yeah i no longer have any worries about Mahaney, or any player this start is targeting for that matter. at the time of that post i was underestimating that the staff could pull all 3 of Brea, Mulhaney, McNeeley. It’s incredible. Stairway to Seven
Looks like Pope is checking his cell phone for the Otega Oweh commit news. Wonder if that takes Aidan out of play for them since they also have Lamont Butler
Yes, but i think the idea is that we get everyone in and hopefully decided by then so that anyone on our current roster who wants to enter the portal can make that decision before the 5/1 cutoff date.
*staff
I agree with that. This freshman class (Castle, Ross etc) had all committed before the portal went totally batty last year. If McNeely is as good as his resume, he might be in a better spot than say Abraham. I hope I’m around long enough to find out.
It’s not about him. It’s about giving current UConn players a chance to get into the portal if they feel they have been recruited over or Hurley tells them their playing time is going to be taken by a transfer in.
Well they see him recruiting Mahaney now. That’s all they need to know if that’s what they’re worried about
Ross has a chance. He doesn’t have to beat out AJ or Castle for playing time. Just players coming into the program who are good players but who have not played at anywhere near a national championship level. If he’s not good enough to beat them out, he gets to select whether he wants to stay and be out of the rotation or go somewhere else. No college is promising players they will be getting minutes there second year regardless of how good they are.
UConn is finding someone to fill that role (if it isn't Mahaney, it is Shulga, and if it isn't Shulga, it is...). The current players know - were told - that UConn is finding someone for that role and have known this since their post-season exit meeting.
That is awesome respect to the guys... Again why DH and staff are loved by the players
I don’t say he doesn’t have a chance. And he is just a convenient example I’m saying his road is possibly more difficult than it might have been even 3-4 years ago because guys who might be no better than he have transferred in from lesser programs where they got a load of playing time and game experience and may well have a significant leg up compared to competing against an incoming freshman. I’m also saying going forward that we don’t know what impact if any the portal will have both on how hs kids choose and how programs offer. Obviously it will vary from program to program.
I would think playing time is earned!
Yeah. At this point I think I'm stuck with the obligatory "who's ??????" After every misspelling.I think he's making the point that their names are being misspelled a little too often. Koby and Mahaney probably would laugh it off at first...but maybe not for too long.
That’s true. But it’s also true that players have always been recruited over by incoming frosh and JUCOs, and that the way those players get playing time is to go to a lesser school (which is also now easier). And there will be players on some schools that get playing time because players in front of them head to greener pastures who wouldn’t have before the portal.
Practice will be insane
It will be like Indiana, but the guys will know how to put the ball in the net.
The Pacers?
no sir. the talented hoosiers
I agree. But the overall skill level of portal guys the last few years compared to JUCO is not in the same universe. I agree that a kid can find a place to be a key player. But I am saying the kid who might have picked our program as lets say a top 75 hs kid might now decide to try and be the kid who goes to Dayton, East Carolina or Dayton and maybe portal out eventually. Do you disagree that top tier programs will opt to fill voids with top portal players at least if they don’t get what they want out of a freshman class? And on how that impacts players already in the program? The competition to be nationally relevant is pretty fierce at the top as conference consolidation shows. Hurley will do what he needs to do to keep us in the discussion not to mention the entitlement that half the BY thinks we have to be the top dog.
Tell me this is a subtle Goodman joke.
The dude with the hair on his chin(left) is our guy