TheRock
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RE: Summer Recruiting Thread - Big East.
(09-20-2013 12:42 PM)billyjack Wrote: First, from my point of view, I wanted IW in the Big East. His final 5 included Minnesota, Pitt and Indiana too. So I was rooting for either Seton Hall or St John's equally. I mean, this is a huge, significant commit... huge...! And is it a sign that Pitt is losing its former NYC recruiting base...? Huge implications.
Secondly, I don't see St John's or anyone really "knocking" Seton Hall. It's the normal 2 or 3 day venting and assessing period which all of us are doing, like when Abdul Malik Abu chose NC State 2 weeks ago over PC after saying he'd "shock the world"... and who knows what Gottfried promised him during the last minute campus visit. But after 24 hours it's water under the bridge and it's on to the next high-level recruit-- AM Abu just felt NC State was a better fit for him.
Now, I think it's cool that conference-mates want to maintain high standards for all Big East schools, so we're talking it through-- unlike football conferences that proudly claim "if you're not cheating, then you're not trying..."
Thirdly, I agree with your general sentiment... you know, all these high end schools get away with boatloads of actual illegal recruiting-- freakin Calipari and UNC and Miami and UCLA and the rest (not the Johnnies, I'm talking the corrupt places)... but here's Willard actually staying within the confines of NCAA rules, and he gets criticized. It's like, everyone wants Seton Hall to stay in place--> to them, it's a place where Seton Hall is low in the standings... now, the only issue is what Bill Marsh noted, which is remote possibility--> is if there's negative feedback if Willard loses some respect and authority... but I don't see that happening.
Fourthly, the Big East is going to be amazing in the upcoming few years. 9 teams are stacked.. really only DePaul remains as a school that needs to turn things around, but they've also gotten some great recruiting and are in the running for Cliff Alexander...! This truly is looking like a future 7 or 8 bid conference...!
Well played by a neutral party (w/a BE lean). Only thing I would add is this. SHU has been down toooooo long for any of us fans to accept the "standard" venting from others. Anyone who follows the BE knows that SHU wasn't a lock to get to this level anytime soon and now that we have, the haters pop out like SHU did something disgraceful, or new:
Quote:CINCINNATI: Mick Cronin, Damon Flint's high school assistant coach, joined Bob Huggins' staff two seasons after Flint started playing for the Bearcats in 1994-95. Flint was co-captain as a senior in 1996-97 after averaging 12.8 points and 3.5 assists per game as a junior. Cronin went on to become Murray State's head coach before becoming the Bearcats' bench boss in 2006.
Quote:RHODE ISLAND: Jerry DeGregorio, who coached Lamar Odom at St. Thomas Aquinas H.S. in New Britain, Conn., was on Jim Harrick's staff. Odom left the Rams after only one season to become the fourth pick overall in the 1999 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers. DeGregorio was promoted to head coach after Harrick departed for Georgia.
Quote:ST. JOHN'S: Darren Savino, a local assistant high school coach, joined Fran Fraschilla's staff in 1996 one year before celebrated center James Felton enrolled. Embattled Felton was booted off the squad for repeated violations before his freshman semester was over. . . . Dermon Player, an assistant high school coach in the Bronx, joined Mike Jarvis' staff in 1998 directly with Anthony Glover and two years after Chudney Gray enrolled. Player also coached in the Riverside Church program, where many New York standouts play, including Red Storm playmaker Erick Barkley, who became an NBA first-round draft choice in 2000 after his sophomore season. In 1999-2000, Gray averaged 8 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 2.8 apg and 1.3 spg as a senior while Glover contributed 10.2 ppg, 5.2 rpg and 1.5 spg as a sophomore. Glover was the school's leading rebounder and second-leading rebounder as a junior and senior.
Quote:VILLANOVA: Jimmy Salmon joined Steve Lappas' staff directly with star forward Tim Thomas, who averaged 16.9 points and six rebounds per game in 1996-97 as a freshman before turning pro early and becoming the seventh pick overall in the NBA draft.
http://collegehoopedia.com/coaches/high-school-reunions
I supported SJU when they finally got a coach that could put them back on top in Lavs, even though dude was an underachiever with a face made for tv, that couldn't coach a lick at UCLA. But dude could recruit his ARSE off, so I loved the choice. I don't care about his methods he got it done, SJU probably feel the same. I would assume you remember how it felt once cooley finally signed Ledo. All of the critics were nitpicking at your prog's integrity too, while all you could probably think of was thank goodness the Keno era is behind us. Same here...We're waking from a Bobby Gonzalez nightmare and could care less whether others approve.
Go Big East!!
(This post was last modified: 09-21-2013 12:04 PM by TheRock.)
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