Tre Mitchell

[HuskyFich]

Zach Brown, before he became a convicted felon, I guess?

Out of all things, a convicted felon was probably the nicest thing you could have called him, well done.

 

[Chief00]

Let’s not pile on a kid - who has made a ton of mistakes and comes from a tough family situation. I know some well intended people came into his life and he was unable or unwilling to embrace it. Yet, it’s so easy to knock him - but what’s the point?

 

[Mokum]

Let’s not pile on a kid - who has made a ton of mistakes and comes from a tough family situation. I know some well intended people came into his life and he was unable or unwilling to embrace it. Yet, it’s so easy to knock him - but what’s the point?

No point. He made mistakes and is paying the price. I can not imagine what I would have become growing up in such circumstances. And neither can anyone else on here. Don’t be judgemental. It’s not a good thing to do. Clean out your own closet before cleaning out someone else's

 

[Storrs South]

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

This was not remotely a reason he took the UCONN job.

Yes it was.
Hurley mentioned coming to UConn so he can get the types of players in order to beat the Dukes and Oregons of the world, whereas at URI, the talent he had capped out and couldn't compete with Duke, especially on the interior.
It is not THE reason, but it is a factor combined with other reasons. Basically he can do stuff at UConn that he was unable to do at URI, like recruit high end big men. And getting high end big men will dramatically change this program.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Yes it was.
Hurley mentioned coming to UConn so he can get the types of players in order to beat the Dukes and Oregons of the world, whereas at URI, the talent he had capped out and couldn't compete with Duke, especially on the interior.
It is not THE reason, but it is a factor combined with other reasons. Basically he can do stuff at UConn that he was unable to do at URI, like recruit high end big men. And getting high end big men will dramatically change this program.

Right, he cane here for better facilities, more exposure, name brand, history, fan base, and the ability to get more talent across the board. Not just big men, but talent

 

[Palatine]

Right, he cane here for better facilities, more exposure, name brand, history, fan base, and the ability to get more talent across the board. Not just big men, but talent

He also received a raise. But it wasn't just money.

 

[SoFla Steve]

He also received a raise. But it wasn't just money.

And the chance to win a national championship or two . . . or three.

 

[intlzncster]

Yes it was.
Hurley mentioned coming to UConn so he can get the types of players in order to beat the Dukes and Oregons of the world, whereas at URI, the talent he had capped out and couldn't compete with Duke, especially on the interior.
It is not THE reason, but it is a factor combined with other reasons. Basically he can do stuff at UConn that he was unable to do at URI, like recruit high end big men. And getting high end big men will dramatically change this program.

Yeah, but not cause he couldn't get posts. More that he wanted a higher level opportunity that would draw more talent in general.

I mean, he wants a lot better guards than he was getting at URI too.

 

[Mokum]

Yes it was.
Hurley mentioned coming to UConn so he can get the types of players in order to beat the Dukes and Oregons of the world, whereas at URI, the talent he had capped out and couldn't compete with Duke, especially on the interior.
It is not THE reason, but it is a factor combined with other reasons. Basically he can do stuff at UConn that he was unable to do at URI, like recruit high end big men. And getting high end big men will dramatically change this program.

Oregon?

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Oregon?

Duke and Oregon are the two teams who knocked out URI the last two years. I believe he was just referring to how he can make it farther in the NCAA tournament.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Yeah, but not cause he couldn't get posts. More that he wanted a higher level opportunity that would draw more talent in general.

I mean, he wants a lot better guards than he was getting at URI too.

Im not 100% sure but I dont think he would have a shot at Akok or Kofi at URI.
I think we all agree on that he wants better everything. I'm just disputing your initial post that it was not "remotely a reason" Hurley chose UConn.

 

[intlzncster]

Im not 100% sure but I dont think he would have a shot at Akok or Kofi at URI.
I think we all agree on that he wants better everything. I'm just disputing your initial post that it was not "remotely a reason" Hurley chose UConn.

The way the OP was phrased was that he wanted to come to a school where he could recruit post players (and everything else wasn't an issue). Having a step up in competition and players was obviously a factor.

 

[Captbluefin]

This was not remotely a reason he took the UCONN job.

One of many reasons. It was stated after they hired him. Along with many other positives related to our program..

., Do you not agree it would be catastrophic to go into next year with out at minimum of 2 highly rated bigs ???

 

[intlzncster]

One of many reasons. It was stated after they hired him. Along with many other positives related to our program..

Again, it's about getting better players in general, not just posts. I sure as hell wouldn't want to go into the season with URI's guards.

And one of Hurley's post recruits at URI (2018) is likely better (and more highly rate) than any of our current posts.

., Do you not agree it would be catastrophic to go into next year with out at minimum of 2 highly rated bigs ???

At least one.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

The way the OP was phrased was that he wanted to come to a school where he could recruit post players (and everything else wasn't an issue). Having a step up in competition and players was obviously a factor.

That is simply not true lol.
This was the quote "One of the reasons Hurley moved up to UCONN was cause he could not get the bigs at URI"
And you said "This was not remotely a reason he took the UCONN job."
Which is also not true.

But again, we all agree, obviously, that it was numerous factors drawing Hurley to UConn, including the ability to recruit better post players because UConn is a more prestigious big man program than URI, and more prestigious program overall.

If Akok does come to UConn, then Hurley's first big man recruit at UConn will be superior to any big man he brought to URI.

 

[Palatine]

One of many reasons. It was stated after they hired him. Along with many other positives related to our program..
., Do you not agree it would be catastrophic to go into next year with out at minimum of 2 highly rated bigs ???

How about Voskuhl and Okafor?

 

[intlzncster]

That is simply not true lol.
This was the quote "One of the reasons Hurley moved up to UCONN was cause he could not get the bigs at URI"
And you said "This was not remotely a reason he took the UCONN job."
Which is also not true.

This implies that it's just 'bigs'. Which is categorically false. Really, it's not that hard. No idea why this is even an argument in the first place.

If the sentence had read something along the lines of, "one of the reasons Hurley moved up to UCONN was because he couldn't get a high enough caliber of player for his tastes"...then fine. But it didn't.

He recruited and landed a very good 4 star PF last year, which proves the assertion in read false anyway.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Yay! Another ruined thread!

 

[imno1]

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One of many reasons. It was stated after they hired him. Along with many other positives related to our program..

., Do you not agree it would be catastrophic to go into next year with out at minimum of 2 highly rated bigs ???

no

 

[ctchamps]

That is simply not true lol.
This was the quote "One of the reasons Hurley moved up to UCONN was cause he could not get the bigs at URI"
And you said "This was not remotely a reason he took the UCONN job."
Which is also not true.

But again, we all agree, obviously, that it was numerous factors drawing Hurley to UConn, including the ability to recruit better post players because UConn is a more prestigious big man program than URI, and more prestigious program overall.

If Akok does come to UConn, then Hurley's first big man recruit at UConn will be superior to any big man he brought to URI.

This implies that it's just 'bigs'. Which is categorically false. Really, it's not that hard. No idea why this is even an argument in the first place.

If the sentence had read something along the lines of, "one of the reasons Hurley moved up to UCONN was because he couldn't get a high enough caliber of player for his tastes"...then fine. But it didn't.

He recruited and landed a very good 4 star PF last year, which proves the assertion in read false anyway.

The two of you are making a mountain out of a mole hill and ruining a thread. Either this stops immediately or all your posts in this thread will be deleted.

 

[ctchamps]

Back to Tre (and Qudus and Kofi).

If you read the tea leaves of @superjohn and @Chief00 in the Akok thread, the staff will be pushing Kofi to make a commitment by next week (with announcement some time afterwards) otherwise they firm up either Tre or Qudus.

 

[intlzncster]

Yay! Another ruined thread!

You got anything to add about Mitchell?

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Reads and comprehends what? Anybody with an IQ above 12 could figure out that Hurley was addressing the back court first, just based off the visits. After Gaffney committed, it doesn't exactly take Einstein to look at the roster to figure out that front court help was needed next.

Let’s see JA &Smith definitely gone.
CV may decide to leave
Gilbert Injury prone
You think the backcourt might be a priority. It was mine especially a true PG.
With Wilson , Polley, Whaley,Charlton , and Diarra all back with another years experience.and only juniors I was much less concerned.
The front court losing just Cobb, Williams , and Yakwe who at best are situational players is much less impacted.
If you can get a good big or two ,of course you grab him, but it’s 2020 when the front court becomes the top priority with another guard secondary.
Ollie wasn’t a bad recruiter that meme is just ignorant. What he failed at is balanced recruiting and contingency planning.
It doomed a 2016-17 team that was potentially very good.
You could also make the case of the failure of that year causied the 2017-18 debacle.

Oregon?

R I lost to that 2017 FF team . I watched the highlights the other day. So that was fresh in his mind.

 

[ctchamps]

You got anything to add about Mitchell?

I believe Mitchell's game is similar to Akok. It would be interesting to see both Akok and Mitchell play together. But my personal preference would be to have Kofi or Wahab over Mitchell if Akok commits to UConn. It's the difference between having an all perimeter team versus a team that has an inside and outside presence. Plus we already have a finesse type big with Josh. I want a banger to handle teams like Cinci.