HJS {l Wrote}:MF73-Eleazar {l Wrote}:HJS {l Wrote}:Grad transfers don't generally work like they do in football. First, very few decent ones redshirt. Second, if you aren't good enough to see big minutes at your current school as an upper classman, chances are you won't do well in the ACC. Finally, if you are that rare player who has a year left and are an elite talent, then you will have the Kentucky and Dukes of the world after you.
Bottom line is that I'd like to see us relying on grad transfers.
WRT to a grad transfer PF, he only needs to do what you mentioned above, tall-ish, glue player, does a lot of dirty work. We need that, since Reyes still seems a little lite in the tuchas. Hopefully, he'd be taller than Corey Jackson or Kev Hrobowski, obviously. Rob Blackwell's height or more would be fine.
I DON'T want Eli Carter 2.0, just a grad transfer PG who can hold down the fort for a yr, in addition to recruiting a freshman PG at the same time. It would help with the roster balance going fwd, no?
What we've gotten thus far from 5th year transfers... Carter, Tava and Jeffers... is just about the best quality of 5th year transfers that we will ever get.
The reason why I'd rather take a recruit is that you will have a better chance of over-performance. Once a PF is labeled someone who doesn't have an offensive game, he loses interest from the top 100 schools... no matter how good his rebounding or D is. Similarly, a G who gets labeled as someone who can't create his own shot and can't penetrate into the paint... he loses interest from major programs. But, I'd argue, that if you aren't looking for that, you can get outsized talent in the areas of rebounding/defense and ball-handling. Not to mention, a HS kid could develop over time and be more than a one-year contributor... especially, if they are a hard-worker ala Jared Dudley.
I have no interest in guards that can't creat their own shot.
