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husky99 said:
Yup.. OK so this is what I'm hearing on the Yukon side. The staff is selling the family the he will be the new Kamba and shahbaz. Gilbert will run the show for a year With carey and eventually after a year or 2 he would run the show .
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No UConn fan ever spells it Yukon. That's the disrespectful way other teams' fans spell it. I cringed when I read that. Are you a closet Syracuse fan? Lol
 
WhartonHusky said:
I get the attraction of playing vs UNC/Duke on national TV...it must be awesome as a player and a parent. But it has absolutely no impact on the NBA. In today's NBA, they will find you and dissect you to the nth degree regardless of where you are playing. I would argue that it's far easier for Danny Ainge to pop in on a Tuesday night in Storrs than in Syracuse.

Unless you are a lottery pick, the real money to be made in the NBA is your second contract -- that's where you set yourself up for life. If I was KO & Company, I'd be telling Dad that while playing in Raleigh a couple times might be really cool, what is actually amazing is the thought that your grandkids may never have to work a day in their lives. And if you focus on this as the real goal here, then you should be prioritizing coaching, and especially learning how to be a plus defender -- because that's how your son will reach his 2nd and 3rd NBA contracts.
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Which is why I say parents talking about valuing that are either clueless or making it about them.
 
husky99 said:
So this is the buzz I am hearing. Dad is big into the acc. Wants his kid playing against duke and unc on tv. Not Tulane or central Florida. Very important to dad. Could be talk ..... It sound very close between cuse and uconn . Could go either way.
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@husky99 awesome input, thanks!

Hearing anything about Miami, or are they effectively out of it? I read the post above as signaling a 50/50 chance for us. Is that correct, or is there still a slight Cuse lean?
 
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Chief00 said:
His Dad is a good guy and knows BB pretty good.
Ultimately, do you want to select a team or conference?
Given our situation, this is an example of how Lew's cash cow home scheduling no longer works. We need to schedule good OOC teams that sellout and play home and home vs cupcakes where we only get 7k fans.
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Cuse's ooc is a disgrace every year.
 
Fishy said:
Rather than making it about what you want?
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How about what the kid wants? If the kid wants to play in Cameron and where the ceiling is the floor, great. But if the parent is the one pushing it....then it's probably about them.
 
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husky99 said:
So this is the buzz I am hearing. Dad is big into the acc. Wants his kid playing against duke and unc on tv. Not Tulane or central Florida. Very important to dad. Could be talk ..... It sound very close between cuse and uconn . Could go either way.
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I remember when we sucked and the only way JC could recruit was by telling kids who they would play against. When we got good we were recruiting kids on who they could play for. I believe it's obvious how the senior Mr Carey views Syracuse.
 
nomar said:
Can you tell the casual fans what you're seeing in Williams that portends well for this season?
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Often guys who can leap like Williams don't know how to box out since at a lower level they just out jump everyone by a lot. Williams actually tries to box out. He could use some improved technique but at least the thought is there. He also has good hands.
What he needs is a recognition that he needs to refine his skills and work on that rather than dunks.
 
intlzncster said:
Not knocking Jalen's dad per se, but I'm really hating how every parent seems to lean another way. Infuriating.

One thing about JC (and yes, he had the BE and HOF resume) was that he was the God of the home visit. JC could close a kid's parents like no man.
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He had the BE, I really don't think he came across any more positive than KO does now, both have different styles
Nearly every junkyard dog and toughnosed kid wanted the BE - the stylized "I look good trying to do it" went to ACC and Duke
 
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mdkhusky said:
What does this even mean? Did jalen Carey say "man I was going to cuse but uconn made up ground today"
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Yeah, there are a lot of weird analogies used in recruiting that make it sound like a quantifiable contest. The whims of an 18-year-old kid and his parents/coaches/handlers is not the sort of thing one "makes up ground" on.
 
husky99 said:
So this is the buzz I am hearing. Dad is big into the acc. Wants his kid playing against duke and unc on tv. Not Tulane or central Florida. Very important to dad. Could be talk ..... It sound very close between cuse and uconn . Could go either way.
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Not coming at you 99, but I'm sure it will show out really well for the kid when he puts up 14/6/3 as Cuse gets wiped off the floor by 35 against Duke in southern Canada while Boeheim sits in the locker room serving another NCAA suspension for excessive nasal contact.
 
husky99 said:
Yup.. OK so this is what I'm hearing on the Yukon side. The staff is selling the family the he will be the new Kamba and shahbaz. Gilbert will run the show for a year With carey and eventually after a year or 2 he would run the show .
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That doesn't sound very compelling at all. The Shabazz path isn't something that Mr. Carey is going to find too enticing.
 
Cuse looks like they are in the lead for Carey. The fact that Cuse has been sending mediocre guards in the NBA in 2 years or less is enticing to Jalen Carey.

Not only that but he would have the keys from day 1 at Cuse which his family is looking for.

Our message needs to be you have an opportunity to be the next great UCONN guard like Kemba to be a lottery pick and a NCAA champion
 
Carey had many chances to commit - he didn't
Akinjo came in - KO likes what he saw and Akinjo did also - he committed
As far as I'm concerned if Carey comes to UConn, I'll be happy
If he doesn't I feel we have a guard who has the potential to do some special things
In fact we have 3 that stand out - JA, AG and Akinjo - and Vital ain't too far behind
If Carey wants to play zone - so be it
 
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intlzncster said:
Not knocking Jalen's dad per se, but I'm really hating how every parent seems to lean another way. Infuriating.

One thing about JC (and yes, he had the BE and HOF resume) was that he was the God of the home visit. JC could close a kid's parents like no man.
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We really never know what way the parent is leaning - we get the end result of a game of telephone where even the beginning of the conversation is suspect. The "I'm hearing..." posts should really just be for entertainment-only.
 
Chief00 said:
That's the kind of negative recruiting we need.
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Maybe we need a Blaze 2 - focused on negative recruiting? Blaze 1 was very positive.
 
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