tykurez
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These articles are a waste of "ink." Not a single person is saying that landing Cooper Flagg is critical to the program's future, nor is anyone proposing that Hurley focus on building a roster full of 5 star, one-and-done players.
Cooper Flagg is potentially a generational talent. He is the most hyped prospect since one of the two best players of all time. It is not controversial to simply say that adding a player of that caliber to the infrastructure and culture that Hurley has already built would indisputably be a great thing. All the rest is people being contrarian for the sake of being contrarian or arguing against straw men.
Who knows if that's even in his thinking but there'd be little wrong with that pathway - it worked for Alex Karaban who was at IMG Academy.He's at Montverde. I doubt it.
I just missed those. Had to hear all about them, which was no fun. We did have "pub night" at the Towers common room freshman year, but they nuked everything the next year.Those ROTC parties were good. I remember the bar in the student union which I believe was called "the pub" and they absolutely would let anyone in with a student ID, but drinking age was 18 when I went to UConn. Keep in mind that as an alternative on Thursday and Friday nights there were parties in most forms. Often parties and every other floor. Those were good days, but I'm pretty sure all my liver an apology.
Who knows if that's even in his thinking but there'd be little wrong with that pathway - it worked for Alex Karaban who was at IMG Academy.
He said "ink" not ink. Big difference.Well since so few paper and magazines are now sold not sure the ink and paper waste is still a viable point.
I hear what you're saying and there's lots to agree with, I just wonder if he is comfortable with placing less emphasis on the exposure aspect and is more concerned with developing his game as much as possible as quickly as possible because he is so young. The quicker he becomes an NBA all star, the more money he makes off the court. Should be an interesting journey too say the least.Karaban was a little different. He was injured and not nearly the same caliber of prospect. It did work great for him though.
A player of Flagg's caliber is thinking EXPOSURE first and foremost. He's going to build his brand as much as he can before the NBA and getting real game reps against the best high school players in the world.
The Anonymous Pub!Those ROTC parties were good. I remember the bar in the student union which I believe was called "the pub" and they absolutely would let anyone in with a student ID, but drinking age was 18 when I went to UConn. Keep in mind that as an alternative on Thursday and Friday nights there were parties in most forms. Often parties and every other floor. Those were good days, but I'm pretty sure all my liver an apology.
I hear what you're saying and there's lots to agree with, I just wonder if he is comfortable with placing less emphasis on the exposure aspect and is more concerned with developing his game as much as possible as quickly as possible because he is so young. The quicker he becomes an NBA all star, the more money he makes off the court. Should be an interesting journey too say the least.
Enrolling early would allow him to take advantage of our strength and training program. The kids is obviously a freak, but adding some muscle before playing D1 wouldn’t be a bad thing.There's little evidence it's really that effective for player development anyways. There's a good shot Karaban would have been successful regardless. And for a kid like CFJ the early year was a disaster.
And think about what was Karaban's problem early last year: defense against physical 4s. What solved it? Game speed reps. Game speed reps > anything in this game, and Cooper is getting the highest level game speed reps you can as a hs star.
Coming early is great to learn a system and develop chemistry. Those are secondary concerns for Cooper.
“Cooper Flagg is potentially a generational talent.”These articles are a waste of "ink." Not a single person is saying that landing Cooper Flagg is critical to the program's future, nor is anyone proposing that Hurley focus on building a roster full of 5 star, one-and-done players.
Cooper Flagg is potentially a generational talent. He is the most hyped prospect since one of the two best players of all time. It is not controversial to simply say that adding a player of that caliber to the infrastructure and culture that Hurley has already built would indisputably be a great thing. All the rest is people being contrarian for the sake of being contrarian or arguing against straw men.
Enrolling early would allow him to take advantage of our strength and training program. The kids is obviously a freak, but adding some muscle before playing D1 wouldn’t be a bad thing.
Why take a gratuitous shot there?The kid isn't coming to college from Bristol Central.
I’m just not even sure why a hometown media company would write an article like this in the heat of a recruiting battle.These articles are a waste of "ink." Not a single person is saying that landing Cooper Flagg is critical to the program's future, nor is anyone proposing that Hurley focus on building a roster full of 5 star, one-and-done players.
Cooper Flagg is potentially a generational talent. He is the most hyped prospect since one of the two best players of all time. It is not controversial to simply say that adding a player of that caliber to the infrastructure and culture that Hurley has already built would indisputably be a great thing. All the rest is people being contrarian for the sake of being contrarian or arguing against straw men.
There's little evidence it's really that effective for player development anyways. There's a good shot Karaban would have been successful regardless. And for a kid like CFJ the early year was a disaster.
And think about what was Karaban's problem early last year: defense against physical 4s. What solved it? Game speed reps. Game speed reps > anything in this game, and Cooper is getting the highest level game speed reps you can as a hs star.
Coming early is great to learn a system and develop chemistry. Those are secondary concerns for Cooper.
What actually makes a good strength coach or a qualified strength coach? I pulled up the guy, sounds like his specialty has been working with triathletes in his career and he now works with athletes from every sport at Montverde.Montverde's strength training is elite--the facilities are better than the vast majority of colleges. It's a literal basketball factory. I'm not sure about any dieticians they have on staff. But honestly, their strength coach is probably more qualified than ours. His name is Tim Crowley if you want to look up his bio.
Flagg isn't coming to college from Bristol Central. This is an entirely different kind of recruit than we're used to.
As my old Boneyard hoody says, “Run With The Big Dogs”.The big dogs smell blood in the water
The guy could have taken an offer from espnI’m just not even sure why a hometown media company would write an article like this in the heat of a recruiting battle.
Regardless of the odds of us landing him, it’s just dumb.
Are you saying UConn's practice speed is slower than game speed? Slower than Montverde speed?
I have trouble believing that.