Optimism?

[ElComanche]

I read the other board and have noticed an uptick in possible support and optimism for the basketball program.I believe that the analysis of the juco recruiting by an organization familiar with jucos has people reevaluating their past online positions. They do not want to be seen as complete fools if Kent s team plays above .500 ball and perhaps makes an NIT appearance.It went to" Kent is only recruiting lightly recruited jucos " to WSU having a top 5 juco recruiting season. The general consensus now seems to be is stay the course and hope for improvement.. There is now talk about a need for a basketball OP building and charter flights. The program does need more fan support and an upgrade in facilities and charter flights. I saw the better quality of juco players recruited this year, plus two excellent freshmen.. The past few years they did take marginal juco players whose chance to succeed in D 1 ball was questionable but they did an OK job. The letting go of an ineffective recruiter was key and i like this years recruiting class.I see the program as now having enough talent to compete and play above .500 ball this coming season.There is reason for optimism.

 

[etowncoug]

Folks have to hedge themselves. The lightly recruited JC's slogan really fell apart this class because, objectively, three of our signings were seeing serious recruiting interest: Robinson, Ali, and Cannon. All three saw an explosion of interest right before committing to WSU too.

Next year is Ernie Kent's make or break season. He has enough talent with experience to win more than he loses next year. If we get into a postseason tournament, even the CBI, it will demonstrate some signs of life and probably allow us to recruit well enough to continue to move things forward. If we don't win, I think Ernie is a dead man walking for the last two years of his deal.

 

[ElComanche]

You may be right but these three guys really shone in post season play and other schools went after them hard. The cougs with Elwyn McRoy doing the hard work had been on them for a while and successfully recruited them The coug staff knew about them before other schools really knew that they were very good juco players.McRoy is a gym rat who excels in recruiting jucos and his presence has really bolstered the cougs recruiting. The jucos now have to prove they can excel at the D 1 level. The coaches also have to do a better job as i feel the team under performed last year.But i am optimistic about this year s team and do expect a post season tournament of some kind.

 

[SaveFerris]

You may be right but these three guys really shone in post season play and other schools went after them hard. The cougs with Elwyn McRoy doing the hard work had been on them for a while and successfully recruited them The coug staff knew about them before other schools really knew that they were very good juco players.McRoy is a gym rat who excels in recruiting jucos and his presence has really bolstered the cougs recruiting. The jucos now have to prove they can excel at the D 1 level. The coaches also have to do a better job as i feel the team under performed last year.But i am optimistic about this year s team and do expect a post season tournament of some kind.

I don’t agree with you on Allen but even though I don’t know the specifics of who is doing what I do like the overall staff from a recruiting perspective.

 

[COUGinNCW]

Speaking of Allen, have they brought in anyone to replace him?

 

[gazooks2]

I think that they have shuffled the deck a little bit. I believe that Tim Marrrion and McRoy are doing some recruiting now. However,Kent needs to find a great recruiter to upgrade the recruiting. Kent cannot make another big mistake like he did in retaining Allen.