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If you look at alot of the players Capel has brough in, most of them are high on athletic ability, low on polished basketball skills.
Now don't get me wrong.....if you pretty much only recruit polished players with limited ceilings, you get Kelvin's teams. And while I'd kill to have his teams right now, I realize that if you can mix in the occassional super star, or NBA-talent, that would elevate the program some. The problem is, when you recruit nothing but athletic ability, you miss on alot of players, and you put a pretty crappy product on the floor alot of the time.
Capel needs to figure this out, and start getting a better mix. This year is a perfect example. I had heard that Tiny was more perimeter oriented, and that he would have to adjust to playing inside. Fine. I didn't get to watch Tiny a bunch in HS, so I had no idea he was this far away. Capel should have seen that in his tape evaluation and live recruiting. And as such, he should have given us another option in the post. That is a recruiting/coaching problem. That is a problem with realizing that we'd have a hole inside, and taking care of it. A JUCO would have been the perfect fit, if there was a good one available. It would have given us immediate help, and it would have broken up the classes a bit, as we won't have any seniors next year except Allen and Davis.
But you look back at the recruits, and you see a bunch of kids that had alot to work on. Willie is super athletic, but he isn't a great shooter. Isn't a great ball handler. Isn't a very good defender. Maze was super quick, but couldn't shoot, couldn't defend, and couldn't dribble with his left. Neysmith was athletic, but apparently not skilled. I don't know about Early. I won't really include Blake, though he is still alot more athletic then skillled. But his skills got ALOT better his soph year.
I just think we need a better mix. Sometimes take the more polished 75 ranked player or a JUCO, over the 30 ranked player who has a higher ceiling. And alot of this may have to do with Capel not knowing when to give up on a recruit. Seems like we've stayed in a few too long, and missed out on just the type of guys I'm talking about. Roberson comes to mind.
Now don't get me wrong.....if you pretty much only recruit polished players with limited ceilings, you get Kelvin's teams. And while I'd kill to have his teams right now, I realize that if you can mix in the occassional super star, or NBA-talent, that would elevate the program some. The problem is, when you recruit nothing but athletic ability, you miss on alot of players, and you put a pretty crappy product on the floor alot of the time.
Capel needs to figure this out, and start getting a better mix. This year is a perfect example. I had heard that Tiny was more perimeter oriented, and that he would have to adjust to playing inside. Fine. I didn't get to watch Tiny a bunch in HS, so I had no idea he was this far away. Capel should have seen that in his tape evaluation and live recruiting. And as such, he should have given us another option in the post. That is a recruiting/coaching problem. That is a problem with realizing that we'd have a hole inside, and taking care of it. A JUCO would have been the perfect fit, if there was a good one available. It would have given us immediate help, and it would have broken up the classes a bit, as we won't have any seniors next year except Allen and Davis.
But you look back at the recruits, and you see a bunch of kids that had alot to work on. Willie is super athletic, but he isn't a great shooter. Isn't a great ball handler. Isn't a very good defender. Maze was super quick, but couldn't shoot, couldn't defend, and couldn't dribble with his left. Neysmith was athletic, but apparently not skilled. I don't know about Early. I won't really include Blake, though he is still alot more athletic then skillled. But his skills got ALOT better his soph year.
I just think we need a better mix. Sometimes take the more polished 75 ranked player or a JUCO, over the 30 ranked player who has a higher ceiling. And alot of this may have to do with Capel not knowing when to give up on a recruit. Seems like we've stayed in a few too long, and missed out on just the type of guys I'm talking about. Roberson comes to mind.
