Scholarship table
Do you truly think that too much competition turns top recruits away from MU? I don't think any high-major recruit looks at MU's roster for next year and thinks, "I can't compete with Vander Blue and Junior Cadougan! I'm picking a different school!" They're more than likely to think, "I'm better than those guys. I'll play right away." Honestly, if they don't have that mind-set, they're probably not going to see the floor much no matter where you choose to play.
Another way of looking at it: If you were a coach, would you believe it would be easier to sign a kid/land a kid if you could show him your roster and say - look...we basically have no players returning at your postion, no Top 100 players in your path to a starting spot - as opposed to selling what Buzz had to sell to Faust, Hood, and Harrison this year?
It depends who you're recruiting. Some kids would happily sign with a mediocre team so that they could play right away. Others would look at the roster with no one at their position and no Top 100 recruits and decide that they'd rather play for a more talented team. Personally, I'd want a kid who doesn't care who's on the roster or who he has to compete with because he plans to earn PT regardless. I do NOT want the kid who thinks he's going to walk in and start right away and views competition as a bad thing.
Sounds a lot more like Raymond Felton.
Aren't you partially contradicting yourself..as in a previous post you stated you wouldn't want a kid who didn't think he could come in and play right away (or at least with the mentality that they come to MU with the notion that they are better than a Vander or Junior)..but now you don't want the kid who thinks he's going to walk in and start right away?I think the gist of what you are saying I agree with..and that is you don't want a player who views competition as a bad thing. But..to fully discount the value of a "clear path" to immediate playing time seems a bit...don't want to say naive....but something along those lines..
Great to hear we added a point guard. Buzz has stated repeatedly his hope is to get a point guard and a big in every class. If we can just get God's Gift as well, this will be a very successful recruiting year, even if it doesn't match some of the hopes we had before.
God's Gift would make everyone very, very happy.
Not everyone. Adding a JUCO in this class doesn't make much sense, regardless of whether it's a 1 year or 2 year JUCO. Too much roster imbalance, and that's never a good thing.
Does a 6'9" German make sense BMA?
if he is the best player buzz can still sign and if he is the player in buzz's mind that best helps make Mu a better team next year than it makes 100% sense. please
The biggest issue we have with roster imbalance is next year's senior class, where we only have two. (Jae and DJO). Getting a one year JUCO may help with that. The other issue is this year's freshman class...where we have Blue, Smith, Jones, Gardner, and Wilson joining them as a sophomore next year. That's five.
By one year JUCO I mean someone who spent one year at a JUCO, not someone who has one year left. Getting one of them would create another 6 person class, meaning once again you'd have basically half the team being brand new in that particular year.
Maybe. Depends on exactly what you're looking for with the last scholarship. No, it doesn't. Instant gratification isn't always what's best for the program, sometimes the situation dictates that you build for the long term future and not just next year. It's hard to be a consistently elite level program when you continually have large recruiting classes and are replacing nearly half the team because you didn't give a damn about roster imbalance.
Except for the fact that Felton is/was lightning fast up the floor and had an extremely explosive first step when driving to the basket.
Dont forget about Singleton. He is in the class with Cadougan, Otule and Williams. That is a 4 man class, and a JUCO would make it 5. Even thought Singleton wont be on scholarship, he will likely be a contributer by the time he leaves.