Thought I had to pick one.
The others all bring something unique. We need a point, a shooter and a defender.
Not saying he is bad.
2022 Recruiting/Transfer Class
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The others all bring something unique. We need a point, a shooter and a defender.
Not saying he is bad.
Grill is always going to be best off the bench. He's a spot up shooter, that has length and plays aggressive defense. 3 & D.
Issue is I'm not sure he's consistent enough or versatile enough on offense, and he's not quick enough on defense to be a lock down 1 on 1 defender. Starter level 3 & D is Chris Babb type.
Grill.
Perhaps Gabe too is his offense is the same and depending on the starters around him. Which is true of many players.
Naz/Thomas/Morris all started some in 2013-14. Without being surrounded by Kane, Ejim, Georges, and Hogue, I don't think they were all starter level that year. What the starter's role is has a big impact on whether they are starter level.
We won't have elite talent imo. Our defense helps offset it to a degree, but to improve we need better starters at many positions. Grill, and ideally Gabe, although losing Hunter makes that harder, and even before that it was a tough sell
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You have a bizarre definition of “starter-level”, but whatever. I doubt TJ is recruiting over Grill.
What is your definition? Just if they start on a Big 12 team? I doubt it. I am guessing you have a performance and role criteria. What the team needs from a starter has a big impact on whether a player is a sufficient starter level, do you disagree?
Was Jones a starter level player? He started on a tournament team.
We are recruiting over Jones.
Are we a tournament team if Gabe leaves and we start Williams, AJG, Grill as the backcourt, assuming Gabe is replaced with someone equal to Grill?
We are, and have been trying to recruit over Grill.
What do you call adding Williams when we had Hunter, Gabe, and felt really good about AJG (if you don't believe me, look at who we weren't recruiting).
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I would hope every player is being recruited over if that makes sense. I get that that's not possible, but if you aren't trying to find a better 6th/7th man every offseason I don't know if you're doing your job. It really doesn't have anything to do with that 6th/7th man, either.
I mean, you're trying to get better. Next year, when signing seniors. That is going to push guys down in the rotation. Someone has to have a bizarre definition of recruiting over for that not to qualify as such.
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SIAP: Holmes would be a nice 3rd guard to have with Williams and a combo in AJG. Although he is a little more similar to Gabe than I'd like, he is an instigator. I'd still put Council #1 on my wish list
Has this been posted? In depth on Bates. It will be tough to beat Matta at Butler, but he would be a centerpiece on both ends imo
https://accsports.com/acc-analytics...t-the-prototype-center-in-more-ways-than-one/
https://accsports.com/acc-analytics...t-the-prototype-center-in-more-ways-than-one/
It does and grill did nothing to suggest he was a slam dunk player deserving 25 mins+ a game anyway
He kind of reminds me of talen Horton tucker
Add Holmes and green and the loss of Hunter will feel ALOT better
I thought the same thing. A bit in just their look but also in how they finish from some crazy angles around the rim.
You try to get better which means you even recruit over your best player if that talented of a player commits.
Tough to plan/project more than 2 years out now. If player doesn't see enough minutes, they transfer. If player blows up into all-conference, they transfer for $. Teams are almost on a two year cycle now.
Going forward it is imperative that the HC must be a helluva recruiter as well as a Coach. Recruiting is even more important now. TJ has a great reputation as a recruiter. He’s found some needed players on the Portal. AJ Green is an absolute must have. Add another PG or CG. Another big man. Pretty decent team.
Go look over our rosters the last decade. It’s been tough to plan past two years for a while. It’s why the notion of a long rebuild is bad. TJ still surpassed that, but 2 years has been a long time for a decade. That’s 4 recruiting cycles.
I’d say we’ve gone from 2-year to basically an annual reconstruction of the roster. Not all guys will leave but you reinvent the team each season
I actually think that has always been the case. Talent acquisition is the number 1 objective, and TJ has a proven track record. Of course, this year he proved the value of coaching.
The task is now significantly more difficult with the open purchasing of players. If TJ ( and CMC) do not have some caliber of money gun I think we can expect many more recruiting disappointments. Whats the old saying - take a knife to a gunfight?