My dearly beloved was in the Spokane airport today just in time to see Ike being greeted and picked up by Gonzaga coaches.
That said, with all that Linder and UW did to accommodate that young man from taking a gamble on him given his injury his senior year of HS, to making him a center piece in the UW offense, to extensive resources and time spent on him in another rehab this past season and finally declaring his entry into the portal the same day or closely thereafter of Linder burying his father, it won‘t hurt my feelings at all to see him not succeed at his next stop. Say what you want about NIL yadi - yadi - ya, but his sense that he‘s entitled to better - after all that Linder and UW did for him just chaps my rear end. He, far more than anyone that left, leaves me as raw as a saddled horse with no pad. I have no doubt that had I been in the Spokane airport today, Gonzaga coaches or not, I’d have told him exactly what I’m saying in this post. And all of this just when I thought I was over it.
That said, with all that Linder and UW did to accommodate that young man from taking a gamble on him given his injury his senior year of HS, to making him a center piece in the UW offense, to extensive resources and time spent on him in another rehab this past season and finally declaring his entry into the portal the same day or closely thereafter of Linder burying his father, it won‘t hurt my feelings at all to see him not succeed at his next stop. Say what you want about NIL yadi - yadi - ya, but his sense that he‘s entitled to better - after all that Linder and UW did for him just chaps my rear end. He, far more than anyone that left, leaves me as raw as a saddled horse with no pad. I have no doubt that had I been in the Spokane airport today, Gonzaga coaches or not, I’d have told him exactly what I’m saying in this post. And all of this just when I thought I was over it.
