Guess who got the first story on The College Blog from the new ESPN New York?

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/news/story?id=5047868
Most of the article is about St. Johns having a up hill climb. i thought the quotes from the AAU and high school coaches were interesting.

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/news/story?id=5047868
Most of the article is about St. Johns having a up hill climb. i thought the quotes from the AAU and high school coaches were interesting.

"...this is going to be fun to watch." Bingo!

yea, aau guys are basically saying if lavin hires people they like, they'll send kids here...more important than his hiring, the hiring of his staff...the next week or so is probably bigger for this program than the last week

Well you either pick the program that you think is most likely to flourish and be loyal to you, or you get someone like rohrssen who has great relationships.

yea, aau guys are basically saying if lavin hires people they like, they'll send kids here...more important than his hiring, the hiring of his staff...the next week or so is probably bigger for this program than the last week

i hate how these AAU coaches have so much of an influence on these players

Quote from: SJD on April 02, 2010, 05:10:31 PM

yea, aau guys are basically saying if lavin hires people they like, they'll send kids here...more important than his hiring, the hiring of his staff...the next week or so is probably bigger for this program than the last week

i hate how these AAU coaches have so much of an influence on these players

its cause AAU is bigger than high school for these kids. I played AAU for high school and its almost like these kids play high school for AAU. They are playing against the best so thats when the coaches come out and watch them mainly.

to give you a perspective on how big AAU is, Gordon Hayward never played on a name AAU team, and, as such, was only a 3 star prospect on rivals and espn gave him a grade of 40, which, according to the site,  means they didnt have enough info on him to give him a real rating