SoCal_Pony wrote:JasonB wrote:Instead, we are spending scholarships on DITR (Ray, Landrum, White, Young) and Grad Transfer depth pieces (Dixon). That would be a fine philosophy if we had a set group of starters right now. But we don't.
Jason, this is where you lose me.
Maybe you take a flyer on Ray.
Landrum, White, Young and Dixon should never be part of the equation if your aspirations are to compete for AAC championships and NCAA tourneys.
Against Wichita St, White, Young & Dixon played 45 minutes and scored 1 point.
Landrum plays for Conners State College. Any guesses where White or Young end up?
jank is terrible in all aspects of recruiting.
I don't think we are saying anything different. Most teams play an 8 player rotation. When you have those 8 spots filled, your last few scholarships go to DITR 4 year types. That's the reality of college basketball. You aren't going to have top 250 types all the way down the roster, because those guys want to play.
Jank is handing out scholarships to the back 4 without filling in the rest of the roster. I don't have a problem with taking a shot on Ray, or White, or whomever. Just as long as we have 8-10 very strong players going into the next season.
Jank had major minutes to recruit for on last years team, but instead settled for multi year projects in Eli and Ray. He had major minutes this year and settled for White and Young. There are certainly times at which you want to play the long game with some of the scholarships. But neither of the past years were that time. And next year we are bringing in more multi-year projects even though we have immediate needs. He isn't recruiting up to the level of the program.