gcarter, agree with you. My son was saying that a program like UR (or UVA) need only to get a recruit or two they aren't supposed to get in order to make it really big time.
The way to win a national championship or make a final four for a school like UR is to land an Armando Bacot and then have him and the coaches persuade others of similar ability to join the program with the singular goal of winning a national championship.
However, the odds are at best remote that a kid of Armando's ability would buy into such an idea and even more remote that he and the staff would be able to persuade other high-quality athletes to come on board.
I agree that he is a great kid and that his signing could be a mutually rewarding experience for both UR and him. I would love to see us sign him, but I have been following the program long enough to realize that obtaining his services border on the fantastical, and I think that most all would agree that the parts are not in place for obtaining the goal of national prominence unless there are some drastic changes in the components of the program which are not likely to happen in the foreseeable future.
Let's face it, we have priorities at UR which preclude us from landing the talent needed to take us to national prominence in basketball, despite the language of the Master Plan, and I see no movement afoot to make major changes. We will make minor adjustments, and they may bring more success, but we need to move into another galaxy to realize a sustained position of national prominence in the world of collegiate basketball.
That said, hats off to you, GCarter and Ulla, sincerely, for continuing to stick to your guns and keeping the dream alive. Though with different goals, I adopt the same philosophy in continuing to support and bolster the confidence and self-belief of my children in themselves and their abilities, though I realize that at a certain age they will have to deal with the truth.
