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at this time, one has very little to do with the other.
UM has Under Armor and P5 exposure - that alone is worth a worry
 
Purple Stein said:
I'm not going to underestimate Capel. He will get very good recruits to Pitt sooner or later, IMHO.

Pretty good read on what he's already done here.
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Capel is a recruiting machine and will go toe to toe with the Squid, K, Self and all the heavy hitters
Dan Hurley may develop into that level of recruiter but he is not in their league by a long shot presently
Capel was a GREAT pick by Pitt to get top players to that program
Now game management is another story......................
 
JMick said:
Package deals almost never actually materialize but if there were a year for it to happen this would be a good year with 5 open scholarships
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No package deals yes, however one intial signee can sometimes cause the dominoes to fall in the same direction if the recruiting coach knows how to capitalize on that. I hope Hurley is getting some pointers from Geno. The dominoes fell a couple times for the UConn women, particularly in 1997 when he signed Sue Bird, Tamika Williams (NPOY), Swin Cash (broke Pat Summit's heart), and Ashja Jones, can't remember for sure who he signed first though. I think it was Sue or Swin. Maybe someone on the Boneyard remembers.
 
gtcam said:
Capel is a recruiting machine and will go toe to toe with the Squid, K, Self and all the heavy hitters
Dan Hurley may develop into that level of recruiter but he is not in their league by a long shot presently
Capel was a GREAT pick by Pitt to get top players to that program
Now game management is another story.......
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Depends how much money is made available Caple is a well known pay-for-play guy. It's not his winning personality that's getting it done
 
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huskyrob1 said:
No package deals yes, however one intial signee can sometimes cause the dominoes to fall in the same direction if the recruiting coach knows how to capitalize on that. I hope Hurley is getting some pointers from Geno. The dominoes fell a couple times for the UConn women, particularly in 1997 when he signed Sue Bird, Tamika Williams (NPOY), Swin Cash (broke Pat Summit's heart), and Ashja Jones, can't remember for sure who he signed first though. I think it was Sue or Swin. Maybe someone on the Boneyard remembers.
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wasn't there a "K" in that class as well? Known as the TASK force (with two Ss)
The K ended up not graduating with the others and was less prolific.
 
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David 76 said:
wasn't there a "K" in that class as well? Known as the TASK force (with two Ss)
The K ended up not graduating with the others and was less prolific.
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Had to stop playing, knee issues as I recall.
 
RipCity said:
I’m not saying it wouldn’t be ideal, I’m just saying that this is clearly Chief just blowing smoke out of his ass. There’s not going to be a package deal in our class unless it’s Achiuwa and Quinones which looks totally unlikely. Nobody else we’ve offered has been considered a package by anyone.
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If they're concentric rings of white smoke, Chief may be onto something.
 
gtcam said:
Capel is a recruiting machine and will go toe to toe with the Squid, K, Self and all the heavy hitters
Dan Hurley may develop into that level of recruiter but he is not in their league by a long shot presently
Capel was a GREAT pick by Pitt to get top players to that program
Now game management is another story.......
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Last two years as a head coach he was 13-18 and 14-18, so he was on the uptick.
 
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This is good for him. He wants to be a 1 and done. Not many better places for that kind of exposure especially as the team's biggest star.
 
All the staff can do is keep stressing that he is a top priority by making all efforts to go see him. Looks like it’s gonna be a battle, but it’s great to know we are gonna be in the thick of it.
 
Not that anyone want's my "Poor Man Pessimistic Predicitons" but I'm gonna give them anyway as I am sure it is protected under some obscure article of the Constitution that nobody has read yet.

Rocket Watts: FSU or Xavier commit w/ UConn and Oregon as his fallbacks if things fall through.
Lester Quinones: NOT coming to UConn
James Bouknight: Despite that surprise VA Tech visit in two weeks, he will be a UConn commit in September
Precious Achiuwa: NOT coming to UConn
Akok Akok: Syracuse is gonna lock him down on an OV.
Tyrese Samuel: When Akok and Achiuwa fall through, Hurley and Co. are going to scramble to get this kid to Storrs for an OV and get him signed. Hopefully it won't be too late.
Kofi Cockburn: As long as Kentucky doesn't offer, he is going to a Husky. I'll admit, visiting FSU scares me but I predict we can beat them for a signature...but not Kentucky.
Tre Mitchell: Notre Dame boun.
Qudus Wahab: NOT coming to UConn
Anthony Harris: NOT coming to UConn
Isaiah Wong: Hurley will steal him from the Hurricanes to give UConn two guards in the 2019 class to go alongside "The Burn". Only thing that would change this is if Gaffney commits first.
Jalen Gaffney: Tre Mann commits to UF and convinces Gaffney to come play with him.
Al-Amir Dawes: The Wong back-up unit. If Wong fell through then Dawes would be Hurley's for the taking.

Feel free to hold me to these "PMPPs" and deride me the whole way. I am working on building up my mental defenses to antagonism prior to Officer Training School 2.0 starting in a few weeks.
 
Anything to be drawn from Kevin Boyle being at Montverde?

I know there was some history between Boyle and the Hurley's discussed in the Prayers for a Perfect Season doc on HBO several years ago, so there's at least alot familiarity there.
 
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Pgh2Storrs said:
Anything to be drawn from Kevin Boyle being at Montverde?

I know there was some history between Boyle and the Hurley's discussed in the Prayers for a Perfect Season doc on HBO several years ago, so there's at least alot familiarity there.
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Boyle was a big time NJ HS coach at St Patricks (where Dawes plays currently) before going to MVA. So I'm sure the Hurleys know him well.
 
Boyle and Bob Sr. were definite rivals, sometimes contentious one, in Jersey high school basketball. Lots of great match-ups between St. Pat’s and St. Anthony over the years.
 
YoungFree said:
Not that anyone want's my "Poor Man Pessimistic Predicitons" but I'm gonna give them anyway as I am sure it is protected under some obscure article of the Constitution that nobody has read yet.

Rocket Watts: FSU or Xavier commit w/ UConn and Oregon as his fallbacks if things fall through.
Lester Quinones: NOT coming to UConn
James Bouknight: Despite that surprise VA Tech visit in two weeks, he will be a UConn commit in September
Precious Achiuwa: NOT coming to UConn
Akok Akok: Syracuse is gonna lock him down on an OV.
Tyrese Samuel: When Akok and Achiuwa fall through, Hurley and Co. are going to scramble to get this kid to Storrs for an OV and get him signed. Hopefully it won't be too late.
Kofi Cockburn: As long as Kentucky doesn't offer, he is going to a Husky. I'll admit, visiting FSU scares me but I predict we can beat them for a signature...but not Kentucky.
Tre Mitchell: Notre Dame boun.
Qudus Wahab: NOT coming to UConn
Anthony Harris: NOT coming to UConn
Isaiah Wong: Hurley will steal him from the Hurricanes to give UConn two guards in the 2019 class to go alongside "The Burn". Only thing that would change this is if Gaffney commits first.
Jalen Gaffney: Tre Mann commits to UF and convinces Gaffney to come play with him.
Al-Amir Dawes: The Wong back-up unit. If Wong fell through then Dawes would be Hurley's for the taking.

Feel free to hold me to these "PMPPs" and deride me the whole way. I am working on building up my mental defenses to antagonism prior to Officer Training School 2.0 starting in a few weeks.
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Where is Achiuwa going? St Johns???

I'm going with Achiuwa, Cockburn (Memphis gets Wiseman, Kentucky targets Igiehon), Bouknight, Dawes, and a 5th year transfer.
 
HawkHusky said:
Where is Achiuwa going? St Johns???

I'm going with Achiuwa, Cockburn (Memphis gets Wiseman, Kentucky targets Igiehon), Bouknight, Dawes, and a 5th year transfer.
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I'm thinking as his stock rises he will get the other offers he has been stretching to get. Had you asked me a week or two ago I would have said we were getting him. But then again, I did see this was a "pessimistic" prediction.
 
HawkHusky said:
Where is Achiuwa going? St Johns???

I'm going with Achiuwa, Kofi (Memphis gets Wiseman, Kentucky targets Igiehon), Bouknight, Dawes, and a 5th year transfer.
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This would make me very happy.

So annoying that if I quote a post using Kofi's last name my post gets moderated. Ironically though I can post Penisburn without a problem.
 
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