2021 Recruiting

[gmujim92]

you remind me of the St Joe's Hawk quite a bit Jim. You just keep cheering and cheering when there is little to cheer about. Don't your arms get tired?

I guess I could just be miserable like you, but life is too short.

 

[sleeperpick]

I guess I could just be miserable like you, but life is too short.

this recruiting cycle is not over Jimbo. We already signed the kid with the worst offer sheet out of all the kids we offered so thats a plus. If we lose out on Zaakir, Folkes, Castro, Charles, and Samb then consider me worried. Paulsen knows exactly what he is doing to be successful long term in the A-10.

If all else fails we can sign the 22 year old JUCO kid that is addicted to Twitter porn and any kid from Kentucky that's high school coach says is a steal. That is plenty good enough for me. Upping my donation now and hoping Brad extends DP

 

[sleeperpick]

that New England pipeline we were all setting up will pay off soon too. They have about 20 guys on NERR that are rated really high that haven't committed and some don't even have that great of offers. One is even 7'1" holy crap. I am sure DP is going to offer them all really soon if they have really high character.

Towson even offered a couple DP

 

[GSII]

Based on Erik's quotes,, I guess Billy Lange tells kids what they wanna hear. DP looks like he doesn't promise much. If your son heard "we want you to come in and be a playmaker and have an immediate impact" vs "you have the CHANCE to be an impact player"....which program would you feel better about? I'm assuming here but with the high volume of whiffs DP has had, maybe its time to adjust the pitch.
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[tblack33]

Based on Erik's quotes,, I guess Billy Lange tells kids what they wanna hear. DP looks like he doesn't promise much. If your son heard "we want you to come in and be a playmaker and have an immediate impact" vs "you have the CHANCE to be an impact player"....which program would you feel better about? I'm assuming here but with the high volume of whiffs DP has had, maybe its time to adjust the pitch.
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Alternatively we might be adjusting the pitcher after this season which might yield similar results.

 

[Pablo]

https://twitter.com/YOO_duece/status/1299769129256222722?s=20

 

[tblack33]

Guess you weren’t paying attention because Saint Joe’s has been really good far more recently than Mason. Given their history and location they’re still an attractive brand to a lot of kids.

Lol dude location? To put it in perspective for you, St Joes location is hardly in Philly, it's like calling Arlington DC. Their arena is in the bottom half of A10 gyms, their practice facility (Casciato gym) is honestly worse than what we are working with at the RAC. They weren't just one of the worst teams in the A10 last year, they were one of the worst teams in college basketball as a whole. Their last tournament appearance was going on 5 years ago.

It's just wild to me that St. Joes is in essentially the exact same position right now as we were when we hired Paulsen. 5 years removed from relevancy, in a complete rebuild, with aging, poor facilities. And they beat us for one of our top recruits. When we were in their shoes, who were we beating for recruits? Now tell me what the difference is in those two scenarios.

 

[Patriot8]

Lol we’ve missed on the two guys who we’ve been tied to since day 1 and we’re probably at the top of the whiteboard. If we miss on Castro who’s left who we have been recruiting the last few years?

Also it’s funny to see that St Joes can land studs like this early in their rebuild on the promise of playing time and we were scraping kids from the Patriot League to try to fill out our roster at the same point in our rebuild.

Mason isn’t in a rebuild, we just suck...

 

[Pablo]

Lol dude location? To put it in perspective for you, St Joes location is hardly in Philly, it's like calling Arlington DC. Their arena is in the bottom half of A10 gyms, their practice facility (Casciato gym) is honestly worse than what we are working with at the RAC. They weren't just one of the worst teams in the A10 last year, they were one of the worst teams in college basketball as a whole. Their last tournament appearance was going on 5 years ago.

It's just wild to me that St. Joes is in essentially the exact same position right now as we were when we hired Paulsen. 5 years removed from relevancy, in a complete rebuild, with aging, poor facilities. And they beat us for one of our top recruits. When we were in their shoes, who were we beating for recruits? Now tell me what the difference is in those two scenarios.

The school is located on City Avenue. The campus is in West Philadelphia and Lower Merion Township. It's also a member of Philly's Big 5, which means it plays one of the best basketball programs in the country (i.e., Villanova) every year.

 

[sleeperpick]

Lol dude location? To put it in perspective for you, St Joes location is hardly in Philly, it's like calling Arlington DC. Their arena is in the bottom half of A10 gyms, their practice facility (Casciato gym) is honestly worse than what we are working with at the RAC. They weren't just one of the worst teams in the A10 last year, they were one of the worst teams in college basketball as a whole. Their last tournament appearance was going on 5 years ago.

It's just wild to me that St. Joes is in essentially the exact same position right now as we were when we hired Paulsen. 5 years removed from relevancy, in a complete rebuild, with aging, poor facilities. And they beat us for one of our top recruits. When we were in their shoes, who were we beating for recruits? Now tell me what the difference is in those two scenarios.

being too generous on Patriot League for that first class. St Joe's also has been hammering the transfer wire for local talent coming back to the city after going P5... already secured Bishop and I heard they are on another as well. Bishop is nasty as hell


Oh and Dayton just landed a 3 star PG with offers ranging from Seton Hall, Rutgers, Wake Forest, Washington St, Georgetown and Okie St... must be nice.. Dayton Ohio is a great location this time of year scenic as all hell

 

[tblack33]

The school is located on City Avenue. The campus is in West Philadelphia and Lower Merion Township. It's also a member of Philly's Big 5, which means it plays one of the best basketball programs in the country (i.e., Villanova) every year.

I've been up to St. Joes multiple times now, it is at least 30 minutes away from anything you would want to do/see in Philly. All of the nightlife is at least 20 minutes away with no traffic. That far North and West of the river is effectively the suburbs that calls themselves Philly.

St. Joes hasn't played Villanova close in at the Holy War in at least a decade. So sweet, kids get a non conference game where they get to have their asses wiped against a P5. They can get that at alot of places.

 

[Pablo]

St. Joes hasn't played Villanova close in at the Holy War in at least a decade. So sweet, kids get a non conference game where they get to have their asses wiped against a P5. They can get that at alot of places.

Evidently, you don't understand what the Big 5 means to the players and fans (including me). And, to be precise, the Hawks defeated Villanova at Hagan during the 2011-12 season, and lost by 4 at the Pavillon the next season.

 

[tblack33]

Evidently, you don't understand what the Big 5 means to the players and fans (including me). And, to be precise, the Hawks defeated Villanova at Hagan during the 2011-12 season, and lost by 4 at the Pavillon the next season.

Lol so it means alot to kids who aren't from Philly? I don't think it means a ton to St. Joes fans anymore, considering they only had 3450 in attendance for the home game at Hagan last year (that's official attendance, we all know how those numbers go)

Mason beat Villanova in 2011 too, should today's recruits care about that?

 

[Patriotsince81]

you remind me of the St Joe's Hawk quite a bit Jim. You just keep cheering and cheering when there is little to cheer about. Don't your arms get tired?

The ignore feature is wonderful.

 

[gmujim92]

The ignore feature is wonderful.

Pussy

 

[sleeperpick]

Pussy

Your best friend Herndon has half the boards blocked. Keep that same energy to him lol

 

[Patriotsince81]

Your best friend Herndon has half the boards blocked. Keep that same energy to him lol

If Jim replied to my comment, ask him if he understands the concept of ignore. LOL

 

[gmujim92]

Your best friend Herndon has half the boards blocked. Keep that same energy to him lol

I don’t know Herndon, but I do know a message board is a bad place for anyone who’s too thin-skinned to handle someone disagreeing with them.

 

[mkaufman1]

Are we seriously going to go at each other every time a recruit doesn’t pick mason, lol

 

[tblack33]

Are we seriously going to go at each other every time a recruit doesn’t pick mason, lol

It is known.