Julius Omoniurhie 6-11 center commits

PonyDoh · Post by **PonyDoh** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:23 pm

ponydawg wrote:[quote="PonyDoh"He's not Dia/Faye good, though.

yet.

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He'd have to make huge strides. I saw him this past summer at an AAU tourney, and I was shocked so many legit schools were showing interest. At that game, the entire Pitt staff was evaluating him.

One thing is for sure, he's athletic and can run. He'll crush the preseason mile run

ponydawg · Post by **ponydawg** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:35 pm

wait wait wait, will he be wearing shoes or be running barefoot?

PonyDoh · Post by **PonyDoh** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:43 pm

ponydawg wrote:wait wait wait, will he be wearing shoes or be running barefoot?

I'm thinking barefoot

OC Mustang · Post by **OC Mustang** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:19 pm

The XtC wrote:Here's a preview on his high school, written by one of the local papers: ....

Actually XTC, the quote about teaching a pig to sing is that "it's difficult, it doesn't sound good, and it annoys the pig."

I like that quote.

Alaric · Post by **Alaric** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:23 pm

mrydel wrote:
ponydawg wrote:this is a picture of him sophomore year......

It appears that he makes Bamba look like the incredible Hulk.

Supposedly he's put on 30 lbs since this pic...so that just makes him really skinny now...

The PonyGrad · Post by **The PonyGrad** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:49 pm

OK, he can cream the mile time, so yeah, let's get that local driver licence for him and we are set.

SMU2007 · Post by **SMU2007** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:33 pm

good mile time? wow sounds like he would be great for our...you know...track team? we still have one right?

papawasamustang · Post by **papawasamustang** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:30 pm

OR-See-Nee wrote:Sounds like a decent signing, but a knock on him is that he's not from the DFW area. Don't we want local players?

Give up the local signing crap.
There are so many positive advantages to having local talent on your team. You recruit from the inside out , not the outside in.
Its a damn shame to see all the great local talent go elsewhere come back here & kick are [deleted].
Wasn't JJ that said @ his 1st press conference recruiting started locally.
No better talent in both football & basketball than right here in Texas.
Give it a break.

SMU2007 · Post by **SMU2007** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:17 pm

we are an african powerhouse. do we have more kids from africa than dallas?

PonyDoh · Post by **PonyDoh** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:02 am

papawasamustang wrote:
OR-See-Nee wrote:Sounds like a decent signing, but a knock on him is that he's not from the DFW area. Don't we want local players?
Give up the local signing crap.
There are so many positive advantages to having local talent on your team. You recruit from the inside out , not the outside in.
Its a damn shame to see all the great local talent go elsewhere come back here & kick are [deleted].
Wasn't JJ that said @ his 1st press conference recruiting started locally.
No better talent in both football & basketball than right here in Texas.
Give it a break.

Using a football comparison to make your basketball recruiting argument is incredibly flawed. They are different animals from methodology to philosophy. There is no football program in America that can survive by strictly recruiting out of region. Basketball has many successful models where private schools go national. Most look somewhat like SMU as a school. See Dook, Gonzaga, Vandy, Gtown etc.

Those are the goal, not some retro notion that SMU was good in the 50s-80s by recruiting locals. The fact is the landscape is different and those profile locals we have recruited, didn't pan. See Sasser, BHop, Willie D etc. Even Q Ross has only achieved modest NBA success. Oh yeah, Burgers/Cheer and Jimmy Tubbs.

J.O is a good verbal. There is no league in all of Texas as strong as the WCAC. If the kid makes a big move this year, does exceptionally well in the WCAC, he would have received a huge Spring bump, and landed at an ACC/Big East style school. Obviously, that's based on him stepping up, but its a calculated bet. Hell, I would have loved to see Doh grab another kid of African descent in Max Kenyi from the WCAC. Unfortunately, he went w/Amaker to Harvard.

mathman · Post by **mathman** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:27 am

Good post PonyDoh. The local recruiting argument gets really tiresome. Love to have some of them but not going to worry if we don't.

EastStang · Post by **EastStang** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:58 am

I agree that in basketball national is the way to go. I do think that grabbing a solid local kid (when you can) is helpful for getting casual fans to the game. Georgetown does recruit DC heavily, but then again, they're in the BE and DC is one of the best recruiting pools in basketball and Georgetown being a Catholic school has some inside pull with the WCAC and the Catholic schools in the IAC (like Georgetown Prep). However, having kids like Hibbert helps them puts butts in the seats. But winning puts a lot more butts in the seats, so keep going National. This kid is a great get for us.

jimhagle · Post by **jimhagle** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:09 am

Amazing Maryland and Georgetown either weren't interested or he didn't want to go there-shockingly small crowd for big time bball in the DC area.

Alaric · Post by **Alaric** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:21 am

mathman wrote:Good post PonyDoh. The local recruiting argument gets really tiresome. Love to have some of them but not going to worry if we don't.

True...we'll get local kids when they no longer think off SMU as an athletic wasteland. When they can watch us beat Prairie View by 60 or we can hang with Texas at Moody, locals will sign with us. Until then, locals think of SMU as being a joke. It hurts but it's true. I'm just glad we've got a coaching staff that travels and recruits incessantly.

Billy Joe · Post by **Billy Joe** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:28 am

Wrong, wrong, wrong.....you are telling me SMU has a chance to land a top quality recruit in another state than it its own state, city, area? How is that possible? It starts with local recruiting. A lot of the best players in the nation are from Texas and the d/fw area. Admit this fact: SMU has burned a lot of bridges with the local high school programs and is not getting looks from the top players in the state/area because of it. SMU basketball has been a non-existent program for a long, long time. We did hire a name, proven winner coach. We did build one of the nicest basketball facilities in the country. What are the excuses now?