Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:48 pm
AttyAlum wrote:If there is one thing that Doug's selection as a first team AP all American teaches us, it is that you will still get plenty of national recognition if you go to Creighton.
If he has always wanted to go to UConn, so be it (although I do legitimately wonder how much longer Calhoun will be the HC there). However, if he thinks he needs to go to a BCS program to get national recognition, he's truly mistaken.
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cu8493 wrote:Jaybird, the door to the room is in the basement of Gallagher
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Chicagojayfan wrote:While there is no doubt Agau has a lot of physical talent, I still think the guy is a PF in a SF body for the moment and a guy who needs to add a lot of offensive polish to play either PF or SF extensively in the big east. If he does that, look out, but it could also mean he's a defensive specialist in the rotation for much of his career.
For him the nice thing about the Valley is that he would have time to develop those skills (and presumably a guy like McDemott to teach him post and forward skills), whereas at a Big East School I just don't know that he'll get the reps to become that kind of player.
For instance, at Georgetown compare him to Otto Porter, their likely SF for at least the next 2 years and for 3 years if he doesn't go pro. Agau is stronger and more physical than Porter, but is also shorter and extremely less skilled. He's not a SF on that team, and in the big east, it's not easy being a 6-7 PF either. He will face similar issues at any other higher ranked Big East School.
At Nebraska, he'd be a 6-7 PF in a conference full of 6-10 bangers who could neutralize his strengths and he might be asked too quickly to be a SF, but with Pettaway, he'd might have a niche where he could develop behind him as a SF..
So maybe UCONN is his dream offer and maybe he goes there, I think this is one of those situations where you don't stop recruiting and if you lose, you lose graciously -- in a year or two, he may find that the grass wasn't greener.
Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:15 pm