Mustapha Heron

[superjohn]

Flipping back and forth between games and Heron just had 24 pts. and 10 rebounds. It drives me nuts this kid was sitting in Waterbury and didn't end up at UConn.

 

[uconnfan68]

I can see KO doing that Ryan Gomes soliloquy.

 

[superjohn]

I can see KO doing that Ryan Gomes soliloquy.

Except Heron wasn't some project who turned out to be a great player. Everyone knew he was awesome for years and we couldn't reel him in.

 

[Burnsbros23]

He committed to Pitt super early cause he was close with an assistant. Auburn is under Armour he always played Adidas AAU.

 

[Dynasty]

He didn't want UConn. Not KO's fault.

 

[Walker11]

$$$$$. Thats what people in CT say. Who knows. Wish we had him.

 

[superjohn]

It's just a shame when a local star like that leaves the state. He is going to have an awesome college career and play in the league.

 

[Fishy]

For about a thousand reasons, it was never going to happen for UConn.

 

[superjohn]

For about a thousand reasons, it was never going to happen for UConn.

We need to repair whatever relationship problems exist with Sacred Heart people, there will be other players coming out of there in years to come.

 

[mauconnfan]

We need to repair whatever relationship problems exist with Sacred Heart people, there will be other players coming out of there in years to come.

He wasn't even a Waterbury/Sacred Heart kid he's a Meriden kid who's dad controlled everything and UConn was never a piece. Maybe with Mustapha himself but dad was looking out for the family. As Fishy said was never going to happen this has nothing to do with KO and the staff.

 

[SirHypeAlot]

$$$

 

[gtcam]

The kid never even sniffed the Storrs air
His Dad made sure of that
NEXT

 

[superjohn]

He wasn't even a Waterbury/Sacred Heart kid he's a Meriden kid who's dad controlled everything and UConn was never a piece. Maybe with Mustapha himself but dad was looking out for the family. As Fishy said was never going to happen this has nothing to do with KO and the staff.

He's a Sacred Heart kid and they have become a basketball power recently. They have another 4 D1 kids on the team this coming season.

 

[EBonz30]

Flipping back and forth between games and Heron just had 24 pts. and 10 rebounds. It drives me nuts this kid was sitting in Waterbury and didn't end up at UConn.

True, feel like Pearl is a pretty dirty coach though.

 

[superjohn]

True, feel like Pearl is a pretty dirty coach though.

I'm not exactly a Pearl fan but all this dirty talk and he's paying all his players seems a bit silly. Where is all this pay to play talk coming from? He had Aaron Craft to his house for a BBQ and then lied to the NCAA about it. He's dumb for lying about it but having a prospective recruit to your house for a BBQ is not exactly high on the totem poll when it comes to dirty college coaches.

 

[Pudge]

I'm not exactly a Pearl fan but all this dirty talk and he's paying all his players seems a bit silly. Where is all this pay to play talk coming from? He had Aaron Craft to his house for a BBQ and then lied to the NCAA about it. He's dumb for lying about it but having a prospective recruit to your house for a BBQ is not exactly high on the totem poll when it comes to dirty college coaches.

You ... kind of left out the earlier story why MANY D1 coaches don't like Bruce Pearl. He - in general - has a distinct smell to his personhood. It is sometimes liked; and often held in disdain.

 

[superjohn]

You ... kind of left out the earlier story why MANY D1 coaches don't like Bruce Pearl. He - in general - has a distinct smell to his personhood. It is sometimes liked; and often held in disdain.

How does that make him a pay for play guy? He taped a conversation with a recruit he knew he was losing to prove the kid was being given $80k and a Chevy Blazer. It's not how I would have gone about things but I think it would be pretty annoying if you spend years recruiting a kid and you know for a fact the other program is giving him a ton of money.

 

[upstater]

I'm not exactly a Pearl fan but all this dirty talk and he's paying all his players seems a bit silly. Where is all this pay to play talk coming from? He had Aaron Craft to his house for a BBQ and then lied to the NCAA about it. He's dumb for lying about it but having a prospective recruit to your house for a BBQ is not exactly high on the totem poll when it comes to dirty college coaches.

It has more to do with Auburn. Auburn pays. Everyone knows that. The boosters do.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

How does that make him a pay for play guy? He taped a conversation with a recruit he knew he was losing to prove the kid was being given $80k and a Chevy Blazer. It's not how I would have gone about things but I think it would be pretty annoying if you spend years recruiting a kid and you know for a fact the other program is giving him a ton of money.

Yeah, except the fact that the NCAA found his little plot entirely without credibility and determined that there was no wrongdoing involved in the Deon Thomas recruitment. So I don't know how you and Bruce "know for a fact" something that was rejected almost thirty years ago. Illinois got in trouble because of unrelated wrongdoing uncovered in the course of the Thomas investigation.

 

[superjohn]

It has more to do with Auburn. Auburn pays. Everyone knows that. The boosters do.

Auburn hasn't made the tournament in like 15 years, are they paying the kids Schrute bucks?

 

[superjohn]

Yeah, except the fact that the NCAA found his little plot entirely without credibility and determined that there was no wrongdoing involved in the Deon Thomas recruitment. So I don't know how you and Bruce "know for a fact" something that was rejected almost thirty years ago. Illinois got in trouble because of unrelated wrongdoing uncovered in the course of the Thomas investigation.

Yup, Jimmy Collins never offered Deon Thomas and LaPhonso Ellis money. Bwahaha.

 

[Pudge]

I guess you really know what is going on with Auburn & SEC boosters ...

Because I just suspect. They still don't come near competing for even the #2 spot in the conference. And LSU? Georgia? Tennessee? Higher propensity for something to happen in that conference than virtually any other.

 

[superjohn]

I guess you really know what is going on with Auburn & SEC boosters ...

Because I just suspect. They still don't come near competing for even the #2 spot in the conference. And LSU? Georgia? Tennessee? Higher propensity for something to happen in that conference than virtually any other.

I know about boosters with SEC football. My friend's dad is one at Georgia.

 

[Husky1964]

Word around Wtby is that there were $$ involved. Pearl has never been held up as a paragon of virtue.

 

[blue93]

He's a Sacred Heart kid and they have become a basketball power recently. They have another 4 D1 kids on the team this coming season.

It wasn't a sacred heart problem... $$$$