Darrick Wood - SG - Palm Beach CC - Alexandria, VA - DEPAUL

If Wood is visiting, and considering verbal-ling for 2013, then I think Felix will be here. 
Because there will be room this year.  And down the road... well, you don't know.  It could be a logjam for him, or things could open up.  We don't know who will jump to the nba, transfer, or get hurt.   Certainly we know it's possible D'angelo could decide to go pro at some point,  and also it's unlikely; but possible, that Amir goes to the Reds full time in a year or two.   
And eventually somebody will transfer.   

So, let's see if Nolan and Wood are here because they want to qualify for 2012 or 2013, because that affects the # scholarships and playing time questions we have. 

If Wood is visiting, and considering verbal-ling for 2013, then I think Felix will be here. 
Because there will be room this year.  And down the road... well, you don't know.  It could be a logjam for him, or things could open up.  We don't know who will jump to the nba, transfer, or get hurt.   Certainly we know it's possible D'angelo could decide to go pro at some point,  and also it's unlikely; but possible, that Amir goes to the Reds full time in a year or two.   
And eventually somebody will transfer.   

So, let's see if Nolan and Wood are here because they want to qualify for 2012 or 2013, because that affects the # scholarships and playing time questions we have. 

Wood comes you can kiss Felix's ass goodbye

Based on what Greene displayed last year I would not bet that he will lose court time.  Based on Tom K's comments on Felix I'm not sure higher rated recruits are better than him.  DJ Kennedy is playing in the NBA.  Where was he rated coming into this program?

DJ Kennedy is playing in the NBA.  Where was he rated coming into this program?

Higher than Felix.
Make no mistake I like Felix's game.  Wood is more dynamic offensively.  Lav might be thinking ahead to when and if Harrison leaves early.

DJ was a 4 star recruit. He was no slouch coming out of Pittsburgh

DJ was a 4 star recruit. He was no slouch coming out of Pittsburgh

no 4 star. In 2ed hundy. Most talk was he played with Blair.was liked by some ok teams.

DJ was 3 star ranked 134 by Rivals

Don't get how Felix is offensively challenged when he leads his team in scoring at 18+ playing national schedule and not loosing often. Maybe Darrick looks prettier doing it but he has not impressed me yet as a straight scoring machine as some would make him out to me. He's more wild with his game  IMO

Don't get how Felix is offensively challenged when he leads his team in scoring at 18+ playing national schedule and not loosing often. Maybe Darrick looks prettier doing it but he has not impressed me yet as a straight scoring machine as some would make him out to me. He's more wild with his game  IMO

Fact remains though that both are shooting guards and one can shoot.  I like both for their own merits.  Both are phenom athletes.  Wood is a much more natural scorer with a nice outside stroke.  A little better with the ball on his hands on offense.  Balamou is certainly better defender, has more strength and is a really nice slasher/rebounder.  I still like Wood a little better because in college game, a shooting guard HAS to be able to shoot and have confidence on the perimeter, something I'm not sure Balamou has.  I like both kids a lot for different reasons and regardless I'd take either kid the staff feels suits us best.  I'm partial to Wood because he's more of a natural scorer.

Don't get how Felix is offensively challenged when he leads his team in scoring at 18+ playing national schedule and not loosing often. Maybe Darrick looks prettier doing it but he has not impressed me yet as a straight scoring machine as some would make him out to me. He's more wild with his game  IMO

I never said Felix was challenged.  But his strength is more D while Wood is more O

I guess Darrick is more of the traditional SG with his shooting abilities.  Whereas Felix is just a good athlete who can do a little of every thing, sort of like Paris.  Go out there and hound the other team's SG, wear him out!  This is the function of a top role player.  Energy to spare!

Guys I like Darrick. Just tryna defend Felix a bit because he's taking a beating on these boards.

Guys I like Darrick. Just tryna defend Felix a bit because he's taking a beating on these boards.

I hope I'm not the cause of it, but I'm not picking up why Darrick and Josiah are targets for an already crowded backcourt.  And maybe if it was the fact that we were recruiting Felix's teammate and now we have no chance with him.  But something just seems off to me.  And I really enjoyed watching Felix at CYP in Port Chester.  He put in quite a show.  He reminds me of Paris Horne and Paris was arguably my favorite player of his class.

Quote from: Chilleb on April 27, 2012, 09:10:39 AM

Guys I like Darrick. Just tryna defend Felix a bit because he's taking a beating on these boards.

I hope I'm not the cause of it, but I'm not picking up why Darrick and Josiah are targets for an already crowded backcourt.  And maybe if it was the fact that we were recruiting Felix's teammate and now we have no chance with him.  But something just seems off to me.  And I really enjoyed watching Felix at CYP in Port Chester.  He put in quite a show.  He reminds me of Paris Horne and Paris was arguably my favorite player of his class.

I think after this year Lav should stop the small fish big fish approach in his recruiting. He's way to good a recruiter and you often get left with a lot of pieces to the puzzle that don't fit. I we needed a shooter why not just wait in wood instead of flirting with bourgault in hopes of landing Sanchez, because you end up at the end I the day with the potential to have a top 5 recruiting class in the country in goodman,Nolan,wood,chandler but instead you cut yourself short and get left with 2 ships because the little fish were alleged must haves. We pick up wood and add d'angelo to the mix and we had our 2 shooters IMO. Why recruit a specialist when you can have a kid who can do a bit of everything and that's what killed us with Dom last year and I hope it dosent kill us in the future

Quote from: Moose on April 27, 2012, 09:18:29 AM

Quote from: Chilleb on April 27, 2012, 09:10:39 AM

Guys I like Darrick. Just tryna defend Felix a bit because he's taking a beating on these boards.

I hope I'm not the cause of it, but I'm not picking up why Darrick and Josiah are targets for an already crowded backcourt.  And maybe if it was the fact that we were recruiting Felix's teammate and now we have no chance with him.  But something just seems off to me.  And I really enjoyed watching Felix at CYP in Port Chester.  He put in quite a show.  He reminds me of Paris Horne and Paris was arguably my favorite player of his class.

I think after this year Lav should stop the small fish big fish approach in his recruiting. He's way to good a recruiter and you often get left with a lot of pieces to the puzzle that don't fit. I we needed a shooter why not just wait in wood instead of flirting with bourgault in hopes of landing Sanchez, because you end up at the end I the day with the potential to have a top 5 recruiting class in the country in goodman,Nolan,wood,chandler but instead you cut yourself short and get left with 2 ships because the little fish were alleged must haves. We pick up wood and add d'angelo to the mix and we had our 2 shooters IMO. Why recruit a specialist when you can have a kid who can do a bit of everything and that's what killed us with Dom last year and I hope it dosent kill us in the future

I think the shortcuts do stop going forward now that he has a full compliment of players.  I have no issues with him trying that approach this year.  He went hard for Sanchez because him and Moe can product together more than Moe and in turn not only replace him but exceed him in terms of production.  We needed bodies.  I don't see us getting more than 2-3 players each year now for at least 2013 and 2014.  2015 in theory should be our next 'big' class in size but that could change a bit with early departures.

Secondly, I don't see a class of Goodman, Nolan, Wood, Chandler and Jakarr who I'm assuming you meant to include is Top 5.  Staff from what I've been told has never seriously been after Goodman also.  Seems like he's naming us more than we're recruiting him.

Quote from: Moose on April 27, 2012, 09:18:29 AM

Quote from: Chilleb on April 27, 2012, 09:10:39 AM

Guys I like Darrick. Just tryna defend Felix a bit because he's taking a beating on these boards.

I hope I'm not the cause of it, but I'm not picking up why Darrick and Josiah are targets for an already crowded backcourt.  And maybe if it was the fact that we were recruiting Felix's teammate and now we have no chance with him.  But something just seems off to me.  And I really enjoyed watching Felix at CYP in Port Chester.  He put in quite a show.  He reminds me of Paris Horne and Paris was arguably my favorite player of his class.

I think after this year Lav should stop the small fish big fish approach in his recruiting. He's way to good a recruiter and you often get left with a lot of pieces to the puzzle that don't fit. I we needed a shooter why not just wait in wood instead of flirting with bourgault in hopes of landing Sanchez, because you end up at the end I the day with the potential to have a top 5 recruiting class in the country in goodman,Nolan,wood,chandler but instead you cut yourself short and get left with 2 ships because the little fish were alleged must haves. We pick up wood and add d'angelo to the mix and we had our 2 shooters IMO. Why recruit a specialist when you can have a kid who can do a bit of everything and that's what killed us with Dom last year and I hope it dosent kill us in the future

I'm not so sure a kid like Bourgault is just a specialist.  He seems a pretty well rounded player, even if not the same class of athlete as a guy like Felix.  I don't think we have pieces that don't fit really.  We have 13 scholarships to use.  Even Teams like Cuse recruit kids like Cooney because they couldn't squeeze him into the 13 ships.  Cooney is not a good athlete and is more in the "specialist" category.  Bottom line though is that both Wood and Balamou are solid pickups.  We just don't need both.  Can we really argue with the results thus far?  Lavin brought in a top 10 class last year and arguably will this year too.  We need a few of the smaller fish to fill roles.

Quote from: Chilleb on April 27, 2012, 09:28:30 AM

Quote from: Moose on April 27, 2012, 09:18:29 AM

Quote from: Chilleb on April 27, 2012, 09:10:39 AM

Guys I like Darrick. Just tryna defend Felix a bit because he's taking a beating on these boards.

I hope I'm not the cause of it, but I'm not picking up why Darrick and Josiah are targets for an already crowded backcourt.  And maybe if it was the fact that we were recruiting Felix's teammate and now we have no chance with him.  But something just seems off to me.  And I really enjoyed watching Felix at CYP in Port Chester.  He put in quite a show.  He reminds me of Paris Horne and Paris was arguably my favorite player of his class.

I think after this year Lav should stop the small fish big fish approach in his recruiting. He's way to good a recruiter and you often get left with a lot of pieces to the puzzle that don't fit. I we needed a shooter why not just wait in wood instead of flirting with bourgault in hopes of landing Sanchez, because you end up at the end I the day with the potential to have a top 5 recruiting class in the country in goodman,Nolan,wood,chandler but instead you cut yourself short and get left with 2 ships because the little fish were alleged must haves. We pick up wood and add d'angelo to the mix and we had our 2 shooters IMO. Why recruit a specialist when you can have a kid who can do a bit of everything and that's what killed us with Dom last year and I hope it dosent kill us in the future

I'm not so sure a kid like Bourgault is just a specialist.  He seems a pretty well rounded player, even if not the same class of athlete as a guy like Felix.  I don't think we have pieces that don't fit really.  We have 13 scholarships to use.  Even Teams like Cuse recruit kids like Cooney because they couldn't squeeze him into the 13 ships.  Cooney is not a good athlete and is more in the "specialist" category.  Bottom line though is that both Wood and Balamou are solid pickups.  We just don't need both.  Can we really argue with the results thus far?  Lavin brought in a top 10 class last year and arguably will this year too.  We need a few of the smaller fish to fill roles.

Cooney is far from a specialist.  Kid was recruited by all the big boys.  Cuse sees him as Gerry Part Deux

Quote from: MCNPA on April 27, 2012, 09:38:43 AM

Quote from: Chilleb on April 27, 2012, 09:28:30 AM

Quote from: Moose on April 27, 2012, 09:18:29 AM

Quote from: Chilleb on April 27, 2012, 09:10:39 AM

Guys I like Darrick. Just tryna defend Felix a bit because he's taking a beating on these boards.

I hope I'm not the cause of it, but I'm not picking up why Darrick and Josiah are targets for an already crowded backcourt.  And maybe if it was the fact that we were recruiting Felix's teammate and now we have no chance with him.  But something just seems off to me.  And I really enjoyed watching Felix at CYP in Port Chester.  He put in quite a show.  He reminds me of Paris Horne and Paris was arguably my favorite player of his class.

I think after this year Lav should stop the small fish big fish approach in his recruiting. He's way to good a recruiter and you often get left with a lot of pieces to the puzzle that don't fit. I we needed a shooter why not just wait in wood instead of flirting with bourgault in hopes of landing Sanchez, because you end up at the end I the day with the potential to have a top 5 recruiting class in the country in goodman,Nolan,wood,chandler but instead you cut yourself short and get left with 2 ships because the little fish were alleged must haves. We pick up wood and add d'angelo to the mix and we had our 2 shooters IMO. Why recruit a specialist when you can have a kid who can do a bit of everything and that's what killed us with Dom last year and I hope it dosent kill us in the future

I'm not so sure a kid like Bourgault is just a specialist.  He seems a pretty well rounded player, even if not the same class of athlete as a guy like Felix.  I don't think we have pieces that don't fit really.  We have 13 scholarships to use.  Even Teams like Cuse recruit kids like Cooney because they couldn't squeeze him into the 13 ships.  Cooney is not a good athlete and is more in the "specialist" category.  Bottom line though is that both Wood and Balamou are solid pickups.  We just don't need both.  Can we really argue with the results thus far?  Lavin brought in a top 10 class last year and arguably will this year too.  We need a few of the smaller fish to fill roles.

Cooney is far from a specialist.  Kid was recruited by all the big boys.  Cuse sees him as Gerry Part Deux

I don't see it.  He's slow and a poor athlete.  Good shooter, but that fadeaway will be tough to get off in a better league.  Gerry wasn't the best athlete either, but not just everybody can pull that off.  Cooney seems pretty crafty and I see some similarities but Im not sold at this point.

Quote from: Moose on April 27, 2012, 09:43:04 AM

Quote from: MCNPA on April 27, 2012, 09:38:43 AM

Quote from: Chilleb on April 27, 2012, 09:28:30 AM

Quote from: Moose on April 27, 2012, 09:18:29 AM

Quote from: Chilleb on April 27, 2012, 09:10:39 AM

Guys I like Darrick. Just tryna defend Felix a bit because he's taking a beating on these boards.

I hope I'm not the cause of it, but I'm not picking up why Darrick and Josiah are targets for an already crowded backcourt.  And maybe if it was the fact that we were recruiting Felix's teammate and now we have no chance with him.  But something just seems off to me.  And I really enjoyed watching Felix at CYP in Port Chester.  He put in quite a show.  He reminds me of Paris Horne and Paris was arguably my favorite player of his class.

I think after this year Lav should stop the small fish big fish approach in his recruiting. He's way to good a recruiter and you often get left with a lot of pieces to the puzzle that don't fit. I we needed a shooter why not just wait in wood instead of flirting with bourgault in hopes of landing Sanchez, because you end up at the end I the day with the potential to have a top 5 recruiting class in the country in goodman,Nolan,wood,chandler but instead you cut yourself short and get left with 2 ships because the little fish were alleged must haves. We pick up wood and add d'angelo to the mix and we had our 2 shooters IMO. Why recruit a specialist when you can have a kid who can do a bit of everything and that's what killed us with Dom last year and I hope it dosent kill us in the future

I'm not so sure a kid like Bourgault is just a specialist.  He seems a pretty well rounded player, even if not the same class of athlete as a guy like Felix.  I don't think we have pieces that don't fit really.  We have 13 scholarships to use.  Even Teams like Cuse recruit kids like Cooney because they couldn't squeeze him into the 13 ships.  Cooney is not a good athlete and is more in the "specialist" category.  Bottom line though is that both Wood and Balamou are solid pickups.  We just don't need both.  Can we really argue with the results thus far?  Lavin brought in a top 10 class last year and arguably will this year too.  We need a few of the smaller fish to fill roles.

Cooney is far from a specialist.  Kid was recruited by all the big boys.  Cuse sees him as Gerry Part Deux

I don't see it.  He's slow and a poor athlete.  Good shooter, but that fadeaway will be tough to get off in a better league.  Gerry wasn't the best athlete either, but not just everybody can pull that off.  Cooney seems pretty crafty and I see some similarities but Im not sold at this point.

Cooney is a great player,far from a reach and or specialist. I am pleased with the class. I just feel like the debate of two shooting guards at this point instead of our greater need of two bigs just kinda sucks too me. The lack of ships at this phase to facilitate the plethora of late talent where getting in is aggravating especially since we had that ample room 2 weeks ago. I have no problem with the class we have now I'm still very excited about our upcoming year but having to pick between 4 studs when we could have had all 4 is the idea I'm  trying to emphasize.

First off do we even know if Wood or Nolan are '12 or '13? Then we have to assume that D'lo may think of going pro next year, be that in the NBA or overseas. And i know everyone will say he's not ready but look at Moe, we all know he could of been a lottery pick next year and he's looking at lower first round if everything works out, def no higher than lower teens. Second Amir even though i love him may go full-time baseball, especially if he wows them this summer. I see no problem with the staff covering all bases if some of those scenarios occur. What if someone decides to transfer also. I trust that this staff has a plan A,B,C, and so on. Branch can't play till December and Hooper is sitting next year and gift graduates next year. We are in for some good times in the next few years so i'm going to enjoy watching what develops over the next few months.