And how many of pikiell's contributors did over the years? This man (along with his fantastic staff) have a track record of identifying talent in under the radar places just like you have a track record of being a total douchebag with an opinion that is basically worth nada.
I think people are a little bit confused on the interest in Douby because his recruiting heated up so late. I think with Webb it was kind of the opposite with early offers including Villanova, then his stock seemed to drop a bit.
I am thoroughly confused by this post. Over the years? This past Thursday was his one year anniversary as head coach of Rutgers. And only one (Gettys) out of his five recruits he brought in was a major contributor.
I did not ignore his second year stats. They were awful too. His highlight video is really unimpressive considering it is a highlight video. No other school in the country was recruiting him. As the poster above said one out of five of pikes recruits so far have contributed significantly. We will see what happens.
If I made a 6 minute highlight video of my high school career it would include 359 seconds of advertising space. :D
So his time at Stony Brook and the assistants times at UConn Pitt etc dont count? Pikiell took a team full of guys nobody else wanted to the NCAA tourney. And those other guys he brought in each contributed to our collective improvement at different points. Frosh and newbies shouldn't be counted on to be the difference makers when we had starting caliber players already in the program.
His final numbers aren't really that much better than his freshman year – – his most impressive number is 6'2" tall and 210 pounds. Obviously, statistics don't tell the whole story, but I don't think a case could be made for him based on statistics, We'll see what kind of intangibles he brings. http://www.mccathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2016-17/bios/mensah_souf_9yrv
This is similar to what you would see at Creighton and Witchita State. They take players like you describe and coach them up. We do however, need to start landing the above average player and really good player to succeed in the tough B1G. I have faith that Pikiell will get this done.
Thank you! Those are the stats I am talking about. His shooting percentage from three and the foul line are beyond bad for a guard. He has no highlights of making any jump shots. He has no other D1 offers. I'm guessing between his poor shooting number and no offers he can't shoot. And the competition is bad. Most of these kids shooting percentages go down as well when facing big ten guards. If a guy is shooting 45% from three at a JC I expect him to shoot around 37% in the big ten. So Mensah is looking at negative percentages
Unless you are building teams that are beating Vermont, Albany and other America East Conference teams, you are correct, it doesn't count. I'm sorry Mensah is a bad pickup. I don't care about Pikiel's wins at Stony Brook I care about wins at Rutgers. He had a great pickup in Doucoure. He needs to get about 3-4 more players at this level for him to succeed. Mensah is not one of them.
He has only been here 1 year and you are already declaring him a failure as a recruiter. You are tripping over your clear agenda.
Way to figure everything out over one post and never read anything I have said in the last 12 months. So let me tell you my actual position. I have no idea if he is a good or bad recruiter, nor does anyone else no matter how much they pretend they know everything. The next six months will decide how good of a recruiter he is (and how long he will be our coach). However this pickup was not a good pickup.
You are at a point that when I see your name I already know what you wrote. You post the same message in every thread.
That's bullcrap this is one of only a very few posts that I have criticized the coach I have been for the most part complimentary.
47% FG Avg is outstanding for a guard. I was expecting below 30% from the comment that his stats were terrible. What was his FT%?
How the hell can you shoot 47% from the field and 57% from the line as a guard? And last year he was 48% from the line?
such is life as a Scarlet Knight haha. Well heres to hoping. Ill take Lake to replace Gettys in the interim then.
As a point guard? Seems odd. But I'm not knocking the kid. The idea of a 24 year old player who looks strong as an ox and is quick as a back up point guard looks to me like it has potential. I just don't understand why he is so bad at free throw shooting.
Everybody does do it. Not a team in Division 1 that doesn't average better than 60%. My point is that it is a key component of the game. It is 100% predictable. And it matters. How can you not get better than 58% at it?
More importantly, who's the guy that will make the open shot? What opponent is going to push up on guards who are bad shooters?
Webb's stock dropped because people realized that he didn't have enough offensive skill to score consistently in a major conference. That was borne out at RU. Villanova has usually had guards who can shoot.
I agree that he hasn't shown much as a recruiter yet. But I disagree that he should have only 6 more months to show it.
