To say out of no where is a bit off base. The buzz generated by the Curbelo and David Jones rumors and then it actually happened. Then you started hearing all the Gardner hype and that came to fruition. Then you got 4 visits on campus from 4 star recruits, plus unofficials from 5 star kids. The buzz isn't out of no where, it's through a collective staff effort and things "finally" breaking our way with recruits and such.
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Buzz has to start somewhere 112. As mentioned previously, the hiring of Chris Mullin created an instant buzz. Lavin created a buzz quickly with his strong recruiting right out of the gate. It's never completely out of nowhere. There's always a catalyst.
To me the biggest difference is that Lavin and Mullin's big recruits came in when the cupboard was bare and they were guaranteed playing time from the jump. Storr, Curbelo, Jones and Gardner have all committed where playing time has to be earned over players that have in the system for some time.
Suspect this season Cubelo and Jones have “earned it“ already or would not have come, right or wrong. “Promises, promises” for those two, but of course if they struggle, it will have to be dealt with.
Let me also add that we seem to have an entire staff out there recruiting, as opposed to the one or two guys on the 2 previous staffs. On shear numbers alone, our staff has many more contacts and is able to cast a much wider net.
Adding to what Paultz said, impossible to say how full or empty the cupboard will be by the time Gardner arrives. In this day and age, with roster turnover being what it is, I don't think a kid like Gardner is worried so much about PT a year down the road.
Agreed. But honestly that should be expected. Curbelo was a top freshman in the Big 10 and on preseason first team Big 10 lists last season. And Jones has already showed he is at minimum a good BE player, if not a step above that. So when those guys come via the portal, there is definitely expectations they will get some burn. And that is 100% normal.
It’s true , I don’t think we are recruiting better then the average BE team. But, we are recruiting the best in the Anderson era. Also did well w the transfers and didn’t loose any players.
I hear what you're saying JR, and agree that the only real buzz will come with success on the court, but make no mistake, recruits, parents, coaches, etc all took notice when we got a commitment from Curbelo, and then quickly followed it up with a commit from Jones and now Gardner. Plus we're involved with more high ranked kids then we have been in quite some time. There is definitely a buzz about our recruiting for the 1st time in the CMA era. Time will tell if it translate to Ws, but I gotta tell ya, I'm way happier with where we are right now then I have been in a while.
Many are locals but many are from parts of the country we have never had success with. Store and King from Florida, a kid from Kansas, Madison Gardner from SC and looking at a few other out of state kids for the 2023 class. This staff is using the perfect approach as we can no longer rely 100% on NYC kids imho, as much as we may like the roster to be complete with them.
