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2024 Recruiting: John Bol has decommitted from Florida (7/31/23 has committed to Ole Miss)

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CL82 said:
I feel like back in the day The Boneyard would've been absolutely relentless and hammering this kids hot takes. Nowadays it seems like it only merits a smirk and a slight headshake.

We've mellowed.
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5th championship does that along with a promising outlook for next season .
 
Thabeet/Clingan would be a fun center rotation

Are we even going for Bol again, or assumed he’s gonna commit elsewhere? Haven’t heard us connected to any other 2024 Cs so maybe waiting it out now?
 
Nick2005 said:
I disagree, it is not incredibly disrespectful and stupid. I didn't know thabeet was a sore spot. I think of thabeet what NBA teams thought of him after 5 minutes.
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He was an all-american at UConn and was a huge part of a Final 4 team in 09. He and AJ Price were our two best players that year. What happened after that in the NBA is a complete seperate issue than how he was in college. Players in all major sports have great college careers and then have subpar NBA, NFL careers. It happens and is quite common.
 
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Nick2005 said:
I disagree, it is not incredibly disrespectful and stupid. I didn't know thabeet was a sore spot. I think of thabeet what NBA teams thought of him after 5 minutes.
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I guess BYU shouldn't accept another Jimmer either...
 
Nick2005 said:
I disagree, it is not incredibly disrespectful and stupid. I didn't know thabeet was a sore spot. I think of thabeet what NBA teams thought of him after 5 minutes.
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I was assuming that post on Thabeet was sarcasm. Were you serious? If you're serious then I need to know how old you are because you obviously didn't see UConn games from 2007-2009.
 
HooperScooper said:
I was assuming that post on Thabeet was sarcasm. Were you serious? If you're serious then I need to know how old you are because you obviously didn't see UConn games from 2007-2009.
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Maybe he saw a couple games in 2007. There was a bit of time we were banking on his ability to juggle a ball with his feet at 7’3” to translate.
 
Nick2005 said:
I disagree, it is not incredibly disrespectful and stupid. I didn't know thabeet was a sore spot. I think of thabeet what NBA teams thought of him after 5 minutes.
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If that’s what you think you’re an idiot. He was an all conference, honorable all America level college player who was very valuable on a Final Four team. I hate to bother you with the obvious, but his lack of a NBA competency was entirely irrelevant to his college career because it happened after his college career was done. Just like you’re becoming a human being that can actually have a rational thought wouldn’t change the stupidity of what you said prior to such time.

Sheesh.
 
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CL82 said:
I feel like back in the day The Boneyard would've been absolutely relentless and hammering this kids hot takes. Nowadays it seems like it only merits a smirk and a slight headshake.

We've mellowed.
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The ignore button is easier to locate.
 
Nick2005 said:
I disagree, it is not incredibly disrespectful and stupid. I didn't know thabeet was a sore spot. I think of thabeet what NBA teams thought of him after 5 minutes.
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Wait you weren’t being sarcastic? You can’t be serious with this post now can you?
 
We have won a lot of championships with players that were not McDonald’s All Americans. We’ve beaten a lot of teams loaded with these “one and done” minded kids. Look at the way we shredded higher ranked teams this year.

I don’t want any pre-madonna’s that come in highly ranked but only want to practice for 1 year in UConn uniform and enter draft. We’re too good for that…
 
Rut roh. Do not Google Stephon Castle.
UGo said:
We have won a lot of championships with players that were not McDonald’s All Americans. We’ve beaten a lot of teams loaded with these “one and done” minded kids. Look at the way we shredded higher ranked teams this year.

I don’t want any pre-madonna’s that come in highly ranked but only want to practice for 1 year in UConn uniform and enter draft. We’re too good for that
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Huskygrad88 said:
Rut roh. Do not Google Stephon Castle.
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There are exceptions :) He looks like he is ready to rock…. And he committed to our program early (for a recruit like him.)

I will say the “jury is out” though and we’ll see if he wants to be a Husky or if this is a practice year for him. I trust D Hurley had a good chance to make this valuation - just don’t want quick decision to take a disgruntled recruit who left program.

Think about Jordan Hawkins - he was nowhere near the player as a Freshman as he was as Sophmore - let’s see how Castle does.
 
Nick2005 said:
I disagree, it is not incredibly disrespectful and stupid. I didn't know thabeet was a sore spot. I think of thabeet what NBA teams thought of him after 5 minutes.
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Thabeet isn’t a sore spot, he was just an outstanding college player that didn’t pan out in the pros. This is a college team, so hell yeah I’d take another Thabeet. Dude was an absolute eraser around the rim on defense.
 
UGo said:
I don’t want any pre-madonna’s that come in highly ranked but only want to practice for 1 year in UConn uniform and enter draft. We’re too good for that…
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“Pre-madonna’s”… do we really want such old recruits?

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UGo said:
There are exceptions :) He looks like he is ready to rock…. And he committed to our program early (for a recruit like him.)

I will say the “jury is out” though and we’ll see if he wants to be a Husky or if this is a practice year for him. I trust D Hurley had a good chance to make this valuation - just don’t want quick decision to take a disgruntled recruit who left program.

Think about Jordan Hawkins - he was nowhere near the player as a Freshman as he was as Sophmore - let’s see how Castle does.
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Well Hawkins was nowhere ranked like Castle was either so the expectations for Jordan weren’t at all the same. Nonetheless we still have to see how this goes. Will be fun no matter!
 
Greedo said:
Thabeet isn’t a sore spot, he was just an outstanding college player that didn’t pan out in the pros. This is a college team, so hell yeah I’d take another Thabeet. Dude was an absolute eraser around the rim on defense.
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This, and I think the fact he didn’t pan out as expected at the next level even turned off many Husky fans overall perception. For me, he was a great Husky and watching him improve his impact on both ends every year for 3 was a pleasure! One of my favorites for sure.
 
mauconnfan said:
This, and I think the fact he didn’t pan out as expected at the next level even turned off many Husky fans overall perception. For me, he was a great Husky and watching him improve his impact on both ends every year for 3 was a pleasure! One of my favorites for sure.
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Agreed. We are a college program. We should rate players for what they did at UConn, not in the pros. While it's true that he is on most expert's short list of worst lottery picks, that should have no bearing on his status amongst UConn players.
 
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UGo said:
We have won a lot of championships with players that were not McDonald’s All Americans. We’ve beaten a lot of teams loaded with these “one and done” minded kids. Look at the way we shredded higher ranked teams this year.

I don’t want any pre-madonna’s that come in highly ranked but only want to practice for 1 year in UConn uniform and enter draft. We’re too good for that…
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99% of our players would’ve left after their freshman year if they were first round prospects. Doesn’t mean they don’t love UConn. So many 1 and dones from Duke/Kentucky talk about the school long after going pro. Most of these guys are competitors, who would give anything to win in the moment. But how can you blame them for turning down millions of dollars once it’s on the table?
 
Huskyforlife said:
99% of our players would’ve left after their freshman year if they were first round prospects. Doesn’t mean they don’t love UConn. So many 1 and dones from Duke/Kentucky talk about the school long after going pro. Most of these guys are competitors, who would give anything to win in the moment. But how can you blame them for turning down millions of dollars once it’s on the table?
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It’s not so much I blame anyone, but what is good for the program that I am concerned with.

Look at Villanova w/ Cam Whitmore - that type player. Wasn’t good enough in fresh year to change ’Nova team and now he’s gone. That was plan coming in…

That type of player - I don’t blame - but they aren’t good for collecting championships.

And again, look at Nova, look at Razorbacks and long list of other teams we SHREDDED this year that had “one and done” players.

No disrespect to them for going but I prefer we recruit mostly players that look like they want to play College BBall for more than a year…

Just ‘saying… as a UConn fan…
 
UGo said:
It’s not so much I blame anyone, but what is good for the program that I am concerned with.

Look at Villanova w/ Cam Whitmore - that type player. Wasn’t good enough in fresh year to change ’Nova team and now he’s gone. That was plan coming in…

That type of player - I don’t blame - but they aren’t good for collecting championships.

And again, look at Nova, look at Razorbacks and long list of other teams we SHREDDED this year that had “one and done” players.

No disrespect to them for going but I prefer we recruit mostly players that look like they want to play College BBall for more than a year…

Just ‘saying… as a UConn fan…
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So you wish we never recruited Castle? Already projected as a lottery pick next summer
 
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UGo said:
It’s not so much I blame anyone, but what is good for the program that I am concerned with.

Look at Villanova w/ Cam Whitmore - that type player. Wasn’t good enough in fresh year to change ’Nova team and now he’s gone. That was plan coming in…

That type of player - I don’t blame - but they aren’t good for collecting championships.

And again, look at Nova, look at Razorbacks and long list of other teams we SHREDDED this year that had “one and done” players.

No disrespect to them for going but I prefer we recruit mostly players that look like they want to play College BBall for more than a year…

Just ‘saying… as a UConn fan…
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In the case of almost every one and done... it is not necessarily the player... it is the role and fit on any given team. I have faith in our staff that they can recognize whether a player with one and done potential is a good fit and if they don't find one (or two or three), they move on to somebody else regardless of NBA potential who is a more valuable in his given role.
 
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