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Message: [QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 5762259, member: 237"] Everyone was salivating over and wanted Najai Hines. Hines is a beast at his size with massive potential that he has to fill out. At 6-11 over 260 and his per 40 numbers it’s easy to see why. Wilson is a couple inches shorter but otherwise has a similar body type , athleticism for his frame and skillset with a lower ceiling but at the college level the margins here are small. Hines put his per 40 figures up in the BE so conference wise it’s a mismatch but he also only played under 20 mpg. That said at the college level Wilson is very similar in terms of the impact he has on the game and is a couple years further along. Hines is probably a year away from being close to his potential as a college player. That doesn’t mean he won’t be a problem this year but that potential that demanded top of the market pay is more likely only going to partially show up as is always the case with bigs. Wilson will be heading into his 4th year as a redshirt junior having reached that point of development where he is refining his game not still figuring out the position at this level still. So essentially we wanted Hines but you get the best alternative out there who is further along development wise and costs less. When I look across the country at teams with coaches completing a rebuild the only real comparable is Providence which of course I’m a broken record about. They have the coach that many wanted here and maybe still do. Their approach has been different where they have chased guys higher in the portal rankings than we have. At this juncture there is only the portal ranking and name recognition ( PC has guys ranked higher and some better known names) that differs between how the teams are built along with weaker offensive metrics shooting wise top to bottom for the PC guys. The casual fan or rankings hugger likely thinks PC crushed us in the portal but there really isn’t anything more when you look at metrics that says they have done better and in fact leans towards a willingness to ignore poor shooting in favor of higher rated player by subjective rankings. To me that sums up a rebuild for any program- you won’t have a perfect roster on paper so coaching and development have to be worth a few million in NIL or more you didn’t have to spend. The rubber meets the road this fall for both programs as neither has won or lost the offseason at this point in time. PC fans are out doing the griddy on social media while we are shaking our heads for not seeing a flashier name committed yet there is no reason for either such reaction at this point. [/QUOTE]

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