Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:14 pm
1620Jay wrote:R to the OB wrote:What I don't understand is why a coach would put in a ton of time getting a commit from a player that wouldn't step on the floor for at least two years. I would rather focus on players for this year and next rather than two years or more down the road. How would a coach know that a player wouldn't de-commit in a year and end up signing somewhere else? He wouldn't. Just seems like a waste of time this early on. Maybe Miles and his staff didn't put in much to get Arop to commit, but probably not.
It's not a bad thing to get in on prospects early. My guess is Arop's commitment hasn't had any impact on Nebraska's class this year. It didn't stop Miles from doing work to pick up a commit from Andrew White.
Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:22 pm
b-jay fan wrote:Maybe I am missing something and the comments were a bit more tongue in cheek than I was reading (much can be lost in translation over message board communication), but I would appreciate it if we would hold ourselves to a bit higher standard than we currently are with regard to constantly needing to one up the team from Lincoln if something goes right for them. Great for them, they got an in-state recruit. I don't follow this all close enough to know whether we had in fact cooled on this prospect, but that being said, we don't need to lower ourselves to their level saying we were going after "better prospects"--we are going after different prospects. I hope the state of Nebraska turns into a much more fertile recruiting ground than it has been in the past, and as of right now, it seems to be heading in that direction. There were many years where the state did not have a high D-1 prospect. Now, we have several at a time. This is great news for Creighton.
Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:25 pm
1620Jay wrote:R to the OB wrote:What I don't understand is why a coach would put in a ton of time getting a commit from a player that wouldn't step on the floor for at least two years. I would rather focus on players for this year and next rather than two years or more down the road. How would a coach know that a player wouldn't de-commit in a year and end up signing somewhere else? He wouldn't. Just seems like a waste of time this early on. Maybe Miles and his staff didn't put in much to get Arop to commit, but probably not.
It's not a bad thing to get in on prospects early. My guess is Arop's commitment hasn't had any impact on Nebraska's class this year. It didn't stop Miles from doing work to pick up a commit from Andrew White.
Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:31 pm
Outlaw_Wales wrote:b-jay fan wrote:Maybe I am missing something and the comments were a bit more tongue in cheek than I was reading (much can be lost in translation over message board communication), but I would appreciate it if we would hold ourselves to a bit higher standard than we currently are with regard to constantly needing to one up the team from Lincoln if something goes right for them. Great for them, they got an in-state recruit. I don't follow this all close enough to know whether we had in fact cooled on this prospect, but that being said, we don't need to lower ourselves to their level saying we were going after "better prospects"--we are going after different prospects. I hope the state of Nebraska turns into a much more fertile recruiting ground than it has been in the past, and as of right now, it seems to be heading in that direction. There were many years where the state did not have a high D-1 prospect. Now, we have several at a time. This is great news for Creighton.
If you couldn't tell that stuff was tongue in cheek, you must not spend much time reading message boards. It was pretty obviously so and in reference to prior recruiting discussions. Heck, even 1620Sker didn't take that bait.
Pretty much everyone would have been pumped for an oral commit to CU from this kid, even so all that can happen in the next three years.
Good day for Miles and company, no doubt.
Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:38 pm
Chicagojayfan wrote:Maybe a bit tongue in cheek, but some reality there. Were we interested? Definitely, but I don't think we were willing to offer and take him this early without seeing if he gets bigger and his skills develop. We might even be more interested in Marques Wilson than in him.
I think he's a good pickup for NU and it is going to be interesting to see what happens in the next couple of years. Omaha has more BB talent than I can remember seeing coming up soon.
Mon Aug 18, 2014 4:26 pm
Arop's 8th grade brother is expected to attract high major interest also. My guess is both NU and CU will be after him. Major talent in Nebraska for sure helps when recruiting against Big East and Big Ten foes. Hope it continues.R to the OB wrote:Chicagojayfan wrote:Maybe a bit tongue in cheek, but some reality there. Were we interested? Definitely, but I don't think we were willing to offer and take him this early without seeing if he gets bigger and his skills develop. We might even be more interested in Marques Wilson than in him.
I think he's a good pickup for NU and it is going to be interesting to see what happens in the next couple of years. Omaha has more BB talent than I can remember seeing coming up soon.
This is great for all college teams in the state, not just Creighton and Nebraska.
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