Crap, Alexis and Aberdeen to the portal

I think he has been given a very good offer....but not stupid money. And uf also has to consider the rest of the roster. There just isn't enough $$ to pay one guy too much

I actually saw a great post on another side from a guy extremely close to the program. You're Todd Golden and you've got $8.5M.....how do you allocate it? Most people ended up saying retire or go to NBA lol

 

The biggest loss may be him and Lee not working against each other this summer. They'd make each other better and Lee needs SEC level competition in practice and pick up games asap. They could've been quite a duo.

 

They will add some parts, so whoever is brought in should get that same exposure

 

I think this is it exactly. We love Aberdeen, some of it is based on merit, and some on nostalgia because of the national championship. Golden doesn’t have the luxury of basing decisions on nostalgia. He has to decide what Aberdeen means to this team in $. He can’t afford to overpay because he/we like him. He has to put together the best team. If another team is willing to pay more than he is worth to us, then he has a decision to make. Business decision on both ends. Just the reality of it now.

 

I wish we could hire Martin to lead summer workouts.

 

I think Aberdeen has more overall value to other teams than to UF. He has a National Championship on his resume. Not a lot of those around that are still in school and on the market. Just like Golden brought in Martin partly because he has been to a Final Four and knew what it took to get there, Aberdeen gets to sell that he has won an SEC Tournament Championship and a National Championship. For us, we have a bunch of guys back that know what it takes to win an NC, so don't really need to pay a premium for that. For other schools, though, that might have a lot of value. For me, the premium was just in the continuity he would have brought, but we have quite a bit of that in the front court at least, and maybe Brown will be just as good as Zel was anyway.

 

This is true.

But … and I may be proven wrong… I think Aberdeen is a better player than Lee. And so my greater priority would have been keeping Zel. But that’s why I am not coach.