I asked Larry about this kid back in September he said he likes him a lot and he is really good. His coach at Saginaw likes to run a really uptempo offense and he said this kid can fly. We have been involved with him since back in the summer but he was another guy we needed to keep under the radar and it seems he is on others now.
Why would you need to keep him "under the radar?"
Are these coaches that afraid of competition?
What other high-major offers does this student-athlete have?
Memphis and Tennessee.... they are two decent teams that are interested in the kid
Interested and offered are two highly different things in recruiting
"Tennessee has offered after coming up here a couple times over the past three weeks," said Saginaw head coach Lou Dawkins. "South Florida is in the picture. St. John's has offered. Memphis has shown interest but hasn't been up here yet. Minnesota has been in a couple times, and SMU has offered."
SMU, St. John's, and allegedly Tennessee
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That sounds plausible.
Stop being a hater its just an old act. A player isn't measured by the schools that recruit him. Is Jason Thompson a bad player because he plays for Rider? He is a top 15 pick for the NBA draft. Steve Nash went to Santa Clara he must suck too. Perhaps be happy that St. John's got on this kid early and hung around after he got out of his commit to Bradley. I'm not saying he is the answer but he is a solid option.
Stop being naive.
It's as good a gauge as any for two people that are not going to make the trip up to Saginaw, Mi.
The two players you cited are outliers or exceptions to the rule.
If I told a rational college basketball fan:
- recruit A was being recruited by Santa Clara, Wagner, Montana, Northwestern, and St. John's
-recruit B was being recruited by UConn, UCLA, Texas, Kentucky, and Michigan St.
and then asked, "Which recruit is a better prospect?"
They would invariably answer, "Recruit B."
The problem is that kids tend to claim offers that they do not have. The writer has the responsibility to check with the relevant coaching staffs to verify that there are, indeed, actual offers. When a kid mentions average to below-average programs and then mentions the current #1 team as his offers, it should raise a red flag with the writer.