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#7,376
BigZiti09 said:
Whatever dude. Guess you don’t like it when I’m proven correct.

Put me on ignore or bring something to the table.
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I like watching you meltdown.

Plus what have any of you “brought to the table.” Nothing but speculation and the same argument you all have been having since the season ended.
 
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#7,378
#7,378
BigZiti09 said:
I was told that we always recruit like this.
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I think we have always aimed higher with a few kids early, but generally we haven't been able to gain much traction with them and we are eliminated early. Now that we are more of a name brand and have some success to show, we are getting into living rooms and getting kids on campus.

We no longer have to rely exclusively on identifying the lower-ranked, the unidentified, the tweeners, the fortunate foreign players, etc. We are legitimate contenders for top-100 kids. We need to start landing some of them to keep from having to scramble in the end. Before, we had developed relationships with the underrated well in advance because the elite were rejecting our advances early on. Now, we are targeting the elite almost exclusively, and if we fail to land any of them, we could be left scrambling for kids who fit the system well, but are underrated, and now we don't have a longstanding relationship with them.

The time is now to land the studs or we could see a regression.
 
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BruinVol said:
I am not because then it becomes a Kansas and or other blue bloods to compete with instead of the Gators
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I’m not saying drag it out and past the fall signing period...Kansas has a PG commit and Kentucky just landed Maxey and Lecque is likely next. Yes offers will continue but most teams boards are set for the most part heading into fall, they will reshuffle as they lose guys but I don’t expect Mann to pick up 15 offers in the next 2 months.
 
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#7,380
BigZiti09 said:
Agree. If this thing goes into the fall months I don't like our chances and with the way we approach recruiting it would mean we miss on other guys waiting on him.
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And that makes sense, but I thought you also had said coming out of his Florida visit if he announces you feared we also lost him?
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
And that makes sense, but I thought you also had said coming out of his Florida visit if he announces you feared we also lost him?
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Right. Never like kids announcing fresh off a visit to another school.

If he was announcing fresh off a visit to UT I'd like our chances.

I don't like this thing dragging on into the fall though. We will be used as a spot holder I'm afraid.
 
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cncchris33 said:
I think we have always aimed higher with a few kids early, but generally we haven't been able to gain much traction with them and we are eliminated early. Now that we are more of a name brand and have some success to show, we are getting into living rooms and getting kids on campus.

We no longer have to rely exclusively on identifying the lower-ranked, the unidentified, the tweeners, the fortunate foreign players, etc. We are legitimate contenders for top-100 kids. We need to start landing some of them to keep from having to scramble in the end. Before, we had developed relationships with the underrated well in advance because the elite were rejecting our advances early on. Now, we are targeting the elite almost exclusively, and if we fail to land any of them, we could be left scrambling for kids who fit the system well, but are underrated, and now we don't have a longstanding relationship with them.

The time is now to land the studs or we could see a regression.
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Good post CNC.
 
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#7,385
cncchris33 said:
The sooner this recruitment ends, the better for us, regardless of the outcome. Landing him by July would be ideal, but even losing him by July means we can move on with time to recover with our other primary targets.
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Best case is Sturdivant commits to UF and Mann opts to so something soon...however just because he may not doesn’t mean we can’t recruit other guys. Continue to pursue the other PG options just as hard and if it gets serious you relay that to Mann.
 
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#7,388
BigZiti09 said:
Right. Never like kids announcing fresh off a visit to another school.

If he was announcing fresh off a visit to UT I'd like our chances.

I don't like this thing dragging on into the fall though. We will be used as a spot holder I'm afraid.
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Have to continue to recruit other guys
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Best case is Sturdivant commits to UF and Mann opts to so something soon...however just because he may not doesn’t mean we can’t recruit other guys. Continue to pursue the other PG options just as hard and if it gets serious you relay that to Mann.
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At what point do we push for Tandy? Where is he at in his recruitment?
 
#7,392
#7,392
BigZiti09 said:
Ok? Are his numbers incorrect?
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If you remove the commits from 2016 and 2017 then the percentages are similar...the reason I say remove them is because we’ve yet to land any of those guys, so if those commits end up as 3 star guys we take in the spring it will look very similar.
 
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BigZiti09 said:
At what point do we push for Tandy? Where is he at in his recruitment?
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According to VQ we are pushing just as hard for Kira Lewis, Tandy and James as we are Mann...like I had said staff would be happy with any of them, Mann just appeared to be further along in the process than those guys. None of those I listed have set up any visits, so it would appear to me that they’re waiting until after AAU to really cut things down.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
If you remove the commits from 2016 and 2017 then the percentages are similar...the reason I say remove them is because we’ve yet to land any of those guys, so if those commits end up as 3 star guys we take in the spring it will look very similar.
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The number of offers to highly ranked guys is not similar.
 
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cncchris33 said:
I think we have always aimed higher with a few kids early, but generally we haven't been able to gain much traction with them and we are eliminated early. Now that we are more of a name brand and have some success to show, we are getting into living rooms and getting kids on campus.

We no longer have to rely exclusively on identifying the lower-ranked, the unidentified, the tweeners, the fortunate foreign players, etc. We are legitimate contenders for top-100 kids. We need to start landing some of them to keep from having to scramble in the end. Before, we had developed relationships with the underrated well in advance because the elite were rejecting our advances early on. Now, we are targeting the elite almost exclusively, and if we fail to land any of them, we could be left scrambling for kids who fit the system well, but are underrated, and now we don't have a longstanding relationship with them.

The time is now to land the studs or we could see a regression.
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Few things got us to this point.

1. Our profile has been elevated as a program.
2. We have more scholarships to give

And finally the third point that some on this board won’t want to admit to being a possibility.

3. We have an AD who values recruiting and sees UT for what it should be. He’s gonna encourage the staff to bring the best to UT.
 
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#7,397
BigZiti09 said:
Few things got us to this point.

1. Our profile has been elevated as a program.
2. We have more scholarships to give

And finally the third point that some on this board won’t want to admit to being a possibility.

3. We have an AD who values recruiting and sees UT for what it should be. He’s gonna encourage the staff to bring the best to UT.
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All valid points.
 
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