Diamond Stone (Committed to Maryland)

[superjohn]

I can't imagine that this tire fire of a season has helped. If I were Stone, I wouldn't want to join this mess.

This is deranged, we won the freaking trophy last year.

 

[CallMeBruce]

This is deranged, we won the freaking trophy last year.

How does that help a recruit who is only going to be here a season?

 

[pj]

If he came here, it might be another championship season.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Can we add an ace recruiter to the staff or would a position have to open up?

Point being, the way Ollie peaches family, I would imagine it would be difficult for him to get rid of one of our former Husky assistants.

We really, really needed another player to make up for the Lubin, Cassell class and it looks like we're going to be denied.

I'm definitely concerned going forward with our staff's recruiting acumen and obviously the conference.

Everyone can point to Adams but wasn't it well documented he was a UConn fan growing up?

Just seems inconceivable coming off 2 titles in 4 years at a prestigious basketball school, that we keep losing kids to programs that can't even hold our jock strap.

 

[Yankees32123]

I agree, if sneakers weren't such a big influence. The University of Md is in a terrible location. The wrong county in Md. The surrounding area is desolate.

You mean Washington D.C? Lol you are dumb man. It's literally in the DC metro system.

 

[mauconnfan]

Hey let's be honest here. You can't come off of a NC and have kids interested, still knowing the recruiters from the other teams, are saying yeah but look at that conference it blows, and have a year like this.

Once we looked like a pretty crappy team they then had huge legs to stand on . Sorry I also wanted to win some other recruiting wars but Fishy and others are right, we don't have solid closers and it's unfair for us to expect KO to do it all.

 

[upstater]

I can't imagine that this tire fire of a season has helped. If I were Stone, I wouldn't want to join this mess.

So you'd go to Maryland and join that mess. Have you checked out their recent history? How many top recruits transferred out of that school recently?

 

[upstater]

Can we add an ace recruiter to the staff or would a position have to open up?

Point being, the way Ollie peaches family, I would imagine it would be difficult for him to get rid of one of our former Husky assistants.

We really, really needed another player to make up for the Lubin, Cassell class and it looks like we're going to be denied.

I'm definitely concerned going forward with our staff's recruiting acumen and obviously the conference.

Everyone can point to Adams but wasn't it well documented he was a UConn fan growing up?

Just seems inconceivable coming off 2 titles in 4 years at a prestigious basketball school, that we keep losing kids to programs that can't even hold our jock strap.

So were a lot of other players. Abu and Ali were too.

 

[uchusky32]

You mean Washington D.C? Lol you are dumb man. It's literally in the DC metro system.

Wow it's in Prince Georges County. Stupid. I live in Montgomery County as@ wipe. You might want to goggle map the immediate area around the school and check out the crime rate. Also have you ever been to South East DC. More hood then Willimantic fool. Go back to your moms basement w@cking off...fool

 

[RMoore1999]

Hey let's be honest here. You can't come off of a NC and have kids interested, still knowing the recruiters from the other teams, are saying yeah but look at that conference it blows, and have a year like this.

Once we looked like a pretty crappy team they then had huge legs to stand on . Sorry I also wanted to win some other recruiting wars but Fishy and others are right, we don't have solid closers and it's unfair for us to expect KO to do it all.

No doubt a more connected and experienced recruiter/closer wouldn't hurt, but far and away, our most daunting recruiting challenge is conference affiliation -- actually lack thereof.

 

[husky99]

So you'd go to Maryland and join that mess. Have you checked out their recent history? How many top recruits transferred out of that school recently?

Stone is only playing one year of college he ain't transferring

 

[upstater]

Stone is only playing one year of college he ain't transferring

Never said he would. I'm talking about schools that are much more of a mess recently.

UConn went from a national championship to losing 8 games.

That's a helluva lot more stable than losing 4 or 5 top 75 guys and then being ranked #15 the next year.

 

[Yankees32123]

Wow it's in Prince Georges County. Stupid. I live in Montgomery County as@ wipe. You might want to goggle map the immediate area around the school and check out the crime rate. Also have you ever been to South East DC. More hood then Willimantic fool. Go back to your moms basement w@cking off...fool

Chill out man I live in Tenleytown. Southeast DC is a crap but the rest of the city is not. It's become much safer/nicer. College Park is close to nasty New Carollton but is also close to very nice Silver Spring. And its on the metro rail so it has easy access to the U St. corridor/Columbia Heights which has become a really nice/cultural area. You dissed the wrong person when it comes to the DC area man. You also need the chill out.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

So you'd go to Maryland and join that mess. Have you checked out their recent history? How many top recruits transferred out of that school recently?

By mess you mean that 18-3 team that's ranked 15th in the country and plays in the ACC? A lot of people around that program think most of those losses were addition by subtraction.

This is where Superjohn calls me deranged for disagreeing with him. It amazes me that some of you actually think that recruits would be excited to join a team getting bent over by the likes of Tulsa, Temple and Cincinnati while playing - for the foreseeable future - in the damn AAC.

 

[Deleted at users request]

Chill out man I live in Tenleytown. Southeast DC is a crap but the rest of the city is not. It's become much safer/nicer. College Park is close to nasty New Carollton but is also close to very nice Silver Spring. And its on the metro rail so it has easy access to the U St. corridor/Columbia Heights which has become a really nice/cultural area. You dissed the wrong person when it comes to the DC area man. You also need the chill out.

Yeah I live in Hyatesville which is one metro stop away from UMDs campus and it is a very nice area. Like Yankee said outside of SE DC has become really nice. Many colleges in the area like Georgetown, George Washington, American, Howard, etc. All metro 40 min metro rides away at the most.

 

[DogMania]

By mess you mean that 18-3 team that's ranked 15th in the country and plays in the ACC? A lot of people around that program think most of those losses were addition by subtraction.

This is where Superjohn calls me deranged for disagreeing with him. It amazes me that some of you actually think that recruits would be excited to join a team getting bent over by the likes of Tulsa, Temple and Cincinnati while playing - for the foreseeable future - in the damn AAC.

Maryland is in the Big 10 now.

 

[caw]

By mess you mean that 18-3 team that's ranked 15th in the country and plays in the ACC? A lot of people around that program think most of those losses were addition by subtraction.

This is where Superjohn calls me deranged for disagreeing with him. It amazes me that some of you actually think that recruits would be excited to join a team getting bent over by the likes of Tulsa, Temple and Cincinnati while playing - for the foreseeable future - in the damn AAC.

They have been a surprise this year for sure. Last year they were pretty bad and had a bucket of players transfer out. May have been addition by subtraction.

As for recruits, some recruits are excited about joining this program, some aren't. Even though this is a bad season so far, I think people have to chill a bit on things. UConn lost a lot from last year and let's be honest it's been a cycle at UConn of high high and low lows for a long while now.

 

[uchusky32]

Chill out man I live in Tenleytown. Southeast DC is a crap but the rest of the city is not. It's become much safer/nicer. College Park is close to nasty New Carollton but is also close to very nice Silver Spring. And its on the metro rail so it has easy access to the U St. corridor/Columbia Heights which has become a really nice/cultural area. You dissed the wrong person when it comes to the DC area man. You also need the chill out.[/QUOTE

Chil out maybe but Dumb started it. And it's also very close to the PG Plaza, Hayesville nothing nice about that area. And that metro line isn't what I would be riding at night. I guess we will disagree here.

However read your first post. The insult started there. O have accounts in that area so I'm very aware of where the school is been to many games. Booed the hell at of Edsall a few years ago in a great win. I prefer Montgomery county. To me there is no comparison.

 

[upstater]

By mess you mean that 18-3 team that's ranked 15th in the country and plays in the ACC? A lot of people around that program think most of those losses were addition by subtraction.

This is where Superjohn calls me deranged for disagreeing with him. It amazes me that some of you actually think that recruits would be excited to join a team getting bent over by the likes of Tulsa, Temple and Cincinnati while playing - for the foreseeable future - in the damn AAC.

Wow, a very short term memory. Forgive us for thinking the National championship 9 months ago means anything. Let's celebrate the now, like a Syracuse t-shirt printed up in January.

It's not just that they lost a couple transfers. But many. And sure, addition by subtraction, but holy cow they lost a bunch of top flight players. In the first 2 years of their career. While Seth Allen and Mitchell were not top recruits, they played like it. Cleare, Faust and Peters were top 100s, and though Faust and Peters didn't perform like it (they performed like inconsistent freshman) they had oodles of athletic ability. The biggest loss is Cleare. When you grab a top 30 big and you beat out schools like Arizona for him, you'd to let him develop under you even if he starts slow. Cleare definitely started slow, and Mitchell took his minutes, but then Mitchell left too.

 

[superjohn]

By mess you mean that 18-3 team that's ranked 15th in the country and plays in the ACC? A lot of people around that program think most of those losses were addition by subtraction.

This is where Superjohn calls me deranged for disagreeing with him. It amazes me that some of you actually think that recruits would be excited to join a team getting bent over by the likes of Tulsa, Temple and Cincinnati while playing - for the foreseeable future - in the damn AAC.

I've never called you deranged but I will continue to call you clueless about sports. Not going to rip on you anymore than I need to, Maryland ACC champs 2015!

 

[Sachems]

maybe loosing Stone to Maryland is karma coming back around to kick us in the nuts! (Gay/Majok)

 

[Paesano]

We need to pay recruits. There, I said it. You CAN recruit out of this conference. You just need to do what Pastner has done and what the squid did before him. Pay off the people involved and make sure you have a fire wall to enable plausible deniability. Screw family. Bring in a snake who knows how to cover his tracks. Enough is enough. I don't care if Ollie is the best coach in the world at every other aspect of the job. YOU CAN NOT WIN WITHOUT TALENT!!!! And, right now, we don't have enough nor will we next year. Not acceptable for the defending champion with the most championships in these kids' lifetimes and a young NBA connected coach. Period!

 

[huskymagic]

Hey let's be honest here. You can't come off of a NC and have kids interested, still knowing the recruiters from the other teams, are saying yeah but look at that conference it blows, and have a year like this.

Once we looked like a pretty crappy team they then had huge legs to stand on . Sorry I also wanted to win some other recruiting wars but Fishy and others are right, we don't have solid closers and it's unfair for us to expect KO to do it all.

Mauconn Ollie cannot recruit or close deals like we need. UNLV, VCU, Marquette, Villanova, etc are recruiting better than us so I don't want to hear the excuses about the American conference, which sucks nonetheless. Kevin Ollie's preacher routine won't cut it with recruits looking for flash not substance. We cannot continue to be competitive without top notch talent.

 

[huskymagic]

By mess you mean that 18-3 team that's ranked 15th in the country and plays in the ACC? A lot of people around that program think most of those losses were addition by subtraction.

This is where Superjohn calls me deranged for disagreeing with him. It amazes me that some of you actually think that recruits would be excited to join a team getting bent over by the likes of Tulsa, Temple and Cincinnati while playing - for the foreseeable future - in the damn AAC.

You do know Maryland is in the B1G now not ACC.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Mauconn Ollie cannot recruit or close deals like we need. UNLV, VCU, Marquette, Villanova, etc are recruiting better than us so I don't want to hear the excuses about the American conference, which sucks nonetheless. Kevin Ollie's preacher routine won't cut it with recruits looking for flash not substance. We cannot continue to be competitive without top notch talent.

he got hamilton for this year, adams and enoch for next year... still waiting to hear if we land any others we offered

 

[Husky Dad]

Stone is a stretch get. You can't fault out coach or conference for this. Coach k didn't get him either. Chill on stone.

 

[Huskyforlife]

We need to pay recruits. There, I said it. You CAN recruit out of this conference. You just need to do what Pastner has done and what the squid did before him. Pay off the people involved and make sure you have a fire wall to enable plausible deniability. Screw family. Bring in a snake who knows how to cover his tracks. Enough is enough. I don't care if Ollie is the best coach in the world at every other aspect of the job. YOU CAN NOT WIN WITHOUT TALENT!!!! And, right now, we don't have enough nor will we next year. Not acceptable for the defending champion with the most championships in these kids' lifetimes and a young NBA connected coach. Period!

He's right, as much as I hate to admit it. Ollie can still get good kids that fit the program, but we need someone who gets these kids to sign on the dotted line, wether for money or not.

 

[Gringo]

He's right, as much as I hate to admit it. Ollie can still get good kids that fit the program, but we need someone who gets these kids to sign on the dotted line, wether for money or not.

Just when I think this board can't get any dumber you geniuses post that we should pay recruits. What a great idea. Let's start paying recruits, eventually get caught and then kicked out of the NCAA tourney for multiple years. Don't worry it won't completely destroy the program and everything we've done for the past 25 years. It will just make us permanently irrelevant and ensure we never get into a p5 conference.

 

[tcf15]

Just when I think this board can't get any dumber you geniuses post that we should pay recruits. What a great idea. Let's start paying recruits, eventually get caught and then kicked out of the NCAA tourney for multiple years. Don't worry it won't completely destroy the program and everything we've done for the past 25 years. It will just make us permanently irrelevant and ensure we never get into a p5 conference.

But if we pay them in Trident layers...

 

[Huskyforlife]

Just when I think this board can't get any dumber you geniuses post that we should pay recruits(I never said we have too, only if it gets down to it, if Memphis didn't they would still be in conference USA, if that's still a thing) . What a great idea. Let's start paying recruits, eventually get caught and then kicked out of the NCAA tourney for multiple years(we won't be making it in the future if we can't get enough talent). Don't worry it won't completely destroy the program and everything we've done for the past 25 years(you don't know that, every program in the sec cheats and so far most of them have gotten away with it). It will just make us permanently irrelevant and ensure we never get into a p5 conference(were prob never getting into one, as hard as that also is to admit, but we can at least still shove basketball down peoples throats, but not if we don't have good players, no matter how good Ollie is).