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You should remember this the next time someone isn't head-over-heels in love with an NU basketball recruit. You treat those posts like someone just pushed your grandmother down a flight of stairs.
How does player development relate to coaches recruiting evaluations and fans hysterics over those pics?
I wasn't in love with the basketball portal transfers, but I do feel they landed a couple Big 10 caliber players to give us at least 2 deep at each position. Who was I sunshine pumping?
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If he is as good as you think, why no offer from Florida State? Also I'd be willing to bet if Florida State misses on their top guys and they offer h late in the game he won't hesitate to go there
Damn I loved the kid myself. Thought he's a great athlete/football player with position flexibility. He could easily play as many as 5-6 positions depending on how he grows and develops.
Plus he fits the "planet theory". There are only so many people who the planet who will have his combination of height/size/speed/athleticism. Undoubtedly our coaches think they can develop him.
He's the least of my worries in this current class. I can understand by just looking at the offer list though while it can be concerning to some.
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I agree with that about a few of our earlier commits. I think we could've done better but I'll trust his history of developing these guys until he shows me it's not very good.
Curious though what is it that you don't like about this kid other than his offer list?
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The one thing you can coach is speed. You better recruit the shit out of it and develop it to the highest. It's how you can make up for guys who are deemed a bit less talented as football players. At a developmental school like Ruhle says we are I think it's instrumental.
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At his height and from the videos I have seen I don't think he has good lateral footwork... similar to what I don't like about Haarberg
Kid might be my new favorite player if he signs. Went fishing with TO on his recruiting trip.
The kid looks like he has the tools. I like the pick up.
TO did the same thing. Keep your eye on developing regional talent, work the high schools and get guys before anyone else. Mix that with blue chip talent and win more than 9 most years. It’s harder now, but the focus on speed and core athleticism is a good one. These guys might know the difference between an unrated guy with unlimited talent, and a 4* guy that’s maxed out his talent.
Speed is the basketball equivalent of tall. Boeheim lived off of long guys playing a 2-3 zone. When Charlie and TO decided to focus on team defensive speed, NU won titles. No other way to do it.
This thread is a walk down memory lane of the last 20+ years of justifications and excuses.
It could be. But I was talking about the fans in this thread who are representative of many thoughout the fan base, all of college football, really, who make excuses for why a player didn't make it or why he should get a scholarship. Many of us get excited about a prospect when really we know almost nothing about them except we read a hype article - and they write that stuff about a 3 star like he's gonna be all conference.
I see him like a Parsons.. when he was in high school they are very similar builds .and speed.. Hope he turns out to be half the talent
Doesn't his lateral footwork matter less/more depending on the position he's slated to play? So when you say he doesn't have good lateral footwork in reference to what position is what I'd ask you.
If you are saying CB I'd probably agree. If you are talking safety I think it would be debatable. If we are talking Rover I would disagree and if you are talking LB/OLB I'd disagree vehemently.
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Maybe. It worked for Rhule at Baylor. We seemed to develop some guys last year like we didn’t see under Frost.
There’s some truth in what you say but I also think the opposite is true when guys on here trash a prospect they haven’t evaluated. Rhule has shown he can develop raw talent.
