I kind of doubt we're going to focus on true PGs for 2018. My guess is it's combo guards (Carey & Duke), wings (Reddish, King, Reeves, Wilson, maybe Swider) and bigs (Shittu!).
Chillious will be all over Quickley, they are tight.
I'm sure he'll keep the relationship alive, but I doubt PGs will be a priority. My guess is he'll live in Shittu's pocket.
He'll be a priority, they are extremely close. No way does he not prioritize a top 10 player he is very close with.
Especially in the 2pg, possibly 3 guard lineup we're going to run. Although Shittu is my #1 want, if there's any chance with Quickley he's going to take it
Quickley cut Washington when Washington cut Chillious.
Doubt it. Would be stupid to waste resources going head-to-head against UK to compete for a kid who plays at a position where we'll already be deep.
We brought Chillious in to go head to head with the top schools. We will be going after the top talent regardless if there are good kids already at that position. It doesn't stop other schools and shouldn't stop UConn, no more small time thinking. The beltway is Chillious most plugged in area and he's not going to stop recruiting a kid he's developed a great relationship with. What makes you say he will be prioritizing Reeves and Duke?
Just so we don't go 17-18 in '17-'18
Yeah, but this stretch was the most amusing read on here in the last week! Priceless.
Yes. That doesn't mean we'll throw away common sense when it comes to figuring out which recruits to target.
The fact that we've already done so over the last 6-12 months.
I don't expect him to just pick up with recruiting the same kids we targeted before, that's not the reason we brought him in. We want to play postionless basketball and we have a ton of ships over the next couple of years.
I disagree. We've targeted great kids in both the 5-star and 4-star range, and have had trouble closing the deal with a number of them. I suspect for 2018 he's here to help give us a push on the likes of Shittu and Reddish in particular, who are guys we've been recruiting all along. I also don't think we're going to stop recruiting guys like Reeves, Carey or Duke, who are in the 50-100 range (which is right in line with many of the guys Chillious has helped sign over the years for UW).
My reason for saying that is there is no way he stops recruiting a top 10 kid he's been very close with for a while because we already have a couple of kids who can play point. Amazed some people still worry about having too many ballhandlers when they've seen how good we have been in the past with a team full of guys who can handle and how bad we have looked when we only have a couple of guys who can handle.
At no point did I say he'd stop recruiting Quickley, but please keep going.
You think it would be stupid to waste resources on a top 10 recruit that our new lead recruiter has a great relationship with, I disagree with you. You instead think he will prioritize a point guard from Boston he currently doesn't have a relationship with and is ranked in the 100's when we already have a couple of guys who can play point who are better prospects. We disagree, this just doesn't compute for me.
As long as Cal doesn't learn his name we should stay on him right? /s
I would like to bring in one pg for '18 bc it's more than likely he's leaving. And that would leave two true pgs who you never know year to year what's happening and then Vital who is a combo but very good. We do need bigs and wings
In general our 2PG lineups have been 1 PG (A.J., Bazz, Tate, KEA) and 1 CG (Kemba, Boat, Ricky, Smitty) better suited to playing off the ball. Those require different skillsets and mentalities.
Nothing! I hope we get him, and you're probably right that we could easily play three guards with him in the lineup.
