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Russ,what is up--THREE Florida Gators Transferring

Florida's losing a lot of guys because they got passed over by freshmen and the next recruiting class coming in is very strong.
 
When I was at U Of F in the mid 70's we had a basketball team and facility as bad as any. We used to pack the house with hundreds ..
 
The 2 Ranney kids were rated 12th and 13th in the entire country. Those kids don't usually give us a look yet. They have choices from the best teams in the land. If we start having winning seasons we might have a chance at top ranked kids.
 
One's a grad transfer; another averaged 2.6 PPG, and may be looking to move down. Happens. Pretty soon we will have unlimited free agency in football and basketball, with only the flimsiest pretext for getting a hardship waiver so you play immediately without sitting out a year. Show some promise at Nebraska and Michigan State will grab you. Or Louisville. Or Oregon. Or....
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The recruit locally paradigm hasn’t worked in generations. Please get rid of that mindset. Get talented Big Ten caliber players who want to compete in the Big Ten. If they are from N.J. ... fine. But it should not be our recruiting focus. Too much wasted recruiting energy. The idea that we are landing elite N.J. athletes is a complete pipe dream until we have some sort of sustained success.
 
The recruit locally paradigm hasn’t worked in generations. Please get rid of that mindset. Get talented Big Ten caliber players who want to compete in the Big Ten. If they are from N.J. ... fine. But it should not be our recruiting focus. Too much wasted recruiting energy. The idea that we are landing elite N.J. athletes is a complete pipe dream until we have some sort of sustained success.

The State of Rutgers strategy worked well.
 
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Not sure how an ACL injury is after ten months. Looks like the forward would have two years left--https://floridagators.com/news/2019/3/26/mens-basketball-stone-to-transfer-from-florida.aspx


Chase Johnson left during the season over playing time that he didn't get during the rare times he was healthy

Back in January I started to hear that Keith Stone what's going to go lie grad transfer route and most likely transfer to Miami. He tore his ACL shortly after I heard that and I'm not sure Miami will be interested now.

Mike Okauru is a playing time issue. He was a backup point guard last season, a freshman came in and took the starting role and a freshman combo guard is coming in next season who will get more minutes than he was have has he stayed.

Deaundrae Ballard had six DNP in the final 13 games. In the other 7 games he played between 4 minutes of playing time, that includes one game that he played 15 minutes. With Scottie Lewis coming in Ballard would play less.
 
Ummm, Russ , I am , ehem , approaching middle-age. Can you tell me what that means ? lol
 
Ummm, Russ , I am , ehem , approaching middle-age. Can you tell me what that means ? lol
They landed Ques Glover out of Knoxville. Tennessee let him walk right out of their backyard to a rival school. 6-foot point guard with a great shot. Can also finish at the rim and is a very tough defender.
 
Ummm, Russ , I am , ehem , approaching middle-age. Can you tell me what that means ? lol
A recruit "popped" (aka committed) to Florida today. I guess "Pop" was never used in this community for a commitment. Sorry about that.

I had to scour the world wide web but I found a story with quotes from the kid and his coach that you can send to your nephew. LINK
 
A recruit "popped" (aka committed) to Florida today. I guess "Pop" was never used in this community for a commitment. Sorry about that.

I had to scour the world wide web but I found a story with quotes from the kid and his coach that you can send to your nephew. LINK

Any idea when RU gets some more poppage?

(By the way, spell check doesn’t like that word!)
 
Thanks, Russ.--Going to try to get down to campus at least once during his years there. Going to try to make a football/basketball weekend.
 
Any idea when RU gets some more poppage?

(By the way, spell check doesn’t like that word!)
Afraid I don't have any RU poppage info for you. Long basketball season, had to cover a game last night.

Yeah, I had to save poppage in my phone lol
 
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