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MJ Rhett and Jalen Steele early targets for Tennessee, Tyndall
Posted on 4/24/14 at 11:54 am
Posted on 4/24/14 at 11:54 am
Rhett announced he would transfer to Ole Miss last week, but was recruited by Al Pinkins, who accepted the same job at Tennessee today. He did not sign a LOI and is free to enroll anywhere he wants. There is believed to be mutual interest between Rhett and Tennessee.
Steele, the former Mississippi State SG, had previously announced he would enroll at MTSU in May, but there's now a belief that there's mutual interest there as well between Tyndall and Steele.
Both players would be eligible to play immediately.
Steele, the former Mississippi State SG, had previously announced he would enroll at MTSU in May, but there's now a belief that there's mutual interest there as well between Tyndall and Steele.
Both players would be eligible to play immediately.
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Posted on 4/24/14 at 11:56 am to volfan30
Wow, if we get Steele and Rhett, I'm 100% all in on Tyndall.
Excellent stop gaps.
It's amazing how we're roasted, nationally, for wanting Cuonzo out, and when the next guy comes in the narrative quickly shifts to "how do we overhaul our depleted roster."
Excellent stop gaps.
It's amazing how we're roasted, nationally, for wanting Cuonzo out, and when the next guy comes in the narrative quickly shifts to "how do we overhaul our depleted roster."
Posted on 4/24/14 at 12:01 pm to volfan30
Other potential targets
IUPUI Grad Transfer Ian Chiles
Would Be Eligible Immediately - Down to Auburn, WKU, S Florida, Tennessee, Maryland
Southern Miss Signees
3* PF Willie Carmichael
JUCO PG Rasham Suarez
Former Missouri Commit:
3* JUCO G Kevin Punter - Will Officially Visit This Weekend
Former Houston 5* SF Danuel House
Former Houston 3* TaShawn Thomas
Tennessee is also expected to retain forward signees CJ Turman and Phil Cofer, who will meet with Tyndall later this week. Tennessee has 4 scholarships remaining.
IUPUI Grad Transfer Ian Chiles
Would Be Eligible Immediately - Down to Auburn, WKU, S Florida, Tennessee, Maryland
Southern Miss Signees
3* PF Willie Carmichael
JUCO PG Rasham Suarez
Former Missouri Commit:
3* JUCO G Kevin Punter - Will Officially Visit This Weekend
Former Houston 5* SF Danuel House
Former Houston 3* TaShawn Thomas
Tennessee is also expected to retain forward signees CJ Turman and Phil Cofer, who will meet with Tyndall later this week. Tennessee has 4 scholarships remaining.
This post was edited on 4/24/14 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 4/24/14 at 12:06 pm to Tennessee Jed
When he took over at Morehead he trimmed the roster down to 4 players and built them in to a tourney team by year 3.
Was very cutthroat at S. Miss as well and they won right away.
Perfect guy to hire as bad as our roster was. A lot of dead weight that needed to be trimmed up.
Was very cutthroat at S. Miss as well and they won right away.
Perfect guy to hire as bad as our roster was. A lot of dead weight that needed to be trimmed up.
Posted on 4/24/14 at 12:31 pm to volfan30
I like Punter. Barbee was recruiting him and had an above average chance of landing him but we haven't contacted him since the coaching change.
Posted on 4/24/14 at 1:09 pm to marshallcotiger
It's an interesting situation. Our 3 returning guards are good enough to get it done imo. Our frontline is really decimated though. Most of these guards (outside of Chiles) would likely be bench pieces. Any big man we get will have a chance at starting though.
Another new name is Johnson, the PG transfer from Purdue. Sounds like we are casting a huge net with all these schollys available.
Another new name is Johnson, the PG transfer from Purdue. Sounds like we are casting a huge net with all these schollys available.
Posted on 4/24/14 at 4:52 pm to volfan30
He says ideally he would prefer to sign two 5th year transfers, two freshmen, and two jucos or transfers. That would be something like
Cofer
Carmichael
Suarez
Punter
Rhett
Steele/Chiles
Would give you
Thompson/Suarez
Hubbs/Steele/Punter
Richardson/Moore
Davis/Reese/Carmichael
Rhett/Cofer/Pops
Definitely good enough for top 6 in the league imo.
Cofer
Carmichael
Suarez
Punter
Rhett
Steele/Chiles
Would give you
Thompson/Suarez
Hubbs/Steele/Punter
Richardson/Moore
Davis/Reese/Carmichael
Rhett/Cofer/Pops
Definitely good enough for top 6 in the league imo.
This post was edited on 4/24/14 at 4:57 pm
Posted on 4/24/14 at 5:04 pm to volfan30
I kind of wanted to start a thread on the MSB about something like this. If you were a coach taking over a program, how would you start the rebuilding process?
I don't disagree with going after graduate transfers to put together the best season you can in year one while transition to recruiting your type of players in high school to start bringing them in in year 2.
Most of the time a coaching change means a philosophical shift in style of play and sometimes also in management style. Scorched earth for the previous coach's players may not be a bad thing in every instance.
I don't disagree with going after graduate transfers to put together the best season you can in year one while transition to recruiting your type of players in high school to start bringing them in in year 2.
Most of the time a coaching change means a philosophical shift in style of play and sometimes also in management style. Scorched earth for the previous coach's players may not be a bad thing in every instance.
Posted on 4/24/14 at 5:16 pm to ProjectP2294
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I'm not sure how we're going to approach it yet, but if we were to sign as many as six we would space it out. We would look to take a couple of fifth-year transfers, maybe a couple of junior college players and then maybe two freshmen. We would look to mix it up somehow, I don't think it would be wise to try and jump start things by bringing in six juco guys, but then it's also probably not a good idea to try and bring in six freshman in one class.
We'll look to stagger it somehow, but if we can get the right six guys, we'll take that many. If we can only get three or four we feel really good about being able to help us, then we'll carry those extra spots over into the next class.
I won't sign a guy just to fill a spot when in the back of my mind I might be wondering if he's really good enough to help us. If you do that you only end up hurting yourself down the road.
Here is his answer today.
At Southern Miss 9 of the 13 players were JUCOs or transfers. At Morehead he pretty much turned over the entire roster in one month.
It will be interesting here. Cuonzo only left him 5 guys who can help him (Thompson, Hubbs, Richardson, Moore and Davis). Reese is meh and Pops is a waste of a scholly. I think you will see 3 or 4 transfers/JUCOs right away here to build depth and then 3 or 4 HS guys in the fall.
This post was edited on 4/24/14 at 5:17 pm
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