Wed Aug 24, 2016 2:58 pm
JacobPadilla wrote:Polyfro wrote:Pulling a scholarship offer isn't that uncommon. Happens all the time at big schools (including Creighton). Difference here is Miles waited to do it after the AAU circuit was over, costing Arop the opportunity to impress coaches from other schools and thus severely limiting his options going forward. If they'd cut bait in June, this would have been a much smaller story, and it's unlikely his high school coach would be (rightfully so) scorching the earth with venom.
That coach isn't just some random guy, BTW. He's the father of one of the greatest Nebraska basketball players ever. So not only is Miles torching bridges with high school coaches in his state's biggest city, he's torching bridges with his own program's history (what little of it there is).
Miles' days are numbered in Lincoln, I think. Which is too bad, really, because I'm just starting to like the guy
For what it's worth, they didn't actually pull his scholarship. They just asked him to go to prep school for a year despite being a full academic qualifier. Aguek wasn't interested in doing that and took the hint. I think the prep school thing was a way to try to smooth the hit Nebraska was going to take, because he wasn't going to grow three inches in the next year.
Wed Aug 24, 2016 3:26 pm
Wed Aug 24, 2016 7:34 pm
Savannah Jay wrote:JacobPadilla wrote:Polyfro wrote:Pulling a scholarship offer isn't that uncommon. Happens all the time at big schools (including Creighton). Difference here is Miles waited to do it after the AAU circuit was over, costing Arop the opportunity to impress coaches from other schools and thus severely limiting his options going forward. If they'd cut bait in June, this would have been a much smaller story, and it's unlikely his high school coach would be (rightfully so) scorching the earth with venom.
That coach isn't just some random guy, BTW. He's the father of one of the greatest Nebraska basketball players ever. So not only is Miles torching bridges with high school coaches in his state's biggest city, he's torching bridges with his own program's history (what little of it there is).
Miles' days are numbered in Lincoln, I think. Which is too bad, really, because I'm just starting to like the guy
For what it's worth, they didn't actually pull his scholarship. They just asked him to go to prep school for a year despite being a full academic qualifier. Aguek wasn't interested in doing that and took the hint. I think the prep school thing was a way to try to smooth the hit Nebraska was going to take, because he wasn't going to grow three inches in the next year.
So he figuratively pulled the scholie (knowing the kid didn't want to prep a year) instead of literally pulling it. Seems the same to me.
I am pretty sure I've read on here somewhere that this kid has a little brother. Is the little brother a better prospect? He must not be Big 10 caliber, either...or is Miles literally burning a bridge to his brother's recruitment, too?
Question for Jacob (and anyone with a better sense of this): Is this a better scenario for the kid than brining him on campus and then deciding after a year that he's "not a fit?" Cause that happens all the time (even on the hilltop). I am not defending the guy in Lincoln because the timing is "hall of fame douche-baggery" but at least he didn't burn a year in Lincoln to find that out. Thoughts?
Wed Aug 24, 2016 9:11 pm
Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:24 pm
Wizard of Westroads wrote:There's no way to prove it, but I always figured Miles offered Aguek in reaction to JP and Khyri joining us. Trying to show he was in the game locally. Whatever, Miles is a fail at evaluating talent and in the way he handled the situation.
Thu Aug 25, 2016 3:32 pm
Thu Aug 25, 2016 4:49 pm
JacobPadilla wrote:His younger brother's name is Akol and he's entering his sophomore year at Creighton Prep. He spent last year on JV (they went undefeated) but hurt his knee and had surgery midway through the season. He sat out the spring and started playing again in July. He's pretty similar to Aguek - long, freak athlete, good motor... and a 6'4.5" power forward. He'll play big varsity minutes this year and we'll have to see how he develops.
Honestly, this is probably better than bringing him onto campus for a year then telling him to take a hike. However, what also would have been better was cutting him loose before the AAU season, or at least before July. If they already felt like they didn't want to take him, why drag it out? What would have been best was not even offering him in the first place, instead continuing to recruit him and see how he progressed.
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