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Posted on 5/3/21 at 2:13 pm to Robot Santa
Posted on 5/3/21 at 2:13 pm to Robot Santa
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You must not recall much of the Grant years if you don't see the value in always having contingency plans for unexpected departures or recruiting misses
People talk about his offense being the thing that killed us, but this was the biggest reason in my opinion. The dude would swing for the fences, finish as the kid's second choice, and had no plan B. I've said it before, but his biggest downfall was that he was too good of a guy to succeed at a high-major program. He never over-recruited and never played the recruiting game. It seemed like every year we'd go into the season with 3 unfilled scholarships which puts your team on thin ice where injuries are concerned.
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Posted on 5/3/21 at 2:26 pm to BigBird09
Yep. Totally agree with all of that. It happened every single year. You'd read about the kids we were recruiting and it'd be like 4-5 guys even though we had 4 spots to fill. Then we'd sign 2 of them, one guy on the team would transfer out of the blue, and we'd find ourselves down 2+ scholarships with no clear backup plan for filling them. A big reason Oats is such a good recruiter on top of his having a well defined set of characteristics he is looking for in players is the fact that he casts a very wide net. So if something doesn't work out he's not left holding the bag out in the rain.
This post was edited on 5/3/21 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 5/3/21 at 4:30 pm to BigBird09
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People talk about his offense being the thing that killed us, but this was the biggest reason in my opinion. The dude would swing for the fences, finish as the kid's second choice, and had no plan B. I've said it before, but his biggest downfall was that he was too good of a guy to succeed at a high-major program. He never over-recruited and never played the recruiting game. It seemed like every year we'd go into the season with 3 unfilled scholarships which puts your team on thin ice where injuries are concerned.
Wasn't there a year where our only signee was Devonta Pollard? That shot back quick. Dakota Slaughter, a walk on, played a good bit.
Posted on 5/4/21 at 12:39 pm to BigBird09
Well, they also changed the rules about touching the man dribbling the ball. You cant impede the progress of the dribbler. Grant believed in hard nosed defense, and full court defense. They changed that rule right after we hired Grant.
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