Happens all over and that is why i love the coaches that identify and offer early and then are first come first serve. One thing i do like about Pitino is they are always recruiting. It is really tough to recruit from behind because without someone believing early you wait and not only miss guys but fall further behind on the next class not only in relationship building but timing and needs. When your not winning it makes it all even more difficult.
Agree. I think the positive vibe on the transfers is a good thing.
Totally agree on this. I was never too high on Peterson and maybe he'll be a good player for USC, but Robbins and Johnson should be a lot more impactful for us. Also think Gach and the Turkish kid would both be better gets than Peterson.
I wouldn't consider Robbins and Johnson embarrassing. If we end up with multiple open scholarships I'll be disappointed. Time will tell on that. If we end up with one open scholly, we can throw it at Conroy like we did last year with Rudrud and hit the ground running in 2021.
Good recollection.
2020-21 both leave some recruits leary of the lack of success and of stability.
C'mon. We know we're not Duke, we know we're not Kentucky, and so does everyone else. If only "successful" programs landed players, blue bloods would have rosters of 100 and everyone else would barely be able to roll out a starting lineup.
Agree. Have posted dozens of times of the great opportunity here. Those programs that got great, the non blue bloods built it without highly rated recruits , they had a eye for who could get it done. Then over time they got better talent but still kids that were not highly ranked until they committed. Really wonderful college players go to schools all over,great players even pick schools that do not win at the level of UVA or Nova or UW. Louisville, UCLA, Arizona get classes with far better rankings but do not win like that. There is zero excuse to not win here at the UW level.
UW level? That's a low bar. I'm hoping for much better than that. But, you can dream of that low bar if you wish.
Awesome if you think that is a low bar. Quite frequently people here are thrilled at near .500 seasons. My dreams are to surpass that level my hopes are to finish ahead of them just once under pitino.
In the words of Bobby Knight. "Did you win the championship? If not, then you ain't done sh!t!!!"
If you're not first, you're last? Thanks, Ricky Bobby.
Knight also stressed winning the conference with the firm belief that it set you up for the tournament. Winning all championships matter. Ask the players, the celebrate like crazy, so do the fans. Win the conference title you won something for life. Players talk about winning the conference their whole life. So do fans and alumni, coaches.
As you implied, that is a incredibly elite level and one we can reach.
If that happens, it is grounds for immediate termination.
we only have one walk-on on the team it would have to go to Conroy by default
Correct!
