Signing Day Thread
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For Dubar, we offered, hosted an official, an accepted his commitment in 21 days.
Blackwell we have been after a long time, offered July 26, 2018. Was the top target that nobody ever seemed to talk about, profile was warm to ISU for a long time.
i read that Iowa State wouldn’t likely announce his signing until today for some reason. Maybe they need Dubar to make a video before they can put it on Twitter. Lol.
I’m not sure that we need to use a scholly for someone to tell Conditt and Foster how good they are. There are plenty of folks on here who will do that for free.
*It was there. I had to run with it.
If Haliburton leaves I think they should go after a guard. Adding a juco or transfer for Solo type to sit behind Solo, Foster, Conditt, plus the small ball fours, seems very ineffective.
Sure, if we could land a Royce White type or a Grant-Foster that at 6’8” can play 2-4, but I would think a (point) guard would be the priority.
The game no longer necessitates having a 4 true bigs, certainly not at the level of taking one that’s just a seldom used “post enforcer” depth as a juco transfer.
Good point. On the other hand, asking a judo or transfer point to sit behind Bolton and Jackson (and Walker) seems equally ineffective, especially considering Grill, Walker and Dubar are also “guards”, and Griffin, Johnson and Blackwell will all be in line for time at the other traditional wing spot.
I’d guess that if a spot opens, Prohm simply goes for “best available versatile player” rather than focusing on a single position.
So I’m seeing we have the #15 class in the country but #5 class in the Big 12. That’s crazy.
It’s doubtful we’d ask or intend for any guard we’d sign that’s eligible for next year to sit behind those guys, nearly all of which are unproven, particularly at pg. It goes without saying we’re not looking for guys that aren’t good enough to play over what we have.
It’s not “best available” it’s “most likely to play”, which is significantly biased towards a lead guard type if Haliburton leaves. It would be an easier sell, and with a larger pool of candidates.
If we go after a guard for next year if Halliburton would leave for the draft, we'd get a Shayok type grad transfer (I know Shayok was a sit one-play one). A guy that can flat out score and we could run an offense around. Bolton would start, as well as Jackson/Walker, and then that other guard would start as well.
If you have so many down votes, why do you think your opinion is valid?
If Hali stays and they're pleased with what they have in adding Javan Johnson, I think it would be wise to target the best available sit-out transfer.
If Haliburton stays and nobody else leaves, we're full.
I agree with your general sentiment, though -- even without Haliburton next year, I am not really sure we "need" anything in particular. I suppose it comes down to how the staff feels about only having Jackson, Walker, Bolton, Grill, and Dubar for guards (and/or possibly playing Johnson, Griffin, and Blackwell at the 3-4 spots), but that roster looks pretty full as it is, to me. Going for the best transfer, and particularly maybe a sit-one, play-one guy like Shayok that other teams are less enthused about because his tenure will be so relatively brief, as an investment in the future might make sense.
That's life in the conference that has been tops in KenPom for 6 or 7 years in a row. That's also why you can be 4th or 5th in the conference and still get a 4-6 seed.
This isn't hard to understand for people that aren't idiots with unwavering contempt for ISU or Prohm.
I believe it's because he needed a guardian signature as well. Or at least that was what I read the speculation was for it not being sent in yesterday.
What will be interesting is whether we can get in on a good mid-year, assuming we can use the Leech/Anderson scholarships due to the rule change that Prohm mentioned.
We may not know for sure on Haliburton, but mid-years like Burton could help next year, or redshirt the entire next season if desired
