That “shit” rarely happens at UC probably because we rarely have a coaching change at UC.
But if you’re counting, it actually happened the last coaching change (when Huggins left)....Ivan Johnson got out of his LOI and went to Oregon and then the NBA.
And yes - there were several players that transferred. Do we really need to go through the list???
The 2020 class is the most important for uc basketball in the last 10 years.
I’ll give Brannen a chance. But to me, I need to see dominance in the 2020 class. If you can’t fill tha class with good talent, you never will
You keep saying you’ll give him a chance and then freaking out across multiple boards and twitter.
Did Sloan ever say when he wanted to make his descision by? I know recruits report in June so he would have to choose between us or KSU soon.
Haha what? Def don't hold the decommit from Xavier against him, nor these recent events.. and this situation definitely isn't the same as the Cronin situation coming in
Huh? Guys have their local schools in final 8 all time. Learn something rookie or if it don't apply to you let it fly. No need come off rude ass hell for something I have no idea where you was even talking about. If you don't offer the best player in your state I don't care what college your at that's dumb recruiting. Go check out Zion college list. I mean the man committed to X 1st anyway so why get so bent out of shape?
Freaking out?
At this point, all we can be is reactionary.
Brannen has no good Will bought with the fan base yet.
Give me something to great about and I’ll feel great about it.
Tell me... today. What do we have to feel good about? I’m not blaming Brannen or Cronin or Bohn, but what what should we feel great about right now ?
It's different bc Cronin didn't come here playing with house money. Brannnen inherited a top 15 team and it's looking like he just let it wither away. Which is disappointing considering he's supposed to be an upgrade apparently... On top of that samari wanted to come here so it shouldn't of been hard to retain him. Not really understanding why our roster should be in jeopardy right now. But Cronin should have locked in Downey being that it was our best player at the same timeWhy? It was the exact same situation for why he left here. I'm not saying I hold it against him but I don't hold it against Brannen either. The kid clearly doesn't know where he wants to go, which is okay because he's 17/18 years old.
Why's it different than Cronin? We lost Devon Downey who was like our best player at the time.
I really don't know where to start, and know even less why I'm wasting my time replying.
Go look up Luke Kennard. Top 25 player, McDonald's All American, from Franklin, Ohio Here's his list of offers and top schools:
Duke, Dayton, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, West Virginia, and Xavier.
Notice that Cincinnati is missing from that list. Mick didn't continue to pursue because, for whatever reason, he wasn't coming here. And that's ok, it happens. It's not automatic that a local kid has interest in every local school, even regardless of the coaches recruiting ability. There's a lot in play beyond what we know and speculate on.
Want another example? Look up Jaxson Hayes. 4 star recruit, son of a Bengals coach, and projected lottery pick this year. Played in town, at Moeller. Here's his list of offers and top schools:
Texas, Butler, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio State, Purdue, and Xavier.
Again, Cincinnati is missing. Why? Who knows. But at some point either Mick knew he wouldn't get him or didn't want him. Take your pick. Again, it happens and it's ok.
Still want a couple more, just for good measure?
Carlton Bragg (4 star, top 25, from Cleveland) - Kansas, Kentucky, Arizona, Illinois, UCLA
Jaeshawn Tate (4 star, top 25, from Pickerington, OH) - Ohio State, Dayton, Georgetown, Iowa, Michigan, Purdue, West Virginia, Xavier.
I could go on and on...
These guys all were higher rated than Curtis, and I think we'd all agree that recruiting to UC is much easier than recruiting to a school like NKU. So what gives, if we're actually to buy into your logic? Care to explain? Were you up in arms, polluting message boards when we weren't going hard after Kennard? I somehow doubt it.
The truth is there are any number of reasons a coach could not pursue a kid, and simply labeling the coach as a failure for not extending an offer to ONE kid is beyond ridiculous. You don't if Brannen inquired about or expressed interest in Curtis. And the reaction if he did couldve been as simple as "Samari's only looking at major programs". At that point, why waste offering someone who you know has no interest in your school, for whatever reason?
PS You keep saying in state and portraying him as local. Xenia is not in Kentucky the last I checked. And Xenia not even really local to Cincinnati either. It's not like he's in the backyard and coming from a program that your coaching staff has interacted with for years. ie Moeller, St X, Winton Woods. Quit representing Xenia, OH like its Cov Cath to Brannen.
I actually see some decent stuff popping up on recruiting even for 2019. I would be good with Sloan, Maidoh, T. Williams and another transfer name.
I am not happy with the Domask guy really. I think he’s a fall back type of plan. Starting to feel much better the more names pop up
Also like Scrubb and Loveday for 2020. I haven’t checked through all the lists. Not big on M Saunders
Tujautae Williams 2019 SF 6'6" 180 lbs visiting May 8th-11th via his Twitter. Has interest from Texas AM, Buffalo and Minnesota but no offers.
Yah I mentioned him in the previous response T Williams. I like him!
It's different bc Cronin didn't come here playing with house money. Brannnen inherited a top 15 team and it's looking like he just let it wither away. Which is disappointing considering he's supposed to be an upgrade apparently... On top of that samari wanted to come here so it shouldn't of been hard to retain him. Not really understanding why our roster should be in jeopardy right now. But Cronin should have locked in Downey being that it was our best player at the same time
With a full compliment of player we should expect a sweet 16 at least. All this talk about improvement i don't got time to waiste or pardon years to give. Hell in yr one Kevin Ollie led UConn to a chipAlso a serious question. How much should we expect better results from Brannen in year one? With Cronin it often took his guys 1-2 years to fully grasp his system so much so he wouldn’t play many of them significant minutes until years 3 or 4.
Even with a full roster returning they still are all in year 1 of a new system. What is too much to expect from that situation?
Houston and UCF should of knocked out Duke and Kentucky really... The ratings are typically biased... We should have been top 15 this yr. And based off preseason ranking for this upcoming yr I don't see how we aren't top 15. That's exactly why coaches leave and players transfer through a lack of apprecitation... Brooks was on track to have a solid senior yr def was better than medicore look at his transfer list..We weren't a top 15 all of last year and certainly weren't on pace to be this year so that's just blatantly false. Curtis decommitted from Xaxier to come to us following Mack's departure so clearly he didn't want to come here that bad. Again, blatantly false.
So Cronin loses Downey, our best player and future almost all American and Brannen loses Brooks...a mediocre AAC player who can't not foul out in 20min of play and he's the worst?
Houston and UCF should of knocked out Duke and Kentucky really... The ratings are typically biased... We should have been top 15 this yr. And based off preseason ranking for this upcoming yr I don't see how we aren't top 15. That's exactly why coaches leave and players transfer through a lack of apprecitation... Brooks was on track to have a solid senior yr def was better than medicore look at his transfer list..