Hamidou Diallo Graduates
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Squid's tiresome recruiting pitch wins again.
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@BUConn10 I don't get the animosity towards Oz. While I agree that he looked silly waiting until the kid was at the table to flip, he's pretty clearly the most plugged in source within the program.
Nothing in recruiting is ever a lock until an LOI is signed. But it's pretty clear that this kid gave us a silent verbal a while ago and was pulled away by the most dominant recruiting cartel going at the last second. It happens.
Nothing in recruiting is ever a lock until an LOI is signed. But it's pretty clear that this kid gave us a silent verbal a while ago and was pulled away by the most dominant recruiting cartel going at the last second. It happens.
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I never thought he was going to Uconn.
My number one priority since last year as far as recruiting was Makai Ashton-Langford.
We wrapped him up.
He's the guy.
Guy is awesome!!
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Kid is a follower. I hope his career is a disaster. It's not that he chose Kentucky. It's the stringing along that is the worst offense. The team will be fun to watch next yr. Would have been even more fun with him. Oh well. NEXT!!
Can we at least try to put the press on Bamba now?
Can we at least try to put the press on Bamba now?
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Being a little ticked off seems justified in both scenarios you presented it seems.
I don't even want to hear his comments on our team. He should never say Uconn ever again. I have never gotten like this, but I have never seen a player around a potential team so much and then on them like this. And off topic a little here, but I really do like our team ALOT next year.
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Had some Sam Adams Hopscape at XL last night. Quite tasty.
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Gotta give it to his hype machine though - "Hamidou Diallo" #2 trending in US on Twitter
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I'm going to go eat a Gatorade bar and sing All of the Lights in a locker room to decompress.
If I was a racist internet troll I'd say we got cucked.
If I was a racist internet troll I'd say we got cucked.
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And when you click on the trend, belive it or not this is the first post that comes up...
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No animosity to Oz but nobody forced the kid to pull away from UConn, that's on Diallo....Cal just being his slimy self....Diallo was obviously never committed at all to UConn....which is fine.
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That's another thing. Whenever anyone brought up UConn, Diallo would kind of brush it off with non-statements and indifference.
The pollyannas thought he was just being coy and toying with the other coaches.
No, it's our coach who got played.
The pollyannas thought he was just being coy and toying with the other coaches.
No, it's our coach who got played.
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Well obviously Cal didn't waterboard him until he committed, but you get what I'm saying. Diallo won't be the first nor the last to be snatched up by that guy.
It's not that anybody ever thought he was a 'lock' per say so much as it was a marathon that UConn seemed to lead for 26.1 miles. That's why I caution the people who criticize the recruiting guys for being "wrong." Sometimes in this business you're never more wrong than you are when you are actually right. Minds change. I'm not even trying to defend them (I have no connection to Oz), it's just the way this goes sometimes.
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In all honesty, is there 1 basketball reason for him to choose us over Kentucky? The only pull we had was his familiarity/proximity and that his friend was on the team. That's it. As a basketball program, 2017 Kentucky is miles ahead of us. The kid has the potential to be a multi-millionaire/NBA all-star. If I was in his shoes, I would have picked UK too.
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So you don't even think he'll ever play a college game?
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I think it is 50 50.
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Almost always when this kind of stuff comes up, I shrug it off and say "Kid has to do what's best for him" or talk about nobody actually "playing for the laundry."
But man, I think it's the combination of the post-grad plus intentionally sitting out a whole semester unforced plus his real genuine connection to the guys on this team that makes it all feel so mercenary. He literally made the choice solely, 100% for money. Every single other factor was in our favor.
And in my opinion (because this can't be proven) the advantage gained from going to UK instead of UConn is not enough to justify breaking those bonds. Just feels bad, man. Especially after what a year for UConn athletics this has been.
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