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Message: [QUOTE="Mooch82, post: 5340560, member: 736"] I don't disagree that we are selling the Castle role to Mingo...but don't think it means we can't also take Landrew. Mingo is a top 10 kid - you take that talent every day of the week and make it work. There are tons of examples with top high school kids going to school with other top kids playing similar positions. Hurley is a master at playing "positionless" basketball - he could absolutely find ways to get Mingo and Landrew on the court together. Their styles are completely different. As for County - to me he's still a bench guy as a freshman and would get more opportunities as a Soph/Junior. If he wants to go to a lesser school and start day one, by all means. But he's really a Solo-ish recruit rating wise, and he barely played as a freshman (outside of when Steph was hurt early in the year). I know Dan Hurley has said he doesn't want to take big freshman classes, but he also has said he doesn't want to take a ton of transfers. He picks and chooses his spots. I think they are still figuring out the best strategy and balance in the new recruiting game, but in general I think the biggest goal is to find guys who buy in to the opportunity we are selling them, and to be 100% honest with these kids throughout the recruiting process. [/QUOTE]