I know no coach worth his salt wants to hear what the fans think about his recruiting but....
after watching last night I am going to post the criteria I would want for any future recruits...
#1- anyone we go after- whether high schooler or juco- has got to be able to play defense...he has to be known as a solid defender!
Right now our guys aren't all bad but we perennially give up wide open 3's and easy drives & passes into the lane for layups and slam dunks.
Just look at the numbers - we shoot 30% (way below average) from the arc but we give up 36%- well above average
#2- they have to be able to score - seems like a NO BRAINER, right - but look at the guys we have on our roster!! Half our players did NOT even average double digits at high school, juco, or where they were playing before arriving at BU.
If a kid doesn't regularly put up 12-14 points OR MORE then he sure won't help much on offense at this level.
Amazing how many players who Geno has landed that did not even average that where they were playing the year before coming to Bradley..
(Chris Blake, Swopshire, Barnes, Morgan, Taylor, Zecevic, Fields, Wells, Hodges, Shayok, Shaw, even Grier - who was hyped like heck as a shooter and an incredible scorer only averaged 6 ppg in his year at FAU)
You got to get some scorers!
after watching last night I am going to post the criteria I would want for any future recruits...
#1- anyone we go after- whether high schooler or juco- has got to be able to play defense...he has to be known as a solid defender!
Right now our guys aren't all bad but we perennially give up wide open 3's and easy drives & passes into the lane for layups and slam dunks.
Just look at the numbers - we shoot 30% (way below average) from the arc but we give up 36%- well above average
#2- they have to be able to score - seems like a NO BRAINER, right - but look at the guys we have on our roster!! Half our players did NOT even average double digits at high school, juco, or where they were playing before arriving at BU.
If a kid doesn't regularly put up 12-14 points OR MORE then he sure won't help much on offense at this level.
Amazing how many players who Geno has landed that did not even average that where they were playing the year before coming to Bradley..
(Chris Blake, Swopshire, Barnes, Morgan, Taylor, Zecevic, Fields, Wells, Hodges, Shayok, Shaw, even Grier - who was hyped like heck as a shooter and an incredible scorer only averaged 6 ppg in his year at FAU)
You got to get some scorers!
What's wrong with kids like Andrew Warren, Jeremy Crouch, Alec Peters, DJ Balentine, Austin Ruder, Matt Bohannon, Marc Sonnen, Ben Simons, Colt Ryan, Tyler Les, Corey Hawkins, etc...
#3- and this one we have learned the hard way
PLEASE do not recruit disgruntled transfers (Grier, Fields), the well-travelled kids who have been at multiple prior schools (Hodges, Shayok, Zecevic), the kids who were kicked off their last team (Swopshire), kids with eligibility issues (Macari Brooks, Michael Tucker, Amerson, Blake), kids who were unable to earn a bit of playing time somewhere else so they come here (Barnes, Blake, Fields, Grier, Morgan), and kids with attitude issues who either just give up and hang their head when it ain't going well or throw elbows at opponents (Jones, Barnes, Taylor, Crawford).
Literally 75% of the players Geno has landed in four years fit these lists that I would stay away from.
#4 if at all preferable, get the kids that have at least 3 or 4 years of eligibility. We definitely have "too many jucos".
#5 get the kid with intangibles - team leader, vocal, well liked, good ethics, good morals, good grades, fan pleaser...
"High flying", "dunking machine", "versatile" (which appears to mean "can do a lot of things but isn't really good at any of them") and "freak athlete" are all nice, but we currently have a bench full of them.
"High flying", "dunking machine", "versatile" (which appears to mean "can do a lot of things but isn't really good at any of them") and "freak athlete" are all nice, but we currently have a bench full of them.
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