rjsuperfly66 wrote:Eli, you clearly don't know my thoughts because I think Cooley has done plenty wrong in my mind in the last 12 months, but frankly losing losing your 12 and 13th men along with a limited 2G who I was never much a fan of isn't on the list. Let me know when you do want the list though, I'll gladly provide you a rationalized chronological list of my complaints from the last 12 months. Believe it or not it is quite extensive.
Ramste, PC offered Layssard and about 95 other guys last year, but we all know who PC was going after on the trail and Layssard was not it. Layssard (or guys like him) would have been a great option after their other 3 misses but unfortunately for PC, many of those next-tier guys were already off the board.
RJ,
PC formerly offered Layssard on July 29, 2015, one day after Oklahoma and 10 days after Wichita State offered Big Mike. Mike was one of PC's early offers for big men in the Class of 2016.
If you, Cooley and staff did not really want Mike then I don't understand why you made him one of the earliest offers of the "95 other offers" that Cooley made.
If you did not want Mike then I am also very surprised by that because he is a heck of a player. I am very confident that your HC will be saying he should have made a "REAL" offer for Big Mike versus this type of
"we don't really care about this guy over the other guys we really like" type of offer
How many of your 95 "other" guys did PC offer because so many players kept turning PC down?
It was a tough recruiting year last year for the Friars, resulting in the mad scramble going on right now to get late signings such as Alpha Diallo (who is a solid signing but very late and somewhat lucky that he was still available).
Also surprising that PC had so few signings this year knowing that Chukwu was lost before last season and Bentil looked more and more likely to go pro.
Looking at URI's Class of 2016 the jury is of course still out - as it is for any School's Class of 2016 - obviously
However consider Dan Hurley made a conscious plan to complete his recruiting class early for 2016, working diligently to accomplish that so he would not be recruiting in the Spring and Late Spring for the 2016 Class. He accomplished his mission.
When Layssard, Dowtin, Tertsea and Langevine verbaled they of course had not played their Senior Years yet - naturally when you recruit in late Spring as Cooley is now doing he Senior year performances are known.
Knowing what we know now about DH's 2016 Class - wow:
Layssard - solid year. Again made first team Class 1A Louisiana. Previous year he was also first team and Christion Thompson made 2nd team. Mike was at the PC - URI Game sitting behind the bench. Would have been heavily recruited if not having verbaled to URI early on
Langevine - solid year. His team, the Patrick School, was in the Top 10 USA at one point. Cyril made All Tournament at the prestigious City of Palms in Ft Myers. Would have been heavily recruited if not having verbaled to URI early on
Dowtin - solid year. His team St John's College HS was in the top 10 USA Today for most of the year. Jeff was outstanding shooting 3's, FT's passing, defensively, high BB IQ, long arms, good rebounder, sees the floor great, team player.......his teammate Cowan goes to Maryland as a Top 100 ESPN but Jeff is very close to Cowan in performance this year averaging 16 ppg and has a high upside.. Would have been heavily recruited if not having verbaled to URI early on
Tertsea - solid year playing for John Carroll HS. Long, strong defensively, good timing, good rebounder, good shot blocker. Played high level of competition and his team continued to improve throughout the year. Would have been heavily recruited if not having verbaled to URI early on
So RJ, you gamble to some extent getting guys to commit early, and if you know what your are doing plus with a little luck thrown in, you can nab a class that you can be very proud of later on. On PC's case, Cooley gambled and offered many players, many high level Top 100 ESPN guys, but did not land any of them during the season.
Only time will tell whether PC or URI will turn out to have had the better 2016 Class but if I was a betting man right now.................................
Also will be interesting to see how the 2017 Recruiting Strategies play out. My guess is that DH will go the exact same route but even targeting higher level players as he already is....................
URI quite honestly is on a roll