This entire post is operating under the assumption that Clawson learned nothing from what happened with Griffis, which I think is silly. Coaches are capable of learning from their mistakes at work just like anyone else.
Hecklinski could be great, but we won't see it this year, and we really won't know what to expect from him next year when Kern and Bachmeir are gone. Wolford and Hartman both had a couple tough season before they really flourished. Both guys were thrust into situations due to lack of depth above them.
You state this like a fact when Clawson has started true freshman Sam Hartman before. If he can sling it I think there's definitely a good chance we see him. Kern and Bach can just be backup plans/provide the senior leadership and stable hand if necessary if he's too much of a gun-slinger (like Hartman tended to be his first year too).
This isn’t entirely true. WF can recruit them. They just would still have to complete 60 hours of coursework at Wake to graduate with a Wake undergrad degree. Given how many people stay 5-6 years, this shouldn’t be as big of an impediment as people are making it. It’s not like the random hours towards a Liberal Studies Masters mean very much for a grad transfer coming for one semester.
You would know better than me; I'm just parroting what Clawson said in recent press conferences about transfers:
Looking back at the 2018 roster, you really see how gutsy that call was by Clawson to start Hartman over Newman when Hinton, the presumptive starter, got suspended. I would love to go back and at some of the threads on the board from then. And you are right, Clawson has said that this is an open competition, and they wanted to give Jeremy a chance to compete for the job right away, which is why they only looked at transfers with one year of eligibility. But when you compare that to what Clawson said about Hank, he wanted someone with alot of in game experience, and someone with demonstrated success playing against live competition at the collegiate level, it sounds to me like Kern and Hank will have a leg up on the starting job.
I hear you. I know that’s what he’s saying. It just doesn’t make a ton of sense to me. It shouldn’t matter much if it puts a few kids on a little longer track to graduation. Plenty of athletes don’t graduate in 4 years even if they stay at the same school.
Isn’t there also an issue with transfer credits not being accepted such that NCAA eligibility rules regarding progress toward degree completion can’t (or are less likely to be able) to be met?
I’m not entirely sure. I just still don’t see why other Wake coaches don’t have the same issue.
Don't think you mean any other WF sport except basketball, and pretty much every WF basketball transfer in recent years has either been a college graduate or has spent no more than two years in college:
It feels like we get other guys in sports like tennis and soccer but I could be wrong.
This is the major issue that drives the one or two year or grad restriction on recruiting.
This is how I feel too, but someone completing their RSoph season is outside of the stipulations given by Clawson given that that would be their 3rd year of college.
But would a player who has been in school for 3 years and only has 60 credits that count toward graduation be eligible under NCAA rules?
I guess Alondes Williams is still a nothingburger to Pilch.
This has been a massive issue for baseball. Very few JuCo guys are able to have enough transferable credits.
