If a coach is looking at the Rivals rankings to see who to recruit then they are in trouble.
THT Going into the Draft
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If a coach is looking at the Rivals rankings to see who to recruit then they are in trouble.
Who gives a ****? I mean who would want this Ja Morant guy... dude wasn’t even ******* ranked so he’s clearly a bum.
We are not Duke, Kentucky or Kansas? I agree with you that the kid’s ranking should raise some initial questions but you need to watch the film. The kid is not Clayton Custer 2.0. More of Tyler Herro lite.
There is a middle ground here. Overall team rankings relate directly to the success a program has when looked at over a 5-10 year period. This kid isn’t Ja Morant but he also isn’t Clayton Custer.
I've seen draft services that have him late 2nd and not at all. They are all pretty uncertain outside the top 10 to 15. His individual workouts, and the combine (if he gets an invite) will determine his draft status.
Sorry to be asking so many questions tonight, but what the **** is going on with this program right now??? I thought they turned the corner in KC and thought we had a nice core to build on for the next couple years.
Since then we've lost to the worst tournament team Ive seen in recent memory, had a coach be rumored to leave and looked like he was leaving by his demeanor in the tourney game, had exactly 1 player looked like he even cared if we won or lost that game, that same player gets kicked off the team a week later while the coach gets a 5 year extension, we have 2 guys who arent anywhere near ready declare for the draft so they can go play in front of 600 fans in the Quad Cities next year, and the game plan for all of this is to replace them with a guy ranked 396th in his recruiting class?? Not to mention our former coach taking over the most hated program in college basketball.
Excuse me for not having a complete meltdown about the future of this program right now.
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Really? Really.....
You really did go full dumb with that second to last sentence.
Mods, a timeout is in order!
I called you a troll a long time ago. I should have just called you and a$$hole.
Deonte Burton has exceptional explosion that THT has not exhibited. All things considered, if you look at Burton’s senior year and THT’s freshman year I would have expected Burton to be the more effective pro.
The NBA appears to be moving more and more to a developmental league system closer to the MBL’s minor leagues. It seems to me this alters the type of high school player a collegiate program should target. Is it strategically worth it to offer a scholarship to a highly ranked high school athlete who likely isn’t ready to move directly into the NBA after one year in college but likely would be drafted by the NBA into its D or G-league system (i.e THT or Wigginton)? Somebody with the talent of Zion Williamson is a no brainer, who will contribute enormously in their one and done season. But athletes a notch or so below, can create all sorts of issues for a coach. Players who fully expect to leave for the NBA after one year and expect the coach to showcase them in their one collegiate season even at the expense of the team. Creating all sort of team chemistry issues. I’m coming around to the position that it may be best to avoid these second-tier athletes. Might ISU be better off developing athletes that have more limited NBA potential, but who fully buy into team ball, who look forward to the full collegiate experience and by their jr. or sr. year outperform these one and done 2nd tier athletes?
Yeah this sounds like a you problem. It's kind of like when you have to puke but you haven't yet. You know you'll feel better when you do, so might as well get it over with. Go ahead and let it all out. Maybe you'll feel better after.
Dude, log off and breathe.
Ok, I will, Im going to need counseling for all this stuff that has happened the last couple weeks though. Hopefully he can bring in some solid guys to replace what we lost, if not we are in trouble next year.
PLAYERS LEAVING EARLY FOR THE DRAFT! SOUND THE ALARMS! PROGRAM IN SHAMBLES!
I’m so disaapointed at some people in this board. Really hope you are not as terrible human beings/selfish a** holes as some of you come across in this thread.
As for the topic in hand, if THT and his family think this is the right choice for him, then best luck to him on pursuing his dreams. No reason to pass up on the money if he gets a good draft grade.
As for the topic in hand, if THT and his family think this is the right choice for him, then best luck to him on pursuing his dreams. No reason to pass up on the money if he gets a good draft grade.
sigh... I deserve this for using an analogy on this board...
I would like the record to state I do not believe this kid is Ja Moran’s 2.0. I also must confess that I also debated using Jarrett Culver as an example. I also do not believe he will be Jarrett Culver 2.0.
As for taking guys like THT? If i was Prohm I’d prolly take the best available players that are willing to play for my program!
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I get it. I called him Tyler Herro lite in another thread. What I’m saying is that not every player is a diamond in the rough. But you can occasionally take flyers on kids outside the Top 200...I just wouldn’t make it a habit.