2022 Portal

[dasher]

We recruited Ballard prior... whom from the portal would you want for a scoring guard (that's also on our "prior-recruited" list) ??

For those that say "We should not be limiting ourselves to only players we recruited prior!"...

I would agree, but we need to factor one thing into the mix:

Reality.

He said scoring forward. Not guard

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Payside knew about this a week ago.

People who read the Quincy Ballard thread knew an hour ago.

 

[kingtidge]

He said scoring forward. Not guard

FMP.

Thx

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Cusefan69]

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Our sweet prince has given up his Syracuse/DePaul beat and seems to have moved on to St John’s

This Fiscarelli thing is absolutely bizarre and funny as hell.

 

[CousCuse]

Define legit. If you mean a guy who can't miss, he is going to want 30+ MPG. Not much time for all the freshman to play.

 

[Orangezoo]

This Fiscarelli thing is absolutely bizarre and funny as hell.

John Syracuse has gone national

 

[CardiacCuse]

using 2 of 13 scholarships on players unlikely to play - JBA and Chaz - seems a bad idea and wasteful...but obviously I wouldnt want either kicked off the team.

so...what about this idea - an NIL deal for both that they can basically use to pay their tuition and not be on scholarship??? is that possible?

Also - do grad transfers take up scholarships? could that be a way to get a few more players in the mix if all of the schollies are full?

 

[jdubs30]

That’s a step up for the kid

 

[orange79]

so...what about this idea - an NIL deal for both that they can basically use to pay their tuition and not be on scholarship??? is that possible?

Pony up.

Also - do grad transfers take up scholarships?

Yes.

 

[Jasoncuse]

Define legit. If you mean a guy who can't miss, he is going to want 30+ MPG. Not much time for all the freshman to play.

And what if the freshmen are not ready to be contributors, a la Benny?

We need more talent, scoring and experience. It would be kind of crazy to not look for a F to fill that need. 25-30 mpg shouldn’t be that hard to come by. Still leaves probably 30 or so for the frosh to fight over.

 

[CousCuse]

And what if the freshmen are not ready to be contributors, a la Benny?

We need more talent, scoring and experience. It would be kind of crazy to not look for a F to fill that need. 25-30 mpg shouldn’t be that hard to come by. Still leaves probably 30 or so for the frosh to fight over.

If they get a guy who is as talented as you want, he will be on the floor for 30+ or he won't take the spot. If you want a guy that is medium good, kinda good, decent, do you really want to give him a spot?

 

[OttoinGrotto]

And what if the freshmen are not ready to be contributors, a la Benny?

We need more talent, scoring and experience. It would be kind of crazy to not look for a F to fill that need. 25-30 mpg shouldn’t be that hard to come by. Still leaves probably 30 or so for the frosh to fight over.

I'm morbidly curious to see JB just feverishly try to mix and match a pile o' freshman forwards.

 

[Briancuse]

I'm morbidly curious to see JB just feverishly try to mix and match a pile o' freshman forwards.

I'm not I want to win some games next year.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I'm not I want to win some games next year.

Pfft, we've been there and done that.

This losing season thing we just had, for example... exhilarating.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

I realize we won’t get any strong players in the portal wishing to play backup C to Jessie

But what about a starting power forward with size who can slide to the 5 periodically and function as a “backup” C?

 

[STEVEHOLT]

using 2 of 13 scholarships on players unlikely to play - JBA and Chaz - seems a bad idea and wasteful...but obviously I wouldnt want either kicked off the team.

so...what about this idea - an NIL deal for both that they can basically use to pay their tuition and not be on scholarship??? is that possible?

Also - do grad transfers take up scholarships? could that be a way to get a few more players in the mix if all of the schollies are full?

Why don’t you just pay them yourself ?

 

[STEVEHOLT]

And what if the freshmen are not ready to be contributors, a la Benny?

We need more talent, scoring and experience. It would be kind of crazy to not look for a F to fill that need. 25-30 mpg shouldn’t be that hard to come by. Still leaves probably 30 or so for the frosh to fight over.

For sure the majority aren’t ready

 

[STEVEHOLT]

I imagine that more very sad stories about the transfer portal will pop up in 5 to 10 years from now when a player looks back on opportunities lost from a different and sadly more permanent perspective.That is, if the media wants to expose it too.

The korleone young’s of the portal

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[miamicuse]

If Syracuse goes to the portal to get players, they have to be here for 2 years. The first year has an adjustment period and the players are just hitting their stride late in the season.

That's insane. If we are getting a portal player that is not impactful on year one and relies on year 2, then what does it say about the Carey & Brown, do we expect them to be sitting till year 3 before they are portal bound?

It's a rock and a hard place, a portal player, even if serviceable like Gillon/White will not be synergistic with the zone and will be out of sorts defensively, but such a large freshmen class size you have to develop them before blocking them.

 

[Fly Rodder]

will not be synergistic with the zone

It still baffles me that this is the case. I'm not reflexively anti-zone, but I fail to see how the advantages outweigh the personnel restrictions.

 

[OptimusOtto]

I don’t believe we’ve reached out to him but know he was a popular mention in this thread as a potential Swider replacement

 

[Fly Rodder]

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I don’t believe we’ve reached out to him but know he was a popular mention in this thread as a potential Swider replacement

I believe that outside of a back-up center, we are done.