The myopic is addressing the mindset that you should stick around UConn for less money & the development from Moore. I'm 100% with you on this - a kid needs to do what is best for them, even if it's outside of Uconn.
Again, says you. Any elite basketball player has the right to choose where, why, and how much. We as fans don’t know the answers to any of that so who are we to say it’s nearsighted.
We got money... not SEC money
Can he guard a chair?Well UConn did recruit Sanon out of high school and Hurley will get all the information he needs to evaluate Sanon from his brother.
Only downside? The Boneyard would butcher his name.
That is a massive distinction.
I keep hearing that. What does that mean? We got money relative to who? In the end, does it matter how much we have when a sec or big 12 school can go 2x on a kid we want?
Well then we need to do everything we can to beg claw or steal our way into a P4.
Good thing is we have Hurley who can get the most out of guys. Just go through and look at the top portal guys last year, a lot of them weren’t even that good or worth the price they got. Hope is UConn gets one stud & finds quality that isn’t necessarily “top transfer” type players. I believe in the staff and their ability to do that. Does really speak to the urgency of getting into a power conference & hopefully that day comes soon. The whole structure of college athletics is silly right now, no other pro sports leagues operate in this manner. But we have to do what we have to do in order to compete.
If the people you are competing with have more than you, things aren't equal and in 99% of the cases you will lose.
Spot on.
I have felt this since we missed on both Meleek and Acaden. The $ is crazy now, & without being in another conference for a TV contract, our recruiting allure won't ever match the football teams for tip top talent. Hence the SEC dominating the sweet 16. Inconvenient Reality
Didnt we just sign 3 5 star recruits? How many should we be signing?
We didn't miss on them. We prioritized other kids.
There will be some who are patient, but I don't blame any player who wants more minutes. Remember that for some of them, they're only playing basketball for a few more years of their life. If they want to chase playing time, that's a totally understandable decision.
because of their Nil ask?
I dont think thats the case. It was more timing
Pass. Horrible defensive metrics while playing in one of the worst conferences in the country.
Maybe. My theory was we moved off Meleek when he priced himself out. Didnt we goto visit Acaden after the white house? I dont think we could get to his magic number,. Just like we never went in for the top 10 types because of nil. I'm afraid what those same programs are offering our existing players. Idk if we have the money to match.
Kid averaged 8 FTA per game. That's ridiculous. And it's something we were sorely lacking this year
Darius Adams, Braylon Mullins, Eric Reibe
And the numbers suggest he’s a really bad defender, he’s not playing if he can’t defend at this level. Against top 100 comp he wasn’t doing that, barely cracking 100 OTR in those games and getting to the line half as much in those games. It’s a huge jump from MEAC. They will have other options, this would not be the type of player to target.
