All of us who follow our recruiting to any level should take the following 2 points from what Danny Hurley said... in addition to what we have witnessed since he and this staff took over:
1. This is how a consumately professional staff goes about its business in recruiting. Unlike all of the leaks and resulting stupid (and sometimes harmful) chatter that came out on Twitter from that blow-hard quasi-connected guy (I am forgetting his handle at the moment) about a number of different recruits during the Ollie era, this staff is BUTTONED UP. Even our insiders are mostly in the dark until right at the end of a recruitment. Whether we like it our not, it is a good thing. Real recruiting information in too many hands tends to lead to unintended consequences on social media that can push a coveted recruit away from us.
2. Coach Hurley and his staff have Plans B, C & D (if needed) long before anyone here, or any reporter knows about it. For example, months of speculation on Precious Achiuwa continued on this board long after Hurley and crew had moved on.
We can now see that the move toward Javonte Brown Ferguson and away from Cardwell started weeks ago. Insiders just started to catch wind of it last week. And although last year's miss on our top center targets does leave room for a bit of concern, I still believe we need to put our faith in Dan Hurley and this staff that they will sign a center in this class with at least a high ceiling, if not more - and with this staff and particularly Kenya Hunter, we now know (Exhibit A: Josh Carlton... and this year maybe Exhibit B: Isaiah Whaley, we shall see) we FINALLY have a really good big man coach. I for one am putting my faith in this staff that they will bring someone in, and he will be coached up to be a very productive big for us by his junior and senior years (maybe even as a sophomore).
P.S. This post is not meant in any way as a shot at any of our insiders. I for one appreciate any and all information that you all share here, even when it turns out to be erroneous... and some of the criticism when things don't work out goes way over the top.
The fact is that Dan Hurley treats the recruiting process and all information related to that process like Bill Belichick treats his press conferences and reporters in general. And that is not going to change as long as he is our head coach. And I for one am cool with that, particularly if he and the staff are able to continue pulling off recuriting battle wins like they have with Bouknight, Gaffney, Akok and Jackson so far.
