Class of 2019 C Jesse Edwards (NL/IMG) SIGNED WITH SYRACUSE

[Orangefan1]

At alien where are you!

 

[Cusesky8214]

Photo time during Jesse's visit.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Different player altogether.

Yes, a guy who can block shots and defend the low post. A guy who can rebound.
Wouldn't it be nice to have a few guys who could do that?
Why do we NEVER seem to have any of those kinds of guys?

 

[IthacaMatt]

he was not a "plan c" by that definition. he was a late discovery, didn't even begin playing in the us until december.

Sometimes those work out (Taurean Thompson, eh?), sometimes they never make it to campus. See Billy Preston's late visit from Oak Hill last year, or Omar Yurtseven the year before.

 

[walsh2012]

If this kid is Plan C then what do we care. Plan C doesn’t mean a kid who slipped through the cracks and fell into our lap like Rony Seikaly. It means a kid we were aware of that we looked at and had far down the list and would only offer if desperate. Plan C’s don’t end up being contributors. Mind you, I didn’t say he was plan C but I think I read it from somebody here.

What plan was Dolezaj, then? D?

If we don’t know what to expect from a type of guy this unknown, i’ll give the staff the benefit of the doubt

 

[pfister1]

I'm confused, do we only go to Plan C when all our eggs were in one basket, or does the fact that we have a Plan B and Plan C to cycle through mean that all our eggs weren't in one basket?

Maybe the problem with our recruiting is that JB is keeping his eggs in a basket and not in the refrigerator like most people in the modern age.

 

[kcsu]

No the problem is we lost Hop who is an elite recruiter. This years class is solid but really needed a big. It is surprising we whiffed. Hopefully we pick somebody up.

 

[Trueblue25]

God damnit we have to compete with the art and culture of Atlanta again

 

[IthacaMatt]

No the problem is we lost Hop who is an elite recruiter. This years class is solid but really needed a big. It is surprising we whiffed. Hopefully we pick somebody up.

That's why I don't think Autry, Allen and GMac are elite recruiters.
I think they do OK, but we have missed on a lot of guys since Mike lost interest, and then left.
That last year that Mike was here, he wasn't really the Mike of old. He was a bit muted, and it showed up in the lack of closing on good players in recruiting.

This was the class that Quade strung us out, did not commit until after the early period had closed, and we were left without a Plan B, and none of those guys who visited with Quade (Bamba and a couple others) signed. We had late visits from a couple Oak Hill guys and turned them away, if you remember. It was a shtt show.

 

[50YRsofCuse]

That's why I don't think Autry, Allen and GMac are elite recruiters.
I think they do OK, but we have missed on a lot of guys since Mike lost interest, and then left.
That last year that Mike was here, he wasn't really the Mike of old. He was a bit muted, and it showed up in the lack of closing on good players in recruiting.

This was the class that Quade strung us out, did not commit until after the early period had closed, and we were left without a Plan B, and none of those guys who visited with Quade (Bamba and a couple others) signed. We had late visits from a couple Oak Hill guys and turned them away, if you remember. It was a shtt show.

I remember that Hopkins was a little off and had a disagreement about a recruit who was offered (believed tha it was Jordan Tucker) and felt that Syracuse should not go that route. Now believe that then was when he woke up and decided that he saw the writing on the wall about Syracuse head coaching job.

 

[moqui]

Now believe that then was when he woke up and decided that he saw the writing on the wall about Syracuse head coaching job.

that would be a good point if he hadn't already actively lobbied for the usc job years prior

hop was not as committed to the syracuse job as his mythmakers contend

 

[kcsu]

that would be a good point if he hadn't already actively lobbied for the usc job years prior

hop was not as committed to the syracuse job as his mythmakers contend

Not true at all.

 

[Frozen]

I don’t recall Hop “lobbying” for the USC job. I know JB supported Hop for that job and was publicly upset that USC hired Enfield over Hop.

 

[moqui]

Not true at all.

actual behavior says otherwise

 

[dasher]

Not true at all.

What isn't true? Hop wanted the USC job

 

[moqui]

I don’t recall Hop “lobbying” for the USC job. I know JB supported Hop for that job and was publicly upset that USC hired Enfield over Hop.

let's go to the wayback machine and read his own words

 

[50YRsofCuse]

I remember that Hopkins was a little off and had a disagreement about a recruit who was offered (believed tha it was Jordan Tucker) and felt that Syracuse should not go that route. Now believe that then was when he woke up and decided that he saw the writing on the wall about Syracuse head coaching job.

Meant the final “wake-up call” when he firmly decided to move on. He would have taken the USC job if offered to him back then. Ironic because he would have hired both former SU players that Enfield hired when he got the position.

 

[RF2044]

Enough about Hopkins.

F sake, beyond annoying at this point.

So... is this Edwards prospect any good?

 

[orange79]

Jesse Edwards. Any other non-related posts will be deleted. Thanks.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

Visiting us this weekend... did he say when he expects to decide?

 

[Dinkyspond]

Interesting that Vandy and Creighton are in mix. I'm sure Matt Moyer (Vandy) and Kaleb Joseph (Creighton) will put in a good word for JB if he visits both those places. NOT!!

 

[two3zone]

about 7 foot and 188 lbs pass, I'm over it...

 

[OrangeDW]

Interesting that Vandy and Creighton are in mix. I'm sure Matt Moyer (Vandy) and Kaleb Joseph (Creighton) will put in a good word for JB if he visits both those places. NOT!!

I’m not sure Id care what those guys think though. They stink.

 

[OrangeDW]

about 7 foot and 188 lbs pass, I'm over it...

Doesn’t look strong or explosive athletically. But on the bright side, he doesn’t look like a skinny defensive specialist.

Looks like he’s got reasonably good offensive awareness, hands, and touch.

 

[Dinkyspond]

I’m not sure Id care what those guys think though. They stink.

That is true.