Sanders Decommits
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One other thought: If the story about his Mom wanting him to go away is true, then you've got to admire the Mom for sticking to her guns, and you've got to admire the young man for heeding her advice. Even if it took a while for him to do so. As we all know, it sometimes takes teenagers a while to realize that what a parent is telling them is actually what's best for them. It stinks for us, but at the end of the day we wouldn't have had a productive player here if he was still hanging around his old neighborhood. With all due respect to Robert Young, "Mother Knows Best".
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MainMan post=440061 said:
That is a good comparison. Jayson had a huge year his junior year (second year as he sat out his freshman year as a Prop 48). When he committed to us his senior year of High School hadn’t begun yet and he hadn’t started a High School varsity game yet (he transferred to CTK after his sophomore year when Power Memorial closed and he came off the bench that first season at CTK). I really would have loved to see a healthy Jayson his senior year.
Mods, can we move the Sanders thread in the 2022 Recruit Section from the “Sticky” portion at the top and remove “”(Committed)” since that is no longer the case.
Heck, maybe in a day or two combine this thread with that one which should be enough for even the occasional visitors to see it.
Heck, maybe in a day or two combine this thread with that one which should be enough for even the occasional visitors to see it.
So many different factors can enter into a teenager/moms decision.
The timing of this is so close to our former assistant coach who had made a
scathing attack on Coach Anderson
Statements like the the players don't like him, look at the mass exodus of
last year's teammates ,do not encourage positive recruiting results.
When a local player feels that his playing time will not be secure, what does that say
about the confidence level of that player. Especially when he knows the caliber of local player we have.
Sanders has played with these guys before, he is well aware of their ability.
The really good ones, recruits, are self assured and don't have that fear.
When he verballed I was fearful of this happening, WHY ???
We had showed that we really wanted him and over a serious period of time..
Then we courted him on that recent weekend,which was to be ceremonial.
It was to end in his giving us a verbal. But ut-oh he stalled. That was a tell and a red flag--DANGER.
That was not a good sign, and the rest is history.. Verbals are great for players, not so great for the team
Better now than later though.
The timing of this is so close to our former assistant coach who had made a
scathing attack on Coach Anderson
Statements like the the players don't like him, look at the mass exodus of
last year's teammates ,do not encourage positive recruiting results.
When a local player feels that his playing time will not be secure, what does that say
about the confidence level of that player. Especially when he knows the caliber of local player we have.
Sanders has played with these guys before, he is well aware of their ability.
The really good ones, recruits, are self assured and don't have that fear.
When he verballed I was fearful of this happening, WHY ???
We had showed that we really wanted him and over a serious period of time..
Then we courted him on that recent weekend,which was to be ceremonial.
It was to end in his giving us a verbal. But ut-oh he stalled. That was a tell and a red flag--DANGER.
That was not a good sign, and the rest is history.. Verbals are great for players, not so great for the team
Better now than later though.
1. It was good to land Sanders and keep signing talented local players.
2. It stinks to lose him, but it isn't the end of the world either - the program is strong enough and deep enough that its fortunes do not depend on one recruit.
3. If the reason given is legitimate, then you have to respect that decision.
4. If it isn't legitimate, that will be seen soon enough, but this is all part of the territory in the recruiting game.
5. When one door closes, another opens - that may be more PT for a player already on the roster or a spot for another recruit.
We'll be fine. Just a blip on the radar, or a molehill compared to the mountain of previous SJU disasters.
2. It stinks to lose him, but it isn't the end of the world either - the program is strong enough and deep enough that its fortunes do not depend on one recruit.
3. If the reason given is legitimate, then you have to respect that decision.
4. If it isn't legitimate, that will be seen soon enough, but this is all part of the territory in the recruiting game.
5. When one door closes, another opens - that may be more PT for a player already on the roster or a spot for another recruit.
We'll be fine. Just a blip on the radar, or a molehill compared to the mountain of previous SJU disasters.
or they would have had this discussion before announcing his commitment to SJU.knockout_ned post=440051 said:
one door closes and another opens. Plus, they already have 2 guards coming in with King and Storr. Adding them to Posh, Dylan and Pinzon should make a nice backcourt with depth next year.
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Hey Mullin almost slipped outta Looie's hands to be a Dookie because Chris's mom wanted him to go away to school.
Chris stayed, lucky for us, but I always wondered if he had gone away and been away from his Flatbush/Marine Park cronies, if his sobriety would have taken a different track.
Sanders' mom has an older son going to Cincinnati, so maybe he will join him there. Is that safer?
P.T. concerns.
Chris stayed, lucky for us, but I always wondered if he had gone away and been away from his Flatbush/Marine Park cronies, if his sobriety would have taken a different track.
Sanders' mom has an older son going to Cincinnati, so maybe he will join him there. Is that safer?
P.T. concerns.
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I live in Rockaway, there's been an uptick in shootings, but it's been decades since Far Rockaway was considered a generally safe neighborhood. I get it, his mom wants him out of this particular environment. Would have been nice if she/they came to that conclusion before he committed, but maybe one of the recent shootings hit close to home in a profound way. Someone asked why his mom wouldn't move the family out of Far Rock if it was so bad. It doesn't work like that. Tens of thousands of people in rough neighborhoods in NYC would like to move. It's a can of worms I won't open, but in short, no, mom (most likely) can't move the family for a variety of reasons.
Father of 3 shot dead in broad daylight. Just came up on my news feed:
[URL]https://www.google.com/amp/s/n...-richardson-deadly-shooting-far-rockaway/?amp[/URL]
Far Rockaway is probably the single most dangerous neighborhood in all of NYC. Can't blame the Mom for wanting the kid further away from the area.
[URL]https://www.google.com/amp/s/n...-richardson-deadly-shooting-far-rockaway/?amp[/URL]
Far Rockaway is probably the single most dangerous neighborhood in all of NYC. Can't blame the Mom for wanting the kid further away from the area.