Do we have a "star recruiter"?

[mauconnfan]

People said we needed to get one to get kids to listen. Maybe we do?:

What's working now? Assistant Ricky Moore, from Augusta, Ga., obviously has contacts in that part of the country and, Biancardi said, "he is a star recruiter right now. It's not who you know, it's who knows you, and people in Georgia and Florida seem to know Ricky very well, and he has a passion for UConn. He's a great evaluator and he knows what Kevin wants."

http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn...vin-ollie-recruiting-0920-20150919-story.html

 

[bear]

We've definitely been having a lot of recruiting success in that part of the country. Maybe Ricky is part of the reason?

 

[Dove]

I assume the staff is kicking ass and really ramping up the recruiting. So much so that just today Coach Christopher Smith followed me on the Twitter!

 

[Rocktheworld]

If you had/have any doubt, the door is --->

 

[tentoes4rings]

If Ricky recruits the way he put clamps on opponents we'll be celebrating with a few more rings.

 

[Dogbreath2U]

That's great to hear that about Ricky. It has really seemed that KO is KO's star recruiter.

 

[UConnSwag11]

I was about to say Purvis and Adams, but yeah I like that

 

[Silk31]

Ricky coming in to close recruits...

I know a lot of people were questioning our staff's ability to recruit not too long ago but Ricky Moore has shown just how good he can be and his ties and connections will only get stronger. Keep killing it on the trail Ricky "Wild Thing" Moore

 

[HuskyFich]

"Another thing that appealed to Juwan [Durham]," Fenlon said, "is that all Kevin Ollie's assistants played there, that's a testament to the program. That love for the university really shone through."

WE HAVE A STAR RECRUITER IN KO. Seems like he's found a great strategy in recruiting...don't recruit the player, recruit their mother

 

[EricLA]

Really enjoyed the comments in this thread. Has there been any talk about Ray Allen joining the staff down the road?

 

[Danzz]

Forget the player's name we are recruiting (one of those hyphenated 2 last names) currently at Cushing. Jay Wright and Jamie Nixon visited and Ollie sent Ricky Moore so maybe that says something about how KO values Ricky.

 

[FluxTZ]

Really enjoyed the comments in this thread. Has there been any talk about Ray Allen joining the staff down the road?

While I would love to see Ray as a coach for us someday, I highly doubt it would ever come to fruition. He's had too much success to ever need to get into coaching. Now, if he WANTS to coach, that's another story. But it would be more likely to see him dropping by campus here and there to play with the guys and teach them some things than be a full-time coach.

 

[ctchamps]

"Another thing that appealed to Juwan [Durham]," Fenlon said, "is that all Kevin Ollie's assistants played there, that's a testament to the program. That love for the university really shone through."

WE HAVE A STAR RECRUITER IN KO. Seems like he's found a great strategy in recruiting...don't recruit the player, recruit their mother

So should we still consider getting someone outside the family? I vote no!

 

[Stainmaster]

Forget the player's name we are recruiting (one of those hyphenated 2 last names) currently at Cushing. Jay Wright and Jamie Nixon visited and Ollie sent Ricky Moore so maybe that says something about how KO values Ricky.

Makai Ashton-Langford.

 

[Danzz]

Makai Ashton-Langford.

Yup, thanks.

 

[Clockshop]

Figured I'd drop this here. Regarding Hamidou Diallo's recruitment:

"We see Glen Miller a lot - he's almost like an assistant coach on my staff," Espinosa joked about Kevin Ollie's associate head coach. "Kevin Ollie's been here. They're doing their job."

 

[Stainmaster]

Figured I'd drop this here. Regarding Hamidou Diallo's recruitment:

"We see Glen Miller a lot - he's almost like an assistant coach on my staff," Espinosa joked about Kevin Ollie's associate head coach. "Kevin Ollie's been here. They're doing their job."

Miller was also the point man for Mamadou.

 

[HuskyCLT]

Just a thought, no real basis to this, but I'm wondering if our staff does a lot of recruiting by region.
-Miller is CT native and has coached in the area for a long time, he seems to be the main guy for some of the local kids like Mamadou and the kids at PSA.
-Ricky is from Georgia and the quote OP posted says he's well known in FL/GA. He was a huge part in getting Juwan Durham, wonder how big of a role he had in getting Alterique to commit?
-KO is from LA, I'd be willing to bet he is the main guy heading out to recruit West Coast guys like Vance Jackson, DHam, etc.
Whether they do that on purpose or if it just kind of works that way, it is cool that we seemingly have guys who are well known in different parts of the country.

 

[Drame]

While I would love to see Ray as a coach for us someday, I highly doubt it would ever come to fruition. He's had too much success to ever need to get into coaching. Now, if he WANTS to coach, that's another story. But it would be more likely to see him dropping by campus here and there to play with the guys and teach them some things than be a full-time coach.

I think Ray would like to coach. Thing is, at Uconn another coach would need to move on to make room for him. Then would he jump rank and become a regular full time assistant or would he start at the bottom and be the director of basketball administration. Also does he have his degree? I think he would need to finish that first.

 

[James]

Figured I'd drop this here. Regarding Hamidou Diallo's recruitment:

"We see Glen Miller a lot - he's almost like an assistant coach on my staff," Espinosa joked about Kevin Ollie's associate head coach. "Kevin Ollie's been here. They're doing their job."

interestingly enough millers title is associate head coach right?

 

[Chief00]

So what about Hobbs - he did recruit Amida in Miami and maybe he is flyover country ?

 

[Tenspro2002]

Really enjoyed the comments in this thread. Has there been any talk about Ray Allen joining the staff down the road?

If I had a nickel...

 

[Rocktheworld]

Forget the player's name we are recruiting (one of those hyphenated 2 last names) currently at Cushing. Jay Wright and Jamie Nixon visited and Ollie sent Ricky Moore so maybe that says something about how KO values Ricky.

I have to imagine at this point, especially if it gets to the point where the (i.e. any) kid who gets on campus and meets the staff has to get some feeling that

a) UConn is an everlasting family
b) KO's staff is simply an exension of KO himself; the brainchild of a top-5-all-time program builder.

And nobody can ignore the alums who are constantly coming back to bumf-ck Storrs CT to work out and be around their bretheren. When was the last time Anthony Davis was in Lexington?

There really aren't many angles that UConn doesn't have on its side at this point.

 

[joober jones]

I'd like seeing Austrie on our staff one day.

 

[jrmadej21]

Can anyone copy and paste the article?