Eagledom {l Wrote}:commavegarage {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:commavegarage {l Wrote}:HJS {l Wrote}:People want to believe that they were run off, because otherwise it is further proof that D has trouble recruiting as he failed to keep kids he wanted who were ALREADY ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM. In my opinion, he ran off Heslip and Papa and Sanders and failed to keep Noreen and Ravenal. Since he didn't replace the 3 he ran off or the 2 he whiffed on, it is ultimately failures all around.
So there's no proof he ran off players.
I'll take it you do know that pretty much all players in today's era commit to a coach not a school.
And it's not a blemish on Don's record IMO that he couldn't lure in a big fish this year. So many players were already committed to various schools. If he doesn't pull in big fish next year, then I will have a problem.
So Wake's Top-5 recruiting class is going to follow Gaudio right? No way they stay committed to Wake?
The cliche that players commit to a coach is largely bullshit at BC's level. John Calipari, yes. Al Skinner or Ivy Guy? Not so much.
Does anybody have proof Donahue ran off any of the players who left?
The reports surrounding Heslip and Sanders cited "mutual Agreement"....sounds like he ran them off to me.
Or it could have been:
Rakim: I don't want to play here if I can't play under Al Skinner.
Donahue: Well, think it over, you know I won't force you to stay if you really don't want to.
Two days pass:
Rakim: Yeah, I've decided I will sacrifice another year of cheesesteaks for playing under one of the guys who recruited me, Cooley
Donahue: Okay, good luck in your future endeavors.
Rakim: What does endeavors mean?
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