Cuonzo's first official recruiting offer

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615 Vol said:
Being in the top 150 is not as impressive in basketball as it would be in football as the rosters are much smaller.
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That is true, but only if the rating systems are accurate. Remember, Chris Lofton was ranked 146 (by Rivals) and JuJuan Smith was completely unranked...not even in their list of players. Once you get past the very top players, the rating system is unreliable. That's why you get so many small schools in the NCAA tournament without any ranked players from Rivals.
 
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I actually think Kevin Ware as high rated as he was (#56 overall) compared to this kid that Cuonzo MAY prefer Joshua. I follow Kevin Ware on twitter, and man all I can say is Markeith Ambles comes to mind. Maybe Cuonzo isn't just blowing smoke when he says he considers character very strongly in his talent evaluations. He may be a coach that would gladly take no. 121 over no. 56 if he feels strongly that no. 121 is less likely to get in trouble and more likely to work harder. Personally, I also would do that. Not saying I'm a saint bec granted if Ware was the no. 16 player then it'd be much harder to make this move. But for all of the great things Pearl did... if he had a weakness it would probably be his recruiting evaluation (esp. the character aspect). I'd say less then 1/2 of Pearl's recruits that he got straight from HS actually made it. Then u take away the obvious 5* like Tobias and Scotty and u could argue that Wayne Chism and Brian Williams are is his only recruit he got straight out of HS that worked out as well as projected. Obviously I;m not counting the guys the book is still open on like Mcrae and Golden. My point is mainly that based off Pearl's history of players panning out or not that I wouldn't hit any kind of panic button if Ware goes elsewhere. Previous data of Pearl recruited players shows that his chances of staying here all 4 yrs w/o leaving or getting kicked off are not great, and his chances of living up to his rating or real slim.
 
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If he is a top 150 player, he is worth an offer considering our team's current position.

People, please quit sympathizing w/these MO ST posters as if somehow CCM recruiting this kid equates to what Shame Kitten did to UT. 1st of all, when you hire a coach at MO ST and he does well, it is a given that he will be leaving in the not too distant future anyway. 2nd of all, he didn't bolt on them with a couple of weeks left in the recruiting season and take as many already committed and even already enrolled players with him as he could blackmail, put into a drug induced coma and smuggle, or charm into ignorant oblivion with him before leaving. He hasn't left behind a program in tatters following his singularly lackluster season with them, with the NCAA camped out in their backyard. He has never once said that he was leaving MO ST to take his "dream job" to move to a program that is just at a "different level" than the job he just abandoned.

This kid was not even signed there. CCM is not taking him from them, he is simply recruiting an uncommitted D-1 prospect. There have been no LOI's signed and the kid never even verbally committed to them in the firstplace. A bunch of pie in the sky fans have determined he was a "silent" commit, ha! A silent commit does not equal a commit at all, unless they end up officially committing at some point in the future. How many "silent commits" have been declared on this board only to commit somewhere else a week later?

Regardless, the way I see it is this: If we have to live with being screwed by coaches b/c "that's just the nature of the business these days," than ***** all the rest of these programs. I have no issue with returning the favor when it benefits UT. Were any of these MO ST fans lambasting Shame for his actions when leaving UT, or Squealipari when he bolted Memphis taking everything but the gym floors with him? Doubtful, as far as I'm concerned, if the NCAA is going to allow these kinds of activities to occur in the first place than let us finally benefit from it for once. (Although I doubt MO ST has many recruits we'd even want to take anyway, but the point remains the same.)

I have no qualms with that. I am sure that I would have had concerns if this conversation occurred before our program was practically razed to the ground last year, but after enduring all the B.S. radio/TV/internet pundits all over the country defending that schmuck, and lecturing UT fans on "the nature of the business" and "get used to it" blah, blah, blah. I have become a tad vengeful.
 
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I don't know that this would be a major pickup, and I'm afraid that this may be an early indicator of the "athlete" over "shooter" mentality (all for "athletes" but at some point being able to shoot becomes a necessary skill), BUT... he's already an upgrade from McBee.
 
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He's visiting on the 8th per Hubbs. If he commits, consider Ware gone. Matter of fact, this may have been more of a mutual parting of the ways between Ware and CCM.
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Meeting with Jones next week. Anyone know his grades situation?
 
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LawVol13 said:
It seems very odd that they list his shooting as outstanding while also listing it as a weakness.
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Sounds like at this point in his development he is better 15 feet and in. Range develops quickly at that age, it's touch I appreciate. Give me the guy that can hit a floater or 12' jump shot any day.

"Offensively, Josh can score the ball in a variety of ways with floaters or pull-up jump shots off a shot, or he can finish at the rim with an acrobatic lay-up or one-handed dunk."
 
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pruss60 said:
Sounds like at this point in his development he is better 15 feet and in. Range develops quickly at that age, it's touch I appreciate. Give me the guy that can hit a floater or 12' jump shot any day.

"Offensively, Josh can score the ball in a variety of ways with floaters or pull-up jump shots off a shot, or he can finish at the rim with an acrobatic lay-up or one-handed dunk."
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Not me. Give me the guy who's worked on his shot, and I'll set a pick for him.

Still, I agree with your assessment. Sounds like within his range he shoots well, but he doesn't yet have much range.
 
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