But I also dont understand where that money is coming from.
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I assume there are MSU boosters mad that we dont have any 26 year olds on the roster and will adjust accordingly.
So this left me a bit curious about process, and I went poking on the MSU roster, and here's the thing, Michigan State had the oldest player on the court on Friday and the most well-traveled. The difference was he hasn't been very good despite a somewhat similar transfer profile, albeit different positionally.
It gets funky to classify transfers at a certain point. Like Boyd was a nice and good player, but he wasn't an aces guy. And transfers are such a weird blend of decent-to-very good mid-major guys, decent power conference recruits who got squeezed out, guys who just leave for some reason and the like. Plus you have careerists who bounce around late, journeymen and people who are comically journeymen. And then some big guys just dud out so hard you don't really get it (the Freeman kid from Iowa and Hawkins from Illinois stand out).
And that all goes to say the contrast mentioned is less about approach, as MSU is already fine with an older guy and someone who bounces around, but the fact one guy had been maximized and others have not. (I suppose there's also a part of me that chafed a bit at the mild stretching of Boyd's profile, but that's a thing I carry over from another board, so sorry about that)
