(11-09-2017 12:01 AM)midtowncowboy Wrote:  

(11-08-2017 11:53 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(11-08-2017 11:47 PM)midtowncowboy Wrote:  Why would he commit on a day he could sign a NLI?

From the Commercial Appeal
Lomax added he will "most likely" sign his national letter of intent to play for Wichita State over the next week.

Does seem a little strange to announce a commitment at this point but not sign an NLI. Maybe waiting on a better offer from OM?

I thought so as well. Maybe he is just waiting until the next shoe drops.

Well played.

(11-09-2017 12:01 AM)midtowncowboy Wrote:  

(11-08-2017 11:53 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(11-08-2017 11:47 PM)midtowncowboy Wrote:  Why would he commit on a day he could sign a NLI?

From the Commercial Appeal
Lomax added he will "most likely" sign his national letter of intent to play for Wichita State over the next week.

Does seem a little strange to announce a commitment at this point but not sign an NLI. Maybe waiting on a better offer from OM?

I thought so as well. Maybe he is just waiting until the next shoe drops.

Hopefully not an Adidas shoe.

He was the top priority. They pushed him to commit early. He didn't want to. They moved on to Harris.

He signs with WSU. Good for him. I hope he does well there. I also hope we beat them.

We all know the staff cooled a little bit on ALo...now that he signs elsewhere people are surprised?

The bad part with this is that the staff seemed to be pitting Lomax v. Harris and put out there "the first one to take the offer gets it!"

Now that Lomax is BOH, Memphis has no hand with Harris. What are they going to say now? "Tyler, the offer is on the table and if you don't take it, we'll sign the 5'6 guard from SBEC."

They literally have no other PG options right now.

(11-09-2017 09:54 AM)memphissince86 Wrote:  He was the top priority. They pushed him to commit early. He didn't want to. They moved on to Harris.

He signs with WSU. Good for him. I hope he does well there. I also hope we beat them.

We all know the staff cooled a little bit on ALo...now that he signs elsewhere people are surprised?

we didn't switch to Harris until two months ago. now, harris isn't committing and he looks like he's going to wait until spring. that's not good for us. He will be more valued in the spring.

Now, if we don't get Harris, we don't have a backup plan.

Well, the good news is that it looks like we will get to see Marshall coaching Memphis talent in the AAC after all.

(11-09-2017 11:04 AM)bluebacker Wrote:  Well, the good news is that it looks like we will get to see Marshall coaching Memphis talent in the AAC after all.

(11-09-2017 11:04 AM)bluebacker Wrote:  Well, the good news is that it looks like we will get to see Marshall coaching Memphis talent in the AAC after all.

LOL---but sad.

(11-09-2017 10:06 AM)Dylan Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 09:54 AM)memphissince86 Wrote:  He was the top priority. They pushed him to commit early. He didn't want to. They moved on to Harris.

He signs with WSU. Good for him. I hope he does well there. I also hope we beat them.

We all know the staff cooled a little bit on ALo...now that he signs elsewhere people are surprised?

we didn't switch to Harris until two months ago. now, harris isn't committing and he looks like he's going to wait until spring. that's not good for us. He will be more valued in the spring.

Now, if we don't get Harris, we don't have a backup plan.

I would love to have Harris, but the ideal situation would be for Tubby to pull in a recruit that is ranked higher before Harris commits. That would go a long way toward helping future recruits become more decisive.

(11-09-2017 01:49 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 10:06 AM)Dylan Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 09:54 AM)memphissince86 Wrote:  He was the top priority. They pushed him to commit early. He didn't want to. They moved on to Harris.

He signs with WSU. Good for him. I hope he does well there. I also hope we beat them.

We all know the staff cooled a little bit on ALo...now that he signs elsewhere people are surprised?

we didn't switch to Harris until two months ago. now, harris isn't committing and he looks like he's going to wait until spring. that's not good for us. He will be more valued in the spring.

Now, if we don't get Harris, we don't have a backup plan.

I would love to have Harris, but the ideal situation would be for Tubby to pull in a recruit that is ranked higher before Harris commits. That would go a long way toward helping future recruits become more decisive.

Only one we are in on is Woodard, and we are in his top 3 and his only visit so far.

And I agree, Woodard, Harris, Johnson, Enoh, and Nickelberry would be a decent core to build on before the huge 2019 class. I just don't see any evidence at all that we are going to sign those two yet. I'm worried that they both wait until the spring.

(11-08-2017 09:28 PM)BandwagonJumper Wrote:  Gary Parrish‏Verified account @GaryParrishCBS

Gary Parrish Retweeted Alex
Alo

Lomax

Team Penny’s Alex Lomax has committed to Wichita State. Was Memphis’ primary target this summer. Ultimately decided to play for another American Athletic Conference program.

Now that's a Shocker!

For the rest of his life Lomax will be a celebrity... in Wichita.

(11-09-2017 11:04 AM)bluebacker Wrote:  Well, the good news is that it looks like we will get to see Marshall coaching Memphis talent in the AAC after all.

Marshall May be coaching in Louisville instead of Wichita State, according to some Kansas ppl.

(11-10-2017 11:49 AM)rolexjames Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 11:04 AM)bluebacker Wrote:  Well, the good news is that it looks like we will get to see Marshall coaching Memphis talent in the AAC after all.

Marshall May be coaching in Louisville instead of Wichita State, according to some Kansas ppl.

If by Kansas people, you mean KU fans that have been hoping that same hope for 5+ years now.

Louisville is a dumpster fire.

If Marshall leaves, doesn't that re-open Lomax's recruitment?

(11-10-2017 12:13 PM)snowtiger Wrote:  If Marshall leaves, doesn't that re-open Lomax's recruitment?

God help us. We don't need another year of Lomax conjecture.

Big Trouble in Little China?

Does anyone else find the most troubling aspect of this situation the fact that our staff committed all their efforts to sign a kid from Memphis who wasn't even a top 150 recruit and missed?

It's one thing to set a low bar. It's quite another to fail to reach that low bar.

#MakeMemphisBasketballGreatAgain

(11-10-2017 01:50 PM)TonyDaTiger Wrote:  It's one thing to set a low bar. It's quite another to fail to reach that low bar.

IGGALW.

(11-10-2017 01:50 PM)TonyDaTiger Wrote:  Does anyone else find the most troubling aspect of this situation the fact that our staff committed all their efforts to sign a kid from Memphis who wasn't even a top 150 recruit and missed?

It's one thing to set a low bar. It's quite another to fail to reach that low bar.

#MakeMemphisBasketballGreatAgain

Yep. It's troubling. It'll be spun that the staff decided to move their attention toward Tyler Harris, though.