Garrius Holloman - Committed to Cowley CC

[pinstripers]

Cortez went someplace like Middle Tennesse. There were a couple others from that Heights team that played D-1, one with St Bonaventure and one with......

[hutchshox]

after HCC Cortez went to Univ. of Tenn.

[pinstripers]

He went wherever Dave Farrar was coaching, that was certainly not UT.

[RoyalShock]

Farrar went to Middle Tennessee.

[pinstripers]

Wait a minute...........maybe I'm crazy.........

[ShockerKhan]

Adrian Griffen was coming to WSU but when Cohen got fired he went to Seton Hall.

[forevershockerfan]

Something that really bothered me back then was a comment I seem to remember reading in the paper after Coach Cohen signed Ryan Herrs. It was something like "We just signed the best player in Kansas." Yikes!!! I seen both of them(Ryan and Adrian) play in High School and I thought Adrian was the best player in Kansas that year, even though I was also impressed with R.H. However, does such a comment possibly hurt your chances later in signing Griffen? Why make such a comment? Ryan had already signed the dotted line anyway. Does anybody else remember this? FSF was spitting nails when I read that!!!!!!!

[RoyalShock]

Not surprising. Cohen also didn't think Steve Woodberry was good enough for the MVC.

[SubGod22]

Woodberry was a player and went on to have a fine pro career as well. How we allowed some of these guys to leave the city is beyond me.

[forevershockerfan]

Johnny Murdock was overlooked as well and he came back to haunt us over and over and over for his 4 year tenure at SW Mo. State. I watched Johhny Murdock several times when he was a Junior and Senior at South High, and he sure impressed the "Dickens" out of me. Not signing him was the "worst of times and the worst of times"---so to speak.

[pinstripers]

that's awful........

[lawmaker]

Roy Williams was at Woodberry's house and Mike Cohen called for Steve. That is the difference right there. An out of town coach is actually in the house of a recruit in our back yard, while our coach is calling on the phone for Steve.
Not good

[RoyalShock]

Roy Williams was at Woodberry's house and Mike Cohen called for Steve. That is the difference right there. An out of town coach is actually in the house of a recruit in our back yard, while our coach is calling on the phone for Steve.
Not good

Whether it's a microcosm or not, that's out of context. Unless we know the full story, that moment in time is just that, a single moment that means nothing unless accompanied by a complete timeline of events. Perhaps a week earlier Cohen was in Woodberry's living room when Roy called.

I'm no Cohen apologist, but I don't like it when someone tries to paint a broad stroke with a narrow brush.

[lawmaker]

This came directly from Steve's mouth (mixed in with a "I've seen the light" comment).

[rrshock]

Johnny Murdock was overlooked as well and he came back to haunt us over and over and over for his 4 year tenure at SW Mo. State. I watched Johhny Murdock several times when he was a Junior and Senior at South High, and he sure impressed the "Dickens" out of me. Not signing him was the "worst of times and the worst of times"---so to speak.

Oh the starting 5 we could've had. WSU would've definitely been better had Cohen inked these guys.