UNC/Kansas

[Nate1224hoops]

Originally Posted by jdw3018

I'm not going to try and convince you of anything else, Nate, it's obvious you don't want to believe that Beasley's relationship with Dalonte Hill was tight enough to be the deciding factor in where Beasley attended school, and it's also obvious that regardless of how hard Beasley actually works in and out of practice, you will regard him as someone who "never wants to work as hard."

I'd just encourage you to lose the attitude that is so apparent in your posts that when a player chooses to attend a school other than UNC or Duke or KU or UCLA that it must be because that player wasn't actually recruited by those schools, rather than that player simply deciding he wanted to go somewhere else instead - for whatever reason.

Recruiting is a strange deal. Sometimes the best players don't want to attend a traditional power school. "Aw shucks" Roy isn't the right coach for everyone. Every once in a while, a school you wouldn't suspect makes the right connection with a super-talented kid and UNC loses out on a recruit they wanted.

Jdw, I understand the recuiting process well. I'm actually very involved in that process right now. I'm an used-to-be official, turned coach. I'd encourage you to open your eyes and understand that theirs a lot more that MOST coaches look at other than talent. I can't say this for fact, but I'd bet money that that the first thing that "the powerhouses" saw or thought when they heard the name Beasley were....1)High School trouble..to the point of jumping around to different school to play ball. 2)Big risk--when's the last time you heard of any problem kids on the list you provided above...there's a reason...they don't pursue these types. I do agree that some kids want to go to other schools; however not usually the Beasley types, that is the super talented ones. Some kids fall through the cracks, Stephen Curry. The knock on him was that he was too small (height and strength). Looks who's laughing now. Just like someone said at the beginning of this thread, he all but begged VT to give him some help. They didn't and he fell to Davidson. I'd hardly call VT a powerhouse...lol. 3)The point you don't want to admit, the intelligence level. Beasley clearly fits the MO. This is not the type of kid they want. Everyone under the sun including the K-State coach knew he was "one and done." Keep him outta trouble for one year, gain some pub for the school. Heck, they will likely produce the #1 overall pick in the NBA draft. Not many schools can say that. ....LOL...not sure they will in 5 years.