2021 Recruiting

XUGRAD80 · 05-18-2020, 07:16 AM

In the past few years when there where dozens of large AAU tournaments with hundreds of players and tons of coaches attending and watching, players could be seen by lots of different programs at the same time. Now, without those tournaments, the coaches are relying on word of mouth and tape to evaluate players. They then have to figure out how to contact the ones that they are interested in. Letters, phone calls, zoom calls, etc. There is probably going to be kids that turn out to be really good that fall through the cracks and are missed by the big programs. Even more than what has happened in the past. There is only so much time that a coach can spend watching tape and evaluating a player based it. It then takes more time to set up contacts and to make them. There just isn’t going to be enough time to make up for the access that they got through the tournaments. IMO, judging a kid based on who has offered them is going to be even less accurate now than it ever has been in the past.

xavierj · 05-19-2020, 10:36 PM

Originally Posted by Joel

And he just added another offer from some garbage 14-win team from last year called North Carolina. Hopefully we aren't fishing in the kiddie pond on this one.

Louisville offered Dunn today. I think Mack is just seeing who Travis offers and that’s who he will offer as well. He is offering about every guy Xavier offers after Xavier offers.

JTG · 05-20-2020, 07:11 AM

Originally Posted by xavierj

Louisville offered Dunn today. I think Mack is just seeing who Travis offers and that’s who he will offer as well. He is offering about every guy Xavier offers after Xavier offers.

No surprise. Steele did all the legwork for Mack @X. Seems like something the slimy prick would do.

Lamont Sanford · 05-20-2020, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by xavierj

Louisville offered Dunn today. I think Mack is just seeing who Travis offers and that’s who he will offer as well. He is offering about every guy Xavier offers after Xavier offers.

The bastard also offered Paul McMillan IV recently too.

Xville · 05-20-2020, 02:05 PM

When is it ok to start being concerned we dont have anyone verballed for this class yet?

XUGRAD80 · 05-20-2020, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by Xville

When is it ok to start being concerned we dont have anyone verballed for this class yet?

You can get concerned any time you want.....or are you suggesting that because you’re concerned, others should be to?

But, since in person visits and communication have been almost impossible for the last few months, I don’t think that it’s shocking that many kids are waiting longer to make decisions.

Xville · 05-20-2020, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by XUGRAD80

You can get concerned any time you want.....or are you suggesting that because you’re concerned, others should be to?

But, since in person visits and communication have been almost impossible for the last few months, I don’t think that it’s shocking that many kids are waiting longer to make decisions.

26 of the top 100 are committed at this point, I wonder how that compares to previous years as of this date.

I'm simply wondering at what point should it be a worry.

xavierj · 05-20-2020, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by Xville

When is it ok to start being concerned we dont have anyone verballed for this class yet?

Here is when other guys committed.

Odom- July before his junior year -
Wilcher - June before his senior year
Ramsey, miles, Freemantle and Jones - August before senior year
Tandy - October of his senior year.

Plenty of time to fill the spots they want to.

XUGRAD80 · 05-20-2020, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by Xville

26 of the top 100 are committed at this point, I wonder how that compares to previous years as of this date.

I'm simply wondering at what point should it be a worry.

Hard to say because we don’t even know what the HS basketball season around the country will look like this year. We don’t even know what the college BB season may look like. We don’t know exactly when visits may begin happening again, or when coaches can start doing in home visits. I won’t start to get concerned until the time comes that all of the top players that X is pinpointing are verbaled some place else and X is left out in the cold. I don’t see that happening, and I can’t even begin to say what the time frame for the future is.