2018 big man Riley Battin was in for a visit yesterday and picked up an offer.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
6'7"--240 lbs. ?? really.
They list Collette at 6'10", 220 lbs.
Kid is a load----must set a nasty pick; & might double as a right tackle.
I'm 6'6" and with a touch of skinny fat mixed with an unhealthy amount of no muscle, I'm tipping the scales at 210. What blows my mind is that when I was racing road bikes in my early 20's I was under 175. I surely haven't gotten any taller the last 15 years.
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"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Donnie Tillman starts an official visit with TCU tomorrow.
Justice Sueing is seeing his name pop up in recruiting discussions a little more often.
IMO, if we can sign these two, and either bring in a JUCO big or hold a scholarship for a year, then that would be, IMO, a solid recruiting year. That adds a lot of length and toughness.
So I said to David Eckstein, "You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
--fjm.com
He had multiple incidents involving the Utes. It was so bad that he was suspended from playing the Utes again.
In one game he elbowed Alex Jensen in the head and elbowed Brandon Jessie causing him a concussion. If I remember correct he had a third elbow thrown in that game. He also did go after Van Horn in another game in the WAC tournament. So basically at least 3 incidents involving Utes. Like I said, I'd have a hard time accepting his son as a Ute, especially with such an underwhelming list of offers. His next best offer is Hawaii. The Utes should absolutely pass on him. I'm not going to complain about punishing him for the sins of his father.
So I said to David Eckstein, "You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
--fjm.com
Well dang. i had no idea. (I guess thats what happens when you only start closely following the team in '96).
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/4...ES.html?pg=all
So some tidbits........
Justice Sueing has picked up an offer from Cal. They are now going after two of our top targets in Tillman and Sueing. 4 of the 5 experts at 247 sports have Tillman going to Utah, but a few of those are dated and the most recent prediction (saturday) has him going to Cal. Who knows. the 247 experts all had intel that Jayce Johnson was going to Cal. So....time will tell. Tillman visits there at the end of this month.
Here is a brief article about priority 2018 recruit Emmanuel Akot. IMO, this is kind of a make or break recruit for 2016.
https://basketballrecruiting.rivals....his-final-four
Their crystal ball thing is junk for two reasons
a) a lot of people come along and drop predictions WAY too early, and then dont bother updating as information becomes available.
b) they put their predictions up when its obvious that a kid is going somewhere. Heck one bozo tried to put a prediction of Utah in for Branden Carlson AFTER he committed. That is what drives their 'success' rate.
Basically, 247 is playing a game of 'Duck Hunt' for the original nintendo and they are either playing at the maximum distance from the screen (where it doesnt matter how good of a shot you are, any hit is lucky) or they have the gun pressed right in the middle of the screen where 99% of the shots will knock out the bird regardless of where it is (try it next time, if you are lucky enough to find an authentic copy!)
And Tim Coleman. Wouldn't be surprised to see a transfer or two either.
I think in an ideal world we land Tillman and sueing , then fill in whatever else is needed as transfers dictate. I wouldn't be surprised if we sat on a scholarship. 2018 could be terrific if we get A lot early and then use him to get others
“To me there is no dishonor in being wrong and learning. There is dishonor in willful ignorance and there is dishonor in disrespect.” James Hatch, former Navy Seal and current Yale student.
I didn't realize Bealer was a Sr. For some reason I had in my mind that Bonam was our only Sr. So I think we will have 3 scholarship spots to fill.
In Basketball, is there any limit to the number of recruits you can sign a year like there is in football? That is to say, will the two sign-and-sends prevent us from filling the 3 open slots?
“To me there is no dishonor in being wrong and learning. There is dishonor in willful ignorance and there is dishonor in disrespect.” James Hatch, former Navy Seal and current Yale student.
I quickly went through and compiled stats from some of the 2016 recruits we either a) missed on, or b) recruited but never ended up offering.
Team MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3pt% FT% 2017 NBA Draft (DraftExpress) Lauri Markkanen Arizona 31.1 16.7 7.4 1.2 0.3 0.5 51.1 46.5 82.5 9 Frank Jackson Duke 25.1 11.1 2.3 1.5 0.6 0 44.8 37.3 79.1 62 Omer Yurtseven NC St 21.6 7.3 6.2 1.4 0.2 0.5 46.3 50 71.4 37 Zach Collins Gonzaga 16.9 10.4 5.4 0.6 0.5 1.2 64.5 36.4 72.2 25 Killian Tillie Gonzaga 14.1 4.6 3.6 0.8 0.9 0.4 53.3 47.4 66.7 Mitch Lightfoot Kansas 4.1 1.2 1.2 0 0.2 0.2 54.5 50 20 JaQuori McLaughlin Oregon St 32.9 11.6 2.7 2.6 0.8 0.2 40.2 39.3 75 Braian Angola-Rodas FSU 13.1 3.9 1.8 1.5 0.6 0.1 41.5 34.6 64.7 Harold Baruti Washington 2.7 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 0 25 0 0 CJ Keyser Wichita St 5.7 1.9 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.1 42.1 16.7 80 Jonah Matthews USC 20.9 7.4 2.1 1.2 1.1 0.1 37.1 34.7 67.6 Yoeli Childs BYU 24.2 8.5 7.5 1.2 0.6 1.6 58.7 0 57.6 Koby McEwen Utah St 30.5 14.6 4.9 3.1 0.8 0.5 49.4 44.3 67.8 Bryce Peters Colorado 14.1 3.1 1.3 0.6 0.4 0.1 30.2 21.7 59.1