Per Goodman: Larrier In, Gilbert Out

[Stainmaster]

We recruited MAL and when he bailed we went after Waters. It didn't work out

Calhoun would've gotten both to commit.

 

[businesslawyer]

Calhoun would've gotten both to commit.

Nah. Walters was not looking to come to a team with a group of over well thought of PGs.

 

[WrenchFan69]

 

[Stainmaster]

 

[WrenchFan69]

Kwintin Williams coming out party tonight

 

[superjohn]

Nah. Walters was not looking to come to a team with a group of over well thought of PGs.

Stain is doing his typical annoying routine. The thing is Ollie and staff had to be recruiting from a position of Adams is gone after this season and Gilbert is damaged goods. Not getting Waters is one of our biggest misses ever and should not have happened.

 

[businesslawyer]

Stain is doing his typical annoying routine. The thing is Ollie and staff had to be recruiting from a position of Adams is gone after this season and Gilbert is damaged goods. Not getting Waters is one of our biggest misses ever and should not have happened.

How is it a miss? Why isn't not getting Bagley III a miss. At what point did we not do something we should have done to bring Waters here? At what point did he say he wanted to come here?

 

[HuskyHawk]

We recruited MAL and when he bailed we went after Waters. It didn't work out

And we have another PG coming in next year.

 

[superjohn]

How is it a miss? Why isn't not getting Bagley III a miss. At what point did we not do something we should have done to bring Waters here? At what point did he say he wanted to come here?

Because he's a Connecticut kid who we were recruiting for years. It shouldn't be that hard to convince a Connecticut kid to come to his hometown school where there is tons of playing time. It would be easier to accept if Duke or Kentucky was giving him the keys but it's LSU.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Because he's a Connecticut kid who we were recruiting for years. It shouldn't be that hard to convince a Connecticut kid to come to his hometown school where there is tons of playing time. It would be easier to accept if Duke or Kentucky was giving him the keys but it's LSU.

He didn’t want to come here otherwise he wouldn’t have committed to gtown. Or when he decommitted from gtown he would committed here right away

 

[Walker11]

Because he's a Connecticut kid who we were recruiting for years. It shouldn't be that hard to convince a Connecticut kid to come to his hometown school where there is tons of playing time. It would be easier to accept if Duke or Kentucky was giving him the keys but it's LSU.

I can accept it even more with him going to LSU. Syracuse or Nova or any other number of good, non blue bloods would have been a nut shot.

 

[Tenspro2002]

They couldn't schedule that at a time when he wouldn't have to miss a game? Nobody has emergency wisdom teeth surgery.

 

[awfuldan]

They couldn't schedule that at a time when he wouldn't have to miss a game? Nobody has emergency wisdom teeth surgery.

He's been limited the past few games due to the pain. Why put it off any longer?

Hopefully he is ready to go by next game.

 

[superjohn]

He didn’t want to come here otherwise he wouldn’t have committed to gtown. Or when he decommitted from gtown he would committed here right away

I know, that's the problem. We are in the most fertile recruiting ground in the country and we aren't getting recruits from it, Providence is absolutely kicking our arse in recruiting New England. We can't even get the top in-state kids to want to come here anymore. Jaiden Delaire has no interest and will also leave the state. It kills me what's happened here and many still have their head in the sand, for the life of me I don't understand it.

 

[UConnSwag11]

I know, that's the problem. We are in the most fertile recruiting ground in the country and we aren't getting recruits from it, Providence is absolutely kicking our arse in recruiting New England. We can't even get the top in-state kids to want to come here anymore. Jaiden Delaire has no interest and will also leave the state. It kills me what's happened here and many still have their head in the sand, for the life of me I don't understand it.

How many star recruits did Calhoun get from CT? I'm being serious because I'm not sure

 

[Tuna]

Because he's a Connecticut kid who we were recruiting for years. It shouldn't be that hard to convince a Connecticut kid to come to his hometown school where there is tons of playing time. It would be easier to accept if Duke or Kentucky was giving him the keys but it's LSU.

My GOD, I can't take it anymore. My ignore list just doubled.

 

[superjohn]

How many star recruits did Calhoun get from CT? I'm being serious because I'm not sure

Not many but he got the big ones when he needed to, Smitty and Burrell. Most of Calhoun's tenure here, CT. and New England basketball was pretty much dead and he knew he had to recruit the whole country and even internationally. Getting Chris Smith
was huge because it showed everyone it was okay to spurn the bigger boys (at the time) and go to UConn but after that was a down period for local hoops. Calipari snaked Camby which sucked because we would have been totally unbeatable with him but we still were top #3 in the country without him.

The point is everything has changed with local basketball, New Englad prep is the best in the country and we need to recruit it way better, it's ridiculous we have let Providence kick our butts with the locals.

 

[Paesano]

We recruited MAL and when he bailed we went after Waters. It didn't work out

So you are saying he failed.

 

[tentoes4rings]

Because he's a Connecticut kid who we were recruiting for years. It shouldn't be that hard to convince a Connecticut kid to come to his hometown school where there is tons of playing time. It would be easier to accept if Duke or Kentucky was giving him the keys but it's LSU.

Maybe he just didn't want to go to college in CT, it's not always about the school. A kid is stuck living in the state his family lives in while he's in grade school, but he had options to attend college elsewhere. I think we're too quick to discount these additional factors, and always assume our staff screwed up, the kid didn't want to fight for a job etc.. Kids are people, and like the rest of us want options on where we live, why can't they as well?

 

[MadDogRevival]

. . . as an addendum I saw multiple people argue that for recruiting purposes, Gilbert should not be considered part of the team going forward. . . . we are not near either.

I disagree. While the chances of Gilbert becoming a regular, dependable member of the team are not zero, they are in-your-face low enough to warrant recruiting with the assumption that he isn't going to be a starting 4 year player. It sucks and it's unpleasant, but the spot is too critical to address by crossing your fingers every time AG goes for a loose ball.
Kid has got major talent in a Derrick Rose/Greg Odin body. It happens. His career to date reminds me of Greg Odin, who was already showing signs in HS that his body would never permit high level, continuous competition.

 

[Travelman6]

The teeth thing will clear up soon, the ankle will get better, but the shoulder worries the crap out of me...and larrier is 100% or close to it? Now I am getting nervous...

 

[superjohn]

Maybe he just didn't want to go to college in CT, it's not always about the school. A kid is stuck living in the state his family lives in while he's in grade school, but he had options to attend college elsewhere. I think we're too quick to discount these additional factors, and always assume our staff screwed up, the kid didn't want to fight for a job etc.. Kids are people, and like the rest of us want options on where we live, why can't they as well?

What about MAL?

 

[UConnJim]

They couldn't schedule that at a time when he wouldn't have to miss a game? Nobody has emergency wisdom teeth surgery.

I did.