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Post by shorthaircut on Apr 28, 2023 16:24:16 GMT -6
Valpo having a great recruiting year Got a good coach finally that has connections.
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Post by shorthaircut on Apr 29, 2023 12:09:06 GMT -6
The big recruiting boom appears to have been Luther Smith signing his NLI. Stan needs to quit reading calendar messages and start going after JUCO kids. Meanwhile Lindenwood signed another player.
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Post by shorthaircut on Apr 29, 2023 16:48:29 GMT -6
Starting lineup I think is pretty much set now. Anyone we add will likely be bench players.
G- Campion G- Martin G- Hernandez/Hall F- Mielke C- Powell
This team will have to play outstanding defense to keep us in games as this team will have many games where they will struggle offensively.
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Post by eagle87 on Apr 29, 2023 17:40:47 GMT -6
Starting lineup I think is pretty much set now. Anyone we add will likely be bench players. G- Campion G- Martin G- Hernandez/Hall F- Mielke C- Powell This team will have to play outstanding defense to keep us in games as this team will have many games where they will struggle offensively. If Smith can score just half as well at usi as he did in high school, he will average double figures. We are probably going to need every point to compete.
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Post by letsgoeagles on Apr 29, 2023 17:46:33 GMT -6
It's late April. We are going to see more signings. Its frustrating for sure, and I completely understand the sentiment of where things stand as of now. But there are too many good players that are still out there to be had. Let's wait and see what happens. I can't project any starting lineup at this point.
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Post by shorthaircut on Apr 29, 2023 17:54:57 GMT -6
It's late April. We are going to see more signings. Its frustrating for sure, and I completely understand the sentiment of where things stand as of now. But there are too many good players that are still out there to be had. Let's wait and see what happens. I can't project any starting lineup at this point. This staff just got played for a fool by a dude that never averaged double digits in his entire career. Instead of recruiting the dude from Truman or McKendree, both of whom are far superior. Their recruiting strategy isn’t working and may be too late to adjust. Next year Stan needs to get a better recruiter on the staff.
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Post by shorthaircut on Apr 29, 2023 17:56:52 GMT -6
Starting lineup I think is pretty much set now. Anyone we add will likely be bench players. G- Campion G- Martin G- Hernandez/Hall F- Mielke C- Powell This team will have to play outstanding defense to keep us in games as this team will have many games where they will struggle offensively. If Smith can score just half as well at usi as he did in high school, he will average double figures. We are probably going to need every point to compete. Smith will get a lot of minutes for sure.
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Post by letsgoeagles on Apr 29, 2023 18:33:31 GMT -6
It's late April. We are going to see more signings. Its frustrating for sure, and I completely understand the sentiment of where things stand as of now. But there are too many good players that are still out there to be had. Let's wait and see what happens. I can't project any starting lineup at this point. This staff just got played for a fool by a dude that never averaged double digits in his entire career. Instead of recruiting the dude from Truman or McKendree, both of whom are far superior. Their recruiting strategy isn’t working and may be too late to adjust. Next year Stan needs to get a better recruiter on the staff. You may be right, for all I know. But I don't think we can know 100% who we are and who we are not recruiting. We were all caught by surprise with the signing of our first two recruits in Martin and Smith. No one on this board knew anything that any previous contacts that had been made. It happens all the time that some players are going to wait for that "big offer" that never happens. Those same players then start looking at the other offers. It also happens that some teams may hastily sign some recruits, when later wished they had been more patient. The fact is we only know so much. Maybe I am wrong, but there is no way in late April with as large as the portal is to simply say it is too late. Fact is, it is never too late in the OVC. Concerning the deceitful recruit, he is an idiot and I am glad we didn't sign him.
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Post by shorthaircut on Apr 29, 2023 18:39:29 GMT -6
This staff just got played for a fool by a dude that never averaged double digits in his entire career. Instead of recruiting the dude from Truman or McKendree, both of whom are far superior. Their recruiting strategy isn’t working and may be too late to adjust. Next year Stan needs to get a better recruiter on the staff. You may be right, for all I know. But I don't think we can know 100% who we are and who we are not recruiting. We were all caught by surprise with the signing of our first two recruits in Martin and Smith. No one on this board knew anything that any previous contacts that had been made. It happens all the time that some players are going to wait for that "big offer" that never happens. Those same players then start looking at the other offers. It also happens that some teams may hastily sign some recruits, when later wished they had been more patient. The fact is we only know so much. Maybe I am wrong, but there is no way in late April with as large as the portal is to simply say it is too late. Fact is, it is never too late in the OVC. Concerning the deceitful recruit, he is an idiot and I am glad we didn't sign him. We dodged a bullet for sure as he waffled for 3 weeks before committing to some garbage school. But if Stan thought this bum was the guy who was overflowing his glass, then yes I am very concerned with their ability to identify talent. I will bet the farm he is in the portal again next year.
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Post by eagle87 on Apr 29, 2023 20:15:34 GMT -6
Anthony from the Courier said he didn’t sense any panic from the coaches at this point. He added that there are still “ a ton” of great players in the portal. By my estimate there are still several hundred at this time. If you think about it, many of the big dogs have already grabbed their choices. That means the hundreds still in the portal now are going to come back to earth with their expectations and look at the mids -like USI. With that said, I hope we look at high D2 guys and juco stars as well for their experience.
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Post by letsgoeagles on Apr 30, 2023 6:27:28 GMT -6
Anthony from the Courier said he didn’t sense any panic from the coaches at this point. He added that there are still “ a ton” of great players in the portal. By my estimate there are still several hundred at this time. If you think about it, many of the big dogs have already grabbed their choices. That means the hundreds still in the portal now are going to come back to earth with their expectations and look at the mids -like USI. With that said, I hope we look at high D2 guys and juco stars as well for their experience. Getting high-level D2 recruits, especially the ones we had previously discussed, would be over-the-top great. Now my belief is that a lot of those kids were not going to look right away at USI...at some point hopefully they will. We all should know by now that it is hardly uncommon that middies will have to wait on certain players who were chosen over. Having said that, we need to stay clear of guys like the idiot who Coach Gouard was recruiting. I hope something was learned from that, and I think there was.
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Post by bballguy on Apr 30, 2023 21:50:46 GMT -6
If Smith can score just half as well at usi as he did in high school, he will average double figures. We are probably going to need every point to compete. Smith will get a lot of minutes for sure. Found these highlights on Smith. Looks promising.
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Post by letsgoeagles on May 1, 2023 5:49:52 GMT -6
I had seen this footage before, but it always nice to see again. Smith, with his step back, does remind me of Swope. One aspect of Swope's game though we will also miss was his passing. He was just a great player. Here's hoping Smith will have Tahlik Chavez playing next to him....he visited La Tech this weekend but to my knowledge I did not hear anything yet about him committing there. Hope we are still in the running.
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Post by mrmakeithappen on May 1, 2023 11:58:15 GMT -6
I have seen a lot of negative talk in the chat, as there should be. Like I have said for months now, I think we are in store for two very long, very bad, very unfortunate seasons until we have something real to offer.
I think kids are seeing through the coaches BS. Every coach has to BS at any level, just a matter of how good you are.. Maybe its what we have to sell or maybe its who is selling - either way were not really getting recruits.
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Post by shorthaircut on May 1, 2023 12:04:47 GMT -6
I have seen a lot of negative talk in the chat, as there should be. Like I have said for months now, I think we are in store for two very long, very bad, very unfortunate seasons until we have something real to offer. I think kids are seeing through the coaches BS. Every coach has to BS at any level, just a matter of how good you are.. Maybe its what we have to sell or maybe its who is selling - either way were not really getting recruits. Next couple of weeks will be crucial for this program.
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