6'5 Grad Transfer Mark Alstork

[HuskiesAllDay]

With all due respect, this kind of post takes so many imaginative leaps, you started in Waterbury and ended up in Timbuktu.

Plus, this board is so hung up on Diallo it's ridiculous. Step out of ourselves for once and realize that the Diallo story is common. There are kids who were OVERTLY signalling in the press that they were absolute locks to attend a university, and then they flipped in the last second. It has happened to Ohio State, Alabama, Michigan, LSU, Penn State. It is common. Granted, my examples are from football, but I can't even begin to tell you the level of certitude expressed by longstanding recruitniks who are usually (and for the most part) mostly mum. I don't think Oz is even in the same universe reputation-wise as some of the people (at the best schools) who have been burned in the past.

Does it really though? More like Waterbury to Danbury. As superjohn said, and is well known, Oz' source has been KO himself. When the info was good we all loved it.

Now that Oz is way off, it must be him alone and not have anything to do with KO?

I suppose its possible that Oz came to those conclusions himself, but I doubt it. If he had no idea that anyone was leaving, then he probably arrived at that conclusion because KO told him that.

Diallo was in response to Chief's comment and doesnt really have much to do with my argument. It was just another data point. Regarding that, I'm not surprised at all that we got beat out by KY there. Cant blame him at all for that decision and I'm not drawing any conclusions on our program/staff/recruiting outlook based on that.

The point was, Oz has been way off a number of times lately. And considering where he gets his info......

 

[upstater]

Does it really though? More like Waterbury to Danbury. As superjohn said, and is well known, Oz' source has been KO himself. When the info was good we all loved it.

Now that Oz is way off, it must be him alone and not have anything to do with KO?

I suppose its possible that Oz came to those conclusions himself, but I doubt it. If he had no idea that anyone was leaving, then he probably arrived at that conclusion because KO told him that.

Diallo was in response to Chief's comment and doesnt really have much to do with my argument. It was just another data point. Regarding that, I'm not surprised at all that we got beat out by KY there. Cant blame him at all for that decision and I'm not drawing any conclusions on our program/staff/recruiting outlook based on that.

The point was, Oz has been way off a number of times lately. And considering where he gets his info.

Huge leaps.

 

[upstater]

Vance wasn't surprising. Enoch and Durham blindsided Ollie, as did MAL. It's pretty damn rare to see a team lose half their healthy roster with gobs of playing time available for the taking, don't think I've ever seen it before. If you think Ollie had a good handle on what was going on with his team you haven't been paying attention.

Transfers transfer. The word "blindsided" means Ollie has no idea what is going on.

As for Durham, you're presenting just one of the rumored stories.

 

[HuskiesAllDay]

Huge leaps.

Transfers transfer. The word "blindsided" means Ollie has no idea what is going on.

As for Durham, you're presenting just one of the rumored stories.

Instead of repeating it, why don't you explain how I took "huge leaps". Oz gets his info directly from KO. He repeated over and over on TOS that "nobody else is leaving". Logical conclusion being that KO told him so.

Oz didn't see any of this coming. So it must be a "huge leap" to assume KO didn't either? Gimme a break.

Second, what has the coaching staff done since their departures to indicate that they had any sort of plan in place for any of this? If they had any plan at all, then yes it would seem like we saw some of this coming. So far, I've seen nothing to indicate this is the case.

Jalen Adams today said, "I thought they all loved it here, so they all kind of surprised me".

If KO saw this coming, don't you think he might have discussed some of this with his best player?

Nobody knows at this point. Everyone is making assumptions. But it would appear to me that the assumptions I am making are at least supported by evidence.

Support your argument that KO saw this coming. Right now your argument is basically just, "well you cant prove that he didnt".

 

[upstater]

Instead of repeating it, why don't you explain how I took "huge leaps". Oz gets his info directly from KO. He repeated over and over on TOS that "nobody else is leaving". Logical conclusion being that KO told him so.

Support your argument that KO saw this coming.

Oz gets his info directly from KO.!!!!!!

This is your huge leap right there.

Furthermore, Oz was saying no one else is transferring while more than 5 people on this very board were saying that more people will be transferring. Heck, Joe D. was saying it while Oz was denying it.

Do you honestly believe that Boneyarders know more about the team than Kevin Ollie?>>>>>

As for "Support your argument that KO saw this coming...." -- I never made the argument. I said blindsided = KO has no idea what is going on. You can have transfers and also have an inkling that they are probably happening. I mean, people here knew, with at least on player we were commenting on it DURING the season, while the thread was cut off per board rules. Second, people here were talking about these things for WEEKS while Oz was saying it wasn't happening. Come'on, let's be serious. About Oz, about Kevin Ollie, etc.

 

[HuskiesAllDay]

Oz gets his info directly from KO.!!!!!!

This is your huge leap right there.

Furthermore, Oz was saying no one else is transferring while more than 5 people on this very board were saying that more people will be transferring. Heck, Joe D. was saying it while Oz was denying it.

Do you honestly believe that Boneyarders know more about the team than Kevin Ollie?>>>>>

As for "Support your argument that KO saw this coming...." -- I never made the argument. I said blindsided = KO has no idea what is going on. You can have transfers and also have an inkling that they are probably happening. I mean, people here knew, with at least on player we were commenting on it DURING the season, while the thread was cut off per board rules. Second, people here were talking about these things for WEEKS while Oz was saying it wasn't happening. Come'on, let's be serious. About Oz, about Kevin Ollie, etc.

I mean, its known that Oz gets his info directly from KO, so I don't really know why you are considering that a huge leap. But you do, and its clear that I wont change your mind, so I will drop it as this wont go anywhere.

Continue to believe whatever you want. Go Huskies.

 

[djct1999]

Calipari is a salesman who sells. Whatever Ollie is trying to sell lately isn't working at all.

Funny, I always thought the squid was a buyer. And as I was reminded in his 30 for 30, a standardized test taker.

 

[Dogbreath2U]

The belief that Oz got his info from KO could have been true, but that could also change or perhaps has changed already. It is hard to believe that KO would not have heard about Oz, at least by now. I have no idea whatsoever, but it seems like his source could dry up real fast.

 

[gtcam]

IMHO KO got blindsided by only one of them - JD - who screwed KO and the program
I don't care what this Oz character says or does - nobody knows everything that KO thinks, says or does
I'm sure KO didn't kick these kids out but after laying it on the line during the post season 1on1s, he probably had a feel for SE and along with many of us, felt VJ was leaving as early as December
If they don't want to play within the system, do what is asked, work hard on deficiencies or plainly just wants out, good riddance

 

[80shusky]

Totally guessing here, but I would guess the staff/KO give OZ exactly what they want to give him in most cases.
Edited to add: There are sometimes good reasons and a lot of thought behind "leaks". And sometimes there aren't.

 

[TopDogs]

Idk if we're one of the schools he's talking to but this video with Alstork was posted today. he talks about the draft and transferring...

 

[TheDude]

Idk if we're one of the schools he's talking to but this video with Alstork was posted today. he talks about the draft and transferring...

yes he has been talked to I heard, look at page 1, However he is projected to be undrafted in many mock drafts that I have seen

 

[Fishy]

I don't think he'll stay in the draft, but it might slow down his transfer process.

Only schools I've heard for him are Pitt, Michigan and Michigan State. Pitt certainly has room, but I think Michigan might have to wait.

No clue if UConn has a chance.

 

[TopDogs]

I'm gonna go ahead and say we're probably out of this one (if we were ever in it):

 

[champs99and04]

If we add a wing + a big I'll start to feel pretty good about next year.

Doesn't look like Alstork is going to be that guy, but there are still guys out there. The Donte Clark recruitment has been quiet, I imagine it is because he's still going through the draft process but it's almost certain that he'll be back playing college ball.

 

[ZenConn]

Looks like he's gonna be hungry on May 7th and 10th... Or fasting...

 

[DAVEROD]

Committed to Illinois