[quote="L J S A" post=407341][quote="Monte" post=407339][quote="L J S A" post=407319][quote="SJUFAN2" post=407307]Give me 13 kids who fit the Champangie, Posh, Wusu, Pinzon, Draore mold and this program is the BE version of West Virginia.
That works for me.[/quote]
I absolutely love that. Hard-nosed kids, tough D, coach who would run through a brick wall for his players, tournament every year, and the occasional run that looks like it could be magical with some breaks and no bad breaks? Sign me up![/quote]
Here's a question for you LJSA; do you think that if CMA continues to recruit the way he has since he arrived, more or less, that's it's a blueprint for making the NCAA tournament most years? Or are you making the assumption that his recruiting will improve, thus leading us to the tourney more often then not? I ask because in his 8 years at Ark, he had 8(I believe) different top 100 recruits on his rosters. Most kids played multiple years. During those 8 years, with 8 top 100 kids, he made the tournament 3 times. This is not meant as a criticism of CMA, but rather a fair question to ask at this juncture. I realize it should probably be in the "CMA Recruitment" thread, so mods feel free to move it as you see fit.[/quote]
If we're the BE version of W.Va., I think we make tournament most years. The Mountaineer part is what I was agreeing with. Huggins gets burly big men, so our recruiting would clearly have to improve in that aspect. I'm not super worried about CMA's recruiting, because I think Van will get the job done. I trust CMA will provide very good coaching once all the pieces are in place. A good relationship with OSL and LuHi is a good start to me.
I do hope that Van or DeMeo can crack New Jersey Catholic schools. If that happens we are in very good shape, I think.[/quote]
Fair enough. Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that CMA and the staff have established relationships wit some of the local powerhouse programs. And I love most of the kids that we've brought in or are bringing in. I just think that most of them are very good supplemental players, and unless we have more success with higher level talent, especially on the front line, we are not going to have much success in Big East play and in making the tournament consistently.