Rick’s Targets

[Larry Wright]

That article was on April 18th I do not think Dingle had entered the portal at that point.

Other than Michigan kid at 1, they are all over the place. No two lists were similar.

 

[Dal975]

All you have to do is look at the NFL draft for the past 25 years for an idea as to how accurate and useful any form of prospect ranking lists are. Please, just throw them out the window.

 

[Boo Harvey]

I assume this is sarcasm?

Well Trilly is saying the recruitment is private and every rumor as to where kid is going should be assumed to be false. Maybe Paultz’s hunch about Kansas is off. Possibly the same source who told him Thomasson was a lock.

I kid as I very much appreciate Paultz’s info.

 

[MJDinkins]

Other than Michigan kid at 1, they are all over the place. No two lists were similar.

 

[Storm Tracker]

Well Trilly is saying the recruitment is private and every rumor as to where kid is going should be assumed to be false. Maybe Paultz’s hunch about Kansas is off. Possibly the same source who told him Thomasson was a lock.

I kid as I very much appreciate Paultz’s info.

I do as well, but it aint over till its over... im certainly not banking on him coming but i'm not saying hes def going to kansas. i always heard lousiville was the favorite anyway and he hasnt even visited yet

 

[paultzman]

Well Trilly is saying the recruitment is private and every rumor as to where kid is going should be assumed to be false. Maybe Paultz’s hunch about Kansas is off. Possibly the same source who told him Thomasson was a lock.

I kid as I very much appreciate Paultz’s info.

I also don’t dismiss Louisville as many do in this recruitment based on a bad season. They do have resources. Happy to be wrong on this one, but I share what I hear from reliable folks, but have had my share of whiffs as well.

 

[NCJohnnie]

Sounds like Dingle decision unlikely until the latter part of the month, maybe in the meantime we can add some bulk up front. It's been a very nice start to May.

 

[kranmars]

Other than Michigan kid at 1, they are all over the place. No two lists were similar.

So what you are saying is we should not panic over rankings because they are inconsistent and coaches know better?

Hey, thanks for the head’s up.

Next thing you will say is that the selection committee gets some tournament teams wrong because a group of individuals can look at the same thing and have a different opinion.

 

[Larry Wright]

So what you are saying is we should not panic over rankings because they are inconsistent and coaches know better?

Hey, thanks for the head’s up.

Next thing you will say is that the selection committee gets some tournament teams wrong because a group of individuals can look at the same thing and have a different opinion.

Just posted the rankings
Who peed on your bran muffin this morning?

 

[ADORAZ]

Rankings generally are accurate despite some outliers, always has been the case. If a kid is ranked 5 stars for instance then he's more likely to be a star than a 3 star kid. Sometimes the 3 stars outperform the 5 stars, but again those are outliers. That's where the coaches come in to evaluate talent.

As for the transfer portal lists, they're a mess right now because so many players who transferred late aren't featured at all (such as Dingle). A player like David Jones they're likely also looking at career stats and not just last year. All that matters is Dingle is ranked very high on lists that have added him (#14 on CBS), and everyone knows he'd be a huge get.

 

[kranmars]

Just posted the rankings
Who peed on your bran muffin this morning?

No one yet

I was pointing out the rankings for the players in the portal are so inconsistent, it is not worth getting crazy over who Pitino did or did not get.

 

[Larry Wright]

Rankings generally are accurate despite some outliers, always has been the case. If a kid is ranked 5 stars for instance then he's more likely to be a star than a 3 star kid. Sometimes the 3 stars outperform the 5 stars, but again those are outliers. That's where the coaches come in to evaluate talent.

I would generally agree and think people on here were trashing the lists because kids we were getting weren’t high or even on it, BUT the lists I saw were pretty erratic.

 

[Larry Wright]

No one yet

I was pointing out the rankings for the players in the portal are so inconsistent, it is not worth getting crazy over who Pitino did or did not get.

We need to hug and makeup. The Knicks won, Pitino finally getting kids I have heard of from conferences that play on TV, it finally stopped raining…..

 

[stjohnnie75]

Wishful thinking:

 

[bucketshardy]

Wishful thinking:

Let's hold out some hope he and his dad are huge Pitino fans lol

 

[dk423]

Get a sense after this flurry of action, we'll have to be patient again for another 2-4 weeks. Will be easier after Taylor/Dunlap commits!

 

[mattc]

I also don’t dismiss Louisville as many do in this recruitment based on a bad season. They do have resources. Happy to be wrong on this one, but I share what I hear from reliable folks, but have had my share of whiffs as well.

Nice avatar

 

[ADORAZ]

I would generally agree and think people on here were trashing the lists because kids we were getting weren’t high or even on it, BUT the lists I saw were pretty erratic.

I edited after you saw my post to add to it. Jones is an outlier I think due to his career stats. Dingle I've only seen on one list (CBS #14), so any list that he's not on hasn't been updated yet. Not saying the lists don't have some glaring mistakes, they do, but the main issue now is late transfer decisions being omitted (such as Dingle).

 

[bucketshardy]

i think if we close out our roster with Dingle/Mgbako/Nelson.... we can give Rick a solid C+ for his first two months on the job

 

[ADORAZ]

i think if we close out our roster with Dingle/Mgbako/Nelson.... we can give Rick a solid C+ for his first two months on the job

A+*, or at worse a solid A.

(your post might've been sarcasm but regardless A to A+ would be my score )