No but there's folks that seem to think he's a Provdence lean.
Clearly those pundits were wrong. People put way to much stock in crap that doesn't make a difference. But but but jerry Meyer saidddddd..
There’s no time table for a commitment, or at least a date. He could be leaning Uconn next week if he has a good phone call and then back to whoever else in a month. Recruitment with top 30 players is frustratingly fluid.
I'm saying, who's top 20?? In my mind marek dolejaz was a better option for our school than Michael porter. Who would have given us a top X class but we'd have not been as good.
Your mind isn't dirty enough to see the possibilities.
All reasonable expectations.
That's a very hard question to answer. And there is no way to go back and plug a Porter Jr (to use your example) and know how the team would fair. The only measuring sticks we have are the rankings. Are they always right... of course not. But I'll take a top 100 kid over a kid outside the top 300 the majority of the time. The rankings are not meaningless.
It wasn't my example. My point is that it is impossible to plug in any player in Marek's place and know with any certainty how it would've affected the team. That's speculation. But I'll take the top 100 player over a top 300 player almost every time. There really isn't a viable reason to miss out on a top 20 class in 2019.
I getcha. But I haven't made any declarations. I haven't said Akok (or any other player) is leaning one way or another. I consistently say I think a top 20 class (and in 2019 an elite big) is needed. Others posited that he was a Providence lean. I just want to win. I want JB to go out with his middle finger held high at the NCAA. That doesn't happen unless we can compete with the big boys and get a great class.
Regarding Howard Washington, I think he was only ranked that low because he prepped in Canada his last year. I'm pretty sure he was ranked higher when he played in the states and at one point was considered one of the top "pure point guards" in his class. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that was his situation.
That may be true. But there were a LOT of people that viewed him as a consolation prize when we landed him. Many questioned if he could compete in the ACC.
I don't care what Washington's ranking was...it doesn't take long watching him play to see the amount of potential he has as a floor leader. We can talk all day long about landing the stud players, and yes we need them, but it's been proven that more often than not, every champion has an upperclassman just like HW!
