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Message: [QUOTE="fanfanclubclub, post: 2752, member: 787"] Oy, I sure hope we do not land Cavanaugh. First, the comparison's to Rautins are way off. Cavanaugh is a stretch four who doesn't have the athleticism to play the 3. He's not remotely athletic enough to keep pace with the wings or combo forwards on top 10 teams. Instead of a Rautins comparison, Cavanaugh is regularly compared to a similar Albany City Rocks stretch 4, Will Regan, who is now on his way to UBuffalo. Cavanaugh is a impoverished man's Taylor King, taking advantage of his frame to slowly back people down and shoot over smaller high school defenders. He has no strength and limited ups, so he won't be able to repeat his post game efforts in college. Cavanaugh's game the exact type of game that doesn't translate well to the elite majors/final four showdowns. Ten years ago, sure, Cavanaugh would be a nice upgrade over recruits like James Theus and Greg Davis, but with Syracuse's current perch atop the recruiting food chain, Cavanaugh's ceiling is too low and his game is too limited. I simply do not believe that top tier programs "need" nonathletic role players with low ceilings who are outside the top 100 prospects. Let's not deify Rautins as the gold standard for all off-the-radar recruits: he was awful for a long time, developed into a guy with a ton of pluses and some serious negatives, and never won a Big East or National Championship. The "glue guys" at UNC and Duke are McD's with fantastic athletic ability, and those same players want to come to be the glue guys at Cuse. We only have three scholies for '12 right? Coleman, Grant . . . Cavanaugh? We could do much better, infact, every single other player we have been reportedly involved with for either '12 or '13 appears to be a more dynamic. The bottom line is that, if we pick up Cavanaugh, we necessarily are passing on an elite talent. As a plan B or C, I'm fine with Cavanaugh. But if he costs us Iverson, or Ledo, or Price-Martin, or some other big time talent, then its a huge mistake. [/QUOTE]

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