Spears Jr visit in the near future??
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How many 1 and dones is Pope allowed to land before he gets heat for it ? It's coming.
You can pretty much guarantee Mark Pope a fourth year if he gets a commit from Spears.
Short of a complete collapse and missing the "New and Improved" 76 team NCAA tournament, no new AD is going to dump a recruiting class that includes a #1 and a #6, among whoever else joins the parade.
Short of a complete collapse and missing the "New and Improved" 76 team NCAA tournament, no new AD is going to dump a recruiting class that includes a #1 and a #6, among whoever else joins the parade.
Marcus might push him to LSU. But I’m definitely with striking now
Any logically thinking parent should look at what Will Wade has done and keep their kids far far away from that, regardless of alma mater statusMarcus might push him to LSU. But I’m definitely with striking now
Pope pulls that off and all of a sudden he’s rolling around a set of WHEELBARROW NUTS
Call it whispers, rumors, or rumblings, if this happens early like it did with Hampton, I like our odds to get The BIG 3.!!!!
Now this would be enormous. And his dad is a really likable commentator. Wouldn’t hurt to get him on our side.
That would be huge. It would probably guarantee a year 4. I dont agree with that as om the court matters more
His daughter played volleyball at Texas & pretty sure they live in the Dallas area so if he’s pushing him anywhere it’ll be Texas.
So, LSU, Texas, UK, Alabama, Arkansas? Who else, T-Tech? Houston? Baylor? TAMU(seems unlikely). Are Duke and UNC involved. Probably all of the above considering NIL and him being a top 5 player and possible #1 pick.
His sister is at Texas as a volleyball player. UK's women are the runner-up. She definitely wouldn't be taking a big leap backwards in a transfer here.
His sister is at Texas as a volleyball player. UK's women are the runner-up. She definitely wouldn't be taking a big leap backwards in a transfer here.
Was that you when you cried incessantly about Pope for months? What a waste of time. See ya never.
A good mix of one and dones and uperclassman is the cocktail.FIRE CAL!!!! wait…
Don't know if he comes here...but with his cousin her me you think that a visit would be automatic
Zero if he wins.
No one had a problem with Cal getting one and dones until he started missing on the elite guys and began packing the roster with guys like Brandon Boston, Chris Livingston, and Quade Green.
Listen, his recruiting fell off, but there is no reason to take pot shots at kids for coming here and playing. Boston and Livingston both were good, neither should've been relied on to carry the load. Their coach built crappy rosters and put the kids in bad positions.
Very suspect to class variance too.
You can have a top class but if it is weak or unbalanced you are still in a lot of trouble.
Sometimes the #1 big is Skal or Bradshaw or Green is a leading point guard and you are sort of weak and broken by default despite hitting the plan at or near 100% on target.
All the eggs in the same basket all the time is difficult to navigate.
And sometimes higher rated prospect does not= better college player. Cal had multiple examples of kind of falling into that, especially early in his tenure. He wanted Will Barton in 2010. He lost out and got lower-rated Doron Lamb. Will Barton did turn out to be a better overall player, eventually, going on to a long NBA career as a solid rotation player. Cal still came out way ahead on that, because for 2 years in college Doron Lamb was a better option.
Other than projected lottery picks, who you know are 100% headed to the NBA and probably have the talent to justify taking for 1 season, I'd try and get a feel for how a player is really thinking and whether he's dead set on being 1 and done almost no matter what. And if he is, and he doesn't fall into the automatic lottery pick category, maybe look elsewhere. Guys are legitimately weighing more seasons in college vs being late first/2nd round picks now, so try to find guys who might actually consider that if they aren't instant stars.
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We are going to get Spears. There will be an entirely different narrative on Pope this time next year
I can see a Spears visit coming to fruition but my gut tells me it'll be a while before he decides and I think Texas will be the one to beat. His dad and the kid want a coach that shows him how to be better. Can Pope be that guy? I dunno. Maybe
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I hope so I have given him the grief for not landing top players and transfers.