Robbie Avila - 2022 Offer/Visit
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Breakdown of his EYBL squad...everything I see and read about him makes it look like he's a perfect fit for us.
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Agree. Appears to have the skill set to shine as a Spider...plus it would be poetic justice to land an Avila. Hopefully, Admissions would not blow it again.
Anyone get a chance to watch? I had plans and did not. Hopefully was solid but not too good 😀
I'll go on the record and say I prefer Hunger to Avila. Just purely based on the available videos, I worry about Avila's athleticism, and don't have the same concerns re Hunger.
I think Hunger can play big forward, so yes he'd be an amazing add. but I do think he's the longer shot now. he seems more like our prototypical 5 than a forward. Avila on the other hand I think projects at the big forward spot as well as playing some 5 when needed.
I agree from the highlights Hunger gets the edge but I'd be very happy with Avila too.
I agree from the highlights Hunger gets the edge but I'd be very happy with Avila too.
btw I know it's stupid to compare any big 6'8" white kid to Larry Bird, but there's something familiar about his form when he fakes a 3 and dribbles into another. very smooth. kid is highly skilled. a great passer and a "lights out" shooter. athleticism doesn't jump off the charts, but that looks improvable in a college program.
Agree, and my guess is we are still 100% after him, but he could be backing off us some because of the Walz commitment. That happens a lot in recruiting. And, other teams could be using the "why go there, they just got Walz" stuff.
I guess that is why Akeem and Ralph became the twin towers!! We should sell this concept with Avila. Go for itSpiders!!
yeah, you'd have to sell Avila that the plan is to play them together. Walz is a 5. I think Avila can play the 4 or the 5. we probably recruited him as a Grant in our offense as he's a the guy we'd run the offense through. but we could still do that with him and Walz together. Walz might be better as a Cayo offensively anyway.
Let’s get them both, they compliment each other well!!
There’s been a lot of great teams because they had twin towers. We could be the next.
The story my brain has concocted here is that Mooney saw Robbie didn't list us as being among the hardest going after him, so Mooney hopped on a plane to pay him a visit.
idk but maybe the Burt Reynolds of Barbecue should have just asked Mooney himself rather than the Twitter.
Someone track Mooney and Avila's iphones. Funny enough, doing a search for AAU basketball in Chicago, a bunch of stuff comes up about Baylor Basketball sponsoring tournaments. Turns out it is someone's last name, not the school.
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Bursting my own bubble here...we just started a dead period, so no in-person recruiting of any kind is allowed. In fact, all of August is either dead or quiet, so no traveling to see recruits until after Labor Day.
Mooney's probably just visiting Steve Thomas.
Mooney's probably just visiting Steve Thomas.
How do they define in person? if you zoom from 10 feet away does that count?
Hmmm...a recruiting contact is defined as face-to-face saying anything more than hello. So Zooming while within physical sight of each other, probably not okay. Sitting around a corner from each other? Maybe you could get away with that, lol.
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Free trip to the Windy City, free night in a nice hotel, free Chicago deep dish pizza. You'd be a fool not to use it up!
Mooney has burnt through a lot more of UR's cash in worse ways than than this.
Yeah, we had Larry Bird in our sights until they stepped in.😂
Agreed. This could be a case that he is looking for a school closer to home, if so, there is not too much we can do about that.
I find it very interesting that we haven't made other offers for this last spot. It seems we're set on waiting on Avila, Hunger and Buchanan. I have to think we believe we have a good shot to get one.
if we start making new offers, then we'll know where we think we stand with this group.
if we start making new offers, then we'll know where we think we stand with this group.
Interesting. I would reverse Buchanan and Avila on my list, but that’s based on watching 1 highlight reel for each and comparing the offers from other schools as my research.
Hunger looks like a beast!
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