Class of 2017 PG Makai Ashton-Langford Transfer from Providence to BC

[dasher]

We are going to get Tucker because of JB's effort. No clue on Wright is going to be a 2017 or 2018 guy?

Wright will 100% be in 2018

 

[ROCcuse]

Can we please make either Moyer or Battle be Tucker's host on this visit?

Wouldn't that have been the housing situation on the first visit, which went so poorly?

kidding.

but seriously, Moyer should be hosting every one of our recruits.

 

[billsin01]

I agree but we are talking about top 50 guys suddenly becoming available. Top 10 point guards. Not random dudes. Good post, though. Can't offer everyone, I agree.

Yup -- the kid obviously feels like he would be an ideal solution to the issue we are all a bit concerned about (at a minimum) which is the possibility of a Howard and a not-quite-ready-for-prime-time Washington manning the point next year. I just mean the staff has to prioritize not only based on spots available but also based on making sure they have some sort of feel for the personality and ideally the character of the kids they are signing (not knocking this kid at all, just saying it's good to have some feel for who you're recruiting).

 

[patcuse]

Gee, I wonder why some people lack faith in the current recruiting strategies of the staff.

You think he decommitted without a plan. Common

 

[iommi]

You think he decommitted without a plan. Common

He did. Not all decommits do.

 

[Louie and Bouie]

I actually felt slightly nauseous when JB was giving positive comments about Frank after the season. That indicated to me he expects FH to play a big role next year. I'll be as blunt as I can on this board. FH is...okay, I have to edit myself. He's incapable. I cannot type what I want. I'll be banned if I do. If the staff didn't drop him last year, they must see something in him talent-wise that no one else with working eyes does. Scary.

I think if we get Ayala, we'd be fine at guard. Or good enough.

Every indication is we're rolling with FH as a major part of the rotation. Gotta roll with it as fans and support him. Personally, I think he's got a lot more skill upside than most on this board believe and hope he puts it all together mentally. He can be a good player if he commits to the work and gets his total game worked out. Has shown flashes at times.

 

[iommi]

Every indication is we're rolling with FH as a major part of the rotation. Gotra roll with it as fans and support him. Personally, I think he's got a lot more skill upside than most on this board believe and hope he puts it all together mentally. Hes can be a good player if he commits to the work and gets his total game worked out. Has shown flashes at times.

I think he lacks the ability- physically and mentally. I sincerely hope you are right. No matter who is on the roster, we have to have an open competition for both the starting point guard role and playing time. Nothing should be handed to FH because he will be an upperclassman.

 

[Madbiker]

Would you bet the season on Frank Howard getting 200% better over the summer? I wouldn't.

 

[pearl31]

priceless stuff on boneyard about how they didn't really want him anyway

 

[Deano]

Wright will 100% be in 2018

Care to double down and say 100% to SU too

 

[AZOrange]

Gee, I wonder why some people lack faith in the current recruiting strategies of the staff.

When these guys decommit most are already locked in elsewhere...

 

[AZOrange]

Care to double down and say 100% to SU too

Dash plays poker. Not BJ. He's all in

 

[AZOrange]

Wright will 100% be in 2018

Yep. And he should be

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Started yesterday. That doesn't explain what appears to be such a commitment to Howard and the passing on other kids that have become available at the position. And why is Tucker the only real visit JB made?

Publicly committed to FH until they don't have to be.

 

[Jasoncuse]

Publicly committed to FH until they don't have to be.

But wouldn't that involve bringing in a PG? Doesn't seem to be any push to do so currently.

 

[pearl31]

Publicly committed to FH until they don't have to be.

you've banged that drum for months and it's never been true

 

[Bayside44]

you've banged that drum for months and it's never been true

Maybe not now but the difference of opinion on the guy went west.

 

[djorange1989]

I heard Frank will be conducting the visit.

I heard JB is bringing Deshaun Williams back on campus to help too

 

[SoBeCuse]

I heard Frank will be conducting the visit.

Frank better be on house arrest at his crib and have Red sitting there watching him for Tucker's whole visit. Not kidding.

 

[HoustonCuse]

Frank better be on house arrest at his crib and have Red sitting there watching him for Tucker's whole visit. Not kidding.

The ole Hannibal Lecter treatment. I want the whole smash. Body restraints, mouth guard, all of it!

 

[SoBeCuse]

The ole Hannibal Lecter treatment. I want the whole smash. Body restraints, mouth guard, all of it!

Yes!

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Would you bet the season on Frank Howard getting 200% better over the summer? I wouldn't.

That's still a 0% chance of being an ACC caliber guard. Basic math.

 

[normaliswear]

I trust JB... but I just don't get the absolute certainty he seems to be showing that a guy who was a train wreck at pg last year will not only become serviceable (I'd take it for FH at this point) but a pg capable of leading a top 10 type team. He's done nothing to show that jump is immenent. MAL seems like a plug and play fit for our needs... get involved.

 

[NineOneSeven]

I trust JB... but I just don't get the absolute certainty he seems to be showing that a guy who was a train wreck at pg last year will not only become serviceable (I'd take it for FH at this point) but a pg capable of leading a top 10 type team. He's done nothing to show that jump is immenent. MAL seems like a plug and play fit for our needs... get involved.

Who said anything about a top 10 team?

 

[normaliswear]

Who said anything about a top 10 team?

Isn't that the goal always? To put a team that could be a national title contender? Have we fallen so far that's not realistic for Syracuse anymore? And the point of my post is right now, no I don't see that next year. A big part is I don't see a pg on the roster capable of leading that kind of team.