(07-31-2017 08:54 PM)EricSigEpTNBeta183 Wrote: [ -> ]I honestly think the only thing that brings him here or keeps him home I guess is better to say, is if we do really well this year and some other pieces to the recruiting class fall into place. With that being said, it isn't looking good. There was another NATIONAL scouting guy who agreed w Florida taking the lead.
I think he's gone by September. Lomax just didn't want to burn bridges if something better didn't come up.
(08-01-2017 08:37 AM)FlyingTiger2016 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-31-2017 09:35 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote: [ -> ]Rumors out there that we got beat by a high school team? Might explain Jason and John saying their opinion that we will not be very good is based in real evidence.
No. The rumor that I pieced together from Mark and Jonah is the following.
Jeremiah brought Parks, Davenport, and Thornton to Penny's gym. They had a loosely organized scrimmage with Team Penny in which the Tiger's guys won by something like 10.
Parks apparently gave James Wiseman a lot of trouble, and the Team Penny coaches said he looked good. But again, Parks just turned 20, and Wiseman is 16.5. But Wiseman is also the #2 player in 2019.
Thank you for the info. If it is from Mark and Jonah, hopefully it has some credibility and clears a few things up. Does it have an impact on Lomax? Who knows?
(07-31-2017 04:36 PM)Tiger87 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-31-2017 03:31 PM)FlyingTiger2016 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-31-2017 03:11 PM)snowtiger Wrote: [ -> ]That's the one that is most likely to snare him out from under us, seems like. Just from reading everything everywhere , including Lomax's own quote about them
Jonah just flipped to FL.
Well. It's going to take a lot to make that one up if it happens.
That is not good. Of course, Jonah has been wrong before.
If I recall correctly. Jonah has not missed on a basketball crystal ball (unless it was very, very recently). Football? Yes. Basketball? No.
Just recall that the crystal ball can be changed up to the last minute before something becomes public. But, when it comes to basketball, Jonah has been spot on. If he changed it from Memphis to Florida, bet your bottom dollar he had good reason to.
They won by 12.
Maybe E can fill us in on the info he has on Lomax, as his biggest fan I'm sure he's not to thrilled with the recently Lomax developments.
(07-31-2017 09:01 PM)Stammers Wrote: [ -> ] (07-31-2017 08:54 PM)EricSigEpTNBeta183 Wrote: [ -> ]I honestly think the only thing that brings him here or keeps him home I guess is better to say, is if we do really well this year and some other pieces to the recruiting class fall into place. With that being said, it isn't looking good. There was another NATIONAL scouting guy who agreed w Florida taking the lead.
Did the pickup game happen? If it did happen and the high schoolers beat us, it doesn't mean anything as far as measuring how good we are, but if it gives the perception that we aren't very good, that could have an influence on recruits.
Haha! Seriously???
(08-01-2017 09:31 AM)airric2255 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-31-2017 04:36 PM)Tiger87 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-31-2017 03:31 PM)FlyingTiger2016 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-31-2017 03:11 PM)snowtiger Wrote: [ -> ]That's the one that is most likely to snare him out from under us, seems like. Just from reading everything everywhere , including Lomax's own quote about them
Jonah just flipped to FL.
Well. It's going to take a lot to make that one up if it happens.
That is not good. Of course, Jonah has been wrong before.
If I recall correctly. Jonah has not missed on a basketball crystal ball (unless it was very, very recently). Football? Yes. Basketball? No.
Just recall that the crystal ball can be changed up to the last minute before something becomes public. But, when it comes to basketball, Jonah has been spot on. If he changed it from Memphis to Florida, but your bottom dollar he had good reason to.
Exactly. And he hasn't missed on which players were leaving either---I'm not talking about seconds or mins or hours before the news broke....I'm talking days and sometimes weeks before that news broke.
But do we really want some of these guys on Roar with us? lol
(07-31-2017 08:20 PM)Dylan Wrote: [ -> ] (07-31-2017 07:09 PM)FlyingTiger2016 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-31-2017 06:49 PM)snowtiger Wrote: [ -> ] (07-31-2017 06:19 PM)FlyingTiger2016 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-31-2017 04:22 PM)snowtiger Wrote: [ -> ]VIP is not what's getting tweeted.
Twitter is what he can say without getting in trubble--just like the rest of the sports tweeters.
VIP is what can't be said to everyone but still not all of what he knows--just like the rest of sports media people. He's got sources, ideals, honor and loves what he's doing. Not jaded. Hope he can stay that way. lol
Yeah, but his sources are mostly local. And probably limited to a few high school coaches, AAU guys, and the local staff. Of course keeping everybody happy is impossible, so Jonah has to be careful. And retweet about prospects we aren't considering....
I like Jonah. I was considering getting VIP. But if Tubby doesn't have a shot at any local kids for the next two years, which after Lomax I no longer think he does... What's the point? Glorified preps coverage?
Maybe he has sources in Orlando.... But I doubt it.
Whatevah. No one says what his sources are however. But I hadn't heard that Tubby has no shot at Memphis kids. That's sad
To be clear, I'm 100% just speculating. I'm sure Jonah is smart enough to adapt. He's a good dude. I might still get VIP.
But back to Lomax. Logically, if you can't get Lomax. Who are you going to get?
We seem to have almost all our eggs in that basket. Our top two targets are Lomax and Boyce, and to lose both to the same school would be a pretty big blow. There may be point guards out there that are as good, but because he was the kind of player we have to get from Memphis makes it troubling. There's still time, but not much...
We definitely don't have ALL our eggs in that basket. I would say we have all our LOCAL eggs in that basket though - at least when it comes to high-level recruits. He was the one we targeted.
But everything up until yesterday has had him leaning to the Tigers. Just because Mark G. may have speculated on something, and Jonah switched his speculation, doesn't mean it's a done deal.
(08-01-2017 09:31 AM)airric2255 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-31-2017 04:36 PM)Tiger87 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-31-2017 03:31 PM)FlyingTiger2016 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-31-2017 03:11 PM)snowtiger Wrote: [ -> ]That's the one that is most likely to snare him out from under us, seems like. Just from reading everything everywhere , including Lomax's own quote about them
Jonah just flipped to FL.
Well. It's going to take a lot to make that one up if it happens.
That is not good. Of course, Jonah has been wrong before.
If I recall correctly. Jonah has not missed on a basketball crystal ball (unless it was very, very recently). Football? Yes. Basketball? No.
Just recall that the crystal ball can be changed up to the last minute before something becomes public. But, when it comes to basketball, Jonah has been spot on. If he changed it from Memphis to Florida, but your bottom dollar he had good reason to.
I was actually thinking about Nichols and Poythress. Those were big misses on 247, but before Jonah's time.
And, yeah, the crystal ball record is distorted anyway due to the late changes. Sort of like Lunardi and his bracketology. He spouts his record, but makes changes down to the last minute before announcements.
My sources are saying Lomax is a strong FL lean at this time.
You don't get it. There's a darkness inside of me. It wants to get out and wants to walk around.
It wants some walking around money and it wants to buy some shoes... and it wants to walk up to the people and say Hey, Gator don't play no sshit!
(08-01-2017 12:53 PM)BandwagonJumper Wrote: [ -> ]My sources are saying Lomax is a strong FL lean at this time.
There is another point guard in the class of 2018 from Florida (Michael Devoe) who is rated slightly higher than Lomax, and is supposed to be 100% lock to Florida. He is a 6'4" PG. Although Chiozza will be a senior this year, and they don't have any depth at this position, I would be surprised if Lomax ends up signing with Florida.
(08-02-2017 12:46 PM)RandyW_Class83 Wrote: [ -> ] (08-01-2017 12:53 PM)BandwagonJumper Wrote: [ -> ]My sources are saying Lomax is a strong FL lean at this time.
There is another point guard in the class of 2018 from Florida (Michael Devoe) who is rated slightly higher than Lomax, and is supposed to be 100% lock to Florida. He is a 6'4" PG. Although Chiozza will be a senior this year, and they don't have any depth at this position, I would be surprised if Lomax ends up signing with Florida.
Aww shucks. This will throw water on snowtiger's burn fest. Darn.
Just like some on here say Lomax is better than his rating, maybe Florida sees him as better than the other kid they are looking at. I'm sure the people who are saying Lomax is now favored to go to Florida know about this other kid which makes it even more surprising. Also if Lomax is as tough as some say, why would competition scare him away?
E you want to share this info? Seems like all the recruiting "experts" are moving away from the Lomax to Memphis idea.
(08-02-2017 02:10 PM)EricSigEpTNBeta183 Wrote: [ -> ]Just like some on here say Lomax is better than his rating, maybe Florida sees him as better than the other kid they are looking at. I'm sure the people who are saying Lomax is now favored to go to Florida know about this other kid which makes it even more surprising. Also if Lomax is as tough as some say, why would competition scare him away?
E you want to share this info? Seems like all the recruiting "experts" are moving away from the Lomax to Memphis idea.
What info you want me to share with you? If it's info I get from Larry's brother who is close to Alex and Alex's dad, I can't do that.
But if you are talking about Lomax shying away from competition, Lomax is as tough as they come, so in no way would I say or think he wouldn't go to a certain school because he's afraid of competition from another good guard. In my opinion from what I have seen, Alex Lomax wouldn't be afraid of anyone, now if he was outplayed it would never be because he didn't try or was afraid. He isn't built that way.
So, yes Eric, he's as tough as they say.
Well, if he's not afraid of competition, then Florida would be a likely spot.
The competition level is less in the AAC than the SEC. Florida will have better teams than Memphis the next four years. The guards he would practice and play against at Florida will be better than the guys he has at Memphis.
(08-02-2017 02:40 PM)salukiblue Wrote: [ -> ]Well, if he's not afraid of competition, then Florida would be a likely spot.
The competition level is less in the AAC than the SEC. Florida will have better teams than Memphis the next four years. The guards he would practice and play against at Florida will be better than the guys he has at Memphis.
Aww shucks. This will throw water on Joe1's burn fest. Darn.
(08-02-2017 03:05 PM)idroot4russia Wrote: [ -> ] (08-02-2017 02:40 PM)salukiblue Wrote: [ -> ]Well, if he's not afraid of competition, then Florida would be a likely spot.
The competition level is less in the AAC than the SEC. Florida will have better teams than Memphis the next four years. The guards he would practice and play against at Florida will be better than the guys he has at Memphis.
Aww shucks. This will throw water on Joe1's burn fest. Darn.
No burn fest. Just the truth. I'm not desputing Saluki's post. Florida most likely will be better than us and have better guards.
Aww shucks now I don't root for Russia looks bad. Damn.
A question which keeps coming back to me about Lomax, and I really don't know the answer...is it important for him to commit to the Tigers from a basketball perspective (i.e. the Tigers will be many degrees better), or because the visual of the Tigers "losing" another local prospect will be that much more harmful to the program regardless of wins/losses. Maybe both? If he commits to the Tigers and he becomes an average player, will that still be a "win" in the grand scheme?