Are we really knocking the staff recruiting the same day we signed two former top 100 recruits as transfers?
We have two former top 40 recruits, three more top 100 recruits, two conference rookies of the year as transfers, a kid that played 10 mpg on an elite eight MSU team as a freshman, and a 4-star SG on the roster at the monent. This might be the best roster we've had in almost 20 years on paper. It's balanced, experienced, strong, and relatively big. Matt maybe the only recruiter but he doesn't coach a lick -- the Italian secretary is more engaged during the game and huddles.
"We" didn't do anything, Matt's coaching has nothing to do with what I wrote and what in God's name does any of that have to do with the limited period you have to appear at AAU events during April?
Fans taking shots at Mullin the day his staff got commitments from two former top 100 recruits shows why we have the shittiest fans in the country.
Duke just landed 4 out of the top 15 players in the 2018 class, but Coach K is still in Dallas recruiting. We landed a guy who averaged 3.0 PPG on an NIT team, and a JUCO player (and I actually loved both signings btw), so we should give Mullin and staff a break for completely skipping the event in Dallas where all our 2019 HS targets are? Honestly, the fans who condone this type of incompetence shows why we have the shittiest fans in the country.
First of all wtf do you know about what Mullin was up to? Everything that comes out get released through Matt A one way or another and that is released with the intent of making himself look like a hero -- don't be naive to think that doesn't mean throwing others under the bus to prop himself up. Our fan base has NEVER been less connected than we are now.
2019 doesn't mean jack sh*t if we can't win this season. We have one of the best players in the country for another year in all likelihood. Closing the deal with 2018 comes first and nobody knows what role Mullin staying in town had to do with getting LJ (and Wright), working on other
2018 recruits, handling crap with current players, or dealing with other basketball related matters.
If we lose this coming season it's all over. Coach K doesn't be have that risk.
You are correct I have no idea what Mullin was up to. I just know that he, nor anyone on the staff he’s responsible for, was at the April Live period event in which all our top 2019 targets were playing.
Any good coach, Coach K included, would not have put themselves in the position in which his whole tenure, and basically the reputation of the entire program hinged on one season in the first place. So yes you’re right he doesn’t have that risk because he is good at his job unlike Mullin.
2018 is a huge year for this staff, and for the program. These last few days, especially the signing of LJF have put us in a position to succeed in 2018, but they can’t put himself in the position where the cupboard is empty in 2019. It’ll be Lavin’s last season all over again. I know many on here have expressed confidence in certain 2019 recruits, but the same people felt confident in landing Luther Muhammad, Naz Reid, and Moses Brown not too long ago. I’ll beleive it when I see it is my attitude towards the recruitment of Cockburn, Gaffney, Igiehorn et al. All I know is it does not look good when all our competition for these players show up at their event and we don’t. How you and others on here somehow defend him, and the staff not showing up is just completely mind boggling to me.