Article:SEC coaches on the 'Billy' Rule

[DowntownVol]

Derrick Coleman?

[Jaytrain5]

Originally Posted by hatvol96

My favorite personal anecdote on this subject: I was sitting with a well known coach at the Junior Olympics. There was a pudgy kid on one of the 12 year old teams. I said he looked like the love child of Nell Carter and Fred "Rerun" Berry. The coach looked at me and said, "In six years, that pudgy kid will be my power forward." The player went on to be two time conference player of the year and play a decade in the NBA. The great evaluators see it before anyone else. It's what makes them great.

Based on the size of the player described, my guess would be Danny Fortson.

That, and most of the regulars here know that you have a good relationship with Huggs, so I thought of Cincy players first.

[BigPapaVol]

Originally Posted by hatvol96

No, they aren't. Andy Kennedy was right in what he said during the SEC teleconference Wednesday. Guys who can really evaluate talent can walk into a gym full of 8th graders and figure out in short order the guys who are going to be D-I quality players.

some quit growing, stop working at it, don't develop as expected, get mixed up in wrong crowds, etc.

There will be a ton of changes over that four year period for every individual involved.

I have no doubt that coaches can determine the difference, but things get in the way. Damon Bailey was nowhere near the horse that Knight expected so many years before his arrival.

My point: some are going to pan out and just as many aren't.
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[TreeGreen]

I still don't see the problem offering early. The player could fail to pan out, but that can happen with people you didn't recruit in middle school.

[BigPapaVol]

Originally Posted by TreeGreen

I still don't see the problem offering early. The player could fail to pan out, but that can happen with people you didn't recruit in middle school.

I don't think it's a problem. I think it is tough to bank on those schollies panning out. Even tougher than giving them to graduating seniors, which has proven extremely tough.
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[crazyguy]

well, you could look at it this twisted way...the younger that kids are offered the sooner that kids figure out that they are not going to make it and try and hopefully make an effort at doing something else with their life other than the and 1 mix tape tour or the like.