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Post by aztec86 on Apr 21, 2023 11:02:33 GMT -8
I'm old enough to remember the time Lorenzo Wade and friend accidentally moved a TV out of an old lady's house. This is the first thing I thought of lol. This wouldn't be the first risk. Remember Jerome Habel was taken, and given a short lease, while being on "double secret probation".
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Post by ignoranus on Apr 21, 2023 12:21:24 GMT -8
IIRC Jerome Habel was a very talented player: in his first game as an Aztec he scored 22 points against Cal.
When he came to the Aztecs, again IIRC, in the previous seven years he had played for seven different teams. I concluded that he was so talented that there was always another coach willing to take a chance on Jerome to have him on his team, sort of a Tarkanian type of player (?). The results seemed very consistent. After one year he never got a second year on any team.
Based upon his history, I assumed that he was likely to be a "one and done" Aztec, although not in the traditional sense.
When he was finally dismissed it may have been for expectorating on a coed.
Another one year team for Jerome, sadly...
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Post by standiego on Apr 21, 2023 13:50:06 GMT -8
There have been numerous problems with both the basketball and football coaches and players at Texas A & M
interesting a highly rated Canadian HS basketball player that goes to UCONN likes the coach -but think the coach leaves then Javonte transfers during mid season of his freshman year to Texas A & M
With the Privacy rule not that easy for coaches to get complete information on players - especially off the court information
How much did the staff know about Chad Baker M ?
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Post by dunksalot on Apr 21, 2023 20:37:47 GMT -8
There have been numerous problems with both the basketball and football coaches and players at Texas A & M interesting a highly rated Canadian HS basketball player that goes to UCONN likes the coach -but think the coach leaves then Javonte transfers during mid season of his freshman year to Texas A & M With the Privacy rule not that easy for coaches to get complete information on players - especially off the court information How much did the staff know about Chad Baker M ? Some things you can't entirely know. For one, Duquesne had a bunch of players leave that year. Two, with Covid going on it's hard to tell. I'd give the staff a break as CBM who could easily blame Covid "hard to learn from a screen" excuse if he had poor grades. They had a high school transcript too.
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Post by standiego on Apr 21, 2023 22:09:37 GMT -8
With Privacy laws and Covid restrictions know it is very difficult for the staff to get as much information as they can . think that was the time when there may have not any visits - so not that easy to do things long distance and that is why visits are so important
A lot of things going on for the coaches and think many of us know how difficult it is to get good quality people especially guys that can play the 5 - toss in NIL - guys leaving or talking to the NBA
For those who know - what exactly happens to guys similar to Lamont or Ledee - are there scrimmages - or conversations with players or ? what people are there from the NBA and then how and when do they give results
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Post by Fishn'Aztec on Apr 25, 2023 8:56:58 GMT -8
Will this be a stealth visit or is there an insider that will get to see how it goes??
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Post by standiego on Apr 25, 2023 9:41:53 GMT -8
total guess but if he has to red shirt this upcoming season - he might be a plan B
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Post by sdcoug on Apr 25, 2023 9:45:09 GMT -8
total guess but if he has to red shirt this upcoming season - he might be a plan B He can either RS or play this season. It'll be his choice. If we get Allick I think the preference is for him to RS. If not, then they may need him to step in, depending upon who else we're looking at to play the 4. Either way, he'll have a chance to compete in the fall & if he & Shay are close I think they'd push Brown to RS & if he stands out they'd have to play him. But you're right about 1 thing - Allick is Plan A. Brown, or anyone else, is Plan B.
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Post by AzTuba85 on Apr 25, 2023 11:22:13 GMT -8
Brown would have to sit after transferring, according to UT's Zeigler. He could therefore be plan A... for next season
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Post by dunksalot on Apr 25, 2023 11:26:05 GMT -8
total guess but if he has to red shirt this upcoming season - he might be a plan B He can either RS or play this season. It'll be his choice. If we get Allick I think the preference is for him to RS. If not, then they may need him to step in, depending upon who else we're looking at to play the 4. Either way, he'll have a chance to compete in the fall & if he & Shay are close I think they'd push Brown to RS & if he stands out they'd have to play him. But you're right about 1 thing - Allick is Plan A. Brown, or anyone else, is Plan B. The one and only time we made an NCAA Championship game we had 9 deep with Mensah, Ledee, Arop, and Keshad playing the 4/5. Next year we'll have Ledee only. The rest is going to be inexperienced (Saunders, Shay, & Heide) and then transfers. Starting in 2024 we lose Ledee so we have a lot of minutes for the next 4 years. That has to be attractive for a big wanting to play for the Championship Runner-up.
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Post by sdcoug on Apr 25, 2023 22:03:20 GMT -8
Brown would have to sit after transferring, according to UT's Zeigler. He could therefore be plan A... for next season He will have the option to play or RS. He's seeking a medical hardship for his time at UConn, which was his 1st transfer. He'll argue he never played there and our coaches expect him to get a waiver. But yes, him redshirting would be Plan A but only after Allick. They're also aware of others who are thinking of going into the portal, so they may wait.
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Post by sdcoug on Apr 25, 2023 22:07:12 GMT -8
He can either RS or play this season. It'll be his choice. If we get Allick I think the preference is for him to RS. If not, then they may need him to step in, depending upon who else we're looking at to play the 4. Either way, he'll have a chance to compete in the fall & if he & Shay are close I think they'd push Brown to RS & if he stands out they'd have to play him. But you're right about 1 thing - Allick is Plan A. Brown, or anyone else, is Plan B. The one and only time we made an NCAA Championship game we had 9 deep with Mensah, Ledee, Arop, and Keshad playing the 4/5. Next year we'll have Ledee only. The rest is going to be inexperienced (Saunders, Shay, & Heide) and then transfers. Starting in 2024 we lose Ledee so we have a lot of minutes for the next 4 years. That has to be attractive for a big wanting to play for the Championship Runner-up. With Ledee & Allick we would be set on starters, but yes we'll be relying more on youth next year. By design. They don't want to block Shay or Saunders so they'll get minutes.
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Post by jp92grad on Apr 25, 2023 23:11:05 GMT -8
The one and only time we made an NCAA Championship game we had 9 deep with Mensah, Ledee, Arop, and Keshad playing the 4/5. Next year we'll have Ledee only. The rest is going to be inexperienced (Saunders, Shay, & Heide) and then transfers. Starting in 2024 we lose Ledee so we have a lot of minutes for the next 4 years. That has to be attractive for a big wanting to play for the Championship Runner-up. With Ledee & Allick we would be set on starters, but yes we'll be relying more on youth next year. By design. They don't want to block Shay or Saunders so they'll get minutes. If Possible,LeDee, Allick and Brown with Saunders as the backup would be a nice 4/5 rotation next season, why worry about the following season. The following year should be in a better conference with even more hype and hopefully a few more bucks and increased resources, strike while the iron is hot. This program needs to take care of things now with the way things are going with the Transfer Portal and NIL ($$$) college sports are now becoming a year to year sport with parity just a few players and $$$ away every year. The way players are chasing money and using the the Transfer Portal it has changed the way the teams are recruiting and building their teams. Things are going to need to change, the way they are headed right now is not a viable solution for longevity of collegiate sports.
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Post by ramrodd23 on Apr 26, 2023 6:53:02 GMT -8
total guess but if he has to red shirt this upcoming season - he might be a plan B He has to redshirt. Brown is not even plan B. The coaches are covering themselves for the year after.
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Post by dunksalot on Apr 26, 2023 8:04:10 GMT -8
The one and only time we made an NCAA Championship game we had 9 deep with Mensah, Ledee, Arop, and Keshad playing the 4/5. Next year we'll have Ledee only. The rest is going to be inexperienced (Saunders, Shay, & Heide) and then transfers. Starting in 2024 we lose Ledee so we have a lot of minutes for the next 4 years. That has to be attractive for a big wanting to play for the Championship Runner-up. With Ledee & Allick we would be set on starters, but yes we'll be relying more on youth next year. By design. They don't want to block Shay or Saunders so they'll get minutes.
We have the starting guard tandem that made the Finals. It's hard to believe that doesn't attract a 7-footer despite NIL buck$. I love both Ledee & Allick but the road to the title requires a bit more height. (Yeah...I'm being greedy).
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Post by standiego on Apr 26, 2023 8:16:25 GMT -8
Per Zeigler - Aztecs could have a few more visits this week
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Post by sdcoug on Apr 26, 2023 8:18:32 GMT -8
With Ledee & Allick we would be set on starters, but yes we'll be relying more on youth next year. By design. They don't want to block Shay or Saunders so they'll get minutes.
We have the starting guard tandem that made the Finals. It's hard to believe that doesn't attract a 7-footer despite NIL buck$. I love both Ledee & Allick but the road to the title requires a bit more height. (Yeah...I'm being greedy).
You're assuming they don't like they players they already have, plus the fact that the players we already have is a reason it's hard to attract a quality big via the portal.
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Post by standiego on Apr 26, 2023 8:27:16 GMT -8
Correct it is very difficult to bring in a top rated player at the 5 position . Do not have any inside information about Shay Johnson but do know that he has had 2 years of learning the Aztecs defense - not that easy to master . would guess that Coug has the inside track about his progress
in addition Elijah has had a season to learn it
As we have watched transfers have a difficult time picking it up - even players that were rated all defensive team at their previous conference
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Post by ramrodd23 on Apr 26, 2023 9:38:47 GMT -8
Correct it is very difficult to bring in a top rated player at the 5 position . Do not have any inside information about Shay Johnson but do know that he has had 2 years of learning the Aztecs defense - not that easy to master . would guess that Coug has the inside track about his progress in addition Elijah has had a season to learn it As we have watched transfers have a difficult time picking it up - even players that were rated all defensive team at their previous conference Except Mensah didn’t have a that hard time learning as a freshman. AG got double digits in minutes as a freshman. Skylar Spencer didn’t have problems as a freshman. DJohnson was getting pass over by Saunders this year.
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Post by sdsuball on Apr 26, 2023 10:23:29 GMT -8
We have the starting guard tandem that made the Finals. It's hard to believe that doesn't attract a 7-footer despite NIL buck$. I love both Ledee & Allick but the road to the title requires a bit more height. (Yeah...I'm being greedy).
You're assuming they don't like they players they already have, plus the fact that the players we already have is a reason it's hard to attract a quality big via the portal. What is Shay's height/wingspan? Is he a good shot blocker at the college level?
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