Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:04 am
TrueBlueJay wrote:ZMagic30 wrote:Our coaches just can't land the big ones right now. Simple as that. Has nothing to do with lack of interest on our end - we need talent upgrades. The talent just isn't interested in us at this point in time.
So the recruits coming in next year have no talent?
Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:21 am
Jeremyhauer wrote:Looks like I'm in the minority with my opinion. There are no scholarships open right now. We all know that might change after the season ends. If you look at the 2015 recruiting efforts, Creighton seems to have a number of offers still out. Why haven't any of these 2015 offers been on visits? Why was Dillard planning on coming end of the month, after the season? Why didn't Carter get on campus? The JUCO guys are planning on taking visits after the season.
Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:28 am
AttyAlum wrote:Jeremyhauer wrote:Looks like I'm in the minority with my opinion. There are no scholarships open right now. We all know that might change after the season ends. If you look at the 2015 recruiting efforts, Creighton seems to have a number of offers still out. Why haven't any of these 2015 offers been on visits? Why was Dillard planning on coming end of the month, after the season? Why didn't Carter get on campus? The JUCO guys are planning on taking visits after the season.
According to twitter, we are still offering 2015 kids as recently as yesterday. It seems that if we are still offering kids, we would let kids accept those offers.
Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:21 am
Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:35 am
Tue Mar 10, 2015 1:00 pm
Jaysker12 wrote:TrueBlueJay wrote:ZMagic30 wrote:Our coaches just can't land the big ones right now. Simple as that. Has nothing to do with lack of interest on our end - we need talent upgrades. The talent just isn't interested in us at this point in time.
So the recruits coming in next year have no talent?
The two players we faced stiff competition from recruiting-wise are both transfers. Transfers might be our best bet to acquire talent at this point, because there appears to be a stigma amongst talented high schoolers with heavy scouting that CU is still a small-time program. Butler suffers from the same problem if you look at the players they've secured. When a Mich. State comes knocking for a guy like McQuaid, well there's not much the coaches can do other than sell their own pitch. All three 4 year players we signed had zero interest from other schools when we signed them. My advice to the coaches is to continue to scour for high quality D-1 transfers. Those guys are no nonsense when it comes to picking a new school. They don't get caught up in the romance of the recruiting process; they know exactly what they want. Huff turned down a legit offer from Michigan to come play for us. That's the type of recruiting battle the coaches should strive to win every year
Tue Mar 10, 2015 2:23 pm
Chicagojayfan wrote: - continue building relationships with HS and AAU programs...
I like where we are headed, but recognize that we won't turn into a recruiting powerhouse overnight... and may never be that kind of recruiting school given the fact that we will do things in an ethical way.
Tue Mar 10, 2015 2:33 pm
JayPak wrote:Chicagojayfan wrote: - continue building relationships with HS and AAU programs...
I like where we are headed, but recognize that we won't turn into a recruiting powerhouse overnight... and may never be that kind of recruiting school given the fact that we will do things in an ethical way.
One AAU program we have developed a good relationship with is Omaha Crusaders, which is paying off. Nice thing is that they teach the fundamentals well.
In regard to ethics, I would hope Marquette and our other conference brethren who are killing it on the recruiting trail are doing things ethically, even if I have little confidence in the Kentuckys and Syracuses of the world.
Tue Mar 10, 2015 3:52 pm
Chicagojayfan wrote:It's a good class but not great without Ellenson, a class I'd probably rank behind ours.
Tue Mar 10, 2015 4:12 pm
JayPak wrote:Chicagojayfan wrote:It's a good class but not great without Ellenson, a class I'd probably rank behind ours.
No way! You must be counting Huff and Watson as 2015's, then. Even so, that's a stretch. Per Rivals, even without 5-star Ellenson, they've got 2 4-star and 2-3 stars to our 1 4-star and 3 3-stars. Per ESPN, Marquette's advantage is much wider, with 4 4's to our 1 4 and 2 3's (ESPN doesn't rate Krampelj).
Also, keep in mind that Marquette gets every one of those 5 guys for up to 4 years, while we get Huff and Watson for 2.
Marquette's class is 9th in the country per ESPN and you say it's "not great" without Ellenson??