BB Recruiting Rutgers Hoops showing interest in Florida State big man Naheem McLeod
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does going out and trying to get a Center, mean Cliff is leaning more towards not coming back? /even if he isn't drafted?
No they want another big man added to the roster for next season.
They need someone who is willing to grow and learn while being a backup. This kid fits the bill as he's not a plug and play high major starter.
No this guy is a backup. It might mean they aren’t sure about woolfolk if anything.
Rutgers needs a assistant coach that has prior experience working with centers /power forwards.
FSU was 9-23 last season. He should have been able to get plenty of PT this season. Anyone know why he wants out?
Expect RU to now do what it can to bring in McLeod. He'd be a great backup to Cliff... and if Cliff decides to leave, he'll be a serviceable starter.
Starter? He played under 15 a game for a team that couldn’t win 10 and despite his size pulled down a whopping 3 boards a game.
Well, tell me who our starting center will be if Cliff leaves?
Still, his per 40 min. numbers are not awful while playing as a sophomore behind a top 100 freshman, and he does not foul much — I would sign him up as a backup in a minute
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Barring injuries or a Michael Jordan junior year of high school type of development, he’s 100 % a backup
News flash.....not every recruit is designed or recruited to be a starter. There are 13 scholarships and 5 starters.
Newsflash - regardless of your sponsorship of the site, you often times come across as a condenseding prick
I’ve watched him a lot at FSU - chances are you haven’t.
Stick to mortgages
If Cliff stays this is great. If he leaves, this isn't as sexy
Total unnecessary comment.
Scenarios
1). Pike makes an all out effort in the portal
2) otherwise Wolf starts, a scary thought
3). You mix in Hyatt at the five as a stop gap now and then
4) lament the loss of Reiber now, who could have been given minutes, or possibly forced to start
Didn’t Richie basically tell us recently that Cliff will be back?
Let's rewind
I reply to a comment stating that unless he shows significant improvement, he won't start
That's not an indictment on the kid - it's simply an evaluation of his talent level compared to who we currently have on the roster
Hawk then chimes in with a smart ***, sarcastic comment
I reply to Hawk's initial barb with one (or two) of my own
I don't mind back and forth - it's part of what makes this board fun
I do mind condescending dialogue that's often times uncalled for and unprompted - and when it's directed at me, regardless of one's stature on this board, I typically don't take it lying down
So either you didn't read Hawk's initial comment... or it's a double standard
Commenting about the sponsorship was the unnecessary comment. 
You left out "pompous and arrogant in talking RU sports", you knucklehead LMAO.
Dumb people post dumb things more consistently than not.....and I watch more sports than you because even if he isn't a starter, I will repeat, there are 13 scholarships and 5 starters. If you believe (maybe you are that dumb, but unlikely), you would know that Cliff returning locks him in as a starter and while 2024 is a long way away, the recruiting commitment of Lathan Sommerville, probably means he "projects" to be a starter.
I hope this doesn't mean that you don't comprehend basketball, so you "might be correct " that McLeod isn't a starter (congratulations, i think, take a victory lap)...... I don't assume anything and let the players who play and the coaches who coach, determine things.
Feel free to respond to me anytime, Mr "he's not a starter, you can't recruit him".....
His initial comment to me wasn’t warranted
If he doesn’t like getting called out on the carpet, maybe he should work on his decorum
Not a Mawot Mag denier.....I am a denier that he's was the most important of the 5 starters.....maybe I was proven wrong based on the results of how the season played out (not really) and could have said 4th and made Mulcahy 5th, but even though Mulcahy faltered badly down the stretch, I can't in good mindset, say that I would have expected that to happen.......and we sat on Simpson......but on to recruiting and next year.
Sad thing is you both agreed he was a backup and your arguing...
Yikes.....
Yikes.....
Calm down GregYou left out "pompous and arrogant in talking RU sports", you knucklehead LMAO.
Dumb people post dumb things more consistently than not.....and I watch more sports than you because even if he isn't a starter, I will repeat, there are 13 scholarships and 5 starters. If you believe (maybe you are that dumb, but unlikely), you would know that Cliff returning locks him in as a starter and while 2024 is a long way away, the recruiting commitment of Lathan Sommerville, probably means he "projects" to be a starter.
I hope this doesn't mean that you don't comprehend basketball, so you "might be correct " that McLeod isn't a starter (congratulations, i think, take a victory lap)...... I don't assume anything and let the players who play and the coaches who coach, determine things.
Feel free to respond to me anytime, Mr "he's not a starter, you can't recruit him".....
Two guys arguing over who watches more sports is the equivalent to talking about mortgage rates at a bar… nobody gives a ****
I never said you can’t recruit him, I merely stated that he’s a project and that he won’t start here.
You then chimed in with a smart *** comment.
I’ve noticed ever since you started sponsoring this board that, your smart *** comments have become more frequent.
Maybe you feeling emboldened
Maybe it makes you feel better about yourself.
Whatever the case is, At the end of the day, your comment wasn’t warranted and I called you out on it
If you’d like to discuss hoops, I’m always up for doing that. That’s the entire point of being on the board.
We’d all like to see Rutgers succeed at a high-level and start winning championships
If you’d like it into the mud and start slang insults, that’s typically not my style.
But for you, I think I’ll make an exception. Just let me know how you like to proceed.
You’re right. And honestly, arguing typically is not worth it. We all want to see Ruckers win and succeed at a high-level and slinging insults over something. We ironically both agree with is not the way to go. I’ll refrain from doing so moving forward in this thread.
Commenting about the sponsorship was the unnecessary comment.
It's all good and fun and games, it's a free country, he can say whatever he wants. If he wants to discuss or debate whether a team should only recruit a player, only if he can be an immediate starter or a starter at all, he's going to lose that argument, 10 out of 10 times.
We have a starting Center expected to return and ONE current back up in Woolfolk.....and the 2nd one (Reiber) transferred out.
Anyone who understands sports knows that your goal is to improve what your biggest weakness was from the prior year......and the biggest weakness was.
A) The dropoff defensively when Cliff left the court.
B) the inability to keep guards out of the paint, which forced Cliff to help or alter shots and allowed offensive rebounds.
McLeod, if anything, discourages teams from driving to the paint AND improves your perimeter defense because you have size and help behind you.
I can pretty much say that if McLeod only plays 10 to 12 minutes a game, RU is better defensively with him "not starting ", vs Woolfolk or Reiber.
Capiche....??
So you start the discussion and I fire back, then it's a problem?? Ok man....got it....
And I've been a sponsor now 14 years....I make a lot of friends along the way here.....why don't you join the Hawk bandwagon, my friend.....most jump on board and there are maybe one of two that fall off over the years. But what I don't subscribe to, is BS negative energy people....
I'm actually a nice guy, ask around......just as long as you don't bad mouth my school or programs....
I'm actually a nice guy, ask around......just as long as you don't bad mouth my school or programs....