2 Months ago vs Now....

[it's boogie time]

Do you think this last month will change the recruiting philosophy of the coaching staff? While Williams and Buycks were replaced very quickly, it sure would have been nice to have had another rebounder around last year. The scholarships that Fears, Xavier and Jassey claimed could have been used on somebody else. Possibly that missing ingredient that makes a 22 win team into a 24 win NCAA team.

I guess what I am getting at is do you think that BU still goes after the guys with the big upside, but also the big red flags?

 

[Stryker]

I think they will go for whoever is best that they can realisticly recruit. They may be a little more hesitant going after a guy with as much baggage as Fears, but that won't stop them from recruiting who they think is best.

 

[shaunguth]

let's get more players to be at bu for 4 or 5 years.

A post from another thread:

The scholarships for 2007-08 will most likely be 8 four-year players and 4-5 juco's. The following season will probably look very similar. Last season was 8 four-year players and 4 juco's. I don't have the numbers for the Sweet 16 season, but we are at the very least in the middle of three very similar seasons when it comes to the ratio of four-year players to juco players. Considering the recruiting job JL and staff has done as well as getting the guys to play together....I don't see any problem with this.

edited to add: I would not be as comfortable if the number of four-year scholarships dropped below eight. I think that number is just fine though.

 

[real fan]

I see no problem in taking a chance on williams and fears as you would have thought that they would have changed their ways by now; it has worked out as we will have 2 players that want to be here ; sometimes you have to take gambles as we are not Duke or Kansas but we did beat Kansas the last time we played them.