O’Mar Stanley Introduction

I must be in a time warp and was transported back to the 70's or 80's. Refreshing to hear a kid say he wants to be a teacher instead of just talking about playing in the NBA.
 
It's a nice article, but I never project how well someone will do especially when he will be playing at a higher level.   Even a guy like Heron, who was a productive player at Auburn, was not anywhere near the player he was projected to be.   There are basically 3 steps to evaluating a player after he signs - first in pre-season practices, which give you an inkling (Anderson was thrilled with what Posh after seeing him at practice every day) 2nd, the generally soft OOC season (Josh Roberts was so much of a beast in OOC Anderson season1 one that on here Mullin was openly criticized for not playing him more.  Then of course, Roberts wilted in the the Big East season).   Finally in the first half dozen Big East season games, you kind of separate the wheat from the chaff - the players step up, and not not ready for prime time players fall back.  

We need capable big bodies, so best I would offer for Stanley is hope.     If he can offer reasonable productivity as a rotation player off the bench, he will be of value.
 
I expect this kid to help us over time. He's big and strong and in the film I've seen of him looks like he is very aggressive to the boards, has nice post moves and a good touch around the basket. Those things usually translate well high school to college. Wouldn't be surprised to see him earn some PT in his freshman year but time will tell.  Don't think we'll have to worry abut him hoisting up too many threes.  
 
Now even more encouraged about this recruit.  What I like most is that he sees himself as the player we want him to be (back to the basket, speedy big, strong finisher in the paint). 
 
Beast of the East post=434749 said:
It's a nice article, but I never project how well someone will do especially when he will be playing at a higher level.   Even a guy like Heron, who was a productive player at Auburn, was not anywhere near the player he was projected to be.   There are basically 3 steps to evaluating a player after he signs - first in pre-season practices, which give you an inkling (Anderson was thrilled with what Posh after seeing him at practice every day) 2nd, the generally soft OOC season (Josh Roberts was so much of a beast in OOC Anderson season1 one that on here Mullin was openly criticized for not playing him more.  Then of course, Roberts wilted in the the Big East season).   Finally in the first half dozen Big East season games, you kind of separate the wheat from the chaff - the players step up, and not not ready for prime time players fall back.  

We need capable big bodies, so best I would offer for Stanley is hope.     If he can offer reasonable productivity as a rotation player off the bench, he will be of value.               Agree with everything you said, Beast .                   Except about Heron . IMHO, Heron was a capable BE Player that was hampered by injuries in Year 1 with Mullin and then injuries again in Year 1 with Anderson .  He never was really 100 percent and playing for 3 Coaches , Pearl , Mullin and Anderson in 3 successive years is difficult for any player .  Plus , In his first year we had Ponds , Simon and Clark as the focal pieces of Mullin’s team .  Both He and Figgy had to adjust to that and then Anderson with his first year . 
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NCJohnnie post=434752 said:
 Wouldn't be surprised to see him earn some PT in his freshman year but time will tell. 
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Not sure what the result would have been, but I think he was going to get a ton of minutes at the 5 before our roster overhaul. But now that Soriano is on board, we can afford to bring Stanley along more slowly. 
 
In the spirit of honesty I was not jumping for joy when Stanley committed to SJU, similar to the commitment of Wusu back in the fall of 2019, but over the last few months I have really warmed up to Stanley and believe he can be an important cog in the machine going forward. 
This season we have 2 bodies, Soriano and Stanley that can play with their backs to the basket and I can see them giving one another a hard time on a daily basis in practice. This can only really help Stanley’s development. He also wants to play near the basket and appears to be one tough guy , which really fits in with the team character CMA is trying to build. 
the fact that he is an intelligent and articulate young man does not surprise me because it appears CMA will not take the characters some of our prior coaches did. 
Very excited to watch the progression of all three freshman this season. 
 
The extra year was just for kids who were already in school, right?

That fifth year would have been really valuable to a kid who wants to be a teacher. (Would have been valuable for us fans to have a kid like this stay five years, too.)
 
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