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Valdir Manuel (JUCO)

HuskyHawk said:
Because he might not be any good. And having both may hinder recruitment of a better big next year. It does by scholarship count at a minimum. I'm not opposed to it. I want to win now, not twos years out. This guy is probably our best bet. But I think the staff is weighing these things.
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FWIW Manuel was a JUCO All American and he put up much better numbers in AAU (10/7.5/1.6 BLK, 49% 2P, 45% 3P, 67% FT in the EYBL) than Carlton, Whaley, and even Enoch ever did.
 
UConnStats said:
FWIW Manuel was a JUCO All American and he put up much better numbers in AAU (10/7.5/1.6 BLK, 49% 2P, 45% 3P, 67% FT in the EYBL) than Carlton, Whaley, and even Enoch ever did.
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Add in Manuel's JUCO stats:

13.3p/10.1r/2.2b/2.3pf/2.3to in 24.7 mpg.

Incredible numbers for barely playing more than half the game. The only alarming number is the 2.3 TO/gp. I've never watched him play but at his position that could either mean butter fingers from dimes or trying to do too much on offense. If it's the latter, I'm less concerned with that since he won't be expected to do any facilitating or iso on offense.

If he wants to sign, I'd take a shot on this guy, especially since his scholly would only take up two years and he wouldn't defer a talented big to sign with us in 2020.
 
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Hey Adrien! said:
Add in Manuel's JUCO stats:

13.3p/10.1r/2.2b/2.3pf/2.3to in 24.7 mpg.

Incredible numbers for barely playing more than half the game. The only alarming number is the 2.3 TO/PG. I've never watched him play but at his position that could either mean butter fingers from dimes or trying to do too much on defense. If it's the latter, I'm less concerned with that since he won't be expected to do any facilitating or iso on offense.

If he wants to sign, I'd take a shot on this guy, especially since his scholly would only take up two years and he wouldn't defer a talented big to sign with us in 2020.
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He would be a 3 year guy. But I can't believe people wouldn't want this guy. Especially in the situation we are in right now.

I just said this to someone else, but while he is a different type of player, his ranking if he was in HS would be where Wahab is. And I think we would love to have Wahab on the roster.

Manuel is in a different league that Coleman, Issanza or these other guys we have been recruiting.
 
Manuel would be a junior when a ‘20 big would be a freshman. I don’t think that’s a deterrent or a concern for the staff in recruiting. A three-man rotation of bigs with a freshman is pretty much ideal.
 
BFieldHusky said:
He would be a 3 year guy. But I can't believe people wouldn't want this guy. Especially in the situation we are in right now.

I just said this to someone else, but while he is a different type of player, his ranking if he was in HS would be where Wahab is. And I think we would love to have Wahab on the roster.

Manuel is in a different league that Coleman, Issanza or these other guys we have been recruiting.
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You've got more info than I can see in this thread then. If he's that level of player, absolutely get him if we can. Fits the current needs perfectly. I like that he looks like he can run, which Josh isn't great at.
 
HuskyHawk said:
You've got more info than I can see in this thread then. If he's that level of player, absolutely get him if we can. Fits the current needs perfectly. I like that he looks like he can run, which Josh isn't great at.
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Just look at the numbers @UConnStats and @Hey Adrien! provided. Plus his offers. He's not Kofi by any means, but he has the potential to be a solid 3 year player who will get better under Kenya. And he's not a reach.
 
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BFieldHusky said:
Just look at the numbers @UConnStats and @Hey Adrien! provided. Plus his offers. He's not Kofi by any means, but he has the potential to be a solid 3 year player who will get better under Kenya. And he's not a reach.
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And, he’s a guy Hurley showed previous interest in, who comes from a great high school program. I like guys, especially bigs, that have been tested in high school and weren’t putting up big numbers against lower level competition.
 
Read before in the past he put up great numbers against good talent in NJ. (Think he was like 20-10 against Naz in the state tourney)

Only downside I’ve found with him was a lot of reports regarding consistent effort. Specifically on defense.
 
BFieldHusky said:
Just look at the numbers @UConnStats and @Hey Adrien! provided. Plus his offers. He's not Kofi by any means, but he has the potential to be a solid 3 year player who will get better under Kenya. And he's not a reach.
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To add to your point: He was a better recruit than Carlton was. Anybody feel like tossing Carlton back into the pond?

If/when the paperwork clears and we open up that scholarship, this is our guy.

;)
 
Much easier to get behind Manuel than Issanza or Coleman. Hopefully this gets done
 
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HuskyHawk said:
Because he might not be any good. And having both may hinder recruitment of a better big next year. It does by scholarship count at a minimum. I'm not opposed to it. I want to win now, not twos years out. This guy is probably our best bet. But I think the staff is weighing these things.
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Can’t buy the argument that he might not be any good and it hindering recruiting.
 
Looked up a few quick video's and saw some highlights vs Nazir. He has some things to like for sure and he's 2 years older so no need to dwell on the things he needs to improve upon (defensive motor in that game for sure) but I'm in. Nice size, similar to Carlton in many ways as he's close to the floor often but probably more athletic overall. 3 years works as I see him getting to be a nice piece if he listens and learns on both ends.
 
I get the sense we’re working with him behind the scenes to get him academically eligible. He just makes too much sense. Im hoping that is why we didn’t offer Issanza and we arent going after Coleman harder.
 
UcannUconn said:
I get the sense we’re working with him behind the scenes to get him academically eligible. He just makes too much sense. Im hoping that is why we didn’t offer Issanza and we arent going after Coleman harder.
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We offered Coleman last week, what do you mean “we aren’t going after him harder”? You’re just trying to think this into existence
 
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Chuck said:
Only if he commits. If he commits elsewhere, then we never offered nor wanted him.
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I will say, in this day and age, if an offer isn’t announced on social media....was it even offered?
 
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Chief00 said:
Working on it
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Which means
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Anyone who can perform at a high level in the same role, at the same college, as one of our championship centers from the recent glory days will be fine with me. Hopefully the blood lines have been explained to him along with how things turned out here for Chuck.

If there's a grades issue, just start a new program without classes or exams and open it up to all students, something all can handle, like Adjacent Urinal High Pressure Spray Deflection Angle Studies. Chief can be the moderator. Or maybe find the guy from Syracuse who must have had 300 pounds of pressure in his bladder when he got between me and a friend at the Dome in the early 80's. Luckily we were just leaving but the ones that jumped into our places, before noticing, got "hosed". Now that I think of it, maybe it was Chief at an away game.
 
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