Who was the last MU coach to successfully recruit STL? Quinn? It's a bit mind-boggling.
Has ANY coach really successfully recruited StL. Q got McKinney and Grimes if I remember right. JMac wasn't bad. Grimes.....well. Anyone else?
I recall a 6-11 kid named Steve Stipanovich that did OK...
That sounds pretty accurate just going off memory. Matt Lawrence was ok, but it's not like he was a big time recruit. Grawer was an STL guy that contributed. I'm sure there have been a few others slipping my mind...but I sure can't come up with a distinguished list.
That was the reason for hiring Tate and he jumped ship. How can they get those kids if the guys they hire to get them won't stay?
Sounds to me like he wanted to stay close to home if he turned down Kansas for SLU.
Perhaps, but I'm pretty sure the majority of kids don't find being close to home such a big deal as it was in the past. Gotta give a ton of credit to Travis Ford though. Not coached one game and he's bringing in two highly skilled players. The 2018-19 Billikens are looking pretty strong right now.Sounds to me like he wanted to stay close to home if he turned down Kansas for SLU.
Hopefully he does not change colleges like he did high school teams! LOL
I was speaking in general about high school kids. Perhaps Gordon does want to stay home for a couple years.So you choose SLU over Kansas and it's not to be closer to home?
I was speaking in general about high school kids. Perhaps Gordon does want to stay home for a couple years.So you choose SLU over Kansas and it's not to be closer to home?
He's in the top 20 of every national recruiting base. He's already played nationally. There's not a college coach in the country that doesn't know who he is. Whether he actually ends up at SLU or not won't depend on where he plays this summer. He already had offers from plenty of Power 5 major programs.
Or possibly set and watch others play for year or two. Maybe he wants to somewhere that he knows he'll get time right away? Or maybe he wants to be 'the guy' that helps SLU get on the road to being a power in D-1 basketball?
I'm confused... He's going to play in a bigger circuit than the EYBL and get seen by more coaches than playing with Mike Porter and Trae Young. Every high major program in the country has already seen him play at a very high level.
Those guys wont play on the circuit this summer. I am sure they will be busy at the college they will attend in the fall.
I'm aware that those those two won't be playing on the circuit this summer.... I was pointing out that he could not possibly get anymore exposure this summer than he did last playing with those two and Mokan.
Larry Hughes did not mind it and led them to the NCAA tourney. He has stayed in St. Louis and is doing great things for the youth of St. Louis through basketball still. Why can you not believe that is the case here? I think it is a great step for the program and the sky is the limit with them.
Why are you so down on the A-10? It's going to be a pretty strong league this year with Xavier currently ranked #7 and Rhode Island ranked #23. Dayton and VCU are also receiving votes. If he was going to Gonzaga would you be so skeptical? The WCC isn't as strong as the A-10 as a conference. You're also overlooking the fact that he had offers from schools in every power 5 conference, including some of the elite basketball programs in the country. All schools that play the type of schedule you are claiming he won't get at SLU (take a look at Notre Dame's schedule....). If it doesn't mater now, why would it matter a year from now?
Why do you say Ford is better than Anderson? Anderson inherited a colossal mess in many ways..
And has done nothing to make it any better for his successor next season.
Slightly more difficult to win at Mizzou than ucm. He's not shown the ability to recruit or win at Mizzou.
Pretty hard to recruit initially when your program is blown up, down scholarships, and a pretty poor start.
Guys come into bad situations all the time and make it better. Guys like Ben Howland, who Mizzou could've easily had. But Kim has shown 0 improvement. In fact, he's had 2 historically bad seasons, with no prospects for this season to be much better. He'll get his 9-13 wins this season and be gone.
With your recent history of predictions Coach Anderson is probably feeling pretty good.
