I’m not privy to anything, I just was referring mainly to Devin’s situation and I am thinking the Andrew Taylor situation certainly could have been a distraction. That’s all. Nothing “scary” at all.
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Way too early SoCon picks 18-19
Samford’s issues with players transferring out is a direct reflection on the head coach...crazy...Frankie Johnson leaving The Citadel as well...don’t know if anyone mentioned that.
Samford’s issues with players transferring out is a direct reflection on the head coach...crazy...Frankie Johnson leaving The Citadel as well...don’t know if anyone mentioned that.
I will add I like Duggar Baucom...he tells it like it is and I think the players transferring out there are realizing how tough what they signed up for really is.
Add Christian Cunningham to the list of Samford transfers. That makes 4 starters for next year out the door.
For those keeping score:
SOCON Transfer Tally, since Nov 17
Samford-4
Citadel-4
UTC-1
VMI-1
Furman-0
For those keeping score:
SOCON Transfer Tally, since Nov 17
Samford-4
Citadel-4
UTC-1
VMI-1
Furman-0
Chattanooga just picked up an interesting commit - Kevin Easley, Jr. , a 6'6" forward from Indianapolis. Easley is being called their highest rated recruit in 20 years or more. He has a 4 star rating from ESPN and 3 star ratings from 247Sports.com, Rivals.com, and Scout.com. Verbal Commits has listed offers from over two dozen schools including Indiana, Purdue, Cincinnati, and Butler. If you look closer, though, you notice that those schools offered two and even three years ago and his more recent offers were more in the nature of Coastal Carolina, Northern Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky, etc. That often indicates a player who matured earlier than his peers and got "placeholder" offers from schools that later backed off.
Still a solid recruit for the Mocs. His final choice was apparently made between Chattanooga, Massachusetts, and Loyola (IL). One to watch.
Still a solid recruit for the Mocs. His final choice was apparently made between Chattanooga, Massachusetts, and Loyola (IL). One to watch.
tya1 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 8:26 pmChattanooga just picked up an interesting commit - Kevin Easley, Jr. , a 6'6" forward from Indianapolis. Easley is being called their highest rated recruit in 20 years or more. He has a 4 star rating from ESPN and 3 star ratings from 247Sports.com, Rivals.com, and Scout.com. Verbal Commits has listed offers from over two dozen schools including Indiana, Purdue, Cincinnati, and Butler. If you look closer, though, you notice that those schools offered two and even three years ago and his more recent offers were more in the nature of Coastal Carolina, Northern Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky, etc. That often indicates a player who matured earlier than his peers and got "placeholder" offers from schools that later backed off.
Still a solid recruit for the Mocs. His final choice was apparently made between Chattanooga, Massachusetts, and Loyola (IL). One to watch.
If an "offer" cannot be accepted, then it's not truly an offer, no? In a case like this one, wouldn't it be more accurate for ESPN, Verbal Commits, etc. to say that a certain player got letters, calls, or had coaches attend their games rather than to say he received a scholarship offer?
Of the players in the NM and BR regime, who has been the highest rated recruit? Beans?
Interestingly, if you go just off the VC "stars" ratings, the highest rated recruit of the NM era was...............Jon Jean. And he had an early offer from Cincinnati that they eventually backed off.
Beans had offer from Wofford and a few others. Southern Miss tried to get Fowler after he committed to us. We were JD3's only D1 offer I think. Not sure about Devin but he apparently didn't have a lot of attention either.
Beans had offer from Wofford and a few others. Southern Miss tried to get Fowler after he committed to us. We were JD3's only D1 offer I think. Not sure about Devin but he apparently didn't have a lot of attention either.
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I suspect Clay Mounce, who is the most athletic with the highest upside of anyone on the team IMO, likely had a poor score because of a dearth of other D-1 offers.
These sites seem useless.
These sites seem useless.
The ratings are spotty or non-existent outside the top 150 prospects or so. In terms of offers (quality and quantity), it's Andrew Taylor by far. The next rung would be Rafferty, Lyons, Slawson, maybe Hunter. But it can be an unfair comparison in some cases for guys that signed early - Bothwell for instance might have picked up a ton of offers had he still been available.Fessor wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 4:28 amIf an "offer" cannot be accepted, then it's not truly an offer, no? In a case like this one, wouldn't it be more accurate for ESPN, Verbal Commits, etc. to say that a certain player got letters, calls, or had coaches attend their games rather than to say he received a scholarship offer?
Of the players in the NM and BR regime, who has been the highest rated recruit? Beans?
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Rafferty was a three-star by some publications and Hunter was a two-star...Two pretty good recruits...ETSU was in on Devin Sibley early, but Furman put forth more effort and ended up getting him...If it would have been up to Steve Forbes, Furman might have never gotten Sibley...Thankfully, Murry Bartow was the HC then.
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Sibley made his decision early. He probably would have had many more offers after leading the state of Tennessee in scoring as a high school senior.soconjohn wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:09 pmRafferty was a three-star by some publications and Hunter was a two-star...Two pretty good recruits...ETSU was in on Devin Sibley early, but Furman put forth more effort and ended up getting him...If it would have been up to Steve Forbes, Furman might have never gotten Sibley...Thankfully, Murry Bartow was the HC then.
A few more transfers for SoCon teams - 5'8" Rashad Lewis and 6'5" Ryan Johnson are leaving Mercer and 6'4" freshman freshman Jonathan Bryant II is leaving Chattanooga.
I am sure Mercer would like to sign 7'0" 245 Carlos Curry from Albany, GA who they offered today. Curry originally was headed to Middle Tenn. State before their coach left for Mississippi. Competition will be tough. Curry hasn't ruled out MTSU and Florida State was among the schools jumping in with an offer today.
Mike Young of Wofford is still following Niko Medved around. They offered Messiah Jones, a 6'6" forward from Chicago, who decommited from Drake after Niko left for CSU. Of course, Young didn't have any winning seasons with the Terriers until Larry Davis left for Cincinnati and Niko went to CSU and Wofford stole future SoCon POY Noah Dahlmann and a couple of other Minnesota kids Davis and Medved were recruiting. Then, when Young needed a point guard, he was pointed to Eric Garcia after asking Medved on the recruiting circuit one day.
tya1 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 05, 2018 9:33 pmSibley made his decision early. He probably would have had many more offers after leading the state of Tennessee in scoring as a high school senior.soconjohn wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:09 pmRafferty was a three-star by some publications and Hunter was a two-star...Two pretty good recruits...ETSU was in on Devin Sibley early, but Furman put forth more effort and ended up getting him...If it would have been up to Steve Forbes, Furman might have never gotten Sibley...Thankfully, Murry Bartow was the HC then.
A few more transfers for SoCon teams - 5'8" Rashad Lewis and 6'5" Ryan Johnson are leaving Mercer and 6'4" freshman Jonathan Bryant II is leaving Chattanooga.
I am sure Mercer would like to sign 7'0" 245 Carlos Curry from Albany, GA who they offered today. Curry originally was headed to Middle Tenn. State before their coach left for Mississippi. Competition will be tough. Curry hasn't ruled out MTSU and Florida State was among the schools jumping in with an offer today.
Mike Young of Wofford is still following Niko Medved around. They offered Messiah Jones, a 6'6" forward from Chicago, who decommited from Drake after Niko left for CSU. Of course, Young didn't have any winning seasons with the Terriers until Larry Davis left for Cincinnati and Niko went to CSU and Wofford stole future SoCon POY Noah Dahlmann and a couple of other Minnesota kids Davis and Medved were recruiting. Then, when Young needed a point guard, he was pointed to Eric Garcia after asking Medved on the recruiting circuit one day.
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Well, Mercer got a big man but it wasn't Carlos Curry. Fardaws Aimaq, a 6'11" 255 center, committed to the Bears today. He is from Canada but is attending Bridgton Academy in Maine this year. Aimaq had five other reported offers from mid-major schools.
Good points Tya....Samford and Chattanooga getting three-stars...Should be interesting to watch how recruiting plays out over the next few days.