Euro recruiting question

[coachfezz]

How do we use old players to recruit in host country ?

 

[64Spider]

Do you know the answer? My guess is that we don't but sure makes sense.

 

[SpiderTrap]

We don't do this and don't think many other teams do - the reason being, with coaches changing jobs so much over here, chances are our players over in Europe right now know little to nothing about Mooney. Sure they can tell a foreign kid about the school and how he is likely to get turned down by admissions (joking of course), but without any recent ties to Mooney (except for maybe KA) - not much out there.

Best way to recruit overseas is make some contacts with talent evaluators and they can give you inside track on kids looking to come to the States.

 

[WebSpinner]

you can play the dirty game as sport illustrated outlined a couple of weeks ago, you can get lucky but probably best to leave it alone other than those here in prep schools. too much trouble and too expensive to do it the right way. would love to have them but just don't think it is worthwhile unless you have a legitimate, quality, above board, source.

 

[coachfezz]

Under 16 and under 18 national team games is all teams in one place

 

[keefusb]

There are other euro hoops academies other than the one outlined in the article. Should not be expensive or very time-consuming to seek out some of the other academies, and establish relationships. I think european players tend to fit well with our style and system, and I think we are missing out on a lot of potential talent by ignoring the overseas players.

 

[SpiderHoops32]

I think european players tend to fit well with our style and system, and I think we are missing out on a lot of potential talent by ignoring the overseas players.

+1, Euro players seem to be more fundamentally sound than players is the US. Kobe talked about this awhile ago

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/...ean-players-more-skilled-americans-blames-aau

 

[spider23]

Apparently our old friend and assistant Jeff Neubauer likes the Euro recruiting scene. If you don't know what I mean, you need to Czek out this story:

http://bustedcoverage.com/2016/05/1...ng-fordham-coach-wife-twitter-prague-details/

Sorry, its a slow offseason, but quite an airing of dirty laundry by his wife.