General Recruiting Discussion/Comments 2022 and before

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 9 years ago

I had heard of Wawa because I watch The Goldbergs, but didn't know what it was.

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

I have no idea what Wawa is.

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

We saw WaWas everywhere when we vacationed in Pennsylvania last summer. It's a convenience store, I think.

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

Wawa to me was always baby talk for water.
Or Barbara Wawa on SNL.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 9 years ago

I'd rather not admit the amount of time I have spent in Wawas after 1am in my 34 years on this earth.

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

倭

"Harmony, peace, balance."

https://www.wawa.com

All customers of Wawa seem to find Wa, harmony, peace and balance, after passing through its doors.

Especially if you are The Invisible Greek Kid…...

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

I think of George Harrison ....

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

adam914 wrote:I'd rather not admit the amount of time I have spent in Wawas after 1am in my 34 years on this earth.

Adam, you get me. That hour is the only time those cold soft pretzels by the cash registers actually taste good.

ramsman75 · Unread post by **ramsman75** » 9 years ago

In other threads there has been discussion of our need for a "banger" and varying definitions of what a "banger" is. If being a banger means defending the post effectively and getting great position to rebound then sign me up. Rebounding is more about court awareness and anticipation than physical size. Dennis Rodman was the ultimate warrior when it came to being in the proper position to rebound.

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

Isn't the best rebounder supposed to be Wilt Chamberlin? Even Bill Russel kind of openly accepts Wilt's greatness with the comfort of knowing Bill's grit and team first attitude trumped Wilt's everything many times.

Still Dennis Rodman's rebounding ability is the recent gold standard, I don't think Tristan Thompson approaches Rodman's ability.

Rodman was also an atheletic 6'7.

IDK what im talking about. Tangent. This post is really in reply to broadcasters talking about Rodman being the best rebounder and Tristan Thompson being that good.

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

All you need to know about Wilt's total domination
is, he once got 55 rebounds in a game against
Bill Russell and the Celtics.
Roll that number around in your mind.
55.
It's actually at least as impressive as his 100 points in a game,
given the level of competition.
22.9 career rpg will never be passed.
Rodman had 13.1 rpg. Not on the same planet as Wilt.
Russell had the better supporting cast, nearly always.
In the years Wilt had greatness around him, he won.

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

As a reminder:

4/23-7/31: quiet period, except:

5/21-29: dead period
7/8-7/12: evaluation period
7/15-7/19: evaluation period
7/22-7/26: evaluation period

Dead period: no face-to-face contact with players or families, even if they're on campus; can't watch or visit high/prep schools; texts, calls with players or families are fine

Quiet period: no off-campus watching or visiting high/prep schools or face-to-face contact; texts, calls with players or families are fine, as are visits to college campuses

Evaluation period: can watch tournaments, visit high/prep schools, call/text/etc; no face-to-face contact off campus

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

rodfromcranston wrote:All you need to know about Wilt's total domination
is, he once got 55 rebounds in a game against
Bill Russell and the Celtics.
Roll that number around in your mind.
55.
It's actually at least as impressive as his 100 points in a game,
given the level of competition.
22.9 career rpg will never be passed.
Rodman had 13.1 rpg. Not on the same planet as Wilt.
Russell had the better supporting cast, nearly always.
In the years Wilt had greatness around him, he won.

well, except for going 1-3 in the Finals playing with West and Baylor.

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

Sure, but fail to mention Baylor played in all of 11 games in his last two
years.

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

Da_Process_Survivor wrote:
rodfromcranston wrote:All you need to know about Wilt's total domination
is, he once got 55 rebounds in a game against
Bill Russell and the Celtics.
Roll that number around in your mind.
55.
It's actually at least as impressive as his 100 points in a game,
given the level of competition.
22.9 career rpg will never be passed.
Rodman had 13.1 rpg. Not on the same planet as Wilt.
Russell had the better supporting cast, nearly always.
In the years Wilt had greatness around him, he won.
well, except for going 1-3 in the Finals playing with West and Baylor.

Well, not true, process. Baylor and West teamed up with Chamberlain to face the 68-69 Celts to lose in 7 games, the 69-70 Knicks (also, in 7 games) DNP vs. the Knicks during the 71-72 Finals (winners in 5 games) and was retired for the 72-73 season , when the Lakers lost to the Knicks yet again in five games.

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

I saw Wilt play many many times in person and also on TV. There is no denying that if Russell and wilt had switched teams,
Boston would have been much better than they were and Philadelphia and the LA teams would have been much reduced.
chamberlain was a freak of a physical specimen. he was not only tall, but his arms were exceptionally long even for his
stature. and he was one of the strongest men alive. additionally, he was a smart player who knew where to position
himself for rebounds by anticipating the angle of misses and blocking out. He was always in position. If you don't get to the
right spot before the shot, you won't have a chance for a rebound no matter how tall or strong you are. it's a knack. and
of course you have to be willing to fight for position and not only look for the ball to score. Wilt was not a selfish player. He scored
so much because that is what his coaches and team needed. I think we don't see great rebounding numbers from players because
few players pride themselves in rebounding the way they do scoring and blocking shots. We could use a player who thinks job
number one is rebounding. I don't see many players like that anymore.

kal-65 · Unread post by **kal-65** » 9 years ago

wilt was a great player,but Russell led san Francisco to two ncaa championships; wilts' Kansas team lost to north carlonia

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

Russell also had Hall of Famer KC Jones with him at USF.

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

Anyone else remember the song that Wilt recorded? I can still remember him singing it on American Bandstand.

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

I remember him putting out a song, but don't remember what the song was. wilt was also trying to arrange a boxing match
with Muhammed Ali in the sixties through a newspaper columnist in philly whose son was a friend of mine. wilt really did
march to his own drummer.

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

I can't remember the name of the song. it had to with "down by the river with you", or something like that. The melody wasn't bad.
It was funny watching him and Ali go at it. Ali kept calling him a billy goat (not billyboy) because of his facial hair.

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

Ask, and ye shall receive:

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

Wow, thanks Rod. That is amazing. I don't know about you but he sounded very professional.
He had a very nice voice. Is there anything that guy couldn't do well? Very impressive. where did you find it?

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

Oh youtube of course.

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

I was close with the river thing. And I didn't look it up.
Catchy tune. But, he was no Fabian.
Even Dick Clark couldn't make him singing star.

eli#10 · Unread post by **eli#10** » 9 years ago

Just a little off topic here guys................

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

This player would have been more useful to the
program than Robinson:

Zach Braziller ‏@NYPost_Brazille
UConn transfer Terrence Samuel from Brooklyn visits Hofstra tomorrow, per source. Has visited VCU. Iona and Providence also in mix.

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

Rod, a while back I talked to a couple of UConn boosters about Samuels.

They said he's got all the tools, but simply can't shoot a lick.

He would be an OK backup for Garrett, but like a lot of others, he wants more PT.

Shaolin Swat · Unread post by **Shaolin Swat** » 9 years ago

rodfromcranston wrote:This player would have been more useful to the
program than Robinson:

Zach Braziller ‏@NYPost_Brazille
UConn transfer Terrence Samuel from Brooklyn visits Hofstra tomorrow, per source. Has visited VCU. Iona and Providence also in mix.

I'm not too familiar with Samuel, so out of curiosity, why would you prefer him over Robinson?

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

First off, we recruited him, so he's familiar with URI.
Secondly, he's a true point guard.
He also has experience that not one of our players have.
Playing in an NCAA championship game.
He played well in the UConn run to the title.
We need a PG more than our 5th SG. Garrett is it.
Maybe we can bring one in in the 2016 recruiting cycle?

eli#10 · Unread post by **eli#10** » 9 years ago

Rod--you are a very tough guy to please. I have seen Samuel play a lot and do not see how he could really help us. Also, there is no way he would come here to play 10-12 minutes a game behind JG. Talk about being an awful shooter--last year he was 0 for 17 on 3 pointers and 0 for 18 in 2 years.
From what I have read about Robinson he is clearly the better option due to his great defense and being able to take the ball to the rim.

Shaolin Swat · Unread post by **Shaolin Swat** » 9 years ago

rodfromcranston wrote:First off, we recruited him, so he's familiar with URI.
Secondly, he's a true point guard.
He also has experience that not one of our players have.
Playing in an NCAA championship game.
He played well in the UConn run to the title.
We need a PG more than our 5th SG. Garrett is it.
Maybe we can bring one in in the 2016 recruiting cycle?

Hopefully, Thompson can grow into the guy to be the backup PG and we can focus on bringing in an interior player to eventually take over for Hassan. Like Robinson, Samuel's raw numbers aren't that good, but as I said, I'm not familiar with him or his game, so I'm not sure where I would stand on a Samuel vs Robinson argument.

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

So, Samuel wouldn't get any time behind Garrett,
but Robinson would get time behind EC, Terrell, Thompson,
Akele, et al? Really.
So Robinson made 0 3s last year, too.
Difference here is, one is a PG and one is a SG.
Samuel is a Carlos Easterling type PG.
We have no backup PG, but we have a shitload of SGs.
Also, Samuel visited VCU Is he going to get time over Jequan Lewis?
There are very few places will he not find established talent.

eli#10 · Unread post by **eli#10** » 9 years ago

Who is saying he would not get any time behind Garrett--certainly not me. My point is that he cannot be interested in playing only 10-12 minutes a game wherever he winds up.

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

You're probably right.
It's why there are 700 plus transfers this season.
Kids are told how great they are from their first AAU game.
They all have NBA hopes, realistic or not.
In their minds, they are all stars in their own movie.
When reality sets in, they don't face facts, they run away,
thinking a different place may give different results.

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

For this team's point guard situation, I'd prefer they bring in a '16 that they can develop in their system to eventually start for them rather than a guy in the same class as Jarvis whose aim is more than a back-up role.

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

rodfromcranston wrote:You're probably right.
It's why there are 700 plus transfers this season.
Kids are told how great they are from their first AAU game.
They all have NBA hopes, realistic or not.
In their minds, they are all stars in their own movie.
When reality sets in, they don't face facts, they run away,
thinking a different place may give different results.

Rod that is spot on. Although a different place may yield different results. Many of these recruits are looking at name only, not the program, how they fit in, what their role is. Tough on a young kid, and many are being given suspect advice. They move because they made a wrong choice. We see it all the time. We recruit a kid who would start day one, and they go to P5x and sit on the bench. The Murphy's are a prime example.
Funny thing is the NBA doesn't give a rats ass which conference a kid played in. Shit, a URI football player was just signed to the Baltimore Ravens.
And Steph Curry is in the NBA finals, who played at Davidson in the SoCon. If you can play it does not matter where you go to school. It matters you go to a school you like.

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

This story is too crazy to not share somewhere.

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

Starting on June 15th, coaches can officially start contacting the '17s- get ready for the onslaught of offers, "offers," and the like.

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

Since it's so slow, here's something to chew on…..

http://rhodeisland.247sports.com/Season ... redictions

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

These things are fluid and change often. I would be very surprised if none of our targets sign with us this fall. VERY.

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

The last prediction for Tyrique Jones was in January. Dan and ex-coach Murray saw him several times since then. I'm hoping he's priority #1. Does he want to go to UConn and sit for a couple of years, or does he want to go somewhere and play right away? Obviously we have tons of minutes for big guys and even more next year.

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

We identify very good players.....they proceed to blow up.....and forget that we were there for them early......it will take a special kid to turn down BCS schools to commit to a mid major...... I can see us going 0-fer on the current crop......

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

Saw this on ESPN.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recru ... basketball

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 9 years ago

Anybody able to give a bit of an overview for us non-Insiders?

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

Since I'm not an "Insider" how many of these prospective student-athletes has the board heard about???? And would it be ethical to identify them, Moderators?

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

Sorry. Didn't realize it was Insider. Someone posted the whole thing on the A10 board though.

http://www.basketballforum.com/atlantic ... iod-7.html

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 9 years ago

Thanks blueram

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

Three big jucos on that list.
Glad to see us getting involved early on, instead of
this spring's panic of getting in late with jucos.
Lots of schools plug holes with jucos.
Hoiberg when he was at ISU, did very well with jucos
and transfers.

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

Jack Whitehead ‏@runhouse Jun 19
Look for Tulsa, Rhode Island, Texas, Towson and Buffalo to be at the @JUCOShowcase in Atlanta to see our 6' 11" Valentine Sangoyomi.