How do coaches prefer a system that we’ve seen literally retire some of the best coaches the game have seen?
After what he showed early in the season when Reed was out with injury, I thought Reibe would be on the fast track to developing into our starting C next year, but he sorta stalled out. I especially thought he would have more of an impact on the defensive side, but he never stood out to me as a rim protector. Hoping after a summer of offseason training and preseason workouts, he'll show why he was a McD's all american.
The time commitment is crazy. Dusty May was on The Dan Patrick show talking about his staff getting on a zoom call at 12:01 this morning once the portal opened. They ultimately decided to continue their celebration and made the calls later this morning.
He wont get drafted. He falls down and loses the ball quite a bit and can be turnover prone. He also has shown he is not a good finisher at the rim. Hes had games where he was great, quite a few of them, but we are talking NBA.
I think it’s an ideal situation for Wilkins. He comes in as a sophomore to be Silas’s backup at the point & get minutes as a shooter off the bench at the 2 or at wing. If he has a good year, he sets himself up as the starting PG for UConn as a junior.
So are we recruiting County for no reason?
Those coaches don't like this new system - they don't want to adapt. Simple as that. These coaches also have deep staffs, GM's. Did you see what Luke was paid? The sport is professionalizing. Have you listened to Cal in recent interviews - he hates it, wants to keep winning with freshman OADs.
Totally new deck of cards once your season is over and the portal opens. Look what happened to Adams and Lewis last year. Not saying it's going to happen, but if the staff thinks they need a transfer over County, Country can do the same thing.
By all means, let him compete. I don't think as a freshman County is the back up PG on a title contending team. JMO
I wonder if Dusty will continue to bring in these waves of transfers once his recruiting classes are set.
I think if we bring in a transfer he may take the Adams route.
Wilkins is not coming to back up.
This isn’t football. And that wouldn’t be the case or a negative to his character or fit here.
Doubt it - he's already got his younger foundation developing. He'll likely start with a backcourt of McKinney and Cadeau next year, soph and senior, rebuild the frontcourt. Cadeau may be the type of player top programs really want to grab as the undersized PG that sticks 4 years is probably the best way to build continuity, in a leadership position. I'd be all over that profile if it was out there.
Of course Adams was not at the level required. Not sure why we're mentioning Lewis since he wasn't committed to us. It very well could be that you lose out on a PG out of HS who can actually play. This is why so many of the freshman stars this year were unheralded like Wagner.
You could say that about every position on the roster then.
He was committed to UK then pulled out once they went over him in the Portal.
Yeah, it was kinda obvious just from the opening “After months of tampering by Dusty May…” that it was fake!
I understand that, but it's a risk. Go after a proven commodity or do you chase potential. Wilkins is both IMO, we've seen what he can do, and we see we he can become. No one has seen what Junior County can do at this level of ball. Does he evolve into a Steph Castle or does he end up like Ahmed Nowell? Personally, I'd rather not take that chance when trying to win titles every year.
