Demonwolverine
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Yeah, I was joking bc we obviously just had a combo-guard who played tons of PG and won ACC POTY.
I know stuff works differently now with the transfer portal and it’s possible to build a team entirely that way, but should we be concerned at this point that we currently have a recruiting class of 1 player?
i've mentioned this - but people get a little salty by the question
And I don’t know why. This is basically shaping up to be the McClinton class…
I'm not saying we bring in Alondes Williams 2.0, but we will bring in a few from the portal that make up for the loss of his production.
The kicker is going to be Jake. Bring Jake back and we will be VERY good next year. If Jake leaves, I still see top-7 in the ACC.
Don't sleep on Cam, Rob, and Damari. I'll be curious to see if Lucas can carve out a role.
comparing this class to McClinton's class is completely ridiculous when A) we are not even done recruiting for this year , B) roster management in college basketball has changed dramatically in the past 2 years. How we recruited McClinton's class has more in common with 1982 than it does 2022. C) Keller actually seems like he has some talent , unlike the aforementioned player and d) Steve Forbes is our coach , not Jeffrey B or Danny Manning. If we only have one guy signed up a month from now or especially in two months, then go ahead and freak out. Until then freaking out is telling me you don't understand 2022 roster management without telling you don't understand 2022 roster management.
Greg was a 4-star Top-100 prospect before his injury.
There aren't HS players to recruit anymore in the 2022 cycle. I mean, there are, but they're not very good. There weren't in 2013, either, which is why we ended up with HOF Miles Overton to join Greg.
Roster management has changed dramatically in the last 24 months, but until then was pretty consistent.
Seems like the staff will recruit an overseas kid and spend the rest of the slots on transfers. That's a risky way to vault a program into sustainable recruiting, but it can work. As I mentioned on TOB, Musselman/Arkansas is a good example of how this can work. I think we all know what happens when it doesn't.
The tone policing around "freaking out" is getting out of control on all of these boards. Feels like Chrispy is gonna come by and ban me or something.
This isn't personal. I've followed Wake recruiting on a granular level for almost 20 years and these types of classes don't typically work out for us.
Is anybody freaking out? I’ve seen board freak outs and this is not one.
Who is the overseas kid?
It’s certainly a concern that Forbes has only successfully recruited 4 kids out of US high schools in three classes so far.