re: Basketball Recruiting Discussion

Sheppards High School Coach Ed Huckaby Jr spoke in an interview with Sports Talk SC tonight, here's some quotes from the radio interview:

"He likes the values that Frank Martin stands for, just like I do," Huckaby said. "How Frank coaches his team and his desire to win, but more importantly Shamiek really appreciates the discipline and the structure that Frank demands of his players and the accountability."

"There's not a coach in America that doesn't get in a player's face and say some tough words," Huckaby said. "My opinion is Frank has taken a hit to that unnecessarily. I don't see people making those same comments about some very well known coaches coaching today, so why he gets piled on on that and other coaches get a pass I have no idea."

"His passion is just to win," he said. "If that requires some offensive output, he'll do that. The defensive end and glass, he'll do that. If it's to play point guard, he'll do that. He's a versatile player and that's something I tried to emphasize."

"Mid-range, low block, transition, defensive steals, he'll hit a three very now and then. He's a guy that's going to fill the stats in a lot of areas. But more importantly he's use to winning."

You can listen to the whole interview here at the bottom of the page.