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WKU making a "hard push" for Tremont Waters

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upstater said:
You guys have it mixed up.

As Boog's link above shows, Hot Plate was at LSU. And Hot Rod was at Tulane.
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That's my point. LSU's "Hot Plate" Williams was an absolute beat inside, but he would never have reminded anyone of Magic Johnson. It was Tulane's Hot Rod Williams who played like Magic and then in the NBA.
 
businesslawyer said:
That's my point. LSU's "Hot Plate" Williams was an absolute beat inside, but he would never have reminded anyone of Magic Johnson. It was Tulane's Hot Rod Williams who played like Magic and then in the NBA.
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Before Hot Plate blew up in size, he was actually incredible with the ball. Not like Magic Johnson, but certainly great dribbler and incredibly nimble.
 
Lsu's Hot Plate was a point forward type in a time when that was very rare. With the bullets, he played a decent amount of PG. Hot rod was a 6th man behind brad Daugherty and Larry nance for the Cavs. A very good player, but hot plate had crazy talent.
 
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BUConn10 said:
I remember calling Tremont and his dad "bums" last year here, got a lot of flak for it, probably rightly so, but how do people feel about him now?

That being said, UConn's success is priority number 1 over our egos and pride, so if he wants in for a year before transfering to Greener Grass U then I don't care, sign him up.
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Not sure if bum is a proper adjective for his Dad and the rest who are guiding him through this process but being basically stupid is not the way to go through life never mind recruitment. The decision these folks have made have left me speechless - talking about working/painting yourself into a corner.
I don't want the kid for 1 year - makes no sense - his most productive years start at sophomore at UConn. To me, he is a minimum 3 year guy - wherever he chooses to go
 
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BUConn10 said:
I remember calling Tremont and his dad "bums" last year here, got a lot of flak for it, probably rightly so, but how do people feel about him now?

That being said, UConn's success is priority number 1 over our egos and pride, so if he wants in for a year before transfering to Greener Grass U then I don't care, sign him up.
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One, I'd separate between Tremont and his Dad. His dad is running his recruitment, so that's who I'd put it on. Yeah, he could tell his dad to f#$%k off, but it doesn't strike me as that kind of family unit.

Two, 'bum' is a bit strong. Difficult, overplaying-his-hand, or maybe even a little foolish would be more apropos.

jmo worth the price charged.
 
Suddenly the Boneyard thinks LSU popped up out of the blue. It was down to UConn and WKU apparently, then LSU came in with an "offer." It couldn't be that there were a lot more schools involved all along (10+).
 
upstater said:
Suddenly the Boneyard thinks LSU popped up out of the blue. It was down to UConn and WKU apparently, then LSU came in with an "offer." It couldn't be that there were a lot more schools involved all along (10+).
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Can you name the 10+ teams?
 
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upstater said:
No I can't. I can only name a few in addition to UConn/Georgetown. Hall and Maryland I was told and 10 more. Didn't know about LSU.
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I knew about Hall but they are done point guard recruiting. They passed on Grad transfer Geno Thorpe once they got Jordan Walker.
 
superjohn said:
I knew about Hall but they are done point guard recruiting. They passed on Grad transfer Geno Thorpe once they got Jordan Walker.
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I don't want to bother the people I know by asking for updates. These aren't UConn people. They just told me after the decommit that he had a substantial number of offers. For some reason, his recruitment has taken on a life of its own in the media and blogosphere, while the kid has been largely silent.
 
Tremont is at the point of considering schools that he has never talked to before May 1 or stepped foot on campus. Speaking of campus visits, has he even been to UConn lately? Sort of odd since he lives 45 mins away and supposedly has us in his top 4. Get real guys. He is not coming to UConn.
 
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djct1999 said:
Tremont is at the point of considering schools that he has never talked to before May 1 or stepped foot on campus. Speaking of campus visits, has he even been to UConn lately? Sort of odd since he lives 45 mins away and supposedly has us in his top 4. Get real guys. He is not coming to UConn.
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He's probably been here a thousand times already; no need to come back. But I agree there is little chance he comes here. If we are going to get really, real... Why would he? I think the kid is really talented but he'd be coming into a situation with an all-american caliber point guard, a McD AA point guard, and two other experienced guards on the depth chart. If his whole bag is to be the guy, then we are definitely not the right school for him. Would love for him to be here, obviously, but...
 
boog204 said:
He's probably been here a thousand times already; no need to come back. But I agree there is little chance he comes here. If we are going to get really, real... Why would he? I think the kid is really talented but he'd be coming into a situation with an all-american caliber point guard, a McD AA point guard, and two other experienced guards on the depth chart. If his whole bag is to be the guy, then we are definitely not the right school for him. Would love for him to be here, obviously, but...
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I don't buy this. What is he supposed to say? "I want to just kind of chill out and let other guys run the show."This is what PGs do. I don't put much stock into those comments.
 
You can look at it both ways. I could see why he would thing the back-court is too crowded. I can also see how he'd think it'd be fun to play with JA, AG, and TL at the same time. Get a rebounder like MD in there and that's a fun team to play with. Then once JA leaves, he and AG would be running the show for the next 3 years.
 
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