Class of 2022 PF Tafara Gapare (New Zealand / South Kent) Offered

[HoustonCuse]

We’ve seen what happens when a kid is surrounded by too many handlers. Now we see what happens when a kid doesn’t have enough handlers. Good lord.

 

[orangefog]

We couldn’t even get in his top 7.

 

[suclass2014]

We couldn’t even get in his top 7.

For context:

 

[cuseallday]

Well, if Tafara is planning to reclassify up to 2022, it's no surprise to me that SU didn't make the cut.

 

[721Comstock]

Well, if Tafara is planning to reclassify up to 2022, it's no surprise to me that SU didn't make the cut.

Yeah, this.

As a ‘23, we prolly had a decent shot.

As a ‘22, there’s no way he’d want to be part of a class of 7, having to battle for PT in a program where the coach is infamous for playing 7.5 guys.

 

[cuseallday]

Exactly.

 

[AZOrange]

Well, if Tafara is planning to reclassify up to 2022, it's no surprise to me that SU didn't make the cut.

It was over for us the day he decided to reclass

 

[Skinny.Atlas]

We're still getting him in '23, just after he gets his jitters out somewhere else.

I think an important recruiting strategy will be to recruit guys now to pick them up as transfers later. Establish relationships during the high school recruiting process and when they choose someone else, make sure they know that you are still interested when Their first choice doesn’t work out.

 

[cuseallday]

It was over for us the day he decided to reclass

That decision hasn't been made. It's just a potential option to move from 23 to 22.

 

[Sherman20]

Barf

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[GooseMutt]

We aren’t sitting at the cool kids table in cafeteria anymore

 

[AZOrange]

That decision hasn't been made. It's just a potential option to move from 23 to 22.

If he’s going to those schools it’s a reclass. He’d have a much better list for 23

 

[Ozone!]

Who is he listening to that doesn’t have his best interest at heart? Not saying this due to Cuse not being included in his finalists.

 

[cuseallday]

If he’s going to those schools it’s a reclass. He’d have a much better list for 23

Agreed. Particularly since he just went from unranked and into the top-50 nationally not too long ago, at least per 247S.

 

[rrlbees]

DePaul

 

[orangefog]

What a strange place for him to go.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[orangefog]

When asked about Syracuse, he said, "I think Coach McNamara waved at me once from across the gym."

 

[Zelda Zonk]

 

[AZOrange]

What a strange place for him to go.

It’s not. Bino…

 

[Scott11]

It’s not. Bino…

I look forward to us getting him in a year when he’s in the portal.

 

[AZOrange]

I look forward to us getting him in a year when he’s in the portal.

Yeah haha no. He gone. $$$

 

[pwong]

 

[RF2044]

Check must have bounced.

Too bad we weren't able to stay involved with this kid -- he is a big time talent who would have more than made up for the loss of Lands.