2020 Recruiting: Vance Jackson

[mauconnfan]

Yes, of course, and maybe the father was lying or exaggerating. Or maybe KO was a lazy coach. Or both. Not my job to judge these things, but KO seemed to leave a lot of players feeling like the Jacksons.

Yeah he's averaging 3 more points 4 years later so it was because KO was a lazy coach. Geez maybe the kid doesn't work on any "plan" from any coach, could that be it?

No no it can't be let's blame KO as much as we can. LOL lame!

Maybe blame him for recruiting because pretty much that whole class that transferred didn't accomplish all that much or improve all that much anywhere else? Blame their coaches too?

 

[Jay-Bone]

Meh, 11.2 pts per game isn't earth shattering. By far? Try slightly better. Weird post. I suppose I was more biased than I remember, but I don't see what was so great about that. Did they go far in the tourney or something?

 

[mauconnfan]

It was nice of him to come back with a decent year at Mizzou after playing like a disgruntled little child the year prior.

 

[Jay-Bone]

So he had 1.6 more pts than 10-11 and 0.7 less rebounds on a national championship team as a sophomore compared to a senior. By far better?

 

[Kathy]

Somehow Ollie got it out of him, as someone mentioned got him to puke after the first practice. I wonder if some of these kids go to mid-majors where they think they are bigger than the program and are allowed to become lazy. This kid needed somebody in his ear. Some kids badly need a Calhoun to succeed.

His dad would have never tolerated a Calhoun in his ear

 

[Jay-Bone]

Sorry, I expect bigger progressions from sophomore year to senior year. Especially going to a less reputable program. If he made such a "by far better" progression he would've got more shots. I had higher hopes for him as a McD AA who had a major impact as a sophomore. But, yes i was biased.

 

[RichZ]

No 5th Natty!

Commas. Have you heard of them? Or are you just being negative?

 

[RichZ]

You know what, if there was an opening and given that he’s a one year rental, I would not be opposed.

But this won’t happen.

That New Mexico program imploded exactly on schedule, didn’t it?

I don't think Hurley would appreciate the meddling parental baggage VJ brings.

 

[Jay-Bone]

By calling my post weird, I thought you were going to say he was like 17 and 11 or something. I thought I was going to look foolish. I guess I wasn't that far off after all. thanks for corroborating.

 

[mauconnfan]

Sorry, I expect bigger progressions from sophomore year to senior year. Especially going to a less reputable program. If he made such a "by far better" progression he would've got more shots. I had higher hopes for him as a McD AA who had a major impact as a sophomore. But, yes i was biased.

Sophomore to senior year with an extra year to improve his game and body by sitting out I might add. This is simple for most, kid doesn't get everything he can out of himself he's talented. Anyone seeing anything other than that is blind. Not much different than Enoch quite honestly. Durham actually could have improved the most out of them all, might blame Brey for not using him correctly.

 

[navery12]

By calling my post weird, I thought you were going to say he was like 17 and 11 or something. I thought I was going to look foolish. I guess I wasn't that far off after all. thanks for corroborating.

You're looking at 2 surface level stats and ignoring everything else he posted to disprove your point

 

[Jay-Bone]

You're looking at 2 surface level stats and ignoring everything else he posted to disprove your point

So? Also, what was disproved? He went from a very serviceable big man as a sophomore on a national championship team at a blue blood school where the world was his oyster to a very serviceable big man as a senior on a tourney team at a mid level P5 school. You guys are acting like he became Emeka Okafor. He did get drafted though at least. He gets benefit of the doubt over Vance because of the post season ban and I conceded my own personal fanboy bias, but I don't recall him becoming a superstar at Mizzou. Maybe I missed it. I thought he really could've become a great big man at UConn.

 

[OEBulldog]

If I remember correctly........wasn't his transfer also related to the postseason ban on UConn his senior year? I think immediate eligibility was granted for both he and Roscoe at UNLV?

 

[Fishy]

I don't think Hurley would appreciate the meddling parental baggage VJ brings.

When you’ve transferred twice and do not have another year left, parental leverage is somewhere south of zero.

He’s not coming here, but people who keep projecting dad’s behavior onto the kid are swinging and missing. No one who has dealt with him has anything other than good things to stay about him.

 

[businesslawyer]

I mean not everything needs to be taken 100% at face value man...clearly he was needed and I enjoyed watching him play. Just sayin that sometimes "what you need" and "what you have" is about adapting...
and neither side of this scenario did that well in the long run.

Good God, KO is long gone -- can we stop forcing silly interpretations to make up stuff about why he should be gone?

In the context of everything the father said on social media and to reporters, the only rational interpretation of

So he went from 8 pts as a freshmen at Uconn to 11 pts as a senior at New Mexico. Oof.

Which was a worse trajectory for their careers? Vance to UNM or Oriakhi to Missouri? Thanks dads! At least Enoch became somebody, became a contender.

Vance lucked into extended playing time and experience and then he pissed it away on hubris.

Please stop. You are actually comparing someone who was an incredibly important player on a national championship team to someone who got to start as a frosh on a bad team. Yes, they both have fathers who couldn't keep their traps shut and ended up transferring. That's the end of the comparison. The Oriakhis were not delusional.

 

[CL82]

The kid is in great shape now, looks cut and thinned out through the middle.

So you are saying he got in the gym?

 

[CL82]

Good God, KO is long gone -- can we stop forcing silly interpretations to make up stuff about why he should be gone?

Is okay if we wait until he isn't in arbitration or litigating against the school, because I think that extends the statute of limitations on referencing his coaching while he was here.

(FWIW, I generally don't like the gratuitous KO reference, but it seems fair game in a Vance thread.)

 

[Doctor Hoop]

"Get in the gym" is always a good thing for a coach to say, allied with a plan for what to do in the gym and an explanation why it's important. But "there was no plan" is a damning critique of the coach.

Nobody writing here really knows whether there were more detailed recommendations, a "plan." If we can agree that “get in the gym" is the start of a plan then Ollie told him something useful. Whether he told him more than that is up for conjecture.

 

[Jay-Bone]

Please stop. You are actually comparing someone who was an incredibly important player on a national championship team to someone who got to start as a frosh on a bad team. Yes, they both have fathers who couldn't keep their traps shut and ended up transferring. That's the end of the comparison. The Oriakhis were not delusional.

Who is transfers that really bother you?

The sad thing is everyone was so into proving Alex's awesome Mizzou stats, that they missed my sweet On The Waterfront reference.

I'm going back to the Cesspool where its less confrontational and everyone is on the same side (except Calluke and Kolumbo). Its too high strung and abrasive over here.

 

[mauconnfan]

When you’ve transferred twice and do not have another year left, parental leverage is somewhere south of zero.

He’s not coming here, but people who keep projecting dad’s behavior onto the kid are swinging and missing. No one who has dealt with him has anything other than good things to stay about him.

Good things to say about Vance or his dad? Or both? Interesting.