Fall Staff Visits

Yes agree, staff doing a great job to be in a position to replace fig wth someone as good if not better. Look if fig wants to leave and make money no one can blame him just wish him luck and thank him for this yr
 
[quote="MCNPA" post=357769][quote="NCJohnnie" post=357768]Paultzman wrote: Posh done, Cole looking great, Guess is very attainable. Not too often, has SJU been positioned this well early in recruiting cycle. Having attainable goal of replacing Heron and Figueroa as best you can via Juco route seems way to go.

Yes, SJU still needs a big, but they still have a few irons in fire in Josh G & Max A. All in all in a rebuilding year, kudos to CMA & staff. Sure beats scrambling in April, parking lot transcript exchanges, etc.

Great post Paultzman, couldn't agree more. Regarding the need for a big, this may be a little over the top glass half full view, but if Steere is the real deal and Roberts continues to improve this year, we may be ok in 2020 with those two plus Champagnie & Sears up front even if we are unable to land Gray or Max A. and have to settle for more of a project frosh big.[/quote]

I don’t see Roberts ever being a real “big”. We need another guy who can bang inside aside from Steere. I love what we are doing recruiting-wise. It’s a breath of fresh air to have a full staff who goes out and earns their salary by doing what it takes. All hands are on deck recruiting-wise and it’s refreshing.

If we can land a kid like Cole coming out of the fall we are in great shape. Any others and it’s gravy. We are certainly rebuilding and next couple recruiting classes will really shape the Iron Mike era. Every scholarship counts.

As far as soph’s go, I can see us retaining everybody along the way as we get more talented overall. Things will shake out.[/quote]

Not this year or even next, but down the road, I see CMA making poppa hog smile.
I'm thinking CMA best is yet to come.

100pnts, 50pnt wins, 12 players suiting up, 10 players in double figures.
It's time for SJU to go ham.
I can see Nolan sitting behind the SJU bench, and CMA getting his ultimate goal, and winning that championship at ST. JOHN'S and watching poppa hog smiling upon cma.

Villanova is a C7 team that won 2 championships in 3 years, so why not SJU in say 6-8 years?
If CMA and staff continue to hustle every year and is at all the events ect, you gotta think that one year it's going to pay off.
 
[quote="Paultzman" post=357766]Posh done, Cole looking great, Guess is very attainable. Not too often, has SJU been positioned this well early in recruiting cycle. Having attainable goal of replacing Heron and Figueroa as best you can via Juco route seems way to go.

Yes, SJU still needs a big, but they still have a few irons in fire in Josh G & Max A. All in all in a rebuilding year, kudos to CMA & staff. Sure beats scrambling in April, parking lot transcript exchanges, etc. :)[/quote]

Posh, Cole, Guess, and a Big would be a great Fall recruiting class. After watching Cole and Guess highlight tapes and seeing them make pre-season teams, very excited about the possibility of adding both. CMA and TJ's specialty has always been JUCO's looks like they are continuing that here at St. John's. And with DeMeo on staff you have to really like their chances of being able to consistently land top tier JUCO players.
 
[quote="Paultzman" post=357766]Posh done, Cole looking great, Guess is very attainable. Not too often, has SJU been positioned this well early in recruiting cycle. Having attainable goal of replacing Heron and Figueroa as best you can via Juco route seems way to go.

Yes, SJU still needs a big, but they still have a few irons in fire in Josh G & Max A. All in all in a rebuilding year, kudos to CMA & staff. Sure beats scrambling in April, parking lot transcript exchanges, etc. :)[/quote]

Excellent post which should be read more than once as it so accurately reflects our disappointing recruiting history. Last time we were well positioned so early in the recruiting process was Lavins first season at SJU. The fact that this staff has gotten a very good commitment in August and is so well positioned with so many very high level recruits speaks to this staffs game plan, hard work , realistic goals , vision for the program and experience. This is not happening by luck.
Kudos to CMA and staff
 
[quote="redmannorth" post=357787][quote="Paultzman" post=357766]Posh done, Cole looking great, Guess is very attainable. Not too often, has SJU been positioned this well early in recruiting cycle. Having attainable goal of replacing Heron and Figueroa as best you can via Juco route seems way to go.

Yes, SJU still needs a big, but they still have a few irons in fire in Josh G & Max A. All in all in a rebuilding year, kudos to CMA & staff. Sure beats scrambling in April, parking lot transcript exchanges, etc. :)[/quote]

Excellent post which should be read more than once as it so accurately reflects our disappointing recruiting history. Last time we were well positioned so early in the recruiting process was Lavins first season at SJU. The fact that this staff has gotten a very good commitment in August and is so well positioned with so many very high level recruits speaks to this staffs game plan, hard work , realistic goals , vision for the program and experience. This is not happening by luck.
Kudos to CMA and staff[/quote]

Continue to put your face out there, go to all the top event, aau tourny's, stay in contact with your targets, and good things will happen for SJU.
Start winning big time, and the big talent will start taking notice.

You'll always have kids in awe of coach K, Izzo, Roy Williams, ect.
But you'll get other kids that don't care about them, get top NYC kids that want to represent their city, do their thing in MSG in front of friends and fams.
 
[quote="oldschool Redmen" post=357792][quote="redmannorth" post=357787][quote="Paultzman" post=357766]Posh done, Cole looking great, Guess is very attainable. Not too often, has SJU been positioned this well early in recruiting cycle. Having attainable goal of replacing Heron and Figueroa as best you can via Juco route seems way to go.

Yes, SJU still needs a big, but they still have a few irons in fire in Josh G & Max A. All in all in a rebuilding year, kudos to CMA & staff. Sure beats scrambling in April, parking lot transcript exchanges, etc. :)[/quote]

Excellent post which should be read more than once as it so accurately reflects our disappointing recruiting history. Last time we were well positioned so early in the recruiting process was Lavins first season at SJU. The fact that this staff has gotten a very good commitment in August and is so well positioned with so many very high level recruits speaks to this staffs game plan, hard work , realistic goals , vision for the program and experience. This is not happening by luck.
Kudos to CMA and staff[/quote]

Continue to put your face out there, go to all the top event, aau tourny's, stay in contact with your targets, and good things will happen for SJU.
Start winning big time, and the big talent will start taking notice.

You'll always have kids in awe of coach K, Izzo, Roy Williams, ect.
But you'll get other kids that don't care about them, get top NYC kids that want to represent their city, do their thing in MSG in front of friends and fams.[/quote]

I think that Mike Anderson’s recruiting will mirror Izzo’s a lot more than any others. Izzo doesn’t always go after the top kids and goes after a lot of guys that fit what he wants to do in his system. He’s a consistent winner but he doesn’t have the pipeline of paid-in-full guys that Coach K and Roy do. A lot of kids also don’t want to put in all the hard work that Izzo has to dish out. From what I’ve seen of Mike Anderson it serms he works his kids realIy hard as well. think both guys are more old school and avoid the tightrope walk that other coaches do. I don’t mind that model because while it may not land all the top guys, Izzo is mega-consistent. Anderson has been consistent through his career, if not as mega-successful. Hopefully at SJU he has the right fit and pieces he needs to get us winning consistently, which is important for us rebuilding our program.
 
St John’s, Tulsa & Georgia State are expected at USC Salk this week to see 6’8 F Ahmad Rand

Per JucoRecruiting.com
 
JUCO highlights from last season.
Kid seems to have quite a motor, doesn't mind banging, unbelievable hops and very good hands.
 
Looks like Rand turns 23 in 2019 according to 2017 HS recruiting link MainMan posted.
 
I’d wait and see if staff is really recruiting Rand. Sometimes the schools drop names for their own purpose to the Twitter sites like Juco.com. Cole is of course another story being a key target.
 
[quote="Paultzman" post=357860]I’d wait and see if staff is really recruiting Rand. Sometimes the schools drop names for their own purpose to the Twitter sites like Juco.com. Cole is of course another story being a key target.[/quote]

Agreed. He has not been offered they are just evaluating him and at this point I would be surprised if he got a solid offer.
 
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TJ at Panhandle Day in Tallahassee
 
We are getting to a point where recruits could miss the boat if they don’t commit early enough as we are really keeping an iron in the fire with lots of nice prospects. Usually we are biting our nails in March and April for last minute pickups. Great to see staff working hard and really out there scouting.
 
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