Curtis Cobb would be a very good get for us, hope we land him. Ranked as the #15 Prep player in New England for 2015. For reference sake, Tommy Nolan is ranked #52.
52 in New England? Sorry Stagal, I don't see #52 as a difference maker. I'll admit I've never seen him play but he can't possibly live up to the hype he's getting on this board. He looks like a thousand good Irish Catholic HS basketball players I've watched over the years, very few of whom turned out to make a difference in college. That being said I'll gladly eat my words if he turns out to be John Ryan (or Mike Riordan, Kevin Joyce, John Roche, Mike Dunleavey, Chris Mullin, Bobby Hurley)
52 in NEW ENGLAND...not the country, NEW ENGLAND.....WOW.... And he is the ONLY recruit so far???
This speaks volumes for the program....In my opinion, maybe the REAL reason we can not get any recruits is because they do not want to play the kind of basketball Sydney is selling.....any recruit worth getting has already "scoped out" schools that are interested in them.....clearly, Fairfield does not play the kind of game these kids are used to and excel at....better start looking at the Ivy recruits for that kind of game!
As previously stated, I'd be thrilled if he was John Tice, but unless he shows up and 6'4, 215 and can tomahawk slam, hit threes, and totally disrupt the opposition, I highly doubt it.
Alex Kline @therecruitscoop · 30m30 minutes ago 2015 Wilbraham & Monson (MA) guard Curtis Cobb unofficially visits Fairfield today. He may take an official visit to Wake Forest in April.
With New England players Kahil Dukes transferring from USC, and Curtis Cobb on an unofficial visit to Fairfield on friday....... These seem like the players we should be getting at Fairfield off the transfer/Prep list. I would think that Tyson Wheeler should be able to use some of his influence and reputation as a great New England player to bring these guys in. And Sydney needs to show he can close on these guys. I don't know if we are involved with Dukes now, but we were 3 years ago.
Alex Kline @therecruitscoop · 30m30 minutes ago 2015 Wilbraham & Monson (MA) guard Curtis Cobb unofficially visits Fairfield today. He may take an official visit to Wake Forest in April.
With New England players Kahil Dukes transferring from USC, and Curtis Cobb on an unofficial visit to Fairfield on friday....... These seem like the players we should be getting at Fairfield off the transfer/Prep list. I would think that Tyson Wheeler should be able to use some of his influence and reputation as a great New England player to bring these guys in. And Sydney needs to show he can close on these guys. I don't know if we are involved with Dukes now, but we were 3 years ago.
JoeStag, I happened to see quite a bit of URI's victory over Kansas in the NCAAs in '98 when Tyson was URI's senior point guard. URI's offense was virtually the exact opposite of what we do under Sydney. Tyson controlled the ball in a similar manner to how John Ryan used to control our offense during his playing days. Wheeler was trusted to get by his man with the dribble and either hit the open man if the defense came to him or take the shot if the open shot was there. Wheeler ended up leading the A-10 in assists that year.
Please explain why Wheeler will be able to convince a recruit to come play in Sydney's offense which is nothing at all like what Wheeler played in during his college career?
What offense doesn't depend on the PG breaking down his man and dishing or shooting. Our problem is we haven't had a playmaker who can do that. Tyson has played for pay at the highest level. Players like Cobb want to be pros, even if not in the NBA. Look at Mo, Wheeler helped him expand his game in season and after graduation while he was waiting for a contract. Remember his three point shooting as a senior. Mo is starting in Austria and is a double digit scorer as a pro. Derek is thriving in the Ukraine as a PG. Wheeler coached him up too.
What offense doesn't depend on the PG breaking down his man and dishing or shooting. Our problem is we haven't had a playmaker who can do that. Tyson has played for pay at the highest level. Players like Cobb want to be pros, even if not in the NBA. Look at Mo, Wheeler helped him expand his game in season and after graduation while he was waiting for a contract. Remember his three point shooting as a senior. Mo is starting in Austria and is a double digit scorer as a pro. Derek is thriving in the Ukraine as a PG. Wheeler coached him up too.
Here's the Wikipedia link to the motion offense -- please show me where it claims the offense depends on the PG breaking down his man and dishing or shooting. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_offense
I realize we don't run the motion offense. My point was not to criticize Wheeler's coaching ability (I am not close enough to the program to know which assistant coach is in charge of what) but to point out that Wheeler's reputation came in large part from playing in a different style offense than we have employed the past two seasons. I simply was trying to imagine the conversation that would occur between Wheeler and the recruit if the recruit asked him how our offense will allow him to showcase his abilities and if Wheeler's basketball experiences would make it easier or more difficult to answer the recruit's question.
With New England players Kahil Dukes transferring from USC, and Curtis Cobb on an unofficial visit to Fairfield on friday....... These seem like the players we should be getting at Fairfield off the transfer/Prep list. I would think that Tyson Wheeler should be able to use some of his influence and reputation as a great New England player to bring these guys in. And Sydney needs to show he can close on these guys. I don't know if we are involved with Dukes now, but we were 3 years ago.
JoeStag, I happened to see quite a bit of URI's victory over Kansas in the NCAAs in '98 when Tyson was URI's senior point guard. URI's offense was virtually the exact opposite of what we do under Sydney. Tyson controlled the ball in a similar manner to how John Ryan used to control our offense during his playing days. Wheeler was trusted to get by his man with the dribble and either hit the open man if the defense came to him or take the shot if the open shot was there. Wheeler ended up leading the A-10 in assists that year.
Please explain why Wheeler will be able to convince a recruit to come play in Sydney's offense which is nothing at all like what Wheeler played in during his college career?
Our offense was completely different when we had Needham and a healthy Wade. Matter of fact Sydney's offense was very similar to Cooley's offense during the Needham years. And while Wheeler was a greater player than Needham, their role on the team was the same as you described "Wheeler was trusted to get by his man with the dribble and either hit the open man if the defense came to him or take the shot if the open shot was there"
And that exact point is why our Offense has really struggled...... we don't have a guard that takes their man off the Dribble and "Create Offense". And we haven't had it for 2 years...... and I have been repeating myself for 2 years. Wheeler made it happen, Needham made it happen. Wheeler hopefully can be that guy that can show/sell a Cobb or Dukes that they can be as successfull and important to this team as Needham was to Fairfield, and Wheeler was to Rhody. Call it a PG or a Lead guard or both...... that is what we would want from these guards, and Wheeler should be able to point to 2 good examples and say to a recruit...... "We want you at this position"
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Sydney might've employed that type of offense with Needham and Wade but I don't recall ever reading or hearing anyone say the key to a Princeton offense is a PG that can get by his man to create openings. And a Princeton offense is what Sydney played under in college and most likely what was run (either entirely or in large measure) at both Georgetown and Princeton where he coached before coming to Fairfield.
Sydney might've employed that type of offense with Needham and Wade but I don't recall ever reading or hearing anyone say the key to a Princeton offense is a PG that can get by his man to create openings. And a Princeton offense is what Sydney played under in college and most likely what was run (either entirely or in large measure) at both Georgetown and Princeton where he coached before coming to Fairfield.
I agree that the key to a Princeton offense is not just the PG being able to create opportunities off the dribble ..... but we don't play the Princeton offense. All offenses really on having multiple players being able to Penetrate and make a play. When we were Needham centric, we had 1 player that could do it...... that is not enough. Look at all the teams in the NCAA, they penetrate and make a play.