And a lot more teams wanted Carter than Vlad. Blue bloods wanted Dinglebury. Point is you can't look at a junior big and say we should've used a scholly on that guy. Unfortunately you probably burn 2-3 scholarships on fringe guys to find one that is solid. So for next years class, which 2 would you give up to maybe get a Vlad type player?
I am gradually thinking Prohm is not a risk taker even the situation begs change.
After watching small ball this year we are the size of a mid major at best. A thug like Edozie would be nice. We need some butt banging for those rebounds.if
To be successful Prohm needs to be a good evaluator and separate the Carters from the Vlads.
Go find a guard equivalent of a Diallo, who could've went to any blue blood he wanted but logged mostly DNPs. Any coach will tell you bigs take longer to develop and are less likely to play up to their HS recruiting ranking. This isn't a myth. A guy like Vlad or one of Northwesterns bigs would be nice to have this year. But people are looking at these guys as upperclassman and asking why we didn't offer them without knowing that there were probably a few whiffs along the way in terms of recruiting bigs. So again, who in next years class should we pull a Scholly from to give a 150 rated big body?
How good has our defense been? It
Nice anecdote, but it's amiss and meaningless. The fact is coaches of all teams at the level we would like to get to still sign good big men.
Relative yes. Equal across positions absolutely not. Even for arguments sake lets assume my point and the conventional wisdom among coaches is wrong and wings have equal chance as bigs as being busts or late bloomers. In a traditional lineup you need the same number of wings as bigs. We know there's a lot larger supply of wings and combo guards as there are traditional 4s and 5s. That scarcity leads to bigs getting overvalued, this a higher likelihood they don't pan out.
