Class of 2019 PG Dakota Leffew (GA) Portal to Georgia

[jordoo]

I guess it is just semantics, saying we are putting all our eggs on the Leffew basket gets a firm rebuke, but saying we we are waiting on Leffew seems to be accepted.

I have no idea why you wait on a guy taking 3 more visits. Syracuse currently has no true point guard on the roster, I would have thought the opportunity to be the starting pg a Syracuse would be more coveted, but in the NIL world if you can’t pay top dollar, you don’t get top talent.

I hope the strategy pays off.

Perhaps because there are back up plans that are willing to wait as well. Remember in recruiting for every thing we read about here there are another 25 things going on that we don't see here. (at least)

 

[Cusefan0307]

yep schools like MN and Wisc are way behind

Was wondering what was going on at Wisconsin. Gard seems to be taking a lot of heat. I suppose there they just focus on football and he has to make chicken salad out of chicken sht.

 

[albanycuse]

Some people are worried about the players budget and how much overall nil money Syracuse basketball has for the program without knowing how much they have exactly. Yet are making claims that moneys tight. Step away from the ledge.

 

[CLTCuse]

Perhaps because there are back up plans that are willing to wait as well. Remember in recruiting for every thing we read about here there are another 25 things going on that we don't see here. (at least)

Translation: even lower rated players.

Perhaps my expectations are just out of wack. still trying to adjust to this new reality of college basketball.

 

[walsh2012]

I'm not a boomer but I get your point. Some of these lower league guys weren't highly sought coming out of high school which makes it sort of a once in a lifetime opportunity. Some of them are looking at $$ and getting their after school lives off to a great start. Tons of reasons for kids to let the process play out. Other kids know where they want to go and have a bag sorted out before they get there.

Still I believe the situation here is that Dakota is our number one choice at a certain number. We are his number 1 choice but he thinks the number should be bigger. We will see how it plays out. I don't think its only about money though as Nova offered more and he hasn't committed to them. I feel like we are still in a good position like 55% at the very least a chance to match whatever Georgia offers.

I would expect to see someone else schedule a visit if Dakota doesn't commit to SU by tomorrow evening.

I just totally understand why he would want to take every visit because i assume theyre a good time

 

[JustPherU]

I just totally understand why he would want to take every visit because i assume theyre a good time

I’ll bet they are better than my recruitment was, I got recruited at the Federal building in Syracuse and they gave me a one way plane ticket to basic training at Fort Knox.

 

[jdubs30]

Some people are worried about the players budget and how much overall nil money Syracuse basketball has for the program without knowing how much they have exactly. Yet are making claims that moneys tight. Step away from the ledge.

we haven’t really been linked at all to any high price guys other than Mack (who we didn’t pay for). And now it appears Lafeww may be seeking more money despite him wanting ti play here.

Maybe the higher price guys are the wrong fit, and maybe he feels Lafeww isn’t worth the price tag (both could be valid reasons). But from the outside, without knowing how much NIL we have, it just appears that we may have much money as we need.

I trust Red. I like the Lampkin and Davis additions. We have time to fill
Out the roster but i understand the skepticism unless there’s another portal PG that hasn’t entered yet

 

[FrancoPizza]

What if it's not so much our budget, but we aren't desperate enough to go above a certain number for this guy?

I think missing the NCAA tournament 3 consecutive years should make us pretty desperate.

 

[albanycuse]

we haven’t really been linked at all to any high price guys other than Mack (who we didn’t pay for). And now it appears Lafeww may be seeking more money despite him wanting ti play here.

Maybe the higher price guys are the wrong fit, and maybe he feels Lafeww isn’t worth the price tag (both could be valid reasons). But from the outside, without knowing how much NIL we have, it just appears that we may have much money as we need.

I trust Red. I like the Lampkin and Davis additions. We have time to fill
Out the roster but i understand the skepticism unless there’s another portal PG that hasn’t entered yet

What price are these “high priced guys” getting? It’s mostly hearsay.We don’t know the level of interest the staff has for anyone really that hasn’t been made public so im not going to pretend i have information on their interest in players when only the staff is privy to the type of character and skill set they are looking for in a player to bring in.

 

[jordoo]

What price are these “high priced guys” getting? It’s mostly hearsay.We don’t know the level of interest the staff has for anyone really that hasn’t been made public so im not going to pretend i have information on their interest in players when only the staff is privy to the type of character and skill set they are looking for in a player to bring in.

Someone on the internet reported Roach was getting offered 1.2mil, he responded with "I wish". A lot of the NIL numbers are inflated by the time we hear about them. That doesn't answer the SU NIL question. For basketball I think we are ok or we wouldn't be bringing in a Burger Boy. I think we could and should be in a better NIL situation though. Two different NIL questions in my mind. What is our year to year rolling budget? What ability to we have to splurge outside that budget?

 

[Willy75]

You would think that with 2000 players in the portal SU could find a decent pg without this much drama.

 

[jordoo]

You would think that with 2000 players in the portal SU could find a decent pg without this much drama.

The only Drama I have seen is in this thread!

 

[OttoinGrotto]

The only Drama I have seen is in this thread!

This is fair.

 

[albanycuse]

You would think that with 2000 players in the portal SU could find a decent pg without this much drama.

The drama is created by posters who have no clue. And you have no idea what they’re doing behind the scenes to even say they can’t find a decent pg.

 

[SanDiegoCuse]

We are not a patient society. People gotta chill.

 

[littlereg]

Was wondering what was going on at Wisconsin. Gard seems to be taking a lot of heat. I suppose there they just focus on football and he has to make chicken salad out of chicken sht.

I’ve said it multiple times here but I have a weird college affiliation because a lot of my moms family is from South Carolina and ive had multiple family members play for Clemson football (most recently and notable ben boulware) so I’m a Clemson football fan. But as a 90s kid born and raised in New York and my dad being a huge Syracuse fan, Knicks fan, etc I grew up watching and love cuse ball. Life has gotten weird with conference alignment that’s for sure but my point of saying this was that I wish we could just get to the point where football would be completely separate from the rest of the college athletics ecosystem.

 

[littlereg]

we haven’t really been linked at all to any high price guys other than Mack (who we didn’t pay for). And now it appears Lafeww may be seeking more money despite him wanting ti play here.

Maybe the higher price guys are the wrong fit, and maybe he feels Lafeww isn’t worth the price tag (both could be valid reasons). But from the outside, without knowing how much NIL we have, it just appears that we may have much money as we need.

I trust Red. I like the Lampkin and Davis additions. We have time to fill
Out the roster but i understand the skepticism unless there’s another portal PG that hasn’t entered yet

It’s also hard to say because the position and need we have is very specific and something that EVERYONE is always looking for. Lead guards that can shoot the ball dont grow on trees. There’s a reason there’s been minimal people weve talked about here, and that’s why so many are combo guards.

 

[kingtidge]

Some places on the internet I have to be jordoodoo because jordoo is taken, the former however is always available. I wonder why that is.

I am "jordoo" at those other places and have been for years...

 

[kcsu]

Thanks for your insight, Jordoo.

However even at 55%, it sounds like a coin flip.

Meaning either Dakota decides to come or he decides to go somewhere else. It is hard to put all the eggs in one basket and to wait.

Believe that is why JAB would at times recruit multiple players for a position and then take the first one that commits. That way changes the expectation if a recruit commits or not.

it appears that for some reason Red’s eggs for a point guard is based on Leffew. Hope Syracuse does not end up with egg on their faces.

That isn't what Jim did for the most part he went after a primary and focused on that one player.

 

[50YRsofCuse]

That isn't what Jim did for the most part he went after a primary and focused on that one player.

Recent memories regarding point guards remembered he used the invite several and grab the first one that commits.

 

[djcon57]

Recent memories regarding point guards remembered he used the invite several and grab the first one that commits.

Not true. Quade Green specifically.

 

[baggerbob]

History tells us that portal transfers tend to transfer to a school closer to home.

There are exceptions but this is how things usually go.

Hoping for the best but expecting him to pick one of the SEC schools.

And that is why we should have moved on
When he kept going on more visits even if he chooses us.
Fran understands the game, extend an invitation, but continue pursuing other targets.
Red needs to get used to the way the game is played.

 

[kingtidge]

That isn't what Jim did for the most part he went after a primary and focused on that one player.

We also sat on scholarships when we couldn't get said player... I expect Red will at least have a plan B and C and we'll get someone and use our available scholarships.

 

[kingtidge]

And that is why we should have moved on
When he kept going on more visits even if he chooses us.
Fran understands the game, extend an invitation, but continue pursuing other targets.
Red needs to get used to the way the game is played.

Do you have some inside info on this as fact in this instance?... That we are sitting on our hands and waiting and not pursuing elsewhere??

Reports are we have also reached out to Carlos from Hofstra and I bet there are probably others...

 

[General20]

Not true. Quade Green specifically.

People still say there was no Plan B for Quade Green even though we got that transfer from USF and Jalen Carey when Quade went to Kentucky. I know it didn't work out but we got a veteran double figure scorer and a top 50 recruit. In my opinion that's a great plan B. There is always a plan B. I've never seen any evidence that any coach is just sitting around forgetting to recruit or choosing not to do the besics of his job despite how often fans seem to worry about it. Sometimes players don't pan out, sometimes recruits choose other schools but to act like recruiting isn't happening at all behind the scenes is crazy.

Off topic but you also see it during games. Whenever a team doesn't score fans act like the coach didn't call a play. People said it about Boeheoim for 40 years and were wrong 100% of the time. I just heard some guy say the same about Spolestra in the playoffs. Crazy.