Rahsool Diggins transferring (merged threads)

[Fairfield_1st]

I doubt this hurts recruiting. The portal is the new normal and every school loses players at some point. A potential recruit will look at schools where they think they can play and will help them make it to the show. If RD leaving opens a spot for a PG, we've just become more attractive to a PG looking for a home. I think it's that simple. They want to play. Now we just need to put guys in the NBA under Hurley.

 

[6xChamps]

To summarize: wanting to play more and wanting to be closer to home

Also says Hurley wanted him back

 

[Kathy]

Also says Hurley wanted him back

Interesting

 

[wheelerdog]

He was put on the floor with the B team in garbage time. That's not being put in a position to succeed.

This.

 

[UConnStats]

Also says Hurley wanted him back

To be fair, his high school coach is never going to say “Hurley thought he wasn’t good enough to play at UConn”

 

[80shusky]

ack, I've been worried about this.
Best of luck Rahsool!

 

[karstenkibbe]

Everyone else enjoying this meeting of Mensa? Short of hearing from Hurley and Diggins, everything you jabronies post as fact, like Hurley too loyal to JG, Diggins would have stayed with 10 mins, etc. are just spitballing.
I don't have a clue either, but my spitball is that if Dan Hurley thought the team would be better with Diggins taking Gaffney's minutes then he would have done it. I wished Diggins got more time as well, but Dan Hurley saw him every day so I have to trust him.
Hope it all works out for both sides.

How dare you come here with a rational take on the situation! Sheesh.

 

[The Viking]

Before reading he wanted to play closer to home I was thinking this would be a good get for Frank Martin at UMass.

 

[Skiblets]

To summarize: wanting to play more and wanting to be closer to home

Temple or St Joes?

 

[AntG168]

He’ll end up at temple, penn state, or Pitt. All would be good landing spots

 

[NotADime89]

Temple or St Joes?

Has to be one of those two because we know it won't be Jay Wright calling

 

[wheelerdog]

I'll be less than shocked if a teammate or two doesn't join him by the weekend.

 

[bendm]

Hurley’s HS PG commits:

Fatts: huge chucker with 1 good season out of his 5 year career

Gaffney: makes Austrie look like Kemba. Probably should be at a mid major

Diggins: Hurley thought he wasn’t good enough to play over Gaffney (we’ll see)

At the very minimum it’s time to scout better

Stephon Castle: top 5 CG in his class and as sure a thing as there is (knock on wood)

 

[HuskyHawk]

Also says Hurley wanted him back

Of course he did, but probably as a kid who is depth, and becomes maybe a bigger contributor by senior year. It seems clear we are looking at a transfer for next year and maybe the year beyond that. Castle is here next year, and will need to start as a sophomore for sure.
Best of luck to Diggins, hope he lands in a good situation. Everybody who goes in to shock whenever Gaffney plays better hope he improves, because he's looking like the backup at a minimum. I do think Jackson plays some PG though.

 

[BapeKidd88]

Diggins got the same treatment this year that Carlton got last year.

I wonder if Josh Carlton's success when he left Danny's program is registering with players. Carlton blew up and had a career defining year.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Seven pages in and I'm not reading through every comment.

I will say potentially Hurley looked at Diggins' current trajectory and compared it to Gaff's career trajectory in terms of skills, athleticism, whatever and decided it's better to cut a year early than hang on a year too late.

Or so I hope.

And like everyone else, yes, Hurley better bring in two real high level guards via the portal.

And finally, yes, I do expect Hurley to refer to Jackson as his PG at the start of the 2022-2023 season.

 

[Fatroony5]

Was that the case? I don't follow recruiting closely but I remember an article or tweet about how Hurley went into Villanova's backyard and stole a point guard from Wright.

It’s hard to say. Nova was definitely interested at least at one point. I believe Hurley went into Philly and got him, which led Nova to target and land Brizzi.

 

[Umami Zen]

Stephon Castle: top 5 CG in his class and as sure a thing as there is (knock on wood)

Dan Hurley/Kimani keeping the seat warm for SC

 

[Waquoit]

I would assume Dan Hurley and Diggins are on the same page on this....Guessing Dan Hurley made Diggins aware he was going to add though the portal once it was clear Cole was gone. If Dan Hurley was ready to hand the reigns to Diggins he stays. We don't know what we don't know...

That makes sense to me. I remember seeing that blurb around January from Diggins HS coach saying how even Nova had recruits starving for time. That doesn't sound like some one disgruntled.

 

[dennismenace]

maybe Floyd jr is better than expected

He might be better but he is not a PG. Not an either/or proposition. Now we need two point guards.
Well let's see how Dan is going to play this one.

 

[MDHuskFan]

Also says Hurley wanted him back

Which is prob a big plus for us. He comes from a good HS and real good AAU program that we recruit frequently. Want to maintain that relationship

 

[karstenkibbe]

Has to be one of those two because we know it won't be Jay Wright calling

Lafayette or Lehigh

 

[dennismenace]

That makes sense to me. I remember seeing that blurb around January from Diggins HS coach saying how even Nova had recruits starving for time. That doesn't sound like some one disgruntled.

We are not Nova. We are Uconn with a ballhandler situation that just got worse.

 

[RipCity]

Stephon Castle: top 5 CG in his class and as sure a thing as there is (knock on wood)

Lol you would have said the same exact thing about Diggins last year if Gaffney was transferring at the time.

 

[nomar]

You're not looking at this the right way.

Hurley started reducing Gaff's minutes because he wasn't playing well and STILL didn't increase Diggins' minutes. Diggins' minutes were what they were because of how he was practicing and performing, clearly. Because there was no relationship between Gaff's minutes and Diggins'. And now that Cole is gone and there are a ton of minutes available, Diggins isn't sticking around. Maybe the relationship is fractured, but Hurley isn't a fool. Hurley is a PG himself. He's not fracturing a relationship with his PG of the future to play a guy that he himself was benching quickly.

Barely. Gaffney was down to 4-8 minutes a game by the end of the year. If Diggins could do anything he would have been playing. There's no doubt of that.

Yes but have you considered reflexively blaming Hurley?