2026 Recruiting: Caden Pierce (Transfer) potential interest

[RuffRuff]

Yes Hurley got lucky he missed out on Timberlake and got Spencer.

See how easy that is?

Luck is required to win big. Every coach gets lucky sometimes

Absolutely - but let's not say Painter is great because he got "lucky" with Edey. He recruited the kid out of HS and developed him. That is not luck.

If I'm Hurley and a Uconn fan, I'll take that luck all day. Painter's excellence is not based on luck, he's got the number one team in the country this year. Braden Smith luck too? He picked that kid out of a corn pile.

 

[KingAG]

Absolutely - but let's not say Painter is great because he got "lucky" with Edey. He recruited the kid out of HS and developed him. That is not luck.

If I'm Hurley and a Uconn fan, I'll take that luck all day. Painter's excellence is not based on luck, he's got the number one team in the country this year. Braden Smith luck too? He picked that kid out of a corn pile.

You constantly strawman. No one said Painter is great because he got lucky with Edey. Someone said Painter was unlucky. That’s where I questioned how someone can be “unlucky” when they’ve had the talent “Edey” that he’s had. That’s more lucky than unlucky

 

[aceboon]

Every thing you said is true. He still got lucky. You believe he evaluated Edey to be THAT good? It’s okay to say getting a guy who ends up being that good has some modicum of luck involved.

First he was gifted Edey, now it's he was lucky that a player he went out and recruited turned out to be great. I guess he was lucky that Braden Smith went from top 200 recruit to first team AA and one of the best PGs in college. I'll let you have it, I already know where this is going.

 

[KingAG]

First he was gifted Edey, now it's he was lucky that a player he went out and recruited turned out to be great. I guess he was lucky that Braden Smith went from top 200 recruit to first team AA and one of the best PGs in college. I'll let you have it, I already know where this is going.

Yes and yes.

Unless you think either of those outcomes were probable.

That’s the definition of lucky.

Good on him. For taking those shots. They paid off.

Name any great coach and I’d bet there was a bunch of luck that broke their way for them to win at the level they did.

 

[Gurleyman]

I'll give Painter a lot more credit getting "lucky" with Edey (recruited/developed) than I would Hurley backing into Spencer. Can anyone say Nick Timberlake? Give Painter his due. They are both excellent coaches. I'm sure Hurley would tell you the same.

We were only in that position of trying to get Timberlake or Spencer because we won a nattie and Hawkins and Jackson (recruited/developed) left ahead of schedule. Timberlake was perhaps the best 2/3 shooting prospect in the portal at the time. Spencer came in later.

Also not impossible, as good as that team was, that we just go ahead and win it with Ball at the 2 and Castle with more offensive responsibility. But we’ll never know. Spencer was a perfect fit and had an historically good season on offense - and certainly don’t want to discount that. But Castle also clearly had a lot more to give us if it was needed, and we also had a lot of margin for error to work with.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Because luck had nothing to do with it. He just lost.

He had the most dominant player of this generation. For 2 seasons. And didn’t win.

What was his excuse the other 20 years?

Ok let me put it in different terms. If 2023 UConn had to play 2024 UConn in the championship, 2023 UConn would’ve been very unlucky they ran into the best team of all time. Does that make sense?

 

[Huskyforlife]

Absolutely - but let's not say Painter is great because he got "lucky" with Edey. He recruited the kid out of HS and developed him. That is not luck.

If I'm Hurley and a Uconn fan, I'll take that luck all day. Painter's excellence is not based on luck, he's got the number one team in the country this year. Braden Smith luck too? He picked that kid out of a corn pile.

I remember when Braden Smith was gonna get exposed without edey. The Purdue hate here is so bizarre.

 

[KingAG]

Ok let me put it in different terms. If 2023 UConn had to play 2024 UConn in the championship, 2023 UConn would’ve been very unlucky they ran into the best team of all time. Does that make sense?

So anytime you run into a team that’s better than you, you’re unlucky? I mean sure. That happens to someone every year though. Nate Oats and Bama we’re unlucky the year before with that logic.

 

[Huskyforlife]

So anytime you run into a team that’s better than you, you’re unlucky? I mean sure. That happens to someone every year though.

I feel like you’re trying really hard to act like you don’t understand what I’m saying.

 

[KingAG]

I feel like you’re trying really hard to act like you don’t understand what I’m saying.

I do. I just don’t see the relevance. With that logic he’s not any more unlucky than anyone else. What’s the point?

In 24 he didn’t have the best team, he lost. Even though this is hindsight. People argued all year Purdue was better than UConn.

In 22 he did have the best team, he lost.

Maybe this year he’ll finally get lucky