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Coaches and Recruiting

Frank Howard can't dribble as a senior. that seems bad for player and staff as far as dev

I wouldn’t even say he “can’t dribble”. He has an average handle, is taller, and not all that quick. So he can’t go by the shorter, quicker guards with a lower center of gravity.

Howard has improved a lot as a player since his freshman year.

You don’t see mediocre ball handlers develop into Kenny Anderson at the age of 20, IMO.

Edit:To summarize my point, I think we need to recruit better ball handlers. The guys who stand out in that area came in as great ball handlers. Guys like Flynn and Pearl. Combo guards with mediocre handles aren’t going to turn into Flynn and Pearl in that area even with the best player development.
 
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Here’s all the crap Gerry has going against him recruiting for SU.

We’ve been under NCAA sanctions the whole time he’s been a recruiter for us.
JB is less engaged in recruiting.
JB is up against retirement.
JB dictates who recruits a specific kid not GMac.
Our style is unattractive to recruits ever since he started recruiting.
We are no longer in the BE
We don’t play where we recruit anymore, Philly, DC, etc.
We don’t play in the BET in the garden anymore.
Baring a couple miracle runs in the NCAA tournament we have sucked.

We are not comparing apples to apples. If GMac and Hop switched places would the results be different?


The results probably would be different, if only because Mike had developed relationships that he could leverage, whereas Gerry was still getting to know people out on the trail.
 
Here’s all the crap Gerry has going against him recruiting for SU.

We’ve been under NCAA sanctions the whole time he’s been a recruiter for us.
JB is less engaged in recruiting.
JB is up against retirement.
JB dictates who recruits a specific kid not GMac.
Our style is unattractive to recruits ever since he started recruiting.
We are no longer in the BE
We don’t play where we recruit anymore, Philly, DC, etc.
We don’t play in the BET in the garden anymore.
Baring a couple miracle runs in the NCAA tournament we have sucked.

We are not comparing apples to apples. If GMac and Hop switched places would the results be different?
Gee do you think so. Comparing Gmac to hop isnt fair as there is no comparison. Gmac has done a good job considering everything. I agree it hasnt been an easy path for him and im sure he is working his tail off. His results as a recruiter are ok but when you are trying to replace a great recruiter its tough. As long as Jim is a lame duck i doubt it improves.
 

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