[MJS Blog] Top 100 recruit visits today

[Benny B]

If Buzz over-signs by one, I would take that as a precautionary move.

If Buzz over-signs by two, I would take that as an indication that the team already knows who is not returning next year (amongst those expected).

[Marqus Howard]

If they knew who would be leaving next year, why wouldn't those people have left already?

[GGGG]

They don't specifically know who is leaving next year, but there are a number of possibilities that are fairly obvious.

[MUeagle05]

And here we thought Enlund was just mailing it in.

Spotted MikeHunt buying Rosiak lunch the other day, with Hunt looking as homeless as ever.  Probably trying to hit up Rosiak for some material . . .

[The Process]

Spotted MikeHunt buying Rosiak lunch the other day, with Hunt looking as homeless as ever.  Probably trying to hit up Rosiak for some material . . .

You eat at Ponderosa...?

[Benny B]

If they knew who would be leaving next year, why wouldn't those people have left already?

1. Try to improve their "transfer stock"
2. Try to improve their "draft stock"
3. Maui vacation, chance to play on an aircraft carrier, etc.
4. Backup school of choice doesn't have a scholarship available this year.

Despite popular opinion on the subject, most transfers are mutual decisions between player and coach.  This isn't a "you're fired, clean out your desk" type of action... in fact, I have heard that a fair number (something in the neighborhood of 50-67%) of transfer decisions are set in motion before the conference season even starts, but both sides usually stick with each other because the prospects following a mid-year departure typically aren't that great for either side.  You still have to sit at least one semester at your new school, and since transfers usually "downgrade" schools, the decision to sit out the additional semester at your new, downgraded school (by waiting out the season) or at your current school (by leaving before the start of the 2nd semester) isn't a difficult one to make for someone leaving a high-major.  And since a scholarship isn't going to be filled mid-year, there's no incentive for a coach to cut a transfer-to-be loose until the season is over (unless he's a cancer on the team) just in case he's able to get some contribution or circumstances change.

[bilsu]

I think Otule has to get through the season without a signifiant injury to consider coming back.
I do not think Buzz will have to vote someone off. There are a lot of things that could happen including someone having a good enough year to go pro.
Buzz will make room for Embiid, but I suspect that Buzz will not have to worry about this.

[Dawson Rental]

If they knew who would be leaving next year, why wouldn't those people have left already?

I guess it would be helpful to remind some that before handing out schollys to walk-ons who weren't expecting them, MU had two scholarships to hand out this fall.  That was after all of this year's scholarships were gone before this spring when MU still ended up landing a transfer (Lockett), so fretting over apparent oversigning is probably wasted time.

[real chili 83]

And here we thought Enlund was just mailing it in.

Brew, loved your post on the JS site.

Hunt, come on.  Is this all we can expect of you?

[brewcity77]

Credit due to IWB for collecting all 5 errors in one post on his free board

[Dawson Rental]

Credit due to IWB for collecting all 5 errors in one post on his free board

You can't be irritated without first being vigilant.

[jsglow]

You did good work Brew.  Maybe a bit of embarrasment will get MikeHunt up on his toes just a bit.

[brewcity77]

Make that 6 errors. Someone caught that Hunt still lists Burton at Brewster despite him being in his second consecutive year at Vincent.

[The Process]

You did good work Brew.  Maybe a bit of embarrasment will get MikeHunt up on his toes just a bit.

Unlikely. MikeHunt is incapable of feeling embarrassed.

[jsglow]

Not that JS will make the change but let's all agree that the best beat writer for the job would be strotty. (Ok kid, don't get a swelled head.)

[chapman]

Not that JS will make the change but let's all agree that the best beat writer for the job would be strotty. (Ok kid, don't get a swelled head.)

I don't know why they wouldn't just outsource the blog to Paint Touches.  Give MU an annual donation for it that would probably amount to a fraction of the cost of an FTE and everybody wins.

[MU_Beav]

Yes - good call.  The Portland-based Oregonian does this with both Oregon/Oregon State athletics and they also have a rivals writer -- Angie Machado -- cover OSU recruiting...

I don't know why they wouldn't just outsource the blog to Paint Touches.  Give MU an annual donation for it that would probably amount to a fraction of the cost of an FTE and everybody wins.

[bilsu]

Under McGuire there were always pregame articles talking about the opponent and their best player. That disappear not long after he retired. I always wondered if the paper had better press coverage or was it McGuire pormoting the program by making sure the newspaper got the info. I certainly am not impressed with the Journal Sentainal reporting, but I have a feeling MU does not give them anything to go on.