DooleyBull06

Nate is a good coach. For us he was great. I can see Alabama doing big things next season. Definitely should be in the tournament. Anything less is a failure.

Ohio just lost two players who are top quality transfers themselves. So the way I see it is this just replaces them. Either way quality gets for Boals. Already hitting the ground running. Could be a team to fear in the coming years. Their outlook has been accelerated no doubt. But then again if Boals wins right away he’ll be gone. #midmajorlife

The best thing is, is that there’s a lot of unsigned talent out there. Whether it be the transfer, JUCO or high school markets. During the season was the marathon of recruiting. Now it’s the sprint. I like that Whitesell and Q are on the trail. Hopefully they bring in some tall bodies. Hope you are right about Adams-Woods. By all the ranking sites he is right there with Noah Williams. So that would be an on par addition.

Totally agree.

For the record, I’m on record as saying next season if we had Oats and this recruiting class we’d be lucky if we received votes in the pre-season top 25. I’m on record as saying next season there would be a drop off compared to this season but that drop off would be we’d still be right there to win the MAC and make the big dance. And yes the whole Gonzaga of the East talk I bought into with the understanding that it wasn’t going to happen overnight and in 4 years. Gonzaga is at the point where they are in recruiting battles with Duke and Kentucky for players. We weren’t there yet. Alabama right now as crappy as they have been is in recruiting battles with top schools. See Trendon Watford. That’s the whole point we are making...to compete in the SEC you have to raise the talent level of your team.

I saw this earlier too. Completely baffled as to how this came about. Was he being recruited by Beals while he was at Stony? Bc if not that means they jumped in on him and sealed the deal in less than a month.

I was. A dynasty here at Buffalo. He built a MAC dynasty. He was looking to grow it more nationally. At Alabama he’s going to have to do better. With great paycheck comes great expectations.

I beg to differ. Naturally being in a P5 conference and paying coaches they way they do the standard is naturally high. Ask any P5 school and they will laugh at you or get mad at you if you tell them that any MAC school is on their level. We were/are building to get to that level but it would have and still will take more time. Alabama despite not good success is on that level inherently. Or at least they think they are and try to act like they are. Those guys would’ve helped us greatly. But I feel like they will be just another player on Alabama’s roster. Especially when Alabama is recruiting guys like Watford. Who if he signs would trump a guy like Allen or Rojas. As I have said Nate is gonna have to deal with running things his way and dealing with how boosters want to run him. And that includes what type of player gets recruited and gets playing time.

The standard for us is considerable lower than that of any SEC program. This was our best recruiting class ever. By comparison 3 JUCOs, a 3 star guard and 3 star center would be considered at best an average recruiting class for SEC schools. Sure Alabama didn’t make the tourney last year but they have underclassmen flirting with the draft. Kira Lewis who is returning to the team was flirting with transferring to Duke. So yea I think Durey Cadwell can be great in the SEC (heavy sarcasm).

He’s the 3rd rated JUCO and he is choosing to stay. Yea I know it’s Hoiberg and a P5 school but just interesting that he is choosing to stay and start whereas the JUCOs we had are choosing to leave a starting opportunity behind for who knows what and where.

Totally agree that any of those JUCOs are SEC caliber players. And if any of them do ride the Oats train have fun on the bench. Bc newsflash...P5 teams are always in recruit mode and always looking for better. It will be interesting to see Hawkins and his development. Whether he becomes a great big or gets lost on the bench bc Oats brought in higher rated centers in 2020 or 2021 and beyond. It’s funny, if Oats wins right away I think Hawkins will have less success bc Oats will be able to recruit better. These guys would’ve made great MAC players but great SEC player? That’s a big leap. But as also said by other board members...they aren’t Bulls and maybe they will be great and I’m just bitter.

Alabama is recruiting at a level that imo is beyond Rojas. They have a class of 3 4 stars, Hawkins and Beetle Bolden coming in. And as said are still in on Watford. And they retained Petty and Lewis. This team will be stacked and should be a tournament team. Expectations are really high on Nate.

In the One Shining Moment montage we appear twice

Closes the book on him

SJU has moved on. I’m sure with Hurley’s new contract came a big buyout also. That buyout number plus salary prolly isn’t worth it for SJU. Anything can happen but to me if you’re going to spend 3.5+ million (buyout + year one salary) just to get a coach to come why not swing for the fences and get Petino? Yes I know he has his issues and may not even be hirable. The name you hear is Cluess. Other than that the Hurley chatter has quieted here in NYC.

Lots of familiarity with the MAC and mid west region.

The bigger questions are where does he recruit from? What region does he have ties to? He’s from Chicago...I like that. Lots of ballers in the Chi.

St. John’s done forked up. Ok that was lame. But I think ultimately Bobby didn’t wanna recruit against his brother for kids in the same region. I actually think this is a blessing for SJU as I think Cluess is a better fit. He has the background of having coached and recruited for a religious institution.

This handle was on the money with the SJU Mullin stuff. This bombshell directly impacts us.

Wouldn’t have it any other way. Personally I hope we play Xavier, Florida, UCONN and Miami. I know in that tournament we can only at best get 3 of those 4 but I believe we can schedule the odd team out as part of non conference schedule.

It’s pretty simple...we haven’t granted him his full release bc we want a chance to re-recruit him. If the pitch doesn’t work and he still wants out he will be granted his full release. But for all intents and purposes the three jucos are being recruited by other schools. https://www.jucorecruiting.com/news_article/show/1010271

I know what it means. I know how Alnutt attacked his search. I know the search firm played its role. By now we’ve all seen the presser and scrum afterwards. It’s done and over. I was poking fun at the fact that he had 40 options. It’s all over with. Now comes the dirty work. I’m excited. I feel we have a great nucleus returning. Time to add to that and grow and develop.

I get it. But for me at least it’s a reminder of Nate Oats. Idk. I’m not saying it’s stupid. I loved it all these years.

I don’t wanna see the garage t shirts tho. Chart the blue collar points and keep the locker room hard hat fine. But I don’t wanna see the t shirts. New day! Exciting. Now let’s go to off season work.

Lol I said short list...dayum 40 candidates. Signifies to me that he wasn’t prepared. Either way it’s over and done with. Whitesell is who we now throw our support behind. It’s a new day. He said he’s gonna keep our style of play. Let’s get to work.