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If the coaches are offering him now, I feel confident they're pretty sure the coaches (you know, the guys who actually have seen them play and know how to evaluate talent) are comfortable with their ability to play the game.

Dark Horse wrote:If the coaches are offering him now, I feel confident they're pretty sure the coaches (you know, the guys who actually have seen them play and know how to evaluate talent) are comfortable with their ability to play the game.

You mean the same guys that saw Marcus Holyfield and Deon McElroy play right? And thought they could play as well right? Just another angle to your comment, LOL.

SMU 86 wrote:

Dark Horse wrote:If the coaches are offering him now, I feel confident they're pretty sure the coaches (you know, the guys who actually have seen them play and know how to evaluate talent) are comfortable with their ability to play the game.

You mean the same guys that saw Marcus Holyfield and Deon McElroy play right? And thought they could play as well right? Just another angle to your comment, LOL.

don't think those two examples are the best ones. marcus hollifield was not an early offer, and it was pretty widely known that offering marcus was a big favor as June had a prior relationship with his dad....they took a flier bc hes an athletic kid- but make no mistake about it- that was a favor. Do i agree with offering scholarships like that? no. but I don't think Hollifield speaks to the staff's talent evaluation.

In regards to Mcelroy...wasn't he part of June's first recruiting class? They didn't exactly have their pick of the litter in terms of un committed kids. What did June have, 2-3 weeks before signing day to put together his first class? Also, I don't think any of us can comment on mcelroy's on field athletic ability considering he was kicked off the team after 1 year?

Okay, Ben Hughes and Christian Miller then.

SMU 86 wrote:Okay, Ben Hughes and Christian Miller then.

I have not seen them play, so I can not really comment on their ability.

ClickClack wrote:

SMU 86 wrote:Okay, Ben Hughes and Christian Miller then.

I have not seen them play, so I can not really comment on their ability.

and you might not ever.

Right. Because coaches at other schools never miss on prospects. McElroy was an academic casualty, so there's no way to know how he would have panned out in another year, and Holyfield was a stud basketball player with a world champion athlete in his family -- many coaches will take a chance on a guy like that (he was no less certain a prospect than Margus Hunt, and nobody trashes the coaches for taking a chance on him). Plus, Holyfield had a major knee injury. Who knows what he'll become, but I'm still pulling for him, and I would hope the rest of you are, too.

Because we are going to a BCS conference means we have a lot less room to miss on prospects. We also might recruiting a kid that might do fine in CUSA but not measure up in the Big East against the upper tier teams.

POTTSBORO - Justin Lawler had 26 points and 14 rebounds as Pottsboro defeated Bells.

Dallas Sewell added 17 points, four steals and four assists, Charlie Bray chipped in 12 points and 11 rebounds and Tanner Frye scored 10 points for Pottsboro, which remained in a first-place tie with Whitesboro.

Hayden Johnson had 15 points and five rebounds, Thomas Slaughter added 11 points, seven assists and four rebounds, and Charlie Pedigo finished with 10 points and four rebounds for Bells.

papawasamustang wrote:POTTSBORO - Justin Lawler had 26 points and 14 rebounds as Pottsboro defeated Bells.

Dallas Sewell added 17 points, four steals and four assists, Charlie Bray chipped in 12 points and 11 rebounds and Tanner Frye scored 10 points for Pottsboro, which remained in a first-place tie with Whitesboro.

Hayden Johnson had 15 points and five rebounds, Thomas Slaughter added 11 points, seven assists and four rebounds, and Charlie Pedigo finished with 10 points and four rebounds for Bells.

We could have used him this year - in moody.

Welcome to SMU Justin.

athlete; coach him up

That's the word on the guy: athlete. Maybe he's a little raw and needs a lot of coaching, but it sounds like he might be a better athlete than I thought. Hope so.