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

[FRANKIEFAN]

Quade Green says hello

Did Quade go out of his way to this extreme to humiliate us? Even got his old coach a new job in the process.

Luckily Quade was a far better player Hopkins had UW rolling big time until he lost Quade. This dudes an NEC combo guard that’s taken 4 years to become a decent D1 player and scorer.

 

[RF2044]

They weren’t ACC players that left either, besides Judah.

So dumb...

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

Bring back Copeland!!!!

 

[MamesJungro]

I not reading all 98 pages here, but whst would you guys rank our closest comp program at this moment? Wake Forest?

 

[Cuse181]

Yes I do. I will tell you why. Because the coaches thought so. They really wanted the kid. That is good enough for me. Plus, I loved that he shot 37 and 38% from 3 his last two years. That would give us a couple of Bells. I wanted that. Plus, he had good size. Now, maybe he would have been a bust. I don't know. But I quickly sent my $100 that we agreed on.

The coaches wanted an SEC bottom feeder’s bench guard. Solid

 

[rrlbees]

Huh? This is an odd comment from someone who understands a lot of what’s going on with the basketball program. JB said last spring that Judah was a good kid but a very difficult player to coach. Benny had many issues his first two years.

They weren’t the only two and were worse this year by far.

 

[Widget24]

I not reading all 98 pages here, but whst would you guys rank our closest comp program at this moment? Wake Forest?

Judging by some of the takes all over the basketball and recruiting forums lately, maybe a Tennessee Tech or IUPUI.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

Judging by some of the takes all over the basketball and recruiting forums lately, maybe a Tennessee Tech or IUPUI.

 

[Orangezoo]

The coaches wanted an SEC bottom feeder’s bench guard. Solid

No- an SEC team with massive $$ overpaid for a player who we wanted and would be a great fit. They will go nowhere and not have a good plan for him but he goes back home and gets paid.

 

[Cuse2023]

No- an SEC team with massive $$ overpaid for a player who we wanted and would be a great fit. They will go nowhere and not have a good plan for him but he goes back home and gets paid.

This overpaid narrative is just funny. Any player SU gets outbid on has to have been overpaid? Do you know how much he got paid?

 

[Cuse181]

No- an SEC team with massive $$ overpaid for a player who we wanted and would be a great fit. They will go nowhere and not have a good plan for him but he goes back home and gets paid.

Well,

-the coaches wanted leffew
-Georgia is an SEC bottom feeder
-he’s going to be a backup guard.

Not sure where my comment was wrong

 

[Orangezoo]

This overpaid narrative is just funny. Any player SU gets outbid on has to have been overpaid? Do you know how much he got paid?

So you are saying we underbid then? Is he worth a bidding war whatever that # actually is?

Or is this a coaching failure?

 

[Cuse2023]

So you are saying we underbid then?

I'm not even saying anything about our offer. But everyone loves to claim players who we miss on have to have been overpaid by other schools when they know nothing about what they're getting.

 

[Orangezoo]

I'm not even saying anything about our offer. But everyone loves to claim players who we miss on have to have been overpaid by other schools when they know nothing about what they're getting.

In this case the smoke has been around this being a flat out play for $$ around this kids recruitment. This is the only one I’ve pointed to being about purely a kid overpaid based on everything we know about it. I agree it’s a cop out to call every loss about someone over paying. In this case I think it’s a fair point of view whether folks agree or disagree.

Not to mention the landing spot is a program with a lot of NIL resources that has done very little winning. Again certainly not saying us losing a kid is always the case of or has been in the past

 

[Orangezoo]

Well,

-the coaches wanted leffew
-Georgia is an SEC bottom feeder
-he’s going to be a backup guard.

Not sure where my comment was wrong

Until the season starts you don’t know he will be a backup. That’s just conjecture. Plus $$ talks

 

[Cuse2023]

In this case the smoke has been around this being a flat out play for $$ around this kids recruitment. This is the only one I’ve pointed to being about purely a kid overpaid based on everything we know about it. I agree it’s a cop out to call every loss about someone over paying. In this case I think it’s a fair point of view whether folks agree or disagree

I don't think anyone should call any player overpaid unless they know exactly how much they are making and what the market is for a player of their caliber. There is a difference between wanting to make the most money possible and being overpaid.

 

[Orangezoo]

I don't think anyone should call any player overpaid unless they know exactly how much they are making and what the market is for a player of their caliber. There is a difference between wanting to make the most money possible and being overpaid.

I’d argue your last statement is a bit obvious- depends on whether you are the kid vs the program or supporters. That’s perspective. If you have the money and are willing to spend more than others on a kid that could be overpaying - maybe Leffew is all SEC first team and it’s a steal and I’ll be the first to admit being wrong.

If we faceplant filling out the roster then I’d also say sure we probably tossed out peanuts and were easy to beat for Leffews services.

On a separate note I do know what Mack’s camp was asking and would argue that if he got what they asked the Hoyas should be top 4 in the Big East to not have overpaid

 

[MikeSU02]

lmao this thread. Were toast. Period. End of story.

If you can't spot the sucker at the table, then you are the sucker.​

We’re the sucker.

 

[Orangezoo]

lmao this thread. Were toast. Period. End of story.

If you can't spot the sucker at the table, then you are the sucker.​

We’re the sucker.

Cbb as we knew it has been dead for a few years. We aren’t toast but the game has massively changed. There is too much focus on who is getting certain players and less on who has left those same programs and what they have coming back or from HS.

Every day it’s a new shiny object someone else might be getting that we aren’t irrespective of who those other programs have in the fold. I mean look at the team Leffew just joined. Anyone feel better about that roster than what we have right now?

 

[swish7]

Ehh, never cared about the kid. He looked like a poopy pants in that one photo in SU gear. Moving on.

 

[Sbucketball]

There’s talk today about him wanting to play close to home etc. According to the last 100 pages, he wanted Syracuse, and the reason we didn’t get him is because we offered him less NIL than multiple other schools recruiting him. That explanation should not be changing today.

 

[djcon57]

Cbb as we knew it has been dead for a few years. We aren’t toast but the game has massively changed. There is too much focus on who is getting certain players and less on who has left those same programs and what they have coming back or from HS.

Every day it’s a new shiny object someone else might be getting that we aren’t irrespective of who those other programs have in the fold. I mean look at the team Leffew just joined. Anyone feel better about that roster than what we have right now?

UGa hasn’t been in the tourney since 2015. Why would we want to compare our roster to theirs? Of course, we haven’t been in 3 years

 

[Orangezoo]

UGa hasn’t been in the tourney since 2015. Why would we want to compare our roster to theirs? Of course, we haven’t been in 3 years

My point was we lost out to UGA… but would anyone take what they have right now over what we have before we finalize the last 3?

Don’t know what the final reason was whether all money or home being closer or what just saying I’m moving on and not panicking

 

[albanycuse]

There’s talk today about him wanting to play close to home etc. According to the last 100 pages, he wanted Syracuse, and the reason we didn’t get him is because we offered him less NIL than multiple other schools recruiting him. That explanation should not be changing today.

You should never pay $50,000 for a base model Honda Civic even in times of need.

 

[djcon57]

My point was we lost out to UGA… but would anyone take what they have right now over what we have before we finalize the last 3?

No. I also wouldn’t want Hofstra’s roster from last year over ours but we have their starting PG. I’m not sure of the point here.