+1 to this.
There are no guarantees. As far as “knowing” goes, I think you read what the coaches are telling you about your chances, maybe you look at some film and assess your chances against the incumbent backups.
I’m not qualified to evaluate who’s out there, so I can’t say who’s a candidate.
you should follow this post with a
or a LOL or something.
Yes, we have been told by a certain poster that there were not any recruits left this spring and then VCU sign a break out big man (Ward) that several A10 programs recruiting, and a top 100 player at the guard position. Maybe there weren't any out there because the other A10 teams had already put in the leg work with these guys.
Stop trying to compare us to VCU... You know they play in a different league and a different city than we do, so there's really no way we can be expected to recruit like they do. It's just completely unrealistic!
I wonder how many D-1 coaches out there can't fill out their scholarship allotment. Number has to be pretty small.
I read that he was committing to St. Joe's before Coach Martelli was fired. His offers included UConn, Temple, Boston College, Rhode Island, La Salle, etc. It seemed like his late commitment was mostly due to Martelli being fired. The Athletic had an article about a house fire where he had some family members die. That also could have affected his late commitment.
that would explain it in this case. that's a lot to go through. thanks.
You have a different bar than I do. To me it's depressing that we don't seem to be in the hunt for any of these guys, and worse, that the school down the street is getting them instead.
Don't get yourself worked up, TBone. Just try to look at things from a different perspective. For example, compared to Randolph-Macon, I think we are doing great with the caliber of recruits we are attracting!
Yes it is heartbreaking. This morning I read in the R-TD that it was his 11 year old cousin and his grandmother.
It was a bit confusing because some recruiting sites said that it was his brother. I would blame that mistake on some reporting errors.
He wasn't signing with St Joe. If he were he'd have already been signed before Martelli left. He had much bigger fish on the hook than Joes. He's the number 1 player in Delaware. He was never in danger of going to Joes and Hurley at UCONN just can't create a lot of confidence in a guy that needs family. Seems that the family Rhodes has created is a big attraction especially for guys that really value it. I've seen absolutely not of this from Mooney. Zero. Ever.
i know you kind of claim to care about the spiders in spite of being a Ram fan, but stating that CM doesn’t treat his guys like family is pretty absurd and also demonstrates your lack of familiarity with the program.
And he has a lack of familiarity with Hyland. He took two visits to St Joe's and was going to commit right before they fired Martelli. It is easy to find out if you research it.
He could have committed when he was a Jr, but he didn't and I'm sure Martelli was after him since he was in middle school. Kid knew that he had many options. What could any other explanation be? I kinda follow this stuff closely especially with the guys that are being recruited long before they have been mentioned on two four seven.
Guess you missed this one then. The explanation is that Martelli was fired in March.
Did Martelli have him signed and he decommitted in March? My point was that if Martelli had the inside track so strongly he'd have been signed long before March. He signed exactly 5 months before he'll play his first D1 game. Why not during the signing period for 2019's the year before or a rising Sr? Please tell me how I don't have a valid point here.
