Too many freshmen. If they come with no promise and pope makes them earn PT ok with it. That’s not the mindset of the top 150 players.
But I think Pope will lay down the law and make them see the positivity in being brought along in systematic fashion rather than just being thrown out to the wolves to prove their rating.Too many freshmen. If they come with no promise and pope makes them earn PT ok with it. That’s not the mindset of the top 150 players.
I’m completely on board with the Todd Golden strategy. He said he’s not even recruiting freshmen unless he knows they specifically want to be at Florida. He might be creepy but that strategy seems to be working pretty well.It’s not my money, but I wouldn’t pay $5 million for Dybansta, the Boozers, Wilson, AND Ament!
Not for Freshmen! No way… And I’d be willing to bet that a team with the above collection of players wouldn’t sniff a FF either!
These kids are looking to cash in, NOT win National Championships.
Wilson is the only player Pope didn't land that he actually invested a lot of time and resources in.As of this point, Mark Pope has never landed a top 20 high school player outside of the state of Kentucky. I think he will eventually get it done, but so far he hasn't done it, so it still needs to be proven that he can do it. Lewis is top 25-35.
whats crazy is that they might just end up with 20 wins anyways. Their remaining schedule is Syracuse (total record 11-13) , NC State (total record 9-14) , Miami (total record 5-18) , Virginia Tech (total record 11-13) , Virginia (total Record 12-12 and might finish below .500 when the ACC is over) and Florida State (total record 14-9) and finally Duke. thats only 1 NCAAT team in Duke and only 2 teams left to face thats over .500 on the year.Meanwhile UNC loses again (blown out by Clemson!!), their NCAA tournament chances look to be hanging by a thread, and the chorus of Tar Heels calling for Hubert to be fired is getting louder... any chance Caleb Wilson is back on the market in a couple months...?
Let them in, then we can watch Jacksonville St or VCU bust that @ss!whats crazy is that they might just end up with 20 wins anyways. Their remaining schedule is Syracuse (total record 11-13) , NC State (total record 9-14) , Miami (total record 5-18) , Virginia Tech (total record 11-13) , Virginia (total Record 12-12 and might finish below .500 when the ACC is over) and Florida State (total record 14-9) and finally Duke. thats only 1 NCAAT team in Duke and only 2 teams left to face thats over .500 on the year.
I fear the NCAA putting them in for 20 wins even if their metrics are god awful just for favoritism. So hopefully FSU or Virginia can beat them also and make sure they miss the tourney for sure