Questions on Christian Collins

chasingwildcat

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I think he will commit soon, before ending of early signing period

But if he actually does not sign soon

I will be panic

This may mean we may get no star with the most spendable money
 
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Anon1759768907

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i personally don't think we get collins, have a good season and bring some guys back and build with the portal i guess
 

chasingwildcat

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i personally don't think we get collins, have a good season and bring some guys back and build with the portal i guess
If he actually signs in early signing period, it is very likely to be us

There is a reason national recruiting experts (not Kentucky side) predicted him to be Kentucky wildcat

And I believe it is Joe Tipton said his UCLA/USC sources told him they were out.

If he decides later, then I will worry
 

Anon1759768907

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If he actually signs in early signing period, it is very likely to be us

There is a reason national recruiting experts (not Kentucky side) predicted him to be Kentucky wildcat

And I believe it is Joe Tipton said his UCLA/USC sources told him they were out.

If he decides later, then I will worry
well the latest trilly update might bother u then lol, he said collins will likely be the first person to commit after the period
 

chasingwildcat

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well the latest trilly update might bother u then lol, he said collins will likely be the first person to commit after the period
If he stays home, I think we will know before announcement, because experts will change their predictions

If no predictions change, it is still very likely to be Kentucky...

I don't think this will be a recruitment that final decision will be different with prediction

Especially Stokes may not decide soon.... We may have room for Collins with plenty playing time
 

Anon1679859502

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Pope should find players that fit his system… a power forward that can’t shoot doesn’t make sense
We all knew recruiting would be an issue with this coaching staff at least to our standards.
 

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Pope should find players that fit his system… a power forward that can’t shoot doesn’t make sense
We all knew recruiting would be an issue with this coaching staff at least to our standards.
I agree with your first sentence for sure. But I never assumed that recruiting would be a problem for Pope, and still don't at this point. But I did want Bennet Stirtz or Bruce Thorton as the starting PG, Yaxel Lendeborg or Alvaro Folgueiras as the starting PF, and Lamar Wilkerson (and a few others I can no longer remember at the moment) at 2G. But I just think some of those were not going to happen regardless of the recruiting prowess of Pope & staff. Also, it is imperative that the pieces fit – much more so than rankings – and it would be pretty foolish for me to think my guesses about who would be best would be better than the staff’s conclusions; so I'll yield to the staff on who they got.
 
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I agree with your first sentence for sure. But I never assumed that recruiting would be a problem for Pope, and still don't at this point. But I did want Bennet Stirtz or Bruce Thorton as the starting PG, Yaxel Lendeborg or Alvaro Folgueiras as the starting PF, and Lamar Wilkerson (and a few others I can no longer remember at the moment) at 2G. But I just think some of those were not going to happen regardless of the recruiting prowess of Pope & staff. Also, it is imperative that the pieces fit – much more so than rankings – and it would be pretty foolish for me to think my guesses about who would be best would be better than the staff’s conclusions; so I'll yield to the staff on who they got.
If we had got Yaxel and still lost scoring 88 points, some of these same people would just say it’s because we don’t have Cam Boozer. Then, if you had Cam Boozer, they’d say it’s because you didn’t have Yaxel. Whatever we do not have is the answer —- sure, we may have scored 88 points, got torched in drop coverage and Otega Oweh is playing pop a shot but let’s fix these wounds with duct tape or Elmer’s glue.