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Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:49 pm
by eagle9903
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:
claver2010 {l Wrote}:
hinghameagle {l Wrote}:Donahue would never ever, ever recruit a kid like courtney Dunn after watching the way he plays. the forst time he watched him miss the rim from 5 feet out, and shoot bricks at the the free throw line, he would have walked out the door. The problem is that BC needs a big, and this big doesnt necesaarily have to be an offensive weapon.


Side note: neither did skinner, he didn't see his game in person till he was at BC and was pissed at Bonzi when he saw dunn's game


Nothing about this shocks me.

Oh and Courtney Dunn was freaking awful. Donahue has a big in Van Nest who is mobile and can shoot, he just declines to play him big minutes. For all of Van Nest's faults, he's no worse than Southern or Dunn.


Van Nest can't rebound or defend. Thus he is like having a much taller Danny Rubin.

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:56 pm
by twballgame9
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:
claver2010 {l Wrote}:
hinghameagle {l Wrote}:Donahue would never ever, ever recruit a kid like courtney Dunn after watching the way he plays. the forst time he watched him miss the rim from 5 feet out, and shoot bricks at the the free throw line, he would have walked out the door. The problem is that BC needs a big, and this big doesnt necesaarily have to be an offensive weapon.


Side note: neither did skinner, he didn't see his game in person till he was at BC and was pissed at Bonzi when he saw dunn's game


Nothing about this shocks me.

Oh and Courtney Dunn was freaking awful. Donahue has a big in Van Nest who is mobile and can shoot, he just declines to play him big minutes. For all of Van Nest's faults, he's no worse than Southern or Dunn.


He's worse because he is redundant of the shooting guards. At 7 feet.

Point is that getting a decent 7 footer that can shoot but doesn't rebound sucks worse than getting a below average 7 footer that actually addresses a need. Donahue is assembling a team for H-O-R-S-E

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:02 pm
by pick6pedro
eagle9903 {l Wrote}:
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:
claver2010 {l Wrote}:
hinghameagle {l Wrote}:Donahue would never ever, ever recruit a kid like courtney Dunn after watching the way he plays. the forst time he watched him miss the rim from 5 feet out, and shoot bricks at the the free throw line, he would have walked out the door. The problem is that BC needs a big, and this big doesnt necesaarily have to be an offensive weapon.


Side note: neither did skinner, he didn't see his game in person till he was at BC and was pissed at Bonzi when he saw dunn's game


Nothing about this shocks me.

Oh and Courtney Dunn was freaking awful. Donahue has a big in Van Nest who is mobile and can shoot, he just declines to play him big minutes. For all of Van Nest's faults, he's no worse than Southern or Dunn.


Van Nest can't rebound or defend. Thus he is like having a much taller Danny Rubin.


Yep. I'd prefer a big who can do what a big is supposed to do.

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:02 pm
by eepstein0
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:
claver2010 {l Wrote}:
hinghameagle {l Wrote}:Donahue would never ever, ever recruit a kid like courtney Dunn after watching the way he plays. the forst time he watched him miss the rim from 5 feet out, and shoot bricks at the the free throw line, he would have walked out the door. The problem is that BC needs a big, and this big doesnt necesaarily have to be an offensive weapon.


Side note: neither did skinner, he didn't see his game in person till he was at BC and was pissed at Bonzi when he saw dunn's game


Nothing about this shocks me.

Oh and Courtney Dunn was freaking awful. Donahue has a big in Van Nest who is mobile and can shoot, he just declines to play him big minutes. For all of Van Nest's faults, he's no worse than Southern or Dunn.


He's worse because he is redundant of the shooting guards. At 7 feet.

Point is that getting a decent 7 footer that can shoot but doesn't rebound sucks worse than getting a below average 7 footer that actually addresses a need. Donahue is assembling a team for H-O-R-S-E


You need to be able to make shots playing HORSE. This team would absolutely suck at that game.

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:03 pm
by branchinator
I agree with Ballgame here. I thought Cortney Dunn sucked but this team absolutely needs another big who can rebound/defend. And it's not like Dennis Clifford is Tim Duncan out there anyways. Even when healthy, Clifford does not have much of an impact on the offensive end. We need another guy who can do what Clifford does defensively when he's out of the game (or injured). Otherwise, you're left with giving frontcourt minutes to Eddie freaking Odio.

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:03 pm
by twballgame9
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:
claver2010 {l Wrote}:
hinghameagle {l Wrote}:Donahue would never ever, ever recruit a kid like courtney Dunn after watching the way he plays. the forst time he watched him miss the rim from 5 feet out, and shoot bricks at the the free throw line, he would have walked out the door. The problem is that BC needs a big, and this big doesnt necesaarily have to be an offensive weapon.


Side note: neither did skinner, he didn't see his game in person till he was at BC and was pissed at Bonzi when he saw dunn's game


Nothing about this shocks me.

Oh and Courtney Dunn was freaking awful. Donahue has a big in Van Nest who is mobile and can shoot, he just declines to play him big minutes. For all of Van Nest's faults, he's no worse than Southern or Dunn.


He's worse because he is redundant of the shooting guards. At 7 feet.

Point is that getting a decent 7 footer that can shoot but doesn't rebound sucks worse than getting a below average 7 footer that actually addresses a need. Donahue is assembling a team for H-O-R-S-E


You need to be able to make shots playing HORSE. This team would absolutely suck at that game.


I didn't say it was a good HORSE team.

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:03 pm
by eepstein0
pick6pedro {l Wrote}:
eagle9903 {l Wrote}:
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:
claver2010 {l Wrote}:
hinghameagle {l Wrote}:Donahue would never ever, ever recruit a kid like courtney Dunn after watching the way he plays. the forst time he watched him miss the rim from 5 feet out, and shoot bricks at the the free throw line, he would have walked out the door. The problem is that BC needs a big, and this big doesnt necesaarily have to be an offensive weapon.


Side note: neither did skinner, he didn't see his game in person till he was at BC and was pissed at Bonzi when he saw dunn's game


Nothing about this shocks me.

Oh and Courtney Dunn was freaking awful. Donahue has a big in Van Nest who is mobile and can shoot, he just declines to play him big minutes. For all of Van Nest's faults, he's no worse than Southern or Dunn.


Van Nest can't rebound or defend. Thus he is like having a much taller Danny Rubin.


Yep. I'd prefer a big who can do what a big is supposed to do.


Since that's clearly not on this roster, Van Nest should play more.

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:05 pm
by eepstein0
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:
claver2010 {l Wrote}:
hinghameagle {l Wrote}:Donahue would never ever, ever recruit a kid like courtney Dunn after watching the way he plays. the forst time he watched him miss the rim from 5 feet out, and shoot bricks at the the free throw line, he would have walked out the door. The problem is that BC needs a big, and this big doesnt necesaarily have to be an offensive weapon.


Side note: neither did skinner, he didn't see his game in person till he was at BC and was pissed at Bonzi when he saw dunn's game


Nothing about this shocks me.

Oh and Courtney Dunn was freaking awful. Donahue has a big in Van Nest who is mobile and can shoot, he just declines to play him big minutes. For all of Van Nest's faults, he's no worse than Southern or Dunn.


He's worse because he is redundant of the shooting guards. At 7 feet.

Point is that getting a decent 7 footer that can shoot but doesn't rebound sucks worse than getting a below average 7 footer that actually addresses a need. Donahue is assembling a team for H-O-R-S-E


You need to be able to make shots playing HORSE. This team would absolutely suck at that game.


I didn't say it was a good HORSE team.


Unathletic, short, can't shoot and don't play defense. Pretty good squad we've assembled. You watch BC shoot jumpers in warm-ups and they're all freaking bricks. Incredible

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 11:41 pm
by BCEaglesFan
@TheRecruitScoop
Boston College & Fordham have offered 2013 SG Jon Severe of Christ the King (NY).

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:45 am
by RedBaron67
BCEaglesFan {l Wrote}:@TheRecruitScoop
Boston College & Fordham have offered 2013 SG Jon Severe of Christ the King (NY).


Severe (6'2", 180) has accumulated a mixture of high-major and mid-major offers over the past year, but now appears to be blowing up and attracting a wider range of high-major interest. Everything indicates he'd be a good get, but I'm never optimistic about jumping late into a crowded recruiting scene.

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:15 am
by 31southst
RedBaron67 {l Wrote}:
BCEaglesFan {l Wrote}:@TheRecruitScoop
Boston College & Fordham have offered 2013 SG Jon Severe of Christ the King (NY).


Severe (6'2", 180) has accumulated a mixture of high-major and mid-major offers over the past year, but now appears to be blowing up and attracting a wider range of high-major interest. Everything indicates he'd be a good get, but I'm never optimistic about jumping late into a crowded recruiting scene.


Wonder if this is an indication we won't land Jorgenson.

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:56 am
by Shaddix
31southst {l Wrote}:
RedBaron67 {l Wrote}:
BCEaglesFan {l Wrote}:@TheRecruitScoop
Boston College & Fordham have offered 2013 SG Jon Severe of Christ the King (NY).


Severe (6'2", 180) has accumulated a mixture of high-major and mid-major offers over the past year, but now appears to be blowing up and attracting a wider range of high-major interest. Everything indicates he'd be a good get, but I'm never optimistic about jumping late into a crowded recruiting scene.


Wonder if this is an indication we won't land Jorgenson.


Don't believe so. Severe just lit it up for 37 points the other night. BC offered on the spot following the game, I believe

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:39 am
by sweetriverbaines

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:52 am
by eepstein0
sweetriverbaines {l Wrote}:http://www.msgvarsity.com/brooklyn-bronx/severe-paces-christ-the-king-over-xaverian-1.1328295

Get it done...


Yes please. He looks really good.

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 11:20 am
by RedBaron67
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:
sweetriverbaines {l Wrote}:http://www.msgvarsity.com/brooklyn-bronx/severe-paces-christ-the-king-over-xaverian-1.1328295

Get it done...


Yes please. He looks really good.


Severe is really good, although apparently something of a late bloomer; that's why he has a bunch of high-major offers, and why some of the really heavy hitters (e.g., Indiana) are thinking seriously about jumping in. I fear that BC is going to get lost in the crowd on this one.

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 11:21 am
by Shaddix
RedBaron67 {l Wrote}:
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:
sweetriverbaines {l Wrote}:http://www.msgvarsity.com/brooklyn-bronx/severe-paces-christ-the-king-over-xaverian-1.1328295

Get it done...


Yes please. He looks really good.


Severe is really good, although apparently something of a late bloomer; that's why he has a bunch of high-major offers, and why some of the really heavy hitters (e.g., Indiana) are thinking seriously about jumping in. I fear that BC is going to get lost in the crowd on this one.


It because he was the second option on the team until this year

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 11:32 am
by RedBaron67
Shaddix {l Wrote}:
RedBaron67 {l Wrote}:
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:
sweetriverbaines {l Wrote}:http://www.msgvarsity.com/brooklyn-bronx/severe-paces-christ-the-king-over-xaverian-1.1328295

Get it done...


Yes please. He looks really good.


Severe is really good, although apparently something of a late bloomer; that's why he has a bunch of high-major offers, and why some of the really heavy hitters (e.g., Indiana) are thinking seriously about jumping in. I fear that BC is going to get lost in the crowd on this one.


It because he was the second option on the team until this year


Thank you; I'd forgotten that Christ the King had Omar Calhoun as its main attraction one class ahead of Severe.

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:14 pm
by Brablc
A guard: Jorgenson or Severe

and

A Big: Kelly, Kanter, Reynolds

And I'll be happy. Get it done.

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:16 pm
by RedBaron67
Brablc {l Wrote}:A guard: Jorgenson or Severe

and

A Big: Kelly, Kanter, Reynolds

And I'll be happy. Get it done.


Recruiting situations like this are where the assistant coaches are expected to earn their salaries. We'll have to hope that, like Odio, they've raised their game when we weren't looking.

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:56 am
by bcmurph
RedBaron67 {l Wrote}:
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:
sweetriverbaines {l Wrote}:http://www.msgvarsity.com/brooklyn-bronx/severe-paces-christ-the-king-over-xaverian-1.1328295

Get it done...


Yes please. He looks really good.


Severe is really good, although apparently something of a late bloomer; that's why he has a bunch of high-major offers, and why some of the really heavy hitters (e.g., Indiana) are thinking seriously about jumping in. I fear that BC is going to get lost in the crowd on this one.


SMU, St. John’s, Boston College, Wake Forest, West Virginia and Tennessee have begun recruiting Christ the King shooting guard Jon Severe, the top unsigned senior in the city.


http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/high_school/basketball/rb_edwards_looking_to_head_south_y547FnrVrotzZk9bYNlaNP

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 2:01 pm
by RedBaron67
bcmurph {l Wrote}:
RedBaron67 {l Wrote}:
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:
sweetriverbaines {l Wrote}:http://www.msgvarsity.com/brooklyn-bronx/severe-paces-christ-the-king-over-xaverian-1.1328295

Get it done...


Yes please. He looks really good.


Severe is really good, although apparently something of a late bloomer; that's why he has a bunch of high-major offers, and why some of the really heavy hitters (e.g., Indiana) are thinking seriously about jumping in. I fear that BC is going to get lost in the crowd on this one.


SMU, St. John’s, Boston College, Wake Forest, West Virginia and Tennessee have begun recruiting Christ the King shooting guard Jon Severe, the top unsigned senior in the city.


http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/high_school/basketball/rb_edwards_looking_to_head_south_y547FnrVrotzZk9bYNlaNP


This list, of course, doesn't mention the schools that started recruiting him last year -- Alabama, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Seton Hall, and most of the Atlantic 10. The list may grow some more; there are other high majors considering whether to offer Severe. As I said above, BC is caught in a mob scene on this one. At least the reporter put us on the list, so we can consider BC still alive in the recruiting contest.

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:04 pm
by The Knife of Asia
We aren't getting this kid... Looks like he'll be a great player.

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:12 pm
by eagle9903
Commits/Recruiting in summary: 50% We don't recruit highly enough ranked players with lots of offers, 50% We shouldn't bother to recruit this highly ranked player with lots of offers because we have no chance to sign him.

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:16 pm
by HJS
What percentage of posters feel that Don needs to target higher ranked players AND do a better job signing the players he targets?

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:15 pm
by Shaddix
HJS {l Wrote}:What percentage of posters feel that Don needs to target higher ranked players AND do a better job signing the players he targets?


The players he targets are fine. He just can't land any of them. Hopefully he realizes he needs help in recruiting at the end of the year and adds a staff member

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:44 pm
by DavidGordonsFoot
Shaddix {l Wrote}:
HJS {l Wrote}:What percentage of posters feel that Don needs to target higher ranked players AND do a better job signing the players he targets?


The players he targets are fine. He just can't land any of them. Hopefully he realizes he needs help in recruiting at the end of the year and adds a staff member


Someone with, you know, ACC experience wouldn't be a bad idea.

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:00 pm
by TobaccoRoadEagle
DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:Someone with, you know, ACC experience wouldn't be a bad idea.

careful what you wish for...

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Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:51 pm
by BCEaglesFan
Shaddix {l Wrote}:
HJS {l Wrote}:What percentage of posters feel that Don needs to target higher ranked players AND do a better job signing the players he targets?


The players he targets are fine. He just can't land any of them. Hopefully he realizes he needs help in recruiting at the end of the year and adds a staff member

Meh, Graham got him the Cali Kids and Hanlan, so you keep him. But Waheed has only got him Owens and Kampmann has gotten nobody.

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:11 pm
by eepstein0
BCEaglesFan {l Wrote}:
Shaddix {l Wrote}:
HJS {l Wrote}:What percentage of posters feel that Don needs to target higher ranked players AND do a better job signing the players he targets?


The players he targets are fine. He just can't land any of them. Hopefully he realizes he needs help in recruiting at the end of the year and adds a staff member

Meh, Graham got him the Cali Kids and Hanlan, so you keep him. But Waheed has only got him Owens and Kampmann has gotten nobody.


Kampmann would be my first choice for re-location

Re: Commits/Recruiting

PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 9:45 am
by eagle9903
DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:
Shaddix {l Wrote}:
HJS {l Wrote}:What percentage of posters feel that Don needs to target higher ranked players AND do a better job signing the players he targets?


The players he targets are fine. He just can't land any of them. Hopefully he realizes he needs help in recruiting at the end of the year and adds a staff member


Someone with, you know, ACC experience wouldn't be a bad idea.


Now, not to perpetually review the same exercise (of course I am actually doing exactly that) but Coen, Coley, O'Shea were not BigEast experience guys. They were A-10 guys who figured it out.

I'm not saying it would hurt. I'm just saying its not the prerequisite to success it is being presented as. For instance Larranaga has all guys from George Mason.