Chris McCullough, PF (Syracuse Commit)
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Why?
Didn't Moe commit to UCONN his junior year? I see no reason not to stay in touch. Their program could change; perceptions of our program could change, Chris could just have a change of heart himself.
It's not like coach can't recruit multiple players at the same time. Staying in touch with Chris isn't at the expense of recruiting other kids.
Why get upset over some recruit signing the dotted line? I say let him go. Yeah I know he`s a 5 star recruit and could have helped us alot. But I`m sorry I refuse to cry over some 17, 18 year old kid.
I say let him go to Syracuse and move on, as simple as that. Lets get Jordan and Lawrence
I say let him go to Syracuse and move on, as simple as that. Lets get Jordan and Lawrence
Stay in touch for what? To beg him for 2 years to come here?
He was at our practice just over a week ago. Like Allen Iverson said- Practice. Not a game. Practice.
Wish him well and move on. When a coach still goes after a kid who commits elsewhere, it just reeks of sleazy recruiting to me.
Moe wasn't scared of putting the school on his back. Especially after just seeing UConn win a championship and all of their recent winning history.
Moose
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Losing a hometown kid is tough. Some people get upset over all local kids that leave. I usually don't but this one stings a bit more because there was a lot of ties to STJ. Case in point the attending of so many practices and such. Again a lot can happen in 12 months. I have full faith the staff can get plenty of top talent but you ideally want to get THE BEST NYC kid each year not just get an NYC kid to have an NYC kid. That was Chris/Isaiah for 2014.
It`s really no big deal to me if the kid is a ny kid or not. If we get top nyc kids then great but if not then we`ll get top recruits from other states and win with them.
If NYC kids don`t want to represent the city that they grew up in then good bye.
Guess it`s a good thing that Lavin recruits national huh. When we`re on top then the local will be wanting to stay home but until then we`ll go national.
If NYC kids don`t want to represent the city that they grew up in then good bye.
Guess it`s a good thing that Lavin recruits national huh. When we`re on top then the local will be wanting to stay home but until then we`ll go national.
Not to mention, he was leaning heavily towards us about a year ago. Oh, well! I'm not sweating it. This one stings a bit, as you mentioned, but I feel we'll find a solid replacement.
Although, they are in different classes, but landing Lawrence will take the sting outta this one.
jerseyshorejohnny
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I guess these young men know that they aren't going to be playing for Jimmy Boeheim and they don't care.
Personally, I don't think JB will be coaching Syracuse after this season.
Is it more important to them to be playing for Mike Hopkins in The ACC than Coach Lavin The Big East ??
That said, I have tremedous confidence that Steve is going to get the players that will make us nationally relevant again with or without these guys.
Personally, I don't think JB will be coaching Syracuse after this season.
Is it more important to them to be playing for Mike Hopkins in The ACC than Coach Lavin The Big East ??
That said, I have tremedous confidence that Steve is going to get the players that will make us nationally relevant again with or without these guys.
jerseyshorejohnny
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From The New York Post.....
http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/collegesports/top_recruit_mccullough_snubs_st_KzJWd2Vw2t12AUQRrCzFEK
http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/collegesports/top_recruit_mccullough_snubs_st_KzJWd2Vw2t12AUQRrCzFEK
I would say that landing Lawrence would more than just take the sting out. He's a fantastic player and would join us next year, helping us sooner than McCullough could. I'm glad he's been visiting us recently and hopefully he's seeing the opportunity here. Landing him would be a big time move for us. Obviously, Jordan would also be a big addition. Since we've lost a number of our targets lately, landing both these guys feels like a stretch, but we can dream.
jerseyshorejohnny
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Think all of us redmen.comers should get to get together and rent a couple of buses and go on a field trip up to Sussex County, N.J. and see Lawrence play at Pope John XXIII
Honestly, if we don't get either Jordan or Lawrence, we are in trouble. If Jordan picks Temple or Rutgers over us, then we need to sit down and ask ourselves why. Temple is a good program for the A-10, but they will be miserable in the Big East for a few years transitioning. Rutgers is Rutgers unless Jordan wants to play football. Nothing special really. Not much promise. Lawrence is the one I really think we need though.
Moose
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Couple things.
First I don't see Rutgers in the picture
Second Temple is Top 10 in wins in NCAA history so very much comparable to us in many ways. (urban school, legendary coach long gone, etc)
Third I will play your game even though I don't think we get shutout of either. Lets say we do get shut out of either. What do you want to do then? What do we need to ask ourselves? If we have a boatload of Top 100 kids here already is something wrong?
This one hurts because I always thought we were going to get him. Heck I thought Ish was going to end up being a lock. I used to lose sleep over stuff like this. Not anymore. Mostly because I barely sleep anymore anyway but also because after how Lavin recovered so late in the recruiting season for us last year no reason for me to doubt the staff.
This one does sting though. Goodbye-Goodluck-You will be the crown jewel at Boeheim's retirement party at your freshman orientation
This one does sting though. Goodbye-Goodluck-You will be the crown jewel at Boeheim's retirement party at your freshman orientation
Temple is on a whole other level. They are a mid-major. Sure, one of the best ones, but still a mid-major. Going from the A-10 to the Big East is a pretty big jump. There are no more Charlotte's, Fordham's, or URI's. Any team in the Big East can beat each other on any given night there are no gimmes. As a recruit, you don't commit to Temple expecting to win right away making that kind of jump. They will likely hover around being a .500 team. Going from the A-10 to Big East makes it much harder to get ranked. In mid-major conferences if you are very good, you usually run the table and go undefeated or only lose 1 game in conference play. In the Big East, you are lucky to have a .500 conference record even as a very good team. Xavier is the only team from the A-10 that I think could be relevant right away in the Big East. Right now Temple's best recruit is a 3 star. We have 6 top 100 4 stars. Picking Temple over us would be a slap in the face.
jerseyshorejohnny
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Lawrence and Pope John play Bishop Loughlin at Baruch College on Jan. 21.
Would be great to have a huge St. John's crowd there.
Would be great to have a huge St. John's crowd there.
Joe, if we lose Rysheed to Temple it's because he's a Philly kid who wants to stay home, and he has connections to their staff. It won't be because kids view Temple as a better program than St Johns.
To a lesser extent the same could be said for Martin going to LSU.
I hope we get Jordan, but if we don't, I don't think you can draw too many conclusions from that.