Any news on Charles Mineland Jr?

[MadRU]

I know Charles Mineland Jr. was in the same time as Jonathan Laurent. Charles said he had a great visit. Any further word on when we might hear something (one way or the other)?

He would be a great get. I can see a backcourt with Corey, Charles, Mike Williams and Justin Goode as having great potential.

Any news would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[higgins3]

Nothing so far I don't think. Minland game is very interesting. Only played 2 years and accumulated 1500 points. Has a very unique skill set as far as the kind of shots he takes and makes. I have a strong feeling if he arrived on the banks by his senior year he would be a player that we would remember.

You gotta think-Sanders might be here for 2-3 years. I am in the thought process that he stays here for 3 years. I think Sanders reacts to college level coaching very well. It is hard being a student athlete though, so he'll have to put in work on both sides. It will be a transition for sure, just like the same one every freshman goes through. If Sanders is a two year player here, you have to prepare and get more guards.

Make no mistake about it, this is a guard driven league at the moment. Break down defenders, kick the ball out, repeat. If you don't have guards that take people off the dribble, you won't succeed at this level.

Hopefully minland responds. He could b a player if he comes here.

 

[knights1212]

I was surprised that in Carino's article on Laurent he mentioned that we were targeting Freeman and Ellison. He never mentioned Minlend yet Charles said some very nice things about Rutgers and there was an outstanding drawing of him with Rutgers in the background. I thought we had our best shot at Minlend of the three but what do I really know. I think it was just an over sight by Carino.

 

[NewJerseyHawk]

Prep school is likely path for him as he would still be 17 this fall regardless of where he wanted to go and probably benefit from another year of maturity and improvement with potentially a better offer list and chance to be an impact player early in his career.

 

[higgins3]

Art, probably just an oversight. I agree with you though- go after who we could get. Ellison and Freeman are probably reaches. The fact that we're "recruiting them the hardest" doesn't mean a darn thing. Who knows. I would like to see them land Minland though for sure. His game would be special down the line I think. Just a competitor.

 

[MadRU]

Originally posted by NewJerseyHawk:
Prep school is likely path for him as he would still be 17 this fall regardless of where he wanted to go and probably benefit from another year of maturity and improvement with potentially a better offer list and chance to be an impact player early in his career.

Hawk is that your theory or has there been talk of this?

 

[higgins3]

Makes total sense. Kids super young.

 

[ejgonz]

Originally posted by NewJerseyHawk:
Prep school is likely path for him as he would still be 17 this fall regardless of where he wanted to go and probably benefit from another year of maturity and improvement with potentially a better offer list and chance to be an impact player early in his career.

I'll never get how that's a better option than a scholarship and RS year.

 

[MADHAT1]

Originally posted by ejgonz:

Originally posted by NewJerseyHawk:
Prep school is likely path for him as he would still be 17 this fall regardless of where he wanted to go and probably benefit from another year of maturity and improvement with potentially a better offer list and chance to be an impact player early in his career.

I'll never get how that's a better option than a scholarship and RS year.

I think it's because, take a prep year and you still have those options.
Would like to see , take prep year, lose redshirt year.
If going to prep won't cost a kid anything, better to take it and improve game enough to get better offers.

Maybe if the NCAA allowed JUCO players to lose just 1 year of eligibility , after earning an associate degree,
it might be a little more fair to the recruits that go the JUCO route.
One year at a JUCO might just cost redshirt year at the school that accepts them

 

[RUPartisan]

Originally posted by MADHAT1:

Originally posted by ejgonz:

Originally posted by NewJerseyHawk:
Prep school is likely path for him as he would still be 17 this fall regardless of where he wanted to go and probably benefit from another year of maturity and improvement with potentially a better offer list and chance to be an impact player early in his career.

I'll never get how that's a better option than a scholarship and RS year.

I think it's because, take a prep year and you still have those options.
Would like to see , take prep year, lose redshirt year.
If going to prep won't cost a kid anything, better to take it and improve game enough to get better offers.

Maybe if the NCAA allowed JUCO players to lose just 1 year of eligibility , after earning an associate degree,
it might be a little more fair to the recruits that go the JUCO route.
One year at a JUCO might just cost redshirt year at the school that accepts them

But what about an injury during your prep year, then maybe no scholarships. Seems like a bit of a gamble for a player that probably has little chance to make the nba.

 

[MADHAT1]

Originally posted by RUPartisan:

Originally posted by MADHAT1:

Originally posted by ejgonz:

Originally posted by NewJerseyHawk:
Prep school is likely path for him as he would still be 17 this fall regardless of where he wanted to go and probably benefit from another year of maturity and improvement with potentially a better offer list and chance to be an impact player early in his career.

I'll never get how that's a better option than a scholarship and RS year.

I think it's because, take a prep year and you still have those options.
Would like to see , take prep year, lose redshirt year.
If going to prep won't cost a kid anything, better to take it and improve game enough to get better offers.

Maybe if the NCAA allowed JUCO players to lose just 1 year of eligibility , after earning an associate degree,
it might be a little more fair to the recruits that go the JUCO route.
One year at a JUCO might just cost redshirt year at the school that accepts them

But what about an injury during your prep year, then maybe no scholarships. Seems like a bit of a gamble for a player that probably has little chance to make the nba.

Leaving academics out of a kid taking the prep school route:
the player and his family are betting he'll improve enough as a player to get far better offers than he is getting out of HS.
So instead of accepting MAAC type school's offer , he will gamble that out of prep school he'll get a B1G type of school to offer. That's worth the gamble to some of the kids and parents. Especially if the kid gets a free ride somehow at a Prep.

 

[ejgonz]

I get it somewhat when the only options are MAAC type schools, but I think my kid would be taking that scholarship. I have trouble understanding kids turning down any A10, BE, AAC, B10 type offers. And please someone correct me but most kids pay for prep school, no?

 

[RutgersFbFan]

A perfect example would be our own Eli Carter who was committed to St. Bonaventure before going prep route and working his way into the top 150 and gaining offers from Rutgers, UCLA, Wake Forrest, etc.

I think there are far more examples of players playing themselves into bigger offers than sustaining some sort of career ending injury that results in all of their offers being pulled.

This post was edited on 4/6 10:21 PM by RutgersFbFan

 

[RUsojo]

Anyone who starts penciling Corey Sanders to only play two years on the banks before leaving (for the NBA) needs to reel it in a bit.

 

[RUPartisan]

Originally posted by MADHAT1:

Originally posted by RUPartisan:

Originally posted by MADHAT1:

Originally posted by ejgonz:

Originally posted by NewJerseyHawk:
Prep school is likely path for him as he would still be 17 this fall regardless of where he wanted to go and probably benefit from another year of maturity and improvement with potentially a better offer list and chance to be an impact player early in his career.

I'll never get how that's a better option than a scholarship and RS year.

I think it's because, take a prep year and you still have those options.
Would like to see , take prep year, lose redshirt year.
If going to prep won't cost a kid anything, better to take it and improve game enough to get better offers.

Maybe if the NCAA allowed JUCO players to lose just 1 year of eligibility , after earning an associate degree,
it might be a little more fair to the recruits that go the JUCO route.
One year at a JUCO might just cost redshirt year at the school that accepts them

But what about an injury during your prep year, then maybe no scholarships. Seems like a bit of a gamble for a player that probably has little chance to make the nba.

Leaving academics out of a kid taking the prep school route:
the player and his family are betting he'll improve enough as a player to get far better offers than he is getting out of HS.
So instead of accepting MAAC type school's offer , he will gamble that out of prep school he'll get a B1G type of school to offer. That's worth the gamble to some of the kids and parents. Especially if the kid gets a free ride somehow at a Prep.

Well we offered and apparently he would rather go prep than accept his only p5 offer. so are we a MAAC type offer?

 

[MADHAT1]

Originally posted by RUsojo:
Anyone who starts penciling Corey Sanders to only play two years on the banks before leaving (for the NBA) needs to reel it in a bit.

You think he's a one and done

Hoping he good enough to be first round after the second .
That would mean he probably made RU a program on the rise and a top talent destination.
But think he'll be a senior when RU makes the Sweet 16

 

[MADHAT1]

Originally posted by RUPartisan:

Originally posted by MADHAT1:

Originally posted by RUPartisan:

Originally posted by MADHAT1:

Originally posted by ejgonz:

Originally posted by NewJerseyHawk:
Prep school is likely path for him as he would still be 17 this fall regardless of where he wanted to go and probably benefit from another year of maturity and improvement with potentially a better offer list and chance to be an impact player early in his career.

I'll never get how that's a better option than a scholarship and RS year.

I think it's because, take a prep year and you still have those options.
Would like to see , take prep year, lose redshirt year.
If going to prep won't cost a kid anything, better to take it and improve game enough to get better offers.

Maybe if the NCAA allowed JUCO players to lose just 1 year of eligibility , after earning an associate degree,
it might be a little more fair to the recruits that go the JUCO route.
One year at a JUCO might just cost redshirt year at the school that accepts them

But what about an injury during your prep year, then maybe no scholarships. Seems like a bit of a gamble for a player that probably has little chance to make the nba.

Leaving academics out of a kid taking the prep school route:
the player and his family are betting he'll improve enough as a player to get far better offers than he is getting out of HS.
So instead of accepting MAAC type school's offer , he will gamble that out of prep school he'll get a B1G type of school to offer. That's worth the gamble to some of the kids and parents. Especially if the kid gets a free ride somehow at a Prep.

Well we offered and apparently he would rather go prep than accept his only p5 offer. so are we a MAAC type offer?

Apparently he thinks he'll have more and better P5 choices with a year of prep.
If he didn't have any p5 offers becides Rutgers, might not have been ready for prime time and made a good decision to go the prep route.