Package deals - are they good or bad?

[OklahomaUconn]

Abdul-Malik Abu - Jared Terrel
Mudiay - Myles Turner
Tyus Jones - Jahlil Okafor
Stanley Johnson - Justise Winslow
Aaron and Andrew Harrison

Is this the future of recruiting? Now the recruits in a way are almost forcing college coaches to develop recruiting strategy around the demands of an 18 year old and his friend.

So two questions, is this the future ? If it is, will Uconn and Mr. Ollie get involved with this theme?

 

[HuskyBballFan]

Kids talk about package deals all the time. They almost never happen.

 

[OklahomaUconn]

I never heard much about it in the past until this year

 

[aceboon]

the only package deal that even seems realistic of happening is Jones and Okafor, I wouldn't group the Harrison twins in that group, it seems like if twins are on the elite level they end up going to school together. I wouldn't take Zagoria posting every single day about some possible package deal as a sign that they're the new wave in college basketball recruiting.

 

[champs99and04]

It's always something that sound great eighteen months before stepping on a college campus, but there are so many moving parts to every recruitment that most of them end up falling apart.

 

[YearoftheHusky]

If they come to UConn, I like package deals.

If they go elsewhere, I think they are bad.

 

[Huskyforlife]

If they come to UConn, I like package deals.

If they go elsewhere, I think they are bad.

that basically sums it up

 

[tcf15]

Last package deal we got helped win a national championship. They can't be too bad, right?

 

[BearJWS]

Last package deal we got helped win a national championship. They can't be too bad, right?

I hope you aren't talking about the "Bad Mouth Transfer Brothers" from MA....

 

[Dogbreath2U]

yes.

 

[BearJWS]

Abdul-Malik Abu - Jared Terrel
Mudiay - Myles Turner
Tyus Jones - Jahlil Okafor
Stanley Johnson - Justise Winslow
Aaron and Andrew Harrison

Is this the future of recruiting? Now the recruits in a way are almost forcing college coaches to develop recruiting strategy around the demands of an 18 year old and his friend.

So two questions, is this the future ? If it is, will Uconn and Mr. Ollie get involved with this theme?

I've not heard the Mudiay & Turner one before, but that would be a good one for SMU.
I've also read about Winslow joining T. Jones & Okafor in a trio.

 

[tcf15]

I hope you aren't talking about the "Bad Mouth Transfer Brothers" from MA....

Yes, I am. Call them what you will, but they did help a lot that season, and I don't think anyone can deny that.

 

[mauconnfan]

I had a mother/daughter when I was 25 yrs old so yes, package deals can be real good!!

 

[BearJWS]

Yes, I am. Call them what you will, but they did help a lot that season.

Well, one helped during that run & then cried his way out of town the next year.... while the other chucked up airball after airball, while keeping the opponent in the game.

I think I'd like a more stable package deal next time!

 

[BearJWS]

I had a mother/daughter when I was 25 yrs old so yes, package deals can be real good!!

Ok, that sounds a bit creepy the way you worded it...

 

[huskiesnyc]

Yes, I am. Call them what you will, but they did help a lot that season, and I don't think anyone can deny that.

They also both transferred and finished up at other programs.

 

[mauconnfan]

Ok, that sounds a bit creepy the way you worded it...

I swear it wasn't creepy at all.........quite the contrary, have a few beers with me and my buddy who was on the cruise with me and we will explain..........

 

[BearJWS]

I swear it wasn't creepy at all.........quite the contrary, have a few beers with me and my buddy who was on the cruise with me and we will explain..........

LOL - I'm not sure that is helping!

 

[CAHUSKY]

Well, one helped during that run & then cried his way out of town the next year.... while the other chucked up airball after airball, while keeping the opponent in the game.

I think I'd like a more stable package deal next time!

duck stable, I want another national title. I'd take an AO/Jamal Coombs-McDaniel situation again in a heartbeat

 

[BearJWS]

duck stable, I want another national title. I'd take an AO/Jamal Coombs-McDaniel situation again in a heartbeat

Yeah but Jamal Coombs-McDaniel had very little to do with that run. AO helped some but his credibility was totally lost the next year. Save the drama, I say. Players who want to be here & contribute to the team are who I want, rather than bitter crybabies who worried about touches.

 

[CAHUSKY]

Yeah but Jamal Coombs-McDaniel had very little to do with that run. AO helped some but his credibility was totally lost the next year. Save the drama, I say. Players who want to be here & contribute to the team are who I want, rather than bitter crybabies who worried about touches.

Bitter crybabies who contribute to national titles are just fine.

 

[champs99and04]

Let's not turn this into an Oriakhi debate, please.

 

[Gurleyman]

We could talk about the other package deal that helped bring us a title.

Although Mike LeBlanc ended up not contributing much to it.

 

[babysheep]

Let's not turn this into an Oriakhi debate, please.

I haven't had a chance to post some Vida Guerra in a bit....

 

[mauconnfan]

LOL - I'm not sure that is helping!

Ok how's this, separate cabins but a package deal nonetheless..................should be a lot less creepy now if you know what I mean.......LOL