Rahsool Diggins transferring (merged threads)

[huskymedic]

 

[tcf15]

 

[polycom]

Not shocked about this.

 

[Hoophound]

Oh boy.

 

[ktuck911]

Awwww man... Thought this would be a learning season for him with higher expectations in year 2... Wish him nothing but the best...

 

[navery12]

Well that sucks...

 

[Com'rGordon]

Hope all the success of our first round exit was worth not playing him all year

 

[Dogman69]

Here’s a guy I’d like to go after. Former top 100 recruit. Sat behind an all league PG last year. Hurley should reach out to at least kick the tires

 

[SportsFan88]

Damn what are we gonna do at PG? Even though diggins wouldn’t of been a contributor even next season

 

[ThabeetDown]

First off, I wish him nothing but the best. Seemed to be an A+ teammate and while he didn't look great on the court I was excited to see him grow and carve out a role next year.

Very curious where he ends up. If it's a P5-level program, I'll be very curious how he ends up playing. If it's an A-10 type program that would make a lot more sense.

 

[rollskies]

Damn this one hurts. Wish him the best in the future and will be rooting for him.

 

[Pgh2Storrs]

Predictable but still wildly disappointing. I was hoping that, with RJ leaving, the open minutes would be appealing but I think the damage was done. His body language didn’t tell a good story as the season went on so I was afraid this was coming. He’s tight with Edwards so it probably doesn’t do us any favors there either. Best of luck to him.

 

[Hungryhusky99]

Rough recruiting miss, him not being able to contribute and banking on a jump from Gaffney really hurt this team.

 

[aburks41]

Hopefully a lesson to be learned that you should probably play your freshman. Maybe he wasn't good enough anyways, but now we HAVE to get 2 guards in the portal

 

[husky429]

No surprise. Best of luck to the kid.

I know people want to complain about him not getting PT... but I'm just not confident he was actually good enough to play. This kind of stuff always works itself out in practice. There are plenty of misses with top-100 players.

We might not be the best fit for him. Somewhere where he can be the #1 guy on the team, and a team that relies heavily on a pass-first PG would be better for him.

 

[QuickDraw]

to bad, I was hoping he would work out. I wish him well.

 

[Dooch]

Sucks, but not surprising. I trust Hurley knows what he's doing and that he was probably honest with Diggins during (and after) the season...

 

[Kmart]

Expected. Not an issue

 

[auror]

Hurley talked about him differently than the other 2 freshman all season. He had a slow start with injuries in the offseason, but reading between the lines, how his minutes were allocated, and how he looked when he did play at times, this is unfortunately unsurprising.

The portal giveth and the portal taketh away. At least we have a wide open position to pitch to people.

 

[6xChamps]

Hopefully a lesson to be learned that you should probably play your freshman. Maybe he wasn't good enough anyways, but now we HAVE to get 2 guards in the portal

Yea let's call a spade a spade, Hurley's loyalty to playing Gaff likely costed us a future with Diggins. If Diggins gets 10mpg I doubt he's leaving. Maybe it was the right call for this season but probably hurts long term.

 

[QuickDraw]

maybe Floyd jr is better than expected

 

[McLovin]

Best of luck to him. Interested to see where he lands. Hope he has a great collegiate career from here on out!

 

[UChusky916]

Best of luck to Diggins. We hardly knew him.

Sool should have gotten minutes early, and especially after Gaffney stuggled. Yes, Sool struggled when he saw the floor too, but that was with the B team around him and after the midway point of the year... he was never was put in a position early to learn, develop, and get comfortable.

Another lesson for Hurley. He's learned from some of his coaching mistakes to-date, but hasn't learned from others. Let's see if he learns from this one. I have no doubt Diggins will be a contributor at a P5 school elsewhere.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Damn…with some hard work, the keys to the Ferarri were essentially his to lose.

I figured there’d be at least one player transferring. Wish him well.

 

[aburks41]

Yea let's call a spade a spade, Hurley's loyalty to playing Gaff likely costed us a future with Diggins. If Diggins gets 10mpg I doubt he's leaving.

Yup. That's the frustrating part. Loyalty to a guy who didn't deserve any minutes at all cost us a guy who could potentially be a big contributor going forward

 

[LIuconn]

That's what happens when the coach plays his son almost equal time as a top 100 recruit

 

[kobebeanbryant]

no good way to spin this.

either this was a mutual decision and the staff realized he wasn’t cut out for this level, which would be a big recruiting miss.

or this was not mutual and diggins decided to trasnfer due to the lack of opportunity given to him this year, which would be a big failure of the coaching staff to get him developmental minutes this year (there were obvious opportunities to do so).

 

[awfuldan]

This is really dissapointing, no way around it.

Gotta get used to this stuff happening more I guess. Hurley has not had very many players transfer our of his programs in the past.

 

[Mooch82]

Lol at people blaming Hurley. He watches these kids in practice every day. If Diggins deserved to play over Gaffney, he would’ve played. In the limited minutes he did get, he struggled. Sucks that it didn’t work out and I certainly hope this doesn’t start a trend (no reason to think it will) but blaming Hurley here is irresponsible.

That all being said - we need to bring in two guards now, whether it’s two transfers or a transfer and a de-commit who is able to play right away. I’m OK with “projects” with big men, but don’t love it with guards.

 

[tuvent08]

I always appreciated his enthusiasm (and recruiting skills) and hope he does really well wherever he ends up.