hit an iceberg, but your post has the ring of truth AND it made me smile, something I'm pretty sure El Banshee won't accomplish with his next diatribe.
 
Not sure why, after we just hit an iceberg, but your post has the ring of truth AND it made me smile, something I'm pretty sure El Banshee won't accomplish with his next diatribe.

A couple decades ago Bobby Knight got in trouble during an interview with Connie Chung saying 'if rape is inevitable, just lay back and enjoy it'.

I didn't say it - and in the #metoo decade, that's not cool - but you feel me, Holmes?
 
The Aristocrats are still caterwauling and screaming for attention and privileged access.

The f are you blabbering about?

I doubt anyone who knows me or my upbringing would ever call me an 'aristocrat'.

Pragmatist, maybe. But never an aristocrat in a million years.

Self-project, much?
 
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