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Post by Yotes on May 22, 2014 19:17:04 GMT -6
I don't know specifically who the 4th or last one is. I am basing that on what I heard Smith was going after 4 new guys. I ran into Smith today. Should have asked him if he was looking at anymore for this class
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Post by howlincoyote on May 22, 2014 21:53:53 GMT -6
Saw a Jeremy Hoeck tweet that said Justin Decker is going to play at Northern next year. Hope it ends up being a good fit for him.
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Post by usdguy99 on May 23, 2014 6:25:08 GMT -6
thought the reviews had been positive on thompson? was looking forward to seeing what he could do. oh well assume we feel we are recruiting over them so will trust the staff on this. He left mainly due to academic issues.
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Post by GoYotes on May 25, 2014 10:15:35 GMT -6
Another new Yote per a Jeremy Hoeck retweet is Sekou Harris, a 6'0" JUCO PG. Harris joins 6'5" G Tre Burnett, 6'4" F Logan Power & 6'3" SG DJ Davis. The size of the new recruits all appear to line up with Smith's GATA philosophy, but also make me believe one more G of small F from last years roster will not be returning.
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Post by Cousin Eddie on May 25, 2014 11:51:53 GMT -6
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Post by lynn on May 25, 2014 13:12:10 GMT -6
Like his highlights. Looks like a player right away for us.
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Post by coyote61 on May 25, 2014 14:06:31 GMT -6
Just putting this out there. I know it remains to be seen whether or not these new kids turnout. But on paper, these new kids look the part as far as an upgrade over what we have seen recruited in quite a while. The new staff is already earning their money as far as I'm concerned. It would have been interesting to see who Joey would have recruited.
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Post by coyote61 on May 25, 2014 14:15:09 GMT -6
Another new Yote per a Jeremy Hoeck retweet is Sekou Harris, a 6'3" JUCO PG. Harris joins 6'5" G Tre Burnett, 6'4" F Logan Power & 6'3" SG DJ Davis. The size of the new recruits all appear to line up with Smith's GATA philosophy, but also make me believe one more G of small F from last years roster will not be returning. Sekou is 6'0 160
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Post by GoYotes on May 25, 2014 14:22:23 GMT -6
Another new Yote per a Jeremy Hoeck retweet is Sekou Harris, a 6'3" JUCO PG. Harris joins 6'5" G Tre Burnett, 6'4" F Logan Power & 6'3" SG DJ Davis. The size of the new recruits all appear to line up with Smith's GATA philosophy, but also make me believe one more G of small F from last years roster will not be returning. Sekou is 6'0 160 I fixed it. Thought I read someplace that he was 6'3", but that was before I had my daily dose of coffee.
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Post by Yotes on May 25, 2014 15:54:30 GMT -6
Just putting this out there. I know it remains to be seen whether or not these new kids turnout. But on paper, these new kids look the part as far as an upgrade over what we have seen recruited in quite a while. The new staff is already earning their money as far as I'm concerned. It would have been interesting to see who Joey would have recruited. It's a small sample, but all four of these guys seem to be far more impressive than the commit that the old staff had for this class. Our staff was very short on time, so I'm quite impressed in what we were able to get so late in the cycle. If this is what we are able to get with very limited time, I can't wait to see what we get in the 2015 class! I really think Craig Smith is going to do some amazing things here at USD. I would think this has to wrap up the 2014 class. It would have been nice to see us get a guy to replace the size of Gruis, but we did get at least a couple guys who are going to be contributing right away. I like that Harris has some D-1 experience already, he spent a year at Fairleigh Dickinson before going the JUCO route. Jeremy Hoeck tweeted that Craig Smith had tried to recruit Harris to Colorado State, but Harris opted to go to the hometown D-1 school before transferring. I always find it interesting when coaches recruit a kid out of high school, don't get them to sign, but then have them transfer to the coach a couple years later. A sign of a coach that handles the recruit's rejection very professionally.
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Post by coyote61 on May 25, 2014 16:50:56 GMT -6
Just putting this out there. I know it remains to be seen whether or not these new kids turnout. But on paper, these new kids look the part as far as an upgrade over what we have seen recruited in quite a while. The new staff is already earning their money as far as I'm concerned. It would have been interesting to see who Joey would have recruited. It's a small sample, but all four of these guys seem to be far more impressive than the commit that the old staff had for this class. Our staff was very short on time, so I'm quite impressed in what we were able to get so late in the cycle. If this is what we are able to get with very limited time, I can't wait to see what we get in the 2015 class! I really think Craig Smith is going to do some amazing things here at USD. I would think this has to wrap up the 2014 class. It would have been nice to see us get a guy to replace the size of Gruis, but we did get at least a couple guys who are going to be contributing right away. I like that Harris has some D-1 experience already, he spent a year at Fairleigh Dickinson before going the JUCO route. Jeremy Hoeck tweeted that Craig Smith had tried to recruit Harris to Colorado State, but Harris opted to go to the hometown D-1 school before transferring. I always find it interesting when coaches recruit a kid out of high school, don't get them to sign, but then have them transfer to the coach a couple years later. A sign of a coach that handles the recruit's rejection very professionally. He's not very big, but looks extremely quick and plays with a lot of confidence
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Post by usdguy99 on May 25, 2014 17:50:10 GMT -6
I have heard a rumbling that we have a 6'10" guy (James Hunter, I believe) coming from Washington State as well. One year of elgibility while he is in grad school.
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Post by Yotes on May 26, 2014 9:12:51 GMT -6
I have heard a rumbling that we have a 6'10" guy (James Hunter, I believe) coming from Washington State as well. One year of elgibility while he is in grad school. That certainly would replace the size of Gruis, while giving us a third guy who will be ready to play right away. The Yotes are going to look WAY different than last year. Hoeck's article on Harris joining the team has a quote saying Smith "needed a point guard that was fast and could be a leader". Perhaps Trey Norris isn't quite what Smith has in mind?
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Post by Cousin Eddie on May 26, 2014 13:16:45 GMT -6
I have heard a rumbling that we have a 6'10" guy (James Hunter, I believe) coming from Washington State as well. One year of elgibility while he is in grad school. Do you have a sense for how likely this is to happening? This would be exactly what we need to bridge the gap in 14/15.
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Post by usdlaw on May 26, 2014 14:57:02 GMT -6
Cousin We heard about him last week from a good source guessing he is coming. Collective cheers out of our group of 15 when we learned
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