General Recruiting Discussion/Comments 2022 and before

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

I remember after his first year, asking Dan if he was going to send Hare
to a big man camp.
He said,"No, we'll do everything here during the summer."
I think getting a guy like ARD would have gone very far in
being able to recruit and teach bigs.
He applied, but it didn't happen.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

Well, we'll see soon enough if Dan's "I always get what I want" comment holds true, when it comes to getting any good bigs in here.

Not just for next season, but for 2016.

Failure to land any, will make it obvious that Dan has to make some staff changes, imo.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

I'm pretty sure Dan wanted Enoch, Silva, Aflakpui.....

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

Some of our '16 targets, Tyrique Jones, Bruce Brown and Wenyen Gabriel, are blowing up. http://www.newenglandrecruitingreport.c ... rolling-in

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

True.
I have to say, in talking to plenty of people last night,
lots of grumbling about seeming inability to recruit
size.
So, those of us who feel the same, know that we're not the
only ones.
Funny thing is, all the other pieces are in place. With a decent big or
two, we'd be a lock for a top 25 next year.
Another thing heard was, Koon wanted to come here, but staff
decided that they wanted Iverson to get the bulk of the time at
what looks like the stretch 4.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

I would also think that Dan is aware of the fan base's concern about the recruiting issues.

I'm sure he's heard it from many people. He needs to prove us all wrong.

I don't doubt that Dan will bring in someone next month. However, I hope it's not of the "dumpster diving" variety.

We need QUALITY size. Not just size for it's own sake. That won't help us much.

BFC · Unread post by **BFC** » 9 years ago

Hurley, staff hit recruiting trail

Armed with three open scholarships for the upcoming season and as many as six for 2016-17, Hurley and his staff spent last weekend’s evaluation period living out of their suitcases. Several showcase events — three within driving distance of one another in Louisville, Lexington and Indianapolis — gave hoards of coaches a chance to get a good look at potential prospects.

“We needed every one of those evaluation days and recruiting days to be out,” Hurley said. “It’s been a pretty intense couple of weeks for us.”

Hurley said URI is still weighing potential replacements for Biggie Minnis, Jarelle Reischel and Matthew Butler, each of whom have been granted a release from the program and permission to seek opportunities elsewhere. The Rams are targeting frontcourt help for Hassan Martin, Earl Watson and Ifeanyi Onyekaba and some size on the perimeter.

“You’ve got to get the proper fit for what we need,” Hurley said. “We have very specific needs right now. We’re not building a fantasy basketball team. You’re putting together an actual basketball team.”

http://www.providencejournal.com/articl ... S/?Start=2

McRam · Unread post by **McRam** » 9 years ago

If they really did not want Koon and Wily, they must be pretty confident that they have something else that makes sense for them.

So maybe we are missing the boat by just looking at JUCO and transfers and still available 2015's- maybe it is a 16 that is reclassifying to 15. Maybe Tyrique Jones?????

Maybe someone that is not on anyone's public radar screen yet.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

Dream on.
Judging from the schools chasing Wily,
he probably scratched us off his list.
Imagine having a stiff give your program the bird?

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 9 years ago

I'm in agreement that ARD would be a good fit on staff, but who would he replace?

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

Well, supposedly there are 3 recruits visiting this weekend.

Does anybody have a clue who they are?

Would be nice to know.....

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 9 years ago

rambone 78 wrote:Well, supposedly there are 3 recruits visiting this weekend.

Does anybody have a clue who they are?

Would be nice to know.....

seriously, it's like the fort knox of recruiting information.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

rambone 78 wrote:Well, supposedly there are 3 recruits visiting this weekend.

Does anybody have a clue who they are?

Would be nice to know.....

Well, if one was supposed to be Willy, it's down to two.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

Willy is a big, but he wasn't the answer.

If the staff can't get a quality big, leave the spot open....

bressler3south · Unread post by **bressler3south** » 9 years ago

rambone 78 wrote:Well, supposedly there are 3 recruits visiting this weekend.

Does anybody have a clue who they are?

Would be nice to know.....

That's an easy one……..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5a45f1 ... freload=10

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Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 9 years ago

bressler3south wrote:
rambone 78 wrote:Well, supposedly there are 3 recruits visiting this weekend.

Does anybody have a clue who they are?

Would be nice to know.....

That's an easy one……..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5a45f1 ... freload=10

Sorry, but Mo Cheeks, Larry Bird and Curly Neal are NOT coming through that door!

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 9 years ago

rambone 78 wrote:Well, supposedly there are 3 recruits visiting this weekend.

Does anybody have a clue who they are?

Would be nice to know.....

You don't know by design

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

TruePoint wrote:
rambone 78 wrote:Well, supposedly there are 3 recruits visiting this weekend.

Does anybody have a clue who they are?

Would be nice to know.....
You don't know by design

That's fine, but what is the reasoning behind this? Normally, visits from a recruit to a college isn't kept a secret.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

Obviously. There have been no tweets from anyone about them.

Why so secretive though?

As long as we get someone good, whatever it takes.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 9 years ago

What's that supposed to mean TP?

bressler3south · Unread post by **bressler3south** » 9 years ago

TruePoint wrote:
rambone 78 wrote:Well, supposedly there are 3 recruits visiting this weekend.

Does anybody have a clue who they are?

Would be nice to know.....
You don't know by design

Usually, the recruit or his parents/guardians/high school coach/AAU coach will tweet about a visit or upcoming visit. Maybe, secrecy is the key to shocking the college basketball world on Monday.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

Where are you guys getting this three visits
this weekend from?
I haven't heard that. I do know everyone will be at
the Coached vs. Cancer event all Saturday morning,
which is usually when visits begin.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 9 years ago

From me. From someone I spoke with.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

If there are indeed 3 coming in this weekend, do they get group rates at the URI Hilton?

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 9 years ago

If there aren't do we then get group rates on season tickets?

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

Well, I haven't seen anything on Twitter.
In this day and age, nothing happens without someone
putting it out there.
I don't recall any visit not being tweeted, let alone three.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

rodfromcranston wrote:Well, I haven't seen anything on Twitter.
In this day and age, nothing happens without someone
putting it out there.
I don't recall any visit not being tweeted, let alone three.

TP says they're keeping it quiet by design. I'm not sure why they'd do that.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 9 years ago

I don't mean to make it seem like the staff is expending more energy keeping recruiting quiet than they are recruiting. But they are recruiting. They obviously aren't interested in leveraging the media in their efforts.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 9 years ago

Why would they say something that is not true? Just say nothing then.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

theblueram wrote:Why would they say something that is not true? Just say nothing then.

Was this a staff member that told you this? Or at least someone reliable?

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

It's that stealth recruiting thing again.

I don't know what it accomplishes, but if it works, why not?

IF it works, that's the thing.....

You would think, that if it's true about 3 coming, that they are connected somehow.

More than one visiting at the same time is very unusual, to say the least.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 9 years ago

I guess I don't know about reliable. On staff? Yes.

STC · Unread post by **STC** » 9 years ago

I think initially when the Hurley took over a dormant URI program there was a need to use the media regarding visits in order to create a buzz around the program and help sell it to recruits. Now that Hurley is 3 years in and has the program trending upwards and the core four in place there is less of a need to feed the media recruiting news.

There isn't much to gain from publicizing visits at this point unless the staff is bringing in a well known/highly touted guy. In fact publicizing lesser known players visits can definitely backfire, especially if they don't land the player. People begin to question why URI wasn't able to close on that player and then other recruits at that position could perceive themselves as a fall back option for the staff.

That, or maybe Hurley just reads this board and gets a kick out of watching posters squirm and the sports talk-radio mentality that goes along with posting on this board. Every day the sky is falling for a new reason.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

blueram, if it's a staff member and he's not reliable, then there's a problem somewhere...

STC, I doubt Hurley reads this board...he's neurotic enough without adding to ours....

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 9 years ago

I'll wait until this weekend ends before making judgments.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

Dan does not read this board.
There are people in the Athletic Dept. that do.
As far as Twitter, players, their coaches at high school, or
AAU get the word out, because it boosts them up and gets
their name out there.
Even if URI doesn't get Zags to say something, those others
are all too willing to do so.
I had a coaching staff member come by my house tonight and he said
they are working night and day to get what's needed.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

They are certainly working their butts off on the recruiting trail.

There's no doubt about that. That cannot be questioned.

Just hope it pays off. With the lack of info coming out, it just makes things tougher on a lot of us.

Maybe it's the calm before the storm....in a good way of course....

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 9 years ago

Its worth noting that we have had 1 great back-to-the basket, dominant big in my 30 years of watching URI. 1. Kenny Green (and he wasnt even a center). Besides that we have had a few decent-to-good Centers and a bunch of undersized forwards. I am not sure it has been easy for any Coach to recruit bigs to URI.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

Kenny was like Nomar was for the Red Sox.
Easily the best of a long line of mediocrity at the
one position that never seems settled.

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 9 years ago

PeterRamTime wrote:I'm in agreement that ARD would be a good fit on staff, but who would he replace?

Any of them.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 9 years ago

Rod, were you hoping that Dan came by to pick up the awards so you could soften him up with some of your world famous home made dinner and get some answers?

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

No, I was surprised that they didn't want to wait
until Saturday to get them back.
Must have felt I'd be selling the awards on Ebay or something.
The only dinner was almost our visitor. Since he came unannounced,
(Mike Laprey had sent me an email, that I read too late, asking to pick up
the trophies) we didn't have Arthur locked up. I don't need any lawsuits.
So, large Arthur was trying to barge through me, at the door, to eat our visitor.
Total chaos for a minute or so.
After Arthur got put in his cage, order was restored.
In retrospect, I probably should have left them at Quidnessett.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

Whoa. From the looks of him, you're going to need a bigger cage.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

His crate could fit a lion, I think.
At his peak, his head was 28" around.
DDBs have the hardest bite in the dog world, approaching the
lion's bite, so it's good that they are usually gentle.
Arthur doesn't like strangers or bicycle riders,
unlike my late Dogue Napoleon, who I used to walk to
my daughter's elementary school. He would he surrounded by
kids, and loving it.
Ramfan85 insists Arthur and Dora (my Neapolitan Mastiff) be crated, before he comes
over to watch a game.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 9 years ago

So who throws that "stick" to him?

Section104 · Unread post by **Section104** » 9 years ago

I could see one of the random guys we grab being David Pekarek of the Czech Republic. He played at the NPSI at RIC earlier this year and was voted as NetScouts player of the game in his day 4 matchup. Looks to be a Nikola Malesevic clone - tall shooter with some decent scoring ability. No mention of us being involved other than him following Jim Carr and Jim Carr following him on twitter. Not much on this kid...could be because hes international or could be because there aren't many interested. Just throwing it out there...

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

So, meanwhile there's this:

Adam Zagoria retweeted
Corey Evans @coreyevans_10 · 14h 14 hours ago
Per source, UMass had Bruce Brown, Samuel Japhet-Mathias, Tyrique Jones and Patrick Fisher on campus today for unofficials @ny2lasports

And this:

Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria · 15h 15 hours ago
2016 PF @bornready_mama Mamadou Diarra of Putnam Science Academy took an unofficial today to UConn, source confirms to @SNYtv

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

rodfromcranston wrote:So, meanwhile there's this:

Adam Zagoria retweeted
Corey Evans @coreyevans_10 · 14h 14 hours ago
Per source, UMass had Bruce Brown, Samuel Japhet-Mathias, Tyrique Jones and Patrick Fisher on campus today for unofficials @ny2lasports

And this:

Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria · 15h 15 hours ago
2016 PF @bornready_mama Mamadou Diarra of Putnam Science Academy took an unofficial today to UConn, source confirms to @SNYtv

So, the Vermont Academy kids all visited together. I know Dan recently spent time up there. Maybe 3 of them are coming together to URI this weekend?

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

OK, this rumor of 3 people coming this weekend is starting to make sense. Putting 2 and 2 together, Dan, Luke and a UMass assistant were at Vermont Academy 2 weeks ago. I'll bet while they were there, visits were set up at both UMass and URI. UMass just happened. We're next. We'll see if my hunch is right.

Alex Popp
‏@CoachAPopp Great hosting Danny Hurley (URI), Luke Murray (URI), Andy Alison (UMass), and Mike Martin (Brown) in the last 24 hours.

I think Martin and Brown are recruiting Fisher.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

It would be unusual for 3 recruits from 3 different schools to visit on the same day. It would not be unusual for 3 Vt. Academy kids to unofficially visit on the same day.

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