Biggest But Best Misses

[HOFCeluck]

Last few years...

Ricky Ledo
Rysheed Jordan
Jermaine Lawrence
Shaqquan Aaron
Goodluck

Yeah I wanted Lawrence too. Then he went to Cinci, dropped off the map, and last I heard got kicked out of Manhattan College or something.

 

[jordoo]

I misunderstood the thread topic. I think there are far more players the staff didn't pursue that wound up being train wrecks elsewhere than there are guys we tried to get, missed on and then they crashed and burned somewhere else.

 

[HOFCeluck]

I misunderstood the thread topic. I think there are far more players the staff didn't pursue that wound up being train wrecks elsewhere than there are guys we tried to get, missed on and then they crashed and burned somewhere else.

They don't necessarily need to be train wrecks. Julius Hodge and Boo Harvey were all conference level players. But I don't think anyone is sad we lost either of those guys.

 

[chugg21]

Juice wasn't worth the squeeze IMO.

Is to me. Had about 150 Fall Saturdays in a row of misery give or take about about 2 dozen. Va Tech on the other hand has been relevant and kept pulling in QBs since he got there. Marcus on the other hand I could do without.

 

[longtimefan]

How about Marbury? He was one-and-done at GaTech, and made little difference to their program. That same year, we go to the FF without him.

 

[Jeremy L.]

Anthony Davis.

We don't lose a game that year if he came. Him and Fab Melo on defense? Omg...

Serious question. As somebody who didn't join the forum until a few years ago, how close were we to landing Anthony Davis?

 

[HOFCeluck]

Serious question. As somebody who didn't join the forum until a few years ago, how close were we to landing Anthony Davis?

We we're pretty darn close...then UK got involved. There was a story shortly after about Davis getting cash but the story was questionable and shortly retracted

 

[Louie and Bouie]

Jermaine Lawrence achieved legendary "must get" "can't miss" status with posters on this board a few years back. Ended up committing to Cinci and it began to unravel from there. He's currently out of basketball after a checkered college career on and off the floor.

 

[chugg21]

How about Marbury? He was one-and-done at GaTech, and made little difference to their program. That same year, we go to the FF without him.

Its questionable because who knows what happens with him, he was pretty incredible.

 

[jordoo]

Serious question. As somebody who didn't join the forum until a few years ago, how close were we to landing Anthony Davis?

We were the leader in the club house but there was a bag drop.

 

[721Comstock]

We were the leader in the club house but there was a bag drop.

See: Green, Quade - for further examples of this phenomenon. :bang:

 

[tee1222]

See: Green, Quade - for further examples of this phenomenon. :bang:

Add Dakari Johnson to the bag drop list
I was at the WWW game in NJ. Was going to decide in the coming weeks or so, then POOF - switches his decision to the very next day after this game.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Anthony Davis.

We don't lose a game that year if he came. Him and Fab Melo on defense? Omg...

You don't get both

 

[two3zone]

You don't get both

We already had Melo when we were targeting Davis. Why wouldn't we?

 

[HOFCeluck]

Yeah Davis committed almost exactly a year after Melo.

 

[longtimefan]

Anthony Davis.

We don't lose a game that year if he came. Him and Fab Melo on defense? Omg...

If Davis is there, maybe the AD doesn't (ahem) bend the rules to keep Melo eligible.

 

[Briancuse]

If Davis is there, maybe the AD doesn't (ahem) bend the rules to keep Melo eligible.

We didn't need Melo, with Davis we run the table and win the national title by 25 points.

 

[BludOrange]

Yeah he was from DeMatha.

The only kid I ever recall getting from there was Grant.

Not necessarily a DeMatha graduate, but Edelin played at DeMatha before transferring to Oak Hill.

 

[BludOrange]

Tiki Mayben

 

[PeteCalvin]

Kenny Anderson, we needed a PG desperately.

Carlton Hines never making it here was a bummer.

Karlton Hines was the first one I thought of, so that dates me. He was shot and killed on a street corner a few years later. RIP

 

[HOFCeluck]

Tiki Mayben

Yesssss

 

[PeteCalvin]

Not necessarily a DeMatha graduate, but Edelin played at DeMatha before transferring to Oak Hill.

And Ol Morgan Wooten made sure Billy didn't make the Mickey D game that year. Hold grudges much, coach?

 

[sususpicious]

And Ol Morgan Wooten made sure Billy didn't make the Mickey D game that year. Hold grudges much, coach?

Neither did Paul Harris, even though he was a nationally rated recruit as a high-school senior. I believe Morgan W didn't like some of Paul's "history" as a young teenager in Niagara Falls, so he blackballed him.

 

[AlaskaSU]

Was the General a back-up plan to King Rice?

 

[longtimefan]

Was the General a back-up plan to King Rice?

I think not.

I have a timeline in my head--Douglass was a year ahead of Coleman, who was in the same class as JR Reid at UNC. When Rice was asked about his recruitment, he mentioned that he was impressed by Dean Smith's chewing Reid out when Reid (the star of the team) fouled up in practice. So, Rice was behind Reid/Coleman, who were behind Douglass. At least 2 years' difference.