Ricardo Johnson

[therick44]

therick,

do you have to know coaches and scouts to have opinions about your favorite team or a player? I appreciate your insights on recruiting information but you are coming off as a little pompous on this thread. You don't think Ricardo is as talented as kyhspreps does, end of story.

I wasn't saying you needed to know scouts or coaches to make a judgement on a player.

Read what I quoted... He said he doesn't know scouts or coaches that would call Xavier a mid-major. I was just wondering how many he actually knew and how many he had a convo about Xavier's status with as it relates to the rest of college basketball.

[therick44]

I know enough scouts and coaches to know that Ricardo is better than you're giving him credit for. The biggest thing that hurts him as a prospect is his AAU team doesn't ever compete in the national tournaments because 1) his aau coach can't get certified for them through the NCAA and 2) they simply don't have the overall size, talent, or depth to compete with the elite programs around the country. Despite those variables though, Ricardo is still considered the best prospect in KY.

If Ricardo was a MAC level player, Huggins and Cronin wouldn't have been in the Holmes gym last summer (several times) to see both him and his teammate Elijah Pittman. Ricardo also needs to improve his ACT score, which is another reason some of the bigger schools haven't offered. Once he re takes it in either September or October, as long as he improves, you'll see bigger offers come.

Again see above post.

I'm not commenting on your thoughts on Ric... I'm commenting on your conversations with coaches and scouts about Xavier.

[kentuckyhighschoolpreps]

Again see above post.

I'm not commenting on your thoughts on Ric... I'm commenting on your conversations with coaches and scouts about Xavier.

And again, see my post above.

What you're talking about is irrelevant to the topic at hand (Ricardo Johnson). I was simply making a general statement. I don't need to have conversations with scouts and coaches about Xavier to know that Xavier is a well respected program around the country. BUT, if you must, ask Huggins or Cronin what they think about the Xavier program and get back with me with their responses.

BTW, I had a chance to speak with both before the KY Players 8:00 game on day 1 (pool play) of the Adidas IT Takes 5ive Classic. Mick left before the game started so I didn't get much time with him, but Bob stayed around for some of the first half and took in some of the action. From talking to Huggy Bear, I can assure you that scouts and coaches think Rico is plenty good enough to play high major ball. Again, refer to my post above that you quoted and that explains (somewhat) why those schools haven't offered. If you know more about the situation, feel free to elaborate because you are good at what you do and have some pretty good stuff as well but I can tell you for a fact a lot of it has to do with the competition that Ricardo sees (and doesn't see) on the court.

Honestly, not many coaches want to watch him dominate in the silver bracket with a KY Players team that has probably only 2 other kids with enough talent to play D1 ball. They're too busy following the bigger name programs and teams with more overall talent in the winners bracket.

[Xman95]

Honestly, who cares? It's Ricardo Johnson. At this point he's probably a barely visible blip on the radar. For whatever reason (game, academics, attitude, etc.) he seems to be the target of schools not quite at our level. I'll be concerned about him when he becomes a player that XU is really making a strong push for. With all the posts that have been appearing I keep waiting for something that says X is really pursuing this kid. Instead I keep getting a whole mess of nothing.

[gladdenguy]

And again, see my post above.

What you're talking about is irrelevant to the topic at hand (Ricardo Johnson). I was simply making a general statement. I don't need to have conversations with scouts and coaches about Xavier to know that Xavier is a well respected program around the country. BUT, if you must, ask Huggins or Cronin what they think about the Xavier program and get back with me with their responses.

BTW, I had a chance to speak with both before the KY Players 8:00 game on day 1 (pool play) of the Adidas IT Takes 5ive Classic. Mick left before the game started so I didn't get much time with him, but Bob stayed around for some of the first half and took in some of the action. From talking to Huggy Bear, I can assure you that scouts and coaches think Rico is plenty good enough to play high major ball. Again, refer to my post above that you quoted and that explains (somewhat) why those schools haven't offered. If you know more about the situation, feel free to elaborate because you are good at what you do and have some pretty good stuff as well but I can tell you for a fact a lot of it has to do with the competition that Ricardo sees (and doesn't see) on the court.

Honestly, not many coaches want to watch him dominate in the silver bracket with a KY Players team that has probably only 2 other kids with enough talent to play D1 ball. They're too busy following the bigger name programs and teams with more overall talent in the winners bracket.

What Huggins and Cronin think??? HAHAHA. That X beats up on both of them????

[PMI]

BUT, if you must, ask Huggins or Cronin what they think about the Xavier program and get back with me with their responses.

And exactly what is this supposed to mean? Ask Huggins about the program that has been the biggest thorn in his side of his career and ask Mick about the rival that has owned his little ass? Honestly, I'm asking you what the point of this sentence is and why you think anyone who calls his/herself a Xavier fan would give even a fraction of a shit about what those two bags of douche think.

[Xman95]

BUT, if you must, ask Huggins or Cronin what they think about the Xavier program and get back with me with their responses.

You can't be serious. If you're hinting at the fact that they might say that they don't have respect for the X program or what it has done (Hey, Chuggy Bear, how did that BJ Raymond 3 taste in the tourney two years ago? Hey, Mick, how...wait, you can't even get to the tourney.), then you have lost any remaining respect you might have had. Hey, maybe Ric is as good as you claim and, if so, maybe you know something about high school hoops. But with comments like the one that has been quoted, it seems you have very little knowledge of college basketball.

That being said, I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt and guess that you really weren't trying to say Xavier isn't that good of a program. You've got another chance in my book. But, if I see more absurd comments like that, you'll be on the "ignore" list with the other yahoos.

[therick44]

And now you all know why I was coming off as "pompous".... This dude has a long history of posting on other websites I'm on for NKy high school sports. He's been banned from those by the way and keeps coming back with new names. He also creates multiple names to talk to himself and respond to his own posts to talk himself up and make himself look smart. He's a complete fraud.

[kentuckyhighschoolpreps]

You can't be serious. If you're hinting at the fact that they might say that they don't have respect for the X program or what it has done (Hey, Chuggy Bear, how did that BJ Raymond 3 taste in the tourney two years ago? Hey, Mick, how...wait, you can't even get to the tourney.), then you have lost any remaining respect you might have had. Hey, maybe Ric is as good as you claim and, if so, maybe you know something about high school hoops. But with comments like the one that has been quoted, it seems you have very little knowledge of college basketball.

That being said, I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt and guess that you really weren't trying to say Xavier isn't that good of a program. You've got another chance in my book. But, if I see more absurd comments like that, you'll be on the "ignore" list with the other yahoos.

And exactly what is this supposed to mean? Ask Huggins about the program that has been the biggest thorn in his side of his career and ask Mick about the rival that has owned his little ass? Honestly, I'm asking you what the point of this sentence is and why you think anyone who calls his/herself a Xavier fan would give even a fraction of a shit about what those two bags of douche think.

What Huggins and Cronin think??? HAHAHA. That X beats up on both of them????

You ALL really took my post the wrong way. I was actually giving Xavier credit in my post by saying ask Huggins and Cronin what they think about the X program since neither has had success against them and both think very highly of the success X has had. Nobody was saying anything bad about them. You all really need to come down off your high horse and carefully read a post before attacking someone. If you would have saw one of my posts from the previous page, you would have saw where I said Xavier is far from a mid major and deserves to be considered an elite program.

[kentuckyhighschoolpreps]

And now you all know why I was coming off as "pompous".... This dude has a long history of posting on other websites I'm on for NKy high school sports. He's been banned from those by the way and keeps coming back with new names. He also creates multiple names to talk to himself and respond to his own posts to talk himself up and make himself look smart. He's a complete fraud.

I think this may be the funniest post I've read on here. Creating multiple names to talk myself up and respond to posts to make myself look smart? LOL You have me confused with someone else my man. I think it's funny how childish you act on these forums though...very entertaining. If you're young, that's fine, but you may want to grow up some and act like an adult rather than calling someone out that you know nothing about.