Recruiting:
2008:
Jacquiese Holcombe- (who)
Twanny Beckham- (backup point guard at best, eventual transfer)
Dee Bost- (the best player Stans has signed in 5 years)
R. Osby- (eventual transfer)
2009:
John Riek- (bust)
Renardo Sidney- (lazy, no work ethic, no leadership, but very talented)
W. Lewis- (ineffective athletic body. zero basketball skills)
S. Smith- (injuries, no production)
2010: (Moultrie transfers in, sits out 10/11)
J. Steele- (been a great player for us. I will give credit to Stans on this find)
B. Bryant- (role player)
2011:
Shawn Long- (transfer to ULL)
Roquez Johnson- (seen very limited action, but has been unimpressive. still just a fr)
D. Gardner- (transfer)
R. Hood- (great freshman year with loads of future potential)
D. Smith- (lots of questions surrounding him right now)
In summation, you see that 5 of those that Stansbury has signed in the last four years have transferred. You can also see that discounting Dee, our 2008 and 2009 signing classes were awful. Depth is a major issue on this years basketball team, and the above is a prime illustration of why. In relation to the 2008 and 2009 recruiting classes, I feel our coaching staff has done a very poor job in the evaluation of future talent. And the talent that we did get in those classes has not developed. We have already lost 2 transfers from the 2011 class. I'm not going to comment on the D. Smith situation other than the fact that he has been unavailable for a large portion of this basketball season. The success of our upcoming recruiting class falls on the shoulders of D. Pollard.
The above list makes it seem like the "recruiter" has failed to recruit.
This years basketball team has talent, but we have zero depth. The depth issue simply relates to recruiting The talent we do have has not been developed. And just think how bad we would be had Moultrie not landed in our lap.
Prior to the UK game, the top 3 players in the SEC in terms of minutes per game were Bost, Hood, and Moultrie. Bost and Moultire played every single minute tonight, and we left Coleman with four timeouts.When you have no depth, I think calling timeouts would be beneficial for rest. I knew when Moultrie played 45 minutes, Hood 42 and Bost 44 at Vandy, we were in trouble. There is a reason we constantly fall apart in the second half. Depth/coaching or lack thereof is it.
2008:
Jacquiese Holcombe- (who)
Twanny Beckham- (backup point guard at best, eventual transfer)
Dee Bost- (the best player Stans has signed in 5 years)
R. Osby- (eventual transfer)
2009:
John Riek- (bust)
Renardo Sidney- (lazy, no work ethic, no leadership, but very talented)
W. Lewis- (ineffective athletic body. zero basketball skills)
S. Smith- (injuries, no production)
2010: (Moultrie transfers in, sits out 10/11)
J. Steele- (been a great player for us. I will give credit to Stans on this find)
B. Bryant- (role player)
2011:
Shawn Long- (transfer to ULL)
Roquez Johnson- (seen very limited action, but has been unimpressive. still just a fr)
D. Gardner- (transfer)
R. Hood- (great freshman year with loads of future potential)
D. Smith- (lots of questions surrounding him right now)
In summation, you see that 5 of those that Stansbury has signed in the last four years have transferred. You can also see that discounting Dee, our 2008 and 2009 signing classes were awful. Depth is a major issue on this years basketball team, and the above is a prime illustration of why. In relation to the 2008 and 2009 recruiting classes, I feel our coaching staff has done a very poor job in the evaluation of future talent. And the talent that we did get in those classes has not developed. We have already lost 2 transfers from the 2011 class. I'm not going to comment on the D. Smith situation other than the fact that he has been unavailable for a large portion of this basketball season. The success of our upcoming recruiting class falls on the shoulders of D. Pollard.
The above list makes it seem like the "recruiter" has failed to recruit.
This years basketball team has talent, but we have zero depth. The depth issue simply relates to recruiting The talent we do have has not been developed. And just think how bad we would be had Moultrie not landed in our lap.
Prior to the UK game, the top 3 players in the SEC in terms of minutes per game were Bost, Hood, and Moultrie. Bost and Moultire played every single minute tonight, and we left Coleman with four timeouts.When you have no depth, I think calling timeouts would be beneficial for rest. I knew when Moultrie played 45 minutes, Hood 42 and Bost 44 at Vandy, we were in trouble. There is a reason we constantly fall apart in the second half. Depth/coaching or lack thereof is it.