Verbal commits has him as 3 stars.  Schools such as Iowa, Iowa State and Stanford showed interest.  So far, so good.  Lot will depend on Ferry in using him in the best way possible which is problematic.  

duq81 wrote:

Well, I like that they didn't spend the scholarships on high school kids of dubious value. Gives us three ships for the fall.

I completely agree. Ferry did a great job this past year of locking up his top targets in the fall. Hopefully he will be able to replicate that this recruiting period as well. With the exception of a rare case like Damian Saunders, the chances of you getting a good high school senior this late are not good. I would much rather have three scholarships to use in the summer/fall.

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NapaDuke wrote:

This all only matters if Ferry becomes a different coach next year.  Base this team  on the Center, (Lewis and Robinson) and feed to the shooter or the small forward, then we are probable at 80 percent winning factor, but go to a guard first game, 50 to 60 % winning probability.  The problem isn't the players, it's the Coach!!! Ferry isn't up to game, really. Waite and see.  Got the players, not the coach. 

What are these numbers based off of?

He scored 41 in a game this past year?  Sign me up!

Duques102 wrote:

One last assist from Micah getting this kid here?

I doubt it. This guy was at Northwestern when Micah was at Drake.
 

I'm not seeing him at the 4.

Dukes2012 wrote:

duq81 wrote:

Well, I like that they didn't spend the scholarships on high school kids of dubious value. Gives us three ships for the fall.

I completely agree. Ferry did a great job this past year of locking up his top targets in the fall. Hopefully he will be able to replicate that this recruiting period as well. With the exception of a rare case like Damian Saunders, the chances of you getting a good high school senior this late are not good. I would much rather have three scholarships to use in the summer/fall.

 
If you're on Twitter, you should follow Verbal Commits. Mid majors and low majors are signing kids daily right now.

The question is: who do you target? Ferry spent 10 years at LIU targeting low level prospects and still hasn't shown he can bring in stronger talent. Four years of DC and JJ starting, the parade of defections of his top targets, really tell you what his recruiting philosophy is. Now we're going to "build a program" by signing guys who have played three years somewhere else.

At least he's trying something different. Who knows, this might work. They've at least had some coaching. Which is the second part of the problem here. We're not getting A10 talent, and we're not developing the kids we get.

Some folks might get all happy about a one time scoring binge. I see a guy get benched for the conference season and wonder how this translates into the A10.

We'll see. Makes me cringe when I think of how many years are still on this contract.

I think Jim Ferry did a good job of recruiting this year.  But let's see Blackman and Abrahamson for what they are...patch jobs.  The brick by brick rebuild promised by Ferry has not materialized.  That is not to diss these guys as I think they are good patches.  I think they will help next year which was not looking too promising.  I think this is the best we could have hoped for.

http://triblive.com/mobile/10330781-96/duquesne-abrahamson-drake

 

ElDuque wrote:

Dukes2012 wrote:

duq81 wrote:

Well, I like that they didn't spend the scholarships on high school kids of dubious value. Gives us three ships for the fall.

I completely agree. Ferry did a great job this past year of locking up his top targets in the fall. Hopefully he will be able to replicate that this recruiting period as well. With the exception of a rare case like Damian Saunders, the chances of you getting a good high school senior this late are not good. I would much rather have three scholarships to use in the summer/fall.

 
If you're on Twitter, you should follow Verbal Commits. Mid majors and low majors are signing kids daily right now.

The question is: who do you target? Ferry spent 10 years at LIU targeting low level prospects and still hasn't shown he can bring in stronger talent. Four years of DC and JJ starting, the parade of defections of his top targets, really tell you what his recruiting philosophy is. Now we're going to "build a program" by signing guys who have played three years somewhere else.

At least he's trying something different. Who knows, this might work. They've at least had some coaching. Which is the second part of the problem here. We're not getting A10 talent, and we're not developing the kids we get.

Some folks might get all happy about a one time scoring binge. I see a guy get benched for the conference season and wonder how this translates into the A10.

We'll see. Makes me cringe when I think of how many years are still on this contract.

With respect to next season, I don't think it makes any sense to steal away someone from one of the low or mid-majors.  We tried this before when Ferry first came in, and we got DC and JJ, 2 guys you clearly think aren't good enough for this level.  Thus, get the transfers and move on to the next period imho. 

That's pretty much how I'm seeing the line up pan out. Hopefully Mike comes in ready to go because our 3 bigs can be expected to be in frequent foul trouble.

WEB wrote:

ElDuque wrote:

Dukes2012 wrote:

I completely agree. Ferry did a great job this past year of locking up his top targets in the fall. Hopefully he will be able to replicate that this recruiting period as well. With the exception of a rare case like Damian Saunders, the chances of you getting a good high school senior this late are not good. I would much rather have three scholarships to use in the summer/fall.

 
If you're on Twitter, you should follow Verbal Commits. Mid majors and low majors are signing kids daily right now.

The question is: who do you target? Ferry spent 10 years at LIU targeting low level prospects and still hasn't shown he can bring in stronger talent. Four years of DC and JJ starting, the parade of defections of his top targets, really tell you what his recruiting philosophy is. Now we're going to "build a program" by signing guys who have played three years somewhere else.

At least he's trying something different. Who knows, this might work. They've at least had some coaching. Which is the second part of the problem here. We're not getting A10 talent, and we're not developing the kids we get.

Some folks might get all happy about a one time scoring binge. I see a guy get benched for the conference season and wonder how this translates into the A10.

We'll see. Makes me cringe when I think of how many years are still on this contract.

With respect to next season, I don't think it makes any sense to steal away someone from one of the low or mid-majors.  We tried this before when Ferry first came in, and we got DC and JJ, 2 guys you clearly think aren't good enough for this level.  Thus, get the transfers and move on to the next period imho. 

Ferry knows he's quickly approaching do or die time, thus, a project who may develop in 2-3 years is not going to help him. He needs to win games now, and he knows it. I don't expect these transfers to turn the team around, but like most teams that look like they might finish near .500 overall, there will be a bunch of close games. These guys might add enough to put 2 or 3 of those in the win column, while low level freshmen won't get off the bench. You may think 2-3 games isn't much, but if we had won those 3 winnable games down the stretch, we're a 20 win team, and we're discussing what we need to do to take the next step, as opposed to how soon we can get rid of the coach.