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What message are we sending to possible recruits?
Not a good one.
Recruits want to play for a winner - for a winning coach. They look to play in the best league possible surrounded by the best players possible in front of as much television as possible. At our level every player believes he's got what it takes to make the NBA.
This theory being floated that a recruit salivates over the idea of joining a broken program with a skeleton roster in exchange for unlimited playing time is made out of pure ignorance. Anybody who's ever played on a basketball team knows that everybody wants on the team that wins - the team with the best players.
That being said; recruits don't want to join a team that's stacked at every position either. Their ideal situation will be to join a nationally ranked team with opportunities to contribute right away but not expectations to shoulder any great responsibility with regard to W's until personally ready. Freshmen that come into a solid program expecting to take it over from day 1 are either The X-man (unlikely) or a player with a problem ego that will require correction a la Chance Moore.
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Not a good one.
Recruits want to play for a winner - for a winning coach. They look to play in the best league possible surrounded by the best players possible in front of as much television as possible. At our level every player believes he's got what it takes to make the NBA.
This theory being floated that a recruit salivates over the idea of joining a broken program with a skeleton roster in exchange for unlimited playing time is made out of pure ignorance. Anybody who's ever played on a basketball team knows that everybody wants on the team that wins - the team with the best players.
That being said; recruits don't want to join a team that's stacked at every position either. Their ideal situation will be to join a nationally ranked team with opportunities to contribute right away but not expectations to shoulder any great responsibility with regard to W's until personally ready. Freshmen that come into a solid program expecting to take it over from day 1 are either The X-man (unlikely) or a player with a problem ego that will require correction a la Chance Moore.
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