Turd Ferguson
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Back off the ledge Turd.
Which ledge?
Back off the ledge Turd.
Look, even if we get Giles, we're only going to be really good for a year. We need a couple of players who are going to become stars by their junior season.
Terrible plan. Don't think for a second we didn't want a better class all around. We're not getting them. Giles would be salvaging this class, but it doesn't make it a good one. Most of these guys won't be making an impact the year we (theoretically) had Giles and many of them will stick around alot longer. Are we going to need to sign the #1 recruit in every class to compliment our host of 3* shooting guards?
It's obvious that this wasn't the original game plan. We've been missing left and right lately on our top targets, so we are betting big on Giles and I don't really think the odds are good that we get him. Like I said before though, even if we can somehow land Giles and a legit center, that sets us up pretty well for 2016, but puts way too much pressure on recruiting well in 2017. I agree that that this is not sustainable, so it feels like we're going for broke with what's left on the table and punting to 2017. Giles or no Giles, it makes me nervous for the future, but 2016 is still certainly salvageable.
We're not that far apart. If it were me and we pull the rabbit out of the hat, I'd decommit anyone not named Childress and recruit the fuck out of the four months Giles was wearing a WFU jersey.
Lot's of overreacting in both directions on this thread
Which DC airport? Reagan National or Dulles? Cause he could have just been changing planes coming from elsewhere - like the west coast after getting Donovan Mitchell's commitment. Or from doing an in-home with someone not in the DC area.
Who is even reacting positively?
It sounds like we've gotten a commitment from Aaron Rountree's replacement.
You don't think Crab is a solid ACC role player? Maybe not a "diamond" but certainly seems good enough. Wilbekin too for that matter.
You don't built a program with classes that max out at a diamond and some solid ACC role players. He shot 36% from the field last year. He was a role player on a bad ACC team last year.
Plenty are attempting to overstate the quality of this class as it stands now. The fact that none of those overstatements can be called positive says a lot.
This is not accurateLot's of overreacting in both directions on this thread.
Although comparisons Bz are beyond stupid at this point, I do think that the damage the #BuzzIn crowd did to the fanbase and the program has people especially wary when they see attempts to justify what is undeniably a disappointing class (so far). However,
1. Anyone expecting a monster class this year did not have realistic expectations. If Giles weren't from Winston I think most on here would have expected a class somewhere between our 2010 and 2012 classes (as far as ratings)
2. Manning has actually given us some evidence that he might have the ability to rebuild a program by identifying value lower in the rankings.
The immediate results both on the recruiting trail and on the court are about what should have been expected when we hired an inexperienced coach with a high upside. But just because our AD has failed to meet reasonable expectations for over half a decade doesn't mean we should place unreasonable expectations on the guy our AD hired.
Doing so apparently causes people to ignore the obvious positive indicators of Manning's long term potential.