Dave Paulsen

[gmujim92]

Honestly it doesn’t matter, pick your medium that looks at recruiting, and Dave is one of the worst recruiters in the conference for all of them. Trust em, don’t trust em, doesn’t matter. When every single data point points to it it’s probably right.

Only data point that matters is win-loss record, IMHO. The rest is just conversation.

 

[tblack33]

Only data point that matters is win-loss record, IMHO. The rest is just conversation.

Lol well sure I guess I can rest my case then.

 

[gmujim92]

Lol well sure I guess I can rest my case then.

I never argued otherwise. It is what it is.

 

[GMUgemini]

Lol well sure I guess I can rest my case then.

Yeah, but think about it another way. Two seasons ago, we had 4 star Reuter, 3 star Mar, 3 star AJ, and 3 star Hartwell all on the team. That would put us tied for UMass essentially for recruit rankings. Were we a better team two seasons ago than what we have going into this season?

 

[sleeperpick]

Yeah, but think about it another way. Two seasons ago, we had 4 star Reuter, 3 star Mar, 3 star AJ, and 3 star Hartwell all on the team. That would put us tied for UMass essentially for recruit rankings. Were we a better team two seasons ago than what we have going into this season?

Reuter wasn't a 4 star on Rivals or 24/7 to my knowledge but carry on

 

[Pablo]

Yeah, but think about it another way. Two seasons ago, we had 4 star Reuter, 3 star Mar, 3 star AJ, and 3 star Hartwell all on the team. That would put us tied for UMass essentially for recruit rankings. Were we a better team two seasons ago than what we have going into this season?

https://247sports.com/Player/Jarred-Reuter-23597/

 

[tblack33]

Yeah, but think about it another way. Two seasons ago, we had 4 star Reuter, 3 star Mar, 3 star AJ, and 3 star Hartwell all on the team. That would put us tied for UMass essentially for recruit rankings. Were we a better team two seasons ago than what we have going into this season?

Age has a lot to do with that. 2 of those 4 flopped I’ll give you that, but now we are going into AJs senior and 3 star hartwells junior season with probably one of the most talented teams Paulsen has had, so yeah we weren’t better then but the counterpart of the argument is they were higher ranked and developed and we are much better now.

 

[GMUgemini]

https://247sports.com/Player/Jarred-Reuter-23597/

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/121451/jarred-reuter

 

[gmujim92]

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/121451/jarred-reuter

And look at that offer sheet. Gonzaga? UConn? It’s almost like it’s difficult to project what an 18-year-old kid is going to become.

 

[GMUgemini]

And look at that offer sheet. Gonzaga? UConn? It’s almost like it’s difficult to project what an 18-year-old kid is going to become.

Super skilled. He just lost all of the athleticism he had when he was a high school senior by the time he got to us. But maybe he never leaves UVA if he could still move laterally and explode to the rim.

As for our current crop of 2 star recruits: Polite, Kolek, Henry, Frazier, Gadsden, Johnson, Oduro, Haidara -- we may or may not get a chance to see if Paulsen's recruiting has "gotten better" over the last two to three years or not.

 

[Pablo]

https://future150.com/hs/basketball-profiles/jarred-reuter-pf-2015:

SCOUTING REPORT

STRENGTHS
Conditioning
Defensive Rebounding
Help-Side Defense
High Motor
Making Correct Passes

NEEDS TO IMPROVE
Athleticism
Lateral Quickness
Playing Above The Rim

 

[sleeperpick]

And look at that offer sheet. Gonzaga? UConn? It’s almost like it’s difficult to project what an 18-year-old kid is going to become.

maybe those were some of those contingent offers you taught us all about.. we will never know I guess

 

[gmujim92]

maybe those were some of those contingent offers you taught us all about.. we will never know I guess

True, but regardless he was a pretty highly regarded recruit.

 

[sleeperpick]

True, but regardless he was a pretty highly regarded recruit.

all I know is he was horrible for the year he played for the only college team I care about. so that is what I judge

 

[gmujim92]

all I know is he was horrible for the year he played for the only college team I care about. so that is what I judge

He never played for Rhode Island

 

[Mason2005]

He never played for Rhode Island

Ziiiiinnnnngggggggg!!!!

 

[sleeperpick]

He never played for Rhode Island

been to more Rhode Island games than you have Mason the past 5 years..... 1

 

[gmujim92]

been to more Rhode Island games than you have Mason the past 5 years..... 1

Erroneous

 

[HoopsAdmin]

Okay, Okay.... let's keep it on track here, you two.

 

[gmujim92]

Okay, Okay.... let's keep it on track here, you two.

I included a smiley emoji ... all in good fun