ok. That makes sense. Probably made him feel a little more conviction signing that paper.Jojogunne wrote:I doubt it. Although we played Houston on Tuesday, Wednesday was the first day HS seniors could sign their NLIs. This had to be arranged well in advance of signing day.
Yeah and he started so many games early in his freshman season for us. For me he looked like he was half asleep on the court. He just wasn't a high energy guy like Cramer but definitely at times had a good three point stroke. I just don't know if he would have been a fit here but we could use some big bodies.ZMAN3 wrote:Thought he had a chance to be a good player given the opportunity
Based on just what we know now losing Cooks and Ray is HUGE. I CANNOT EVEN WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT and really don't even want to think about it. I don't know what we can get with the rest of the players we have on the roster EG Carlos, Bethea and Barrouk. What's the status of Burgess? Would he be looking to transfer? Is this kid Vasquez going to transfer back to HU? I believe he could be a starter here. We recruited the one kid from Philly Farmer. So I believe we need another transfer or two to fill the spots left by Ray and Cooks and their leaving will be very difficult to fill. Barrouk is a total unknown and pretty much Bethea is as well. What can Carlos give us assuming he starts to get some minutes? It could be to some here their worst nightmare with the possibility of Omar StarRTING NEXT YEAR. We know we need bigs but we have had problems getting good bigs for any length of time. It's too early in the season for this,lol!HofstraMathew wrote:Didn't want to start a new thread for this as I think it relates to recruiting but I was looking at our roster to see how many years of eligibility each player has remaining. Figured I would summarize it here; will go in reverse order of years left:
Cooks & Ray - Nothing left after this year. These will be the biggest pieces to replace. Hopefully Jaquan Carlos steps up to fill part of it.
Simmons - This was the surprise to me as it looks like he only played 3 years of basketball at Penn. So he would have another year after this. Obviously he could choose to just finish his career but before I looked into it I had just assumed this was his last year.
Iyiola & Silverio - One year of eligibility left after this year
Burgess & Estrada - Two years of eligibility left after this year
Cramer, Carlos & Dubar - Three years of eligibility left after this year
Everyone else will have three or four years left depending on if they redshirt this season or not.
Let me know if I have anything wrong here. But the future definitely looks bright.
Two things-triplec2195 wrote:Based on just what we know now losing Cooks and Ray is HUGE. I CANNOT EVEN WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT and really don't even want to think about it. I don't know what we can get with the rest of the players we have on the roster EG Carlos, Bethea and Barrouk. What's the status of Burgess? Would he be looking to transfer? Is this kid Vasquez going to transfer back to HU? I believe he could be a starter here. We recruited the one kid from Philly Farmer. So I believe we need another transfer or two to fill the spots left by Ray and Cooks and their leaving will be very difficult to fill. Barrouk is a total unknown and pretty much Bethea is as well. What can Carlos give us assuming he starts to get some minutes? It could be to some here their worst nightmare with the possibility of Omar StarRTING NEXT YEAR. We know we need bigs but we have had problems getting good bigs for any length of time. It's too early in the season for this,lol!
1000%. Spot on. As they say, transfer portal takes kids from mid majors to power 5, but also moves power 5’s to mid major at an equal clip. If we can retain players, I’m extremely confident staff can load the boat with missing pieces.HU87 wrote:Two things-triplec2195 wrote:Based on just what we know now losing Cooks and Ray is HUGE. I CANNOT EVEN WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT and really don't even want to think about it. I don't know what we can get with the rest of the players we have on the roster EG Carlos, Bethea and Barrouk. What's the status of Burgess? Would he be looking to transfer? Is this kid Vasquez going to transfer back to HU? I believe he could be a starter here. We recruited the one kid from Philly Farmer. So I believe we need another transfer or two to fill the spots left by Ray and Cooks and their leaving will be very difficult to fill. Barrouk is a total unknown and pretty much Bethea is as well. What can Carlos give us assuming he starts to get some minutes? It could be to some here their worst nightmare with the possibility of Omar StarRTING NEXT YEAR. We know we need bigs but we have had problems getting good bigs for any length of time. It's too early in the season for this,lol!
1. Gotta keep in mind that in this new world, transfers will always be a big part of next years plans on both the incoming and outgoing side of things. We'll most likely always be able to go out and find a Cooks/Coburn type to help, but also have to expect some departures. Luckily, we've been great as a program at keeping the kids we need.
2. I think most mid-major teams would be thrilled to return Estrada, Cramer, Carlos and Dubar for another year, nonetheless more. Throwing in Simmons and Iyola gives us some decent size to grow on next year with a starting quality grad transfer. Health is of course always the key.
ZMAN3 I really can't believe u made that statement. This kid is such a great player and a pure shooter. He has ice in his veins and always wants the ball when the game is on the line. As bad as he has looked and his drives to the basket and wild shots have hurt us at times for sure. Right now he's coming back from an injury and it is taking time to get himself in sync but as the last game will show you he can rise to the occasion and hit 4 three's almost effortlessly. He has impressed me right from the first time he stepped onto the court and started for Pemberton in the first game of the year at the Mack. His very first shot a swish from beyond the arc. I remember Eli praising him saying this kid is some shooter can score 25 a game. If you want to talk about his leadership now that is something else he does not have a fiery personality and will always lead by example. I constantly see him talking to other players but always in a restrained way. So sorry but IMO and I know I'm not alone a big loss for us but like has been said a lot of players out there to get as transfers.ZMAN3 wrote:The way Ray has been playing, no great loss. Can't believe he is still nothing more than spot up shooter. His forays to the basket generally result in blocked or missed shot or a TO.
I almost think you are referring to the Princeton game where he made terrible shots going to the basket but he wasn't alone in that game as Cooks was putting up bad shots driving to the basket also. As for this year he's scoring almost 14 points a game playing 34 minutes and hitting three's at 44%. Most players would be quite happy with those stats. He has at times though looked bad trying to score in the paint this is very true. He's going to come around and he doesn't have to carry this team like he did at times last year.ZMAN3 wrote:I know nothing of his leadership qualities (pro or con) and have not commented on it. Right now he is lost in the offense, putting up a lot of bad shots (from 3 as well as on wild drives) What bothers me most is he really can't create his own shot after all this time. That's why he's lost - the others can go to the basket effectively. He has hit many big shots in the past and was only referring to this year - maybe a little harsh as it's early and he is off an injury but he's forcing things trying to get going.
Jordan Allentriplec2195 wrote:I heard a coach sometime ago say that there's not a lot of D1 players coming out of L.I. Larry Brown maybe?? However when it comes to L.I. Lutheran when was the last time we successfully recruited a kid from that program. We offered Andre Curbelo but knew we had no chance to land him. He's making noise playing at Illinois now. I don't know if we ever had a player on our roster from L.I. Lutheran so they have some potentially good players but are they D1 players and can we sign any of them?
Yes, Tim Beckett went to Lutheranstuball888 wrote:Didn’t Tim Beckett go to LI Lutheran
