[Mudhead]

opened NCAA website and painful to see NiJaree Canady pictured in TT uniform. so sad.

Watched throw a 2 hit shutout against FSU .  Oh, yes, she hit a home run as well.  Very painful to watch her in a TT uniform and listen to announcers  talk about her path from Palo Alto to Lubbock. Not all about the money but that was where we lost.

in my humble opinion , losing her is the largest failure of.stanford Athletics and NIL in our history. We let two national championships walk out the door .  A talent beyond compare and we let it walk away.  I recall ,talking to  NIL folks at the time. They were proud that they had offered “well over the market” to keep her.  Of course that turned out to be less than half of what the market really was.

Just as bad as losing a fine person and a great talent, we sent the word out that Stanford will stick to its own rigid and in my judgement myopic viewpoint even it it means giving away national championships.  It told the world .stanford was a good place to poach talent because it won’t meet the market.  

We should have sent the message that we will pay whatever it takes to keep our best .  We failed.

And no, I couldn’t have made up the difference by myself. But I could  have and would have made up a significant chunk of it. (In all candor, that would have been in lieu of other contributions to the University.) I’m happy, though, for Canady . She is a class act in a program that builds her and coaches her well at a School that is willing to pay her what she is worth.

I hope TT wins the natty.

[Mudhead]

opened NCAA website and painful to see NiJaree Canady pictured in TT uniform. so sad.

Watched throw a 2 hit shutout against FSU .  Oh, yes, she hit a home run as well.  Very painful to watch her in a TT uniform and listen to announcers  talk about her path from Palo Alto to Lubbock. Not all about the money but that was where we lost.

in my humble opinion , losing her is the largest failure of.stanford Athletics and NIL in our history. We let two national championships walk out the door .  A talent beyond compare and we let it walk away.  I recall ,talking to  NIL folks at the time. They were proud that they had offered “well over the market” to keep her.  Of course that turned out to be less than half of what the market really was.

Just as bad as losing a fine person and a great talent, we sent the word out that Stanford will stick to its own rigid and in my judgement myopic viewpoint even it it means giving away national championships.  It told the world .stanford was a good place to poach talent because it won’t meet the market.  

We should have sent the message that we will pay whatever it takes to keep our best .  We failed.

And no, I couldn’t have made up the difference by myself. But I could  have and would have made up a significant chunk of it. (In all candor, that would have been in lieu of other contributions to the University.) I’m happy, though, for Canady . She is a class act in a program that builds her and coaches her well at a School that is willing to pay her what she is worth.

I hope TT wins the natty.