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Class of 2024 SG Jalil Bethea (PA) Portal from Alabama

SU is no longer getting top ten kids. The days of Carmelo, Pearl, Coleman and Owens are over. This kid was supposed to be a lock and it’s like SU didn’t exist with this kid. Just a week ago they listed the top ten kids and where they were projected to go and Bethea was listed fir SU.
 
hoopsupstate said:
SU is no longer getting top ten kids. The days of Carmelo, Pearl, Coleman and Owens are over. This kid was supposed to be a lock and it’s like SU didn’t exist with this kid. Just a week ago they listed the top ten kids and where they were projected to go and Bethea was listed fir SU.
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We will get good players. Let Red and the rest of the staff get a track record first. He hasn’t even coached a game.
 
Cusefan0307 said:
We will get good players. Let Red and the rest of the staff get a track record first. He hasn’t even coached a game.
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Yeah, I agree. Missing out on Jalil stings, but Miami has been on him just as long and has the Team Final connection. Reaffirmed Elijah. Got Donnie (who is trending toward top 25). Let's see how Red does on the court and then with the 2025 class, lots of studs in play there :)
 
cuseallday said:
Yeah, I agree. Missing out on Jalil stings, but Miami has been on him just as long and has the Team Final connection. Reaffirmed Elijah. Got Donnie (who is trending toward top 25). Let's see how Red does on the court and then with the 2025 class, lots of studs in play there :)
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Looking back we should have saw the Miami connection with the Team Final AAU coach and realized they were a bigger threat.
 
Cusefan0307 said:
Looking back we should have saw the Miami connection with the Team Final AAU coach and realized they were a bigger threat.
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I hear ya. It's a bummer, don't get me wrong, but I just feel like Autry & Co. did EVERYTHING humanly possible to land Jalil. Just didn't work out. Doesn't mean the SU staff won't fare well in recruiting at the HS level and in the portal :)
 
hoopsupstate said:
SU is no longer getting top ten kids. The days of Carmelo, Pearl, Coleman and Owens are over. This kid was supposed to be a lock and it’s like SU didn’t exist with this kid. Just a week ago they listed the top ten kids and where they were projected to go and Bethea was listed fir SU.
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What do you mean by “it’s like SU didn’t exist”

They got the original OV, they were in the top 5, he said good things, he just liked Miami more. Anyone who said he was a lock is an idiot, no highschool player is a lock.
 
Cuse181 said:
What do you mean by “it’s like SU didn’t exist”

They got the original OV, they were in the top 5, he said good things, he just liked Miami more. Anyone who said he was a lock is an idiot, no highschool player is a lock.
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Amen all around.
 
hoopsupstate said:
SU is no longer getting top ten kids. The days of Carmelo, Pearl, Coleman and Owens are over. This kid was supposed to be a lock and it’s like SU didn’t exist with this kid. Just a week ago they listed the top ten kids and where they were projected to go and Bethea was listed fir SU.
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I tend to agree. The university just isn’t willing to do what is necessary to land top ten kids. I don’t blame them, it’s dirty business.
 
Cusefan0307 said:
NIL isn’t always the reason we lose kids and might not have been the reason here. I think it’s used as an excuse far too often.
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Agreed. Plus, a new NIL collective launched today in Syracuse, Orange United, and the founder of the organization that runs this collective told me they have a goal of $6M to $9M in NIL deals annually for Syracuse players. I don't think NIL should be a huge issue at SU moving forward as far as remaining competitive...
 
cuseallday said:
Yeah, I agree. Missing out on Jalil stings, but Miami has been on him just as long and has the Team Final connection. Reaffirmed Elijah. Got Donnie (who is trending toward top 25). Let's see how Red does on the court and then with the 2025 class, lots of studs in play there :)
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We were his first offer from an historically elite program and were recruiting him hard before Miami really got involved. He visited the campus last fall for the ND football game. Agree with the rest.
 
hoopsupstate said:
SU is no longer getting top ten kids. The days of Carmelo, Pearl, Coleman and Owens are over. This kid was supposed to be a lock and it’s like SU didn’t exist with this kid. Just a week ago they listed the top ten kids and where they were projected to go and Bethea was listed fir SU.
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"No longer?" As in forever?
That is quite a line in the sand you are drawing. A bit dramatic, too.
 
Sherman20 said:
We were his first offer from an historically elite program and were recruiting him hard before Miami really got involved. He visited the campus last fall for the ND football game. Agree with the rest.
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Actually, Villanova, UCLA and many others, including Miami, offered Jalil before SU...and yes, he definitely took an OV to the Hill the month after SU offered him.
 
Sherman20 said:
We were his first offer from an historically elite program and were recruiting him hard before Miami really got involved. He visited the campus last fall for the ND football game. Agree with the rest.
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Miami also had an assistant from Philly who coached the Team Final AAU program where Bethea played. Kind of how we had Straughn to get Freeman.
 

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