[Rosiak's Blog] Catching up on D.J. Newbill

[Sharpie]

I am impressed that a city league athlete such as newbill did so well on his SATs and that his coach elated how high his character is. Coupling that with his talent coul be a huge under the radar get for Marquette inwhich he can suprise a lot of people.

The comparisons between roseboro and newbill are ridiculous. Roseboro played in an ok at best league averaging what 10 and 7 as big man? Not so impressive. Whereas newbill is doing 27 and 10 in a competetive league. Arguably one of if not the most talened leagues in pa.

And the fact that this kid can play the 1-3 spots could really help and sounds to be the perfect "buzz" type player. It would only be a plus of the kid is still growing. I like the sound of a 6'4"-6'5" player spelling our pg position. Imagine the mismatches.  

[StillAWarrior]

I hope that Buzz found a diamond in the rough with this kid.  Like a lot of others on this board, I'll take his coach's comments with a grain of salt.  But that doesn't mean that Newbill is not a good player.  Even if he's not the best player in Philly, he might be very good.  He might come in and get immediate playing time and be the star of the team.  He might not.  Who knows.  All I know is that he's going to play for MU and I'm glad he's on our team.  I think comparisons with Roseboro are unfair - he was a reach and I think he's probably better off at a lower level program.

In looking into Newbill, I found an interesting site that has a lot of information about Philly HS sports:  http://www.tedsilary.com/.  The site isn't much to look at, but it's a nice gateway to a bunch of information.  One thing I did lcheck is where Newbill would be ranked in scoring if that 64 point game would have been a more typical number -- say 20.  Even if you took away 40 points from that game, Newbill would still be averaging 24.11 ppg and would be No. 3 in the city (http://www.tedsilary.com/BBoverallscoring10.htm).

[Golden Avalanche]

Did your you mother make you sit on the potty for hours on end too?

All I said was I don't put much stock in a HS coach touting his own player.  I remember Roseboro's coach gushing about a year ago as well.  That's it, no other comparsions are necessary.

Since you disagree with me, I'll put you down for buying everything a HS coach says about his player.

Of course every coach touts their player. If you read every word I wrote, you would see I mentioned that.

The difference here is that you are trying to denigrate the words of Newbill's coach by linking Newbill the prospect to Roseboro the prospect simply because they play in the same state. It's been called out as a stupid connection and your reaction seems to show you know its a stretch by your mature responses dealing with anal and potty.

It's pretty clear you're one of those "either/or" people. Either you believe every word the coach says or you believe none of it. Either you agree with me totally or disagree with me totally. Seems to be no middle ground. That's quite a sheltered way to deal with things.

[reinko]

The difference here is that you are trying to denigrate the words of Newbill's coach by linking Newbill the prospect to Roseboro the prospect simply because they play in the same state. It's been called out as a stupid connection and your reaction seems to show you know its a stretch by your mature responses dealing with anal and potty.

And let's not forget questioning the way people are raised.  Slow your roll 84.

[MR.HAYWARD]

Of course, but the post I was responding to went way beyond that. Given the injuries that greatly impacted two of the potential post-season runs, I don't consider it a failure on the part of DJ, Jerel and Wes that they didn't go further. Being left short handed as far as a supporting cast didn't help either.

Having the worst front court in the entire Big East for their Soph, Junior, and Senior years is what caused that team to underacheive in the post season.  That plus the injuries.  The inability of the head coach to put anything on the floor but the worst front court in the entire big East was the greatest injustice the 3 amigos receive from that charleton.  I dod not call him that becuase he left i call him that be cause he is nothing he claims to be including most importanly a good recruiter and coach. 

[dwaderoy2004]

There you guys go again. Newbill hasn't even filled out his MU jockstrap yet and the cats on this board are flying off at the handle.

if i recall correctly, you were practically creaming your pants on this board when we got tyshawn taylor. 

[GOMU1104]

if i recall correctly, you were practically creaming your pants on this board when we got tyshawn taylor. 

Tyshawn Taylor was a Top 100 player, coming from one of the best HS teams in history. There was plenty of excitement.

[dwaderoy2004]

I'm just pointing out that 4ever was on this board "flying off at the handle" before Taylor "had even filled out his jockstrap yet."  I'm all for excitement over a recruit.

[gumbyandpokey]

I just don't understand how a guy playing in a huge city like Philadelphia can be a "under the radar"?  If DJ is truly THAT good, then top BBall schools would be all over him, imo.  Word would get out and that would be that.  If a kid is the best player in Philly, he'll be recruited by the plenty of noteworthy schools.

[dwaderoy2004]

ummm, he was.  WVU, florida st., rutgers, seton hall.  I certainly think "best player in phily" is a stretch, but his name was out there.  The fact he recently qualified and didn;t play AAU kept him off the national radar.  You don't play AAU, you don't get seen, you don't get ranked, etc.

All i'm saying is that I'm gonna give buzz the benefit of the doubt here.  When it comes to finding under the radar talent, he certainly has been right more than wrong so far.