Here's what #Baylor's Scott Drew had to say about the departure of Rob Wright III to BYU:

"When you make an agreement, you think you're done... that's part of hopefully the [NCAA] settlement... When they're locked in, they're locked in so that you can build a team." #SicEm pic.twitter.com/PHlMoh3VJL

— Parker Rehm (@parker_rehm) June 10, 2025

TWD 1974 said:

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Hopefully the anarchy begins to change with the House settlement. It has been a difficult year for Baylor Basketball; the Rob Wright situation was a haymaker to the chin. Drew and staff got up off the mat and rebuilt the roster remarkably well in a very short timeframe.

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Totally agree on all points. And Drew is right: we need to have some level of contractual obligation so people are locked in. It will be better for everyone that way.

Maybe the timing will work in our favor, as Drew gets a chance to build a new blueprint. I like that he's pulling in kids from basketball families who are primarily motivated to improve their game more than their pocketbooks. For the first time in awhile, I'm excited about the direction we are heading.

If a coach can leave whenever he/she wants a player should have the same right.

I just hope we act like adults when Wright returns to Waco ..

This isn't like Kiki Vandeweghe being booed for years every time he came to Dallas because he didn't want Mavs to draft him..or Chris Beard getting booed in Lubbock..

This is an 18 year old kid just doing what his parents are making him do.

Stefano DiMera said:

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I just hope we act like adults when Wright returns to Waco ..

This isn't like Kiki Vandeweghe being booed for years every time he came to Dallas because he didn't want Mavs to draft him..or Chris Beard getting booed in Lubbock..

This is an 18 year old kid just doing what his parents are making him do.

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In all fairness, wasn't Dallas the expansion team that year? No one in the history of basketball ever dreamed of playing for an expansion team.

Agreed, students should not go nuts on Wright when he shows up in Waco (is BYU even coming to town next year?). If there is, betting Dad doesn't make the trip.

That's a very polite Christian way of saying Wright can go fu<k himself.

He gave everything he had while he was here. I am glad he was a Bear. I am sorry he is gone but If they offered me two million dollars more than I was making, I would have done the same thing.

TWD 1974 said:

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Stefano DiMera said:

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I just hope we act like adults when Wright returns to Waco ..

This isn't like Kiki Vandeweghe being booed for years every time he came to Dallas because he didn't want Mavs to draft him..or Chris Beard getting booed in Lubbock..

This is an 18 year old kid just doing what his parents are making him do.

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In all fairness, wasn't Dallas the expansion team that year? No one in the history of basketball ever dreamed of playing for an expansion team.

Agreed, students should not go nuts on Wright when he shows up in Waco (is BYU even coming to town next year?). If there is, betting Dad doesn't make the trip.

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We played them once in the spring in Provo. They will be in Waco in January or February, like they were in 2024.

I miss the double round robin schedule before expansion.

TXBEAR_bf said:

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I see nothing wrong with booing him every time he touches the ball, I'll be disappointed if they don't.
No obscenities, classes comments, but yes they should heckle him the whole game.

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I expect our student section will give him an earful. Hopefully, it won't be as bad as what Jalen Bridges experienced in Morgantown.

OurOurs said:

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Drew is a gracious dude.

If you think Rob leaving was annoying as a fan, just imagine being one of these coaches today. We can say it's a different world now, it's all about the bag, etc. but even in that context, if you agreed to hire someone and they looked you in the eye, shook your hand, and said they would be there, you would expect them to do so.

Maybe the House will bring some stability, but this whole era is such a joke. "Student-athletes" at "institutions of higher learning" is the punchline. I think the only learning these young men are getting from their "college experience" is that greed and dishonesty are excusable and even rewarded.

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Wow, I couldn't have said that any better.

The way Rob left was very different. He bailed last minute without any notice after agreeing to a NIL deal. We have a very different fan base than West Virginia, thankfully. But I will say that is a damn tough place to play. Their fan base is 100 in to the game even when they are mediocre.

Agreed

TXBEAR_bf said:

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The way Rob left was very different. He bailed last minute without any notice after agreeing to a NIL deal. We have a very different fan base than West Virginia, thankfully. But I will say that is a damn tough place to play. Their fan base is 100 in to the game even when they are mediocre.

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Is that fanaticism due to Mountain Dew or moonshine?

Here's the first tortious interference with contract lawsuit I'm aware of from one university against another. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/45552578/wisconsin-sues-miami-tampering-football-transfer

This is the kind of action I was suggesting on this board that Baylor must have at least considered in the Rob Wright debacle. The action would have been against BYU, and not against the player. At the time I shared a law review article indicating the legal viability of such a claim, even though one hadn't been publicly filed yet. I suspect Baylor didn't want to be the first to file such a suit for PR reasons, but now that it's happening it will be fascinating to see if others file suit. If so, that will be a major check on the kind of contractual tampering we saw with RW.

OurOurs said:

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Drew is a gracious dude.

If you think Rob leaving was annoying as a fan, just imagine being one of these coaches today. We can say it's a different world now, it's all about the bag, etc. but even in that context, if you agreed to hire someone and they looked you in the eye, shook your hand, and said they would be there, you would expect them to do so.

Maybe the House will bring some stability, but this whole era is such a joke. "Student-athletes" at "institutions of higher learning" is the punchline. I think the only learning these young men are getting from their "college experience" is that greed and dishonesty are excusable and even rewarded.

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Good post.

Apples and oranges. If a coach breaches a contract when leaving the coach can be sued. But when a coach leaves by honoring a buy-out clause, that's not breaking a deal. That's just an alternative way the contract's terms are fulfilled. Rob Wright had no buyout clause. He just walked on his deal. He will have to live with that decision forever, after the $$ is gone.