KO on Mustapha Heron

[GenesChin]

While it pleases me to see someone call Pitt "garbage" I will give them a nod here and say it is a fine place to play basketball. So is Maryland. Trust me, these 2 schools are in my own personal top 5 most hated. In fact, they are only behind Duke, Syracuse and Kentucky.

But, they are good basketball schools.

Heron dropped his commitment to Pitt when Jamie Dixon and the assistant who played with his dad left Pitt.

Considering his final list had Miss St and Alabama as well, seems like he was interested in the south though

 

[GenesChin]

Also, I meant for the 8 local kids of which 6 are 4/5* kids we weren't going up against many elite programs

I've always likedPitt going back to the Howland days. They are a good program who effectively canned Dixon at the wrong time

 

[upstater]

Heron dropped his commitment to Pitt when Jamie Dixon and the assistant who played with his dad left Pitt.

Considering his final list had Miss St and Alabama as well, seems like he was interested in the south though

Yes, I know about that.

 

[upstater]

Also, I meant for the 8 local kids of which 6 are 4/5* kids we weren't going up against many elite programs

I've always likedPitt going back to the Howland days. They are a good program who effectively canned Dixon at the wrong time

Well, under Howland, they did have an SEC look to them. The players thought they were playing football, not basketball.

 

[GenesChin]

Yes, I know about that.

I would say that Pitt dropped out of the race rather than Auburn beat out Pitt

When Heron committed, the feel in Auburn camps was we got lucky that we stayed on him while others backed off when he committed to Pitt

I don't think we land Heron if Dixon stayed at Pitt or if other programs didn't reshuffle target list

 

[Tuna]

I would say that Pitt dropped out of the race rather than Auburn beat out Pitt

When Heron committed, the feel in Auburn camps was we got lucky that we stayed on him while others backed off when he committed to Pitt

I don't think we land Heron if Dixon stayed at Pitt or if other programs didn't reshuffle target list

Heron decommitted from Pitt in spring of 2015 and committed to Auburn in summer of 2015. Dixon left Pitt in Spring of 2016...

 

[BlueMAB]

Auburn may have given him money, I'm not naive enough to think every major school isn't committing recruiting violations, but I don't think they paid him more than Cam Newton, that would be hard to believe.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

People from Waterbury will tell you, apparently his father got paid around 300k for Heron to attend Auburn. Gotta take everything with a grain of salt but that's the word around the camp fire.

This is all over the place among the state AAU circuit, although I didn't know how much money they were asking for. It is possible that all of this was just sour grapes and jealousy, but there are other good players who don't generate this kind of toxic buzz from their freshman year of high school on. From what I heard, the Heron camp wasn't real subtle about their expectations.

Basketball recruiting is a nasty business, but sometimes it is better to just stay away from a prospect. I think this was one of those times.

 

[sledog]

Whatever else, he must be content, post-game, of his decision.