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Matthews Decommits

Hurley need to stop waiting on Cox.!! He needs to not be a nice guy to URI and go take his players. It’s way to late in recruiting to be nice and all there are is decommits and scraps!!!
 
80shusky said:
You don't think so? Historically he's been quite happy with them. Granted that is at URI, not UConn. You guys and your stars and rankings.
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He recruited very well at URI but he felt he had maxed out there. The reason he chose UConn is that he sees it as a job where he can recruit at the highest levels and contend for final 4's and championships.

Do we really have to go through the whole routine again how higher ranked players tend to be better players than lower ranked players?
 
So I guess you could say with all these scholly’s opening up.... The #HurleyWatch continues
 
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WingU-Conn said:
"I am NOT closing the door on UConn"

the kid might still end up at UConn, let's not go overboard with the passive-aggressive "he's not good enough for UConn" posts.
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Exactly, Hurley will evaluate him and if he fits what he wants he will go after him.
 
Captbluefin said:
Hurley need to stop waiting on Cox.!! He needs to not be a nice guy to URI and go take his players. It’s way to late in recruiting to be nice and all there are is decommits and scraps!!!
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Pillage and burn!!!!!
 
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It's silly to look at a top 150 kid as not being worthy of UConn. Come on, look at our history. On the other hand it does seem like Hurley evaluated him and came to some understanding. So he doesn't think he's a fit. That's what coaches do. But to base it on his top 150 ranking is silly
 
JMick said:
They all look good in mixtapes. It's the whole point
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I agree as I love to see all those KO haters reacting to Amida looking so good on thatG League highlight video it's laughable.

But let's be honest Emmett has some gifts, one that he can handle it, is long and can shoot. If Hurley is as good as we hear this is a kid which would fit the profile of "I can make him a real good player" that's for sure.
 
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Captbluefin said:
Hurley need to stop waiting on Cox.!! He needs to not be a nice guy to URI and go take his players. It’s way to late in recruiting to be nice and all there are is decommits and scraps!!!
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There's a bunch of other decommits , unsigned players and grad transfers out there. We're not the only school that changed coaching staffs.
 
He's a shooter and hasn't ruled out coming to UConn. So either Hurley will see him as a valuable future piece and push for him, or he won't. I'm not going to pretend that I can read his mind.

As for immediate impact. The odds that Matthews would play over Vital or Polley next year are next to zero. Complain about Polley if you want, but he saw the light go on late last year and became a reliable shooter. He also has more size, and if we can get him to play tenacious D, is ideal to be disruptive in any kind of a pressure defense.

I'm not going to worry about any of this. I trust Hurley to build a roster that fits what he's trying to do. More kids will decommit from other schools. Some are still technically available. If we start the season with 3-4 open scholarships I'll start to worry.
 
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superjohn said:
He recruited very well at URI but he felt he had maxed out there. The reason he chose UConn is that he sees it as a job where he can recruit at the highest levels and contend for final 4's and championships.

Do we really have to go through the whole routine again how higher ranked players tend to be better players than lower ranked players?
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No, my point was only that a 3* 135 ranked player isn't a terrible guy to have on your roster and could turn out to be a really good college player. He can actually shoot a little bit too. And is fairly typical and even higher ranked than most of the players Hurley has historically recruited. But, he wasn't recruiting here either so there's that. It's not worth losing your mind over but minimizing it as no big deal isn't really accurate either.
 
Captbluefin said:
This kid was a shooter. And how many shooters do we have???? Uh yea...
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I think the key word here is that he "was" a shooter. I think given that he broke his wrist, I wonder how good a shooter he is now? Last thing UConn needs is more injury prone players. Plus, probably best if the new coach gets his own guys. Not worried.
 
superjohn said:
No decommits will be surprising. This board seemed to overrate this incoming class. Kids will most likely look around and Hurley will be looking at kids he wants.
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Not for this upcoming fall though. Very few recruits at the rankings of Akinjo especially and even Matthews ranges at this late date who arent already having hooks in elsewhere. I have no doubt Hurley will be able to recruit here over the long haul. Looking forward to it. But whether you think they are overrated or not the odds are we dont get as good at this late date. Wouldve been nice pieces to have especially if Jalen was back and Gilbert was healthy to get some continuity going into the year after next. Last minute scrambling brings you the likes of DO and AA. Hurley will get time to right this. But those players wouldve been a plus, not a minus for next season.
 
Reading between the lines a little, but does this mean Chillious isn't being retained? Both guys we lost were west coast guys, who Chill was heavily involved in.
 
80shusky said:
No, my point was only that a 3* 135 ranked player isn't a terrible guy to have on your roster and could turn out to be a really good college player. He can actually shoot a little bit too. And is fairly typical and even higher ranked than most of the players Hurley has historically recruited. But, he wasn't recruiting here either so there's that. It's not worth losing your mind over but minimizing it as no big deal isn't really accurate either.
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It's no big deal. Hurley will recruit him if he wants him or he will target someone as good or better.
 
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