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Darius McNeill visiting Sep 3rd

acgclone said:
I'm guessing this played into the McKinley Wright/ISU split
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Why though? The staff has extended a bunch of PG offers - why would a simple visit cause either the staff or Wright to back off? There's no guarantee at all that this kid will commit.
 
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TheHelgo said:
Why though? The staff has extended a bunch of PG offers - why would a simple visit cause either the staff or Wright to back off? There's no guarantee at all that this kid will commit.
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I'm guessing the staff knows more than we do. Just a guess though. One thing that should be considered is that this staff rarely lets info leak. It's drastically different than the last staff. Trust the process.
 
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There is obviously more to the store with Wright but who knows if we will ever know.

As for McNeill. He is really athletic, could be a great defender. Great speed. Just looks like he needs to tighten up his handle but looks like he has potential.
 
I like the offer list as well, as stated above, his visit and recruitment must have been the reason for the sudden shift in PG priorities.
 
Not sure there's more to the story with Wright other than bad timing. He wants to commit soon. We are confident we can land a higher target later in the process.
 
Do we need to take a collection to send Chris on vacation over the long weekend, or will he man-up and take one for the team and head out of town on his own? :p
 
If (and I am trying to highlight the conditional phrasing here)...

Our high school class coming in next year is...

Lewis
Feazell
McNeill
+ one of the high school point guards

...then so many of my concerns about the present staff's ability to recruit high school and prep talent is going to go away and, while we will be really young after this year, we should be very talented and ready to fight ourselves back up the standings quickly.

We seemed to do fine with transfers and JUCOs last year. Keep using those to supplement, and you kind of have to at Iowa State given some of our disadvantages and one big advantage--the reputation that Fred built of Ames as Focus Town/Transfer U... and this might work out alright. Nothing for sure now, obviously, but...

My confidence in Prohm in the long-term has gone way up these past few weeks.
 
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rholtgraves said:
There is obviously more to the store with Wright but who knows if we will ever know.

As for McNeill. He is really athletic, could be a great defender. Great speed. Just looks like he needs to tighten up his handle but looks like he has potential.
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Definitely looks athletic, and I don't see an issue with his handle, at least not in this clip. Nice shot as well, including off the dribble.
 
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I like all the things his HS coach has to say. About him being a great shooter, his basketball IQ showing improvements over the years, and how he thinks he can get bigger/stronger while still developing the skills he already has.

I am a big fan of the fact he is a combo guard who has played meaningful games and minutes at both SG and PG
 
Sigmapolis said:
If (and I am trying to highlight the conditional phrasing here)...

Our high school class coming in next year is...

Lewis
Feazell
McNeill
+ one of the high school point guards

...then so many of my concerns about the present staff's ability to recruit high school and prep talent is going to go away and, .
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Can't imagine what criteria he is still missing in your book if your scenario above comes to fruition in some way. Tough crowd!
 
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