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Chief00 said:
Danny is clearly prioritizing Kofi but our needs are so great up front we could easily have major minutes for Kofi, Wahab or Mitchell. Ideally, we want to get 2 of the 3. I think Precious we strategize after we see how the other 3 land. Thats asking a lot but that would give us a true front court rotation with Akok and Polley. Josh will need to establish himself in conference play this season to be a factor.
Gilbert, JB, Vital, B Adams and Gaffney will be the guard rotation. Depending on how front court recruiting plays out JB could also share time with Polley at the 3.
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I couldn't agree more. In Dan"s first year he didn't ask anyone to leave and I don't think he will going forward. However, Wahab is not the same player As Kofi. Room for both with Akok.

Current guys will read the tea leaves as to playing time. There will be room for Precious.
 
I've advocated for Wahab ever since I saw video of him and reflected on how important continuity is at key positions as well as how some of these players might or might not fit well together. You can catch lightning in a bottle now and then (as Duke did a couple years ago), and get 5 great recruits that work well together, but in today's ego driven world can we expect that to happen very often?

Love to get him, but this comment from his coach might mean Va Tech is the real competitor and not Pitt:

"Wahab’s coach, Rico Reed, expected him to be deliberate with his process and he has been, visiting all five schools and taking time to think it over, in no rush to sign a Letter of Intent during the November signing period. He hasn’t indicated he is leaning in any direction, though he did tell Rivals his relationship with Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams “is much different than with the other coaches recruiting me.”
 
cowboysnation said:
just noticed how many members in this thread have over 10,000 messages....thats crazy....its gonna take me years to get to that level..lol
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I’m always amazed by this too. I come on the yard pretty frequently and I have been a poster for over 5 years... and I’m still in the 500s when it comes to messages. I am not sure I’ll even get to 1,000 messages. 10,000 is borderline crazy, but more power to the posters who reach the milestone, that’s commitment!
 
Ewekon said:
I couldn't agree more. In Dan"s first year he didn't ask anyone to leave and I don't think he will going forward. However, Wahab is not the same player As Kofi. Room for both with Akok.

Current guys will read the tea leaves as to playing time. There will be room for Precious.
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True, it’s a process. Playing time is the proxy for conversation and tea leaves. That doesn’t mean conversation don’t take place, but they are driven by playing time.
 
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cowboysnation said:
just noticed how many members in this thread have over 10,000 messages....thats crazy....its gonna take me years to get to that level..lol
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Thought I'd weigh in here just to add another. I doubt we get him based on what I've seen here about VT, but I think we take him if he is willing to commit and worry about Kofi and Precious later. Can't afford to strike out at the center position.
 
UConnTrumbull said:
Wahab was (possibly still is) a pretty heavy Pitt lean and they've had 0 commits from their 2019 class. Pretty simple.
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Capel has been disasterous on the recruiting trail. 0 recruits this point in the game is surprising. Thought he’d land someone.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Thought I'd weigh in here just to add another. I doubt we get him based on what I've seen here about VT, but I think we take him if he is willing to commit and worry about Kofi and Precious later. Can't afford to strike out at the center position.
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He’s gotten close w buzz Williams. UConn still 3rd in my opinon in terms of practicality. Might involve a big man transferring. A couple variables
 
if wahab has such a good relationship with buzz how do we know VT hasn't been the leader all along? and now pitt or us is giving him pause? crystal balls be damned.

either way, we weren't in the lead before so this can only help uconn.
 
yukonfan4 said:
if wahab has such a good relationship with buzz how do we know VT hasn't been the leader all along? and now pitt or us is giving him pause? crystal balls be damned.
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I’m saying in my opinion. I have no clue what he’s actually thinking. For all I know it can be Georgetown. He’s just not tipping his hand.
 
Chief00 said:
Danny is clearly prioritizing Kofi but our needs are so great up front we could easily have major minutes for Kofi, Wahab or Mitchell. Ideally, we want to get 2 of the 3. I think Precious we strategize after we see how the other 3 land. Thats asking a lot but that would give us a true front court rotation with Akok and Polley. Josh will need to establish himself in conference play this season to be a factor.
Gilbert, JB, Vital, B Adams and Gaffney will be the guard rotation. Depending on how front court recruiting plays out JB could also share time with Polley at the 3.
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Chief you don't mention Sid is there a reason?
 
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We have 2 remaining scholarships . I think that there will be at least one transfer so I assume we likely will get 3 more recruits.
Kofi , Precious , Mitchell, Wahab are our top targets . It would be great to get any 2 of the 4 .
 
CbbisGreat said:
We have 2 remaining scholarships . I think that there will be at least one transfer so I assume we likely will get 3 more recruits. Kofi , Precious , Mitchell, Wahab are our top targets . It would be great to get any 2 of the 4.
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If we somehow end up with having to fill 6 scholarships for 2019, I doubt we bring in 6 freshmen. 5 is the max for one recruiting class, in my book.
Bring on a grad transfer and open an extra schollie for 2020.
 
Yeah this is a tricky one for me because honestly Kofi and Precious are just in a different zip code, but like it's been said here - we can't strike out up front.

Wahab strikes me more as a lifer here - more of a four year guy who has potential to be all conference when he's older.

I'll take all of these guys, but I do think it makes it a BIT more challenging to get Kofi and/or Precious. Still at this point - i'd take him.
 
Towney007 said:
Yeah this is a tricky one for me because honestly Kofi and Precious are just in a different zip code, but like it's been said here - we can't strike out up front.

Wahab strikes me more as a lifer here - more of a four year guy who has potential to be all conference when he's older.

I'll take all of these guys, but I do think it makes it a BIT more challenging to get Kofi and/or Precious. Still at this point - i'd take him.
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Getting Kofi and/or precious opens up different doors for us that we haven't had access to. It gives Hurley credibility. Theyre the big fish Ollie could never get. Getting Wahab would be great as well. But it isnt a statement. Kofi and Precious are statements
 
RayIsTheGOAT said:
If we somehow end up with having to fill 6 scholarships for 2019, I doubt we bring in 6 freshmen. 5 is the max for one recruiting class, in my book.
Bring on a grad transfer and open an extra schollie for 2020.
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I think that’s correct thinking.
 
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AntG168 said:
Getting Kofi and/or precious opens up different doors for us that we haven't had access to. It gives Hurley credibility. Theyre the big fish Ollie could never get. Getting Wahab would be great as well. But it isnt a statement. Kofi and Precious are statements
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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.
 
caw said:
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.
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That is a very fair
 
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.
 
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.
 
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caw said:
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.
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Correct. But he never got the statement commitment. Ending this clasd with Kofi and Precious would be just that
 
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AKok was Danny telling the regional rivals, we’re back!
 
Peacefrog said:
Is there any reason to think that Wahab's delay has to do with waiting to see what Kofi does? Cue the winky face?
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I don't think it had anything to do with us. He might be waiting on some other schools.
 
AntG168 said:
Correct. But he never got the statement commitment. Ending this clasd with Kofi and Precious would be just that
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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?
 
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