rambone 78 wrote: ↑5 months ago
Archie's coaching success was predicated by one great PG he had at Dayton.
Since then he's whiffed at that position, the most important in college BB.
Just ask Calhoun.
Now Archie was planning on having his next great one in Hammond.
If he leaves without ever suiting up for us, it's back to square one.
Until he gets one and he stays, we're not going to be good and he will be looking for work fairly soon.
I mean, he did get Khristian Lander his last year at IU - who was a top 25 player, top 5 PG out of HS.
Schoochie was a 3 star guy. So if anything Archie helped develop him.
PG is everything in college. Look at Hurley - both at URI and at UConn.
What did we achieve without Jeff at URI? Nothing. Hurley had him for 2 years and we got two conference titles and NCAA trips/wins.
When Dave Cox took over we threw our PG away and saw what happened.
What did Hurley achieve at UConn without a PG? He started to turn things around with RJ Cole (good not great) - but never got over the first round hump. He got Tristen Newton and has won a national title and is the #1 overall seed looking to defend that title.
There is no position more important than a good PG. More important than a 7 footer. If you want to go and make a deep run, you need a good PG. Period.
Let's be clear - I'm 100000% on board that Hammond could be that guy. But if he doesn't come here there are plenty of other undersize, quick, 3 star guards out there. Remember, we beat out College of Charleston, Fordham, Fairfield, and George Mason for Hammond. It's not like it was Jared Terrell we got.
There's no guarantee if we lose KJ that we also lose Hammond. Georgetown already has a pretty locked in PG who transferred from Illinois to play for Cooley and was 3rd in the Big East in points and 8th in assists. Epps is going to be a junior with 2-3 years of eligibility left. Hard to think Hammond would leave a spot where he can become a starter within a season rather than guarantee bench riding behind a future all-conference PG.
Same thing - Jeff Dowtin was a 3 star, less regarded than Hammond even. I think the best school chasing him was Drexel or something.
The sky is not falling if we lose Hammond - and we are clearly not penciled into a championship spot if we get him.