Re: FW: pre-season polls

[Danny Spoonamore]

It makes sense to me because it is just a prediction.  I will be the first
one to eat my words if he turns out to be a great point guard, and love
every minute of it.  I'm just looking at circumstances and taking into
account situations like his that have occured in the past and making a
prediction.  I know that not all the recruits we get are going to pan out,
and I am not willing to bestow the bust label on any of the other three, so
he becomes my logical choice.  Think how disappointed we'd be (and how much
more flack I'd get on this forum) if I said that Hicks would be the bust.
To me, Kirk will be the 4 year player from this class, and Bobbit has
already proven himself somewhat at the JC level.  I'm not even going to
consider Johnson, because he wasn't as highly regarded in the first place,
so a bust by him (which is just as likely) would not be a surprise or
disappointment to me.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Schroeder, Tom" <address@hidden>
To: "Bearcat Basketball Forum (E-mail)" <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 8:47 AM
Subject: [UC Basketball] FW: [UC Basketball] pre-season polls


> This part of the post makes no sense whatsoever.  Just because Chadd was
> rated very high right before his sophomore year, means that many of the
> players in his class hadn't been seen in high level competition or hadn't
> developed yet.  In Chadd's case, he played for a high school team that
made
> him the top dog and didn't necessarily show what he could do or how good
he
> may be. Very few of the "top" kids in the class in the early part of their
> recruitment end up being exactly in the same spot when they go to college.
>
> Chadd then took it upon himself to go to Oak Hills Academy to focus on his
> academics and to insert discipline into his life.  The transformation was
> great with Chadd.  He came onto the #1 High School team in America as the
> back-up point guard to Justin Gray (Wake Forest recruit?) and proceeded to
> work hard and earn the starting spot on the team.  This was primarily due
to
> his diligence on defense.  He became the stopper for the team, much like
> IMac was.  He can do all of the things a great point should be able to do.
> He may not be putting in 20-25 ppg but I'm not so sure that it is great
for
> a team to be led in scoring by their point.  Because if the other team can
> shut down your point from scoring, they have effectively shut down the
> controls of the offense.
>
> "He's had it then lost it.  It's awfully hard to get it back again"?!?!?!?
> Where do you draw this knowledge from?  From all of your experiences as a
> top high school point guard??  Chadd has already done everything he can to
> prepare himself to play in the Huggs system.  Save the second guessing
till
> you've had a chance to see him play for a season or two.
>
>
> <Chadd has the most potential of the new recruits to bust.  He's had it
then
> lost it.  It's awfully hard to get it back again.  If he does, he was at
one
> time considered the top player in his class.  Let's hope the Huggs factor
> plays in here again.>
>
>
>
>
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