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rodfromcranston

Love it!
Logical move, to upgrade recruiting.
Who's the DBO going to be?

rodfromcranston

As TP said, a poorly kept secret.
So, is Carr the DBO?
Great and logical move, to boost recruiting,
especially in NE.

rodfromcranston

Poyser is 6'3" and a combo guard.
If anyone recalls, EC came here as a PG.
How'd that work out?
Poysner's shooting stats are pretty rough,
but nowhere near as bad as Robinson's were at Indiana.
He also has a decent assist to turnover ratio.

rodfromcranston

Interesting dilemma.
Poyser is a known quantity, and fills a future need.
Will anyone still not signed or transferring as a grad,
be of any use and immediately help?
If you're just going to sign a stiff, better to use the
lone scholarship on Poyser.

rodfromcranston

Another thread hijacked by the insane
URI-PC endlessness.

rodfromcranston

Butts committed to Coastal Carolina,
but didn't play there this year.
Maybe he couldn't get in there, too?

rodfromcranston

331 posts and seven pages. What is being tapped danced around is, what I wrote on page one. If this player was such a priority, you put your best foot forward. Depending on some nebulous connection with NJ was not the way to go. In the end, it may not have mattered, but knowing you made your best ef...

rodfromcranston

"I am sure your friends intentions were good but I can understand Hurley being hesitant in that he did not know your friend ." Hurley knows him. Everybody at URI knows him. So, Hurley shouldn't deal with AAU coaches, because some/most are sleezy? Nobody would ever recruit anyone, if that w...

rodfromcranston

No surprise we didn't get him.

rodfromcranston

Steve Mello, who last played in 2004,
was the last RI scholarship player for URI.
That's 13 years ago.

rodfromcranston

So, who's left to cover the NHL? Barry Melrose and John Buccigross. Guess that means more boring soccer highlights. The NHL is a good product, with some exciting young players coming into the league, as well as a long tradition. Karl Ravich is a very well informed baseball source. ESPN playing up th...

rodfromcranston

So, playing in the NBA is the only mark of a good
college player?
I can think of endless collegiate players, who
were great and never played in the NBA.

rodfromcranston

Insider? Same person who said I was dreaming, when I said Thorr was not leaving for Xavier. In fact the "insider" didn't know that Thorr was never in the running for the Xavier job. How did I know this? Thorr told me, himself. This is a discussion board. These threads are our ideas and obs...

rodfromcranston

I wish we had a Jeff Kent on this team.
He was from RI.

rodfromcranston

Sorry, but two transfers who were busts, elsewhere,
don't really qualify as if they were gained as
four year freshmen.
Iggy is hell bent on CYA, as a local writer,
and always boosts the status quo.
Did so with CFL for years.

rodfromcranston

As I've said before, we have a well known booster, who is close friends with Leo Papile, head of BABC. This booster also has good relationships with many NE AAU coaches. I've been there a few times when he's told Dan that he could help him. Dan just looked at him, and asked,"How could you help ...

rodfromcranston

It's sad that since Preston and later Murray left, the NE area has been largely ignored by staff. Some real local talent available under their noses, but they choose not to really go after them. A player like Swider is just what URI needs. The last Rhode Island scholarship player we had was Steve Me...

rodfromcranston

Any relation to Ben Dover,or Mike Hunt?

rodfromcranston

Again, this cycle reminds me of the great
Berry vs. Ba showdown a couple of years ago.
I doubt we'll see a recruit who can be a
positive contributor.
Hope I'm wrong, because we need front court
help.

rodfromcranston

Wait!
A 6'2" small forward?
Is it 1963 again?

rodfromcranston

No surprise at all.

rodfromcranston

I dislike this point in the cycle,
when everyone is like a guy in a bar at closing time
who's had a few.
Whatever women are left, begin to look good to him,
so he picks one up, and is mortified the following day,
when he sobers up.
Desperation sometimes leads to foolish decisions.

rodfromcranston

EGram, did you know Neal beat Brock Lesner wrestling in college?

rodfromcranston

No, Rambone, I will not be going.
My time schmoozing with this regime, has come and gone.
It was fun while it lasted.
This is still a great event, if it was run like
two years ago.
I liked it much better than the Alpine pre-season
one, three years ago.

rodfromcranston

Neither George nor Butler solve their size, rebounding, or
rim protection problems.
I'd rather package for a Blake Griffin, who could provide
some needed muscle, rebounding and scoring,
not to mention a little star power.

rodfromcranston

Most people wore suits, since it's a sit down dinner in a formal setting. Much like a wedding or political fund raiser. When he was leaving, Dan said, "Remember, Rod, I always get what I want!" He was talking about recruiting frontcourt players. Last time, I took home all the A-10 awards. ...

rodfromcranston

Regular season heroes,to playoff loser. Lots of weaknesses exposed by a mediocre Bulls team. Isiah Thomas is a great scorer, but how many points does he give up? No real quality size or depth up- front. No real second scorer. No real power forward on the roster. No rim protector. Bulls just go strai...

rodfromcranston

Mississippi State, Georgia, Dayton, URI.
Wonder if Iggy now likes him more, now?

rodfromcranston

Yes, that was a lot of fun, ATP. I think TP was at our table, too.

rodfromcranston

"Cox has been the lead recruiter all along for Juiston so he was at Juiston's game. "
Weren't we told Carr was the main recruiter for Juiston and supposedly knew him
from NJ?
We seem to be making up scenarios out of thin air, lately.
Bottom line, NO VISIT, NO PLAYER.

rodfromcranston

My thoughts on both players who visited here
this weekend.

rodfromcranston

I'm not saying that staff is giving up,
but the notion that anything we write here will
make a grain of difference, is off base.

rodfromcranston

If we "give up" or not, not a blessed thing we think or write,
can make it happen.

rodfromcranston

Nobody has ever pinned anything on Calipari. He's not like some coaches who got caught and were sanctioned by the NCAA. He's a great coach and great recruiter. He makes no bones about using the NBA's one and done rule, to his advantage. He took UMass to a Final Four and Memphis to a final game. Not ...

rodfromcranston

When none of your guards shoots above 43% and 35% from 3, it means your don't shoot well. Having a forward who can score, inside and out, is a big deal. Teams can guard the perimeter, when you have no inside or mid-range threat. Iverson showed that having a guy who could score from anywhere on the f...

rodfromcranston

Absolutely hilarious!
He didn't shoot 10% with nobody guarding him!
I remember that weekend he and Berry were on campus.
It was during the 5K race to raise funds to fight cancer.

rodfromcranston

Agree, 100%.
I'd rather have this kid and his big upside,
than some grad from a lower D-1 program.

rodfromcranston

SEC had three teams in the Elite 8, one in Final Four.
Big 10? Not one team advanced past Sweet 16.
That said, Indiana is a better program than Missouri.

rodfromcranston

Knight made the statement only a few years ago as an ESPN commentator. AAU tournaments have been around since the 90's at least. Some rating service in California, surely hasn't seen many of the not top 50-75 players in the East or South. Same with East coast service not seeing Western or Southwest ...

rodfromcranston

Stan's shooting numbers at Indiana were abysmal. He made 3 3 pointers in two seasons. As for blaming CFL for this recruiting cycle, Minnis, Reichel,Oneykaba, and Butler, all under performed the hype they came here with. All are gone, along with Aaman. That's five scholarships, that were given,due to...

rodfromcranston

From his comments, sounds like he's already
pictured himself with Seton Hall.

rodfromcranston

The homerism on here is way over the top, sometimes.
Dan never got a sniff from Langford.
Guess that makes anyone who thinks Cooley
has scored big this recruiting cycle, a PC fan, right?

rodfromcranston

"Weird says we lost to Baylor in the tournament oh well.."
Baylor and Oregon have similar vomit inducing
dayglo colored uniforms.
Writer must have been so nauseated that he mistook
on for the other.

rodfromcranston

The Lefty Dreisel team?????
They named THIRTY PLAYERS!!!!!
I love Hassan, but sorry, the Lefty Dreisel
team ain't an All-American team in defense
or bocce.

rodfromcranston

Wait, Hassan was an All American this year?
I must've been sleeping.
Link?

rodfromcranston

Still will have 2 PGs.
How the hell many do you need?

rodfromcranston

Would this guy actually play, if he came here?
A video of what looks like a pickup game is all we've seen.
Just asking.....

rodfromcranston

Rhody 15 is 100% right. MAL is higher rated than anyone we've recruited since Lamar. Why are we still offering more PGs than anything else? We need scoring wings, and forwards. Please don't replay with, "Dan knows more than us". This is a discussion board and recruiting is a main component...

rodfromcranston

How's that?
Fatts already signed an LOI.
What makes anyone think his commitment
was that shaky?

rodfromcranston

Hazelton didn;t play much, behind the immortal Jamal Wise. Total waste of talent for a full year by CFL. As for a stretch 4, you don;t need a hulk for that position. A 6'7" player with a touch is fine. As for what Hassan could have done differently as a forward.... develop a handle, a consisten...

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