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George S. Patton wrote:

Sic_em wrote:Vilarino to Gonzaga. Did SMU even contact him?

Probably not because Arlington was too close.

OK...this is all great fun, but iirc, a coach cannot contact a transfer player unless that player first contacts the coach. I'm sure there are all sorts of creative ways around that requirement, but SMU is hardly in the position to use non-official methods. Get over it. Until we become a program kids want to be involved with, there aren't going to be a lot of transfer players knocking at our door.

Sic_em wrote:Vilarino to Gonzaga. Did SMU even contact him?

Doh was on this kid early - 2 years ago..............

PK,
Vilarino was a high school player, signed with Kentucky and then was given a release from his LOI because of the coaching change there.

He re-opened his recruiting. There was nothing transfer about this.

We can talk about Gonzaga's track record vs. ours. But sooner or later if a program is going to turn the corner, it has to win this kind of a recruiting battle and get that kid who will be a signature player and have others follow.

But if Doherty has been on him for 2 years and can't get him, that's not good.

Thanks for the clarification.

PK,
Vilarino was not a transfer...he had signed an LOI with Kentucky, but after the coaching change, Calipari released him from his LOI and he became a recruitable athlete again.

I wasn't being completely serious when I asked the question about whether Doherty even contacted Vilarino, but in reality Doh should've been knocking down the kid's door trying to get him to the Hilltop. Did that happen? While it's understandable when a kid picks Gonzaga over SMU at this point, I just hope Doherty did everything possible to get him here...

Sic_em wrote:PK,
Vilarino was not a transfer...he had signed an LOI with Kentucky, but after the coaching change, Calipari released him from his LOI and he became a recruitable athlete again.

I wasn't being completely serious when I asked the question about whether Doherty even contacted Vilarino, but in reality Doh should've been knocking down the kid's door trying to get him to the Hilltop. Did that happen? While it's understandable when a kid picks Gonzaga over SMU at this point, I just hope Doherty did everything possible to get him here...

I don't know about knocking down the kid's door but I do know that they tried to get involved. Also, Gonzaga has an excellent returning pg prospect in Goodson out of Spring, Tx. who will just be a soph next year.