26-27 Roster

[vt4700]

Feeling much better about the roster than I was 15 minutes ago.

Want to see that stud shooting guard and another athletic wing added to the mix.

Definitely need a 2nd guard with size, and then a guard or wing type would be fine with the last spot.

 

[vt4700]

EL agree completely. It's a gold mine for mid majors now, and one other programs have taken advantage of. But even the last couple years in which mooniocrity stated his strategy was to build via HS recruiting, we could not land the high rated/impact hs recruits. I'll give him AA , that's about it. But we should be able to bring in one or two top 150 types in this current climate.

But, we have to sell them on...."come here and be prepared to play right away. We would love to have you for all 4 years, but we all know how the portal is. If you come here and do great, and that leads to P5 opportunities, that's great. We want what is best for you, but right now, what is best for you is coming here and helping us win the A-10 and get to the dance".

Top 150 recruits don't want to hear about redshirting and developing. They want and expect to play right away.

 

[*23*]

Yes, have to sell the immediate opportunity.

 

[97spiderfan]

But, we have to sell them on...."come here and be prepared to play right away. We would love to have you for all 4 years, but we all know how the portal is. If you come here and do great, and that leads to P5 opportunities, that's great. We want what is best for you, but right now, what is best for you is coming here and helping us win the A-10 and get to the dance".

Top 150 recruits don't want to hear about redshirting and developing. They want and expect to play right away.

I would ponder that no recruit is interested in hearing about redshirting (at least no recruit we would want). Another reason, why our rampant use of the redshirt works against us.

 

[Eight Legger]

Maybe "we have a top-3 dining hall – think about how much great food you can eat while you redshirt!" will be a better pitch?

 

[sman]

from what Mooney has said, we haven't pushed anyone to redshirt. but we've offered it. I agree ... we shouldn't any more.
kids have taken it (I would too) as a year getting paid NIL to just practice and lift. their best 4 years are ahead of them, and they can leave whenever they want. I'd love the 5 years to play 4 option, getting paid 5 times. come out from here or from a high major after a transfer with a masters degree.

 

[Spider17]

So here is a projected A10 line up for next year. Starter - Backup

1. AA (all A10 rookie team) - Deuce Simmons (Kansas Gatorade POY. 3 star recruit).

2. TBD - Donovan Richardson or Harper?

3. Jaime Kaiser Jr. (Top 100 recruit on ESPN, averaged 9 ppg at Butler) - Tanner

4. Jack McCaffrey (Top 100 recruit on ESPN, Iowa Gatorade POY, 2 ppg at Butler likely medically redshirted) - Andrew Ball (about 8 ppg at Monmouth. More defensive minded). Ball may also be starter as well.

5. Amon Dorries (16 ppg at Bucknell, 2nd team all Patriot, all rookie Patriot league) - Homenick?

With 3 transfer spots left (assuming JRob is transferring)

I really want us to prioritize a starting guard to play alongside AA. Then I would want to see maybe a back-up 5. The last spot can be a role player for any position.

 

[Eight Legger]

When's the last time we had two state POYs on our roster at the same time? That's wild.

 

[SFspidur]

Our last one was GW III, and that didn't go great. When's the last time we even had one on the roster before that?

 

[MrTbone]

from what Mooney has said, we haven't pushed anyone to redshirt. but we've offered it. I agree ... we shouldn't any more.
kids have taken it (I would too) as a year getting paid NIL to just practice and lift. their best 4 years are ahead of them, and they can leave whenever they want. I'd love the 5 years to play 4 option, getting paid 5 times. come out from here or from a high major after a transfer with a masters degree.

I really find this scenario both fascinating and horrifying. I don't really buy that the staff isn't pushing guys to redshirt.

There is clearly some conversation that happens where someone from the coaching staff is telling a kid that they aren't likely to get much playing time and a developmental redshirt is open to them. There's no way these guys are coming to that conclusion on their own; they are competitive players who have been starters for probably just about every team they've been on. Every one of them thinks they can play and succeed. So if they aren't being pushed, they are certainly being ushered to this conclusion.

We need guys fighting for spots every practice and every game. I get that there will be end of bench guys, but I still want those guys pushing whoever is above them each week to be next man up, wherever they are in that line.

 

[Spider17]

When's the last time we had two state POYs on our roster at the same time? That's wild.

We have 2 ESPN top 100 recruits as well.

 

[URFan1]

I really find this scenario both fascinating and horrifying. I don't really buy that the staff isn't pushing guys to redshirt.

There is clearly some conversation that happens where someone from the coaching staff is telling a kid that they aren't likely to get much playing time and a developmental redshirt is open to them. There's no way these guys are coming to that conclusion on their own; they are competitive players who have been starters for probably just about every team they've been on. Every one of them thinks they can play and succeed. So if they aren't being pushed, they are certainly being ushered to this conclusion.

We need guys fighting for spots every practice and every game. I get that there will be end of bench guys, but I still want those guys pushing whoever is above them each week to be next man up, wherever they are in that line.

I want guys who believe they should be starters.