Hendo headed to Drake?

[peavy]

On the transfer portal stuff - Zimmer didn't report because Zimmer didn't have a source in the Bison FB office feeding it to him at a time when those players portal info was not yet public. It was total Bison fanboy stuff.

I wanted the main takeaway to be about $$ so that's on me for incorporating Zimmer and McFeely into this. Kolpack I believe has posted an article or two for BBall portal stuff. In light of Hendo and Timmer news, I do think fans in general need to be more exposed to the underbelly for us to continue to acknowledge it and address it.

In fact some of Gaskins recent material has had me question whether or not I wanted to click on it. One of the topics in the last show was the Henderson Drake thing and he mentioned that in a tweet or two. I saw the tweets and the talk in the discords. But not everyone else did. We ask, do I really want to listen to him talk about SDSU's HC potentially going elsewhere? Some people may have been rubbed the wrong way by it. The tweet for today's episode is similar, "What kind of a job is Drake for a coach like Eric Henderson — if there's mutual interest?" His poll questions have been engaging in a similar way.

I did end up listening to the episode. He had like a 45 minute interview with '25 football player Landon Dulaney

This probably boils down to different categories that fans fall in, as pointed out by Gaskins, but I think we all just have to acknowledge it somehow and start thinking about how SDSU competes in this new day and age. I think this mostly means targeting the whales and doing a better job w/ NIL and companies. You guys see how one St. Johns billionaire is covering like the entire team's NIL? What if J. Lohr gives x million to the athletic program and we rename the AD position after him like a lot of these other programs are doing (to generate revenue with new house settlement).

[OldHare]

I am not sure what the pay scale is at Drake. I emailed someone who is a Drake alum and indicated that Hendo is likely below $400K with all extras and he returned that he would do a lot better in Des Moines.

[da_coach]

I am not sure what the pay scale is at Drake. I emailed someone who is a Drake alum and indicated that Hendo is likely below $400K with all extras and he returned that he would do a lot better in Des Moines.

I don't know how true this is, but the speculation I read somewhere... was that McCollum was paid around $3 Million.

If that's the salary, it's a no brainer for Coach Henderson.

But, that could be false too, Drake doesn't have to disclose salaries, so who knows.

[wcbsas]

This was posted on a Drake message board:

Wisconsin Badgers head coach Greg Gard has made a few changes to his coaching staff over the past few seasons, hiring former players like Kirk Penney and Greg Stiemsma, while also bringing in Isaac Woodajo as the Director of Recruiting.

Now, he could possibly face a departure.

The Drake Bulldogs are reportedly set to hire South Dakota State head coach Eric Henderson as their next head coach. Why does that relate to the Badgers?

Well, assistant head coach Joe Krabbenhoft could very well hear his name in the mix for the new opening, as he coached at South Dakota State as an assistant from 2014-16 before returning to his alma mater in Madison.

This was posted about 18 hours ago, but most likely speculation. Certainly contrary to Hardin comments to KCCI.

The idea of Krabbenhoft coming to SDSU is appealing!

[HoboJack]

I don't know how true this is, but the speculation I read somewhere... was that McCollum was paid around $3 Million.

If that's the salary, it's a no brainer for Coach Henderson.

But, that could be false too, Drake doesn't have to disclose salaries, so who knows.

$3 million per year, or over a 3/5 year contract?

UNI is paying their coach around $900k annually. Fran Mccaffrey was scheduled to make $2.1 million base for 2025-2026 at Iowa. I doubt McCollum was taking a pay cut to go from Drake to Iowa.


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[JACKGUYII]

I was thinking Krabbenhoft could be a candidate at SDSU someday. I hope Henderson gets the job as clearly he is ready to move on and I feel we have good options internally and externally.

[jbjack]

I don't know how true this is, but the speculation I read somewhere... was that McCollum was paid around $3 Million.

If that's the salary, it's a no brainer for Coach Henderson.

But, that could be false too, Drake doesn't have to disclose salaries, so who knows.

I read on X that McCollum's predecessor at Drake was getting $275k base salary. That might be low but who knows how well funded Drake is? The upshot is that they don't put resources into their football program and prioritize hoops.

[peavy]

I read on X that McCollum's predecessor at Drake was getting $275k base salary. That might be low but who knows how well funded Drake is? The upshot is that they don't put resources into their football program and prioritize hoops.

The AD retweeted an associate AD remark saying that this was the single best fundraising week for the men's basketball team. Lots of passionate fans and activity on the message boards. Their external NIL is basketball only. A drake fan did indicate they would not opt-in this year. Wasn't the whole story w/ McCollum that people tried to lure him away for years and failed? He was earning 275k at NW MIssouri State

In this Gaskins clip, this Des Moines reporter says it's a good job but not a great one. He said a very great stepping stone job. Said drake didn't sell out once this year (5,000 person arena)

[da_coach]

There is a poster on the Drake board, saying that he expects an announcement this afternoon. Someone asked if he is basing it on information or speculation, and he said "information".

But who the heck knows, it's a message board.

[salemjack]

There is a poster on the Drake board, saying that he expects an announcement this afternoon. Someone asked if he is basing it on information or speculation, and he said "information".

But who the heck knows, it's a message board.

Whether this timing is true or not, I’d like to get ahead of it and apologize for jumping the gun on this. Not sure what happened exactly, but my sources, and many others (including Jay Elsen) got duped.

I hope I end up wrong and looking like a jackass!

GO JACKS

[peavy]

Whether this timing is true or not, I’d like to get ahead of it and apologize for jumping the gun on this. Not sure what happened exactly, but my sources, and many others (including Jay Elsen) got duped.

I hope I end up wrong and looking like a jackass!

GO JACKS

The message board / burner discord chatter is that the AD has had other hires leaked early and took offense. It was mentioned a few times before 'trilly' said the following
"The Drake AD apparently hates when people leak ahead of him so he might sit on it out of pettiness"

[filbert]

I slapped a ? on the end of the thread title, just to increase the air of suspense.

[2002jack]

I slapped a ? on the end of the thread title, just to increase the air of suspense.

Maybe the triple ??? Would have been even better.


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[bigticket1]

I slapped a ? on the end of the thread title, just to increase the air of suspense.

The suspense is over. National writer Jeff Goodman reporting that Hendo is the man.

[filbert]

The suspense is over. National writer Jeff Goodman reporting that Hendo is the man.

Yeah, I figured that the thread title change would flush the decision out.