Wahab not Committing on Thursday

[mauconnfan]

This kid looks like he will be a real nice player eventually, maybe even sooner. No matter if the staff isn't sure on Kofi I'd love to see them get him love the ceiling.

 

[yukonfan4]

ollie ollie ollie blah blah blah.

i've said it before and i'll say it again- i'd love to lock down wahab sooner rather than later. if not then hurley needs kofi or mitchell, or a grad transfer, i guess.

 

[Chief00]

Sid?

Good point, forgot to include him. Just an oversight, no meaning to it.

 

[AntG168]

Precious and Kofu would be huge and I’m not an Ollie fanatic but Hamilton would be roughly in between the two in terms of ranking and being a statement get. Heck Durham and Jackson weren’t far behind Kofis ranking if not ahead of it, IIRC. Not to mention Adams and Gilbert who were both top 20 recruits IIRC. Precious is a step ahead of them all in terms of ranking but Kofi actually is behind Akok in some rankings and at least a few of the ones Ollie got. Ollie had serious flaws but he and his staff got some high ranked recruits also.

Correct. But he never got the statement commitment. Ending this clasd with Kofi and Precious would be just that

 

[BFieldHusky]

ollie ollie ollie blah blah blah.

i've said it before and i'll say it again- i'd love to lock down wahab sooner rather than later. if not then hurley needs kofi or mitchell, or a grad transfer, i guess.

Kofi is the priority, not Wahab.

 

[Peacefrog]

Kofi is the priority, not Wahab.

Is there any reason to think that Wahab's delay has to do with waiting to see what Kofi does? Cue the winky face?

 

[HawkHusky]

If I were Wahab, I'd second guess playing for any one of Buzz, Capel, or Boeheim.

 

[GemParty]

AKok was Danny telling the regional rivals, we’re back!

 

[BFieldHusky]

Is there any reason to think that Wahab's delay has to do with waiting to see what Kofi does? Cue the winky face?

I don't think it had anything to do with us. He might be waiting on some other schools.

 

[CallMeBruce]

Correct. But he never got the statement commitment. Ending this clasd with Kofi and Precious would be just that

In what way would Kofi Cockburn be a "statement commitment" that Jalen Adams or Alterique Gilbert were not? For that matter, in what way is Cockburn more of a statement commitment than Akok?

 

[lange10]

In what way would Kofi Cockburn be a "statement commitment" that Jalen Adams or Alterique Gilbert were not? For that matter, in what way is Cockburn more of a statement commitment than Akok?

Cockburn would be an instant impact to help fix an obvious need. However, Precious would be a statement.

 

[superjohn]

In what way would Kofi Cockburn be a "statement commitment" that Jalen Adams or Alterique Gilbert were not? For that matter, in what way is Cockburn more of a statement commitment than Akok?

I'll give you one way, we always seem to get bigtime guards even when our program is down and going through controversy. We have been a zero lately when it comes to getting big men and the ones we get are built like high school sophomores. Kofi is a beast, he will signal that we are back to getting bigs like we did back in the day.

 

[Tenspro2002]

I'll give you one way, we always seem to get bigtime guards even when our program is down and going through controversy. We have been a zero lately when it comes to getting big men and the ones we get are built like high school sophomores. Kofi is a beast, he will signal that we are back to getting bigs like we did back in the day.

Bingo.

Under KO, who was the best big-man recruit we brought in? Durham? And he was damaged goods who rarely played and then bailed.

 

[AntG168]

In what way would Kofi Cockburn be a "statement commitment" that Jalen Adams or Alterique Gilbert were not? For that matter, in what way is Cockburn more of a statement commitment than Akok?

Kofi alone isn’t the statement. Kofi and precious added to the class that we have is the statement. That’s a top 2 class in the country imo. Also all of the recruits listed by the poster above we guards. Bringing in basically 3 5* bigs in Kofi, Akok, and Precious is huge in the national perspective. We’ve never had trouble getting guards. But being in the convo for elite bigs again is something we’ve haven’t had in over a decade(sans Drummond)

 

[UConnStats]

In what way would Kofi Cockburn be a "statement commitment" that Jalen Adams or Alterique Gilbert were not? For that matter, in what way is Cockburn more of a statement commitment than Akok?

Cockburn is much more prepared to make an impact from day 1 IMO. Akok’s ceiling is crazy high though.

They’re both “statement” commits in my eyes.

 

[businesslawyer]

Precious and Kofu would be huge and I’m not an Ollie fanatic but Hamilton would be roughly in between the two in terms of ranking and being a statement get. Heck Durham and Jackson weren’t far behind Kofis ranking if not ahead of it, IIRC. Not to mention Adams and Gilbert who were both top 20 recruits IIRC. Precious is a step ahead of them all in terms of ranking but Kofi actually is behind Akok in some rankings and at least a few of the ones Ollie got. Ollie had serious flaws but he and his staff got some high ranked recruits also.

You don't get it. We don't like him so absolutely everything he did well while here is supposed to be minimized, explained or forgotten.

 

[AntG168]

You don't get it. We don't like him so absolutely everything he did well while here is supposed to be minimized, explained or forgotten.

No one was criticizing KO here. Anytime his name is mentioned posters like you get all sensitive lol. Saying Ollie never got that statement commitment after the title isn’t knocking him. It’s a factual observation. It’s ok, his feelings aren’t hurt

 

[yukonfan4]

No one was criticizing KO here.

impossible to tell if @businesslawyer was being sarcastic or not....but either way i'm apathetic. as i said before, ollie ollie ollie blah blah blah.

Kofi is the priority, not Wahab.

understood. all things equal everyone would rather get kofi (and probably mitchell) instead of wahab. I'm just risk averse. if i were hurley i'd lock down whichever of the 3 bigs i could, as soon as i could, and then put all my effort into precious and a grad transfer.

this strategy won't land the top recruiting class in the country but i'm very happy in the top 10.

 

[BFieldHusky]

If they didn't feel confident with Kofi than they would be going after Wahab harder. That's the strategy here.

 

[businesslawyer]

impossible to tell if @businesslawyer was being sarcastic or not....but either way i'm apathetic. as i said before, ollie ollie ollie blah blah blah.



understood. all things equal everyone would rather get kofi (and probably mitchell) instead of wahab. I'm just risk averse. if i were hurley i'd lock down whichever of the 3 bigs i could, as soon as i could, and then put all my effort into precious and a grad transfer.

this strategy won't land the top recruiting class in the country but i'm very happy in the top 10.

No, I was not being sarcastic. In terms of the last two years sucking, KO's recruiting skills sucking was way, way, way down the list of what caused it. Injuries caused it. Inability to keep players in the program caused it. Bad player development caused it. Bad coaching caused it. And, some just plain bad luck in recruiting (like the Brown and Diallo stories) caused it. But the inability to attract good players here in the first place -- like Jalen Adams, Daniel Hamilton, Durham, Gilbert, etc. -- was way, way, way down the list.

But my statement was true -- one can't just say KO didn't do a good enough job -- one has to be willing to say that each and every skill he brought to the table sucked -- to avoid controversy.

 

[UCfor3]

My complaints about Ollie's recruiting was that he signed too many guys, specifically bigs, that were just not able to compete or produce at this level. He also always left us shorthanded in the backcourt as far as numbers go. We never had enough guards.

 

[Towney007]

My complaint with Ollie was that he was a very, very, very bad college basketball coach.

 

[Towney007]

Cockburn is much more prepared to make an impact from day 1 IMO. Akok’s ceiling is crazy high though.

They’re both “statement” commits in my eyes.

For us to bounce right back with ostensibly a top-10 class a year removed from transfer mania and the first losing school in a million years for us - i'd say that's a pretty big statement.

Achiuwa is a stud obviously, but i'd be pretty thrilled with Cockburn and Akok.

 

[GemParty]

Interesting in his weekly podcast DH alluded to almost demanding an understanding of where the staff stands with recruits on an ongoing basis. He’s going to lose some but it shouldn’t be as shocking to this staff when to cut bait vs gamble.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

My complaint with Ollie was that he was a very, very, very bad college basketball coach.

And yet he brought you as many national championships as Jim Boeheim has brought Syracuse.

Really funny and clever comment though. Not something we've heard before.