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re: Alabama Basketball Recruiting and Offseason Talk
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:33 am to GenesChin
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:33 am to GenesChin
A big part of recruiting is talent evaluation, not just offering the highest ranked guys according to Scout or Rivals. We offered Sexton before he blew up and got in on Walton before most others. Unlike our last staff, this staff understands how to evaluate talent. And yes, considering how thin our depth was during those years, Sword and McDaniel definitely should have been offered. No question.
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Posted on 5/11/18 at 10:36 am to CrimsonTider98
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Sword and McDaniel definitely should have been offered. No question.
That's like saying every high-major school should have offered Stephen Curry, Damien Lillard, Elfrid Payton, etc... Some players way out-perform expectations. There will always be players that fly under the radar and end up being impressive. On top of their low high-major interest, McDaniels was a part of a 2011 class that included Randolph, Cooper and Lacey (all top 50 quality players) and Obasohan (who turned out to be a stud), while Sword was a 2012 guard where we were set for the foreseeable future (Releford, Lacey, Randolph, Cooper, Obasohan). Of those two, only McDaniels proved to be better than any of those players listed (and Cooper is the only that wouldn't have an argument in that debate). As for Sword, he benefited from getting touches playing for very bad teams (in his 4 years State went 51-77).
Posted on 5/11/18 at 1:38 pm to CrimsonTider98
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big part of recruiting is talent evaluation, not just offering the highest ranked guys according to Scout or Rivals
No one evaluated kJ McDaniel/Craig Sword as top P5 caliber players because they didn't show it in HS before signing. Just look at their offer sheet, no major offers and even a desperate Tony Barbee didn't offer. It wasn't an evaluation problem, they didn't show P5+ talent until they made it to college
That's like saying Georgia had poor evaluation on Bryce Brown who was All SEC + invited to NBA workout by the Hawks this past weekend. That's BS. Bryce Brown wasn't a great prospect, hell some AU fans didn't think he was a good player starting this season
The truth is AU struck out on Jacob Evans and we needed a SG bad enough to take a last minute recruiting pitch to a kid who had no P5 offers or even respectable midmajor offers
This post was edited on 5/11/18 at 1:53 pm
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