RE: Re: Quantez Robertson- Cincy Kid

[Craig Bickel]

Don't forget that before the change in control in August Adrian "AD"
Graves from Hughes, an extremely athletic shooter, was ready to come to
UC. After Huggs was fired he chooses XU and admits to the press he
wanted to come to UC. (Now we see XU students in the Crosstown Shootout
crows wearing 'Thanks Nancy" t-shirts) 

 

I agree with you that the new coach needs to look closely at Ohio
players. There are some good players coming out of this state over the
next few years.

 

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From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 10:17 AM
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Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Re: Quantez Robertson- Cincy Kid

 

Well, here is my point...Robertson is a PG, not a shooting guard like
Tyree and Banks.  Instead, we got Tilford, who may turn out to be good,
but everyone says he is not a Big East player.  So I ask..."Why didn't
we even look at a hometown PG who is pretty good?"  We obviously did
need another to back up Downey, which is why we signed Tilford.

 

And all I'm saying is that, we have a ton of hometown talent...it would
be nice to at least look at some of it a little more.

 

Also, I think there are some facts here that do point to signs that
Banks and Tyree were risky signings.

 

Start with Banks.  (#1) He originally signed with Miami, FL, but
couldn't qualify academically (#2) Only a couple of schools offered him,
even though he is a great player. (#3) He jumped at the chance to sign
with UC after Miami released him.  (See his recruiting page on
bearcatnews).  This must mean not a ton of schools were after him.  Why?
I don't know, but maybe a reason.

 

 

Then Evans...(#1)his two offers were from UC and James Madison (with
high interest from Miami (Fl) and NC St. but no offers from them).  He's
a great player obviously, so why weren't a ton of big programs wanting
the 3rd all time scorer in Virginia (behind AI)? (#2) Prep school, so he
obviously had grade issues. (#3)And his arrest...the incident happened
in October/November and he signed right around the same time.  How could
no one know about this situation until mid summer?? 

 

I'm just saying taking chances on risky kids most of the time could
leave situations where both kids don't work out...like now.

 

In addition to that comment, Robertson was a prep school kid and maybe
had grade issues too.  May even have been risky too.  But I just wanted
to know why we never even heard his name.  Local talent is pretty good
lately.  Wouldn't hurt at least generate interest in local kids to play
for UC.

 
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Sent: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 04:24:36 +0000
Subject: [UC Basketball] Re: Quantez Robertson- Cincy Kid

Banks left in April or May and Evans was "put on hold" in June. 

 

You didn't hear about him because UC was set at guard. Banks was on
campus last 

year. High risk? There was nothing wrong with Evans until last summer.
High 

risk, why?

 

The other kid signed with Auburn long before May or June.

 

Tom Gray, UC fan since 1958


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