Wow....we are both on the same page here. Was writing my post when you already sent yours.

Double standard? This class v. Saul's typical class is like night v. day.

I was mainly having fun with it, to be honest. It's my general opinion that the majority of us who are "regulars" here don't have the background or hoops knowledge to say how good a recruit is until they've seen some time on the court in Athens. Which is why I usually don't have lots to say about specific players until they've seen the court in a game or two in The Convo - I don't know much about them. Roderick and McDay, being more local are exceptions. They look outstanding, and I'm glad we'll be seeing them in green & white. With Price, who we know little about at the moment other than videos, he could end up not working out even though on paper he's a great addition.

What The Optimist was saying regarding the comparison of the competition that was faced by Brown to James Gollon may have some validity to it. Hence my agreement/humor associated with it.

While we'll continue to compare the signings of the two coaches, the situations they were in, or are in with Boals case, are quite different in terms of contract status and what they can legit sell to recruits. To a degree, it's comparing apples to oranges.

As mentioned before in another thread, for the most part, I'm moving on from the past. It ain't changing, and the future looks more fun so far. I'll stick with that. I'm excited to see a guard oriented style, because I think it's more fun to watch. I'm excited to see more than a sit back and absorb it style of man defense, because I think aggressive D, creating turnovers and fast break opportunities is more fun to watch.

And lastly, we have to stop agreeing once again, because I'm digging the feel good nature over the last month as well. Cheers!

His recruiting and his inability to make corrections or adjustments were his biggest downfall. He recruited players that were athletically outmatched in MAC play and refused to implement a zone or use the whole shot clock to try to grind out victories. He was an average coach and I hope that he gets another job, but it is now Boals era so let’s move on.

Carsen Edwards eh? You could change your handle to The Optimist's Bigger Brother. ;)

I disagree. When it came to on the court performance, our inability to put the ball in the hoop for long stretches of time ultimately doomed Saul Philips. If you're saying we weren't as athletic as Buffalo, ok, I agree. but to say we were overmatched across the board? No. Put ball in hoop = win games. We didn't do it and we lost.

Man can you quit that stalling, you know that I am a saulcoholic.

Miles had 6 D-1 offers. No Kentucky’s in that group, but it’s not like he didn’t get any other offers. As we all know, the number of offers guarantees nothing, one way or the other.

I always felt like player development was lacking. Block never evolved. DT never ebolved. Tk never evolved.

Laster was left to rot until Campbell’s injury, his play showed that he was much better than Block and Gollum, I am glad that he did not transfer. Simmons was never forced to defend, he had full autonomy. Campbell was good when Saul got here and injuries slowed down his rise.

Just wouldn't be a good look if the scholarship was taken away after one year, even if the possibility had been fully explained to the kid and his family before hand. While I would guess similar circumstances may have occurred, I have never heard of a one-year scholarship being offered to an incoming freshman with the understanding he or she would most likely lose it the following year.

On the other hand, if we have senior walk-ons who've been an overall asset to the program, then by all means use the schollies on them.

There’s a first time for everything. It would seem to be much better to receive for one year than not receiving at all is what I’m wondering about. And the point about an academic schollie makes sense.

By the way, I’ve never heard of a preferred walk on in basketball. I must have missed something.

Fun takes it seems. He is fast, has really nice feet with hesitations, stutters and great first step. In the clips he does not seem to have much of a left hand which will cost him in a well scouted league like the MAC but he has a great potential to be very good with a combination of work in the weight room and two ball drills.

Easy to think if you found Gollon's thread there were those who talked about the small school phenomenon. It is an adjustment for most but there are some like Cooper who come in ready to play. Before any accuse me of a comparison I do not think he is half as polished as Cooper. A small school in Northern Wisconsin is much different than a small school in upstate NY.