I may be on an island - but I heard and read enough things the last 10 days to believe we werenât 2nd for Kon. And I donât think we are near 2nd now either.
9 Likes
I donât know if there was a â2ndâ itâs not like he ranked the schools. I do think itâs likely that he struggled to choose between Duke and UVa. But that is kind of a binary choice between good and evil. Since he dipped his toes in the water of the dark side, it wouldnât surprise me if he chose Bama now or someone like them.
1 Like
This is where I am, and why I posted the other day that this has more in common with SKJ, Juzang, Quinerly than with Justin Anderson or Marial Shayok or Sam Hauser. Itâs about how it happened, and I donât think it left the kind of taste in Bennettâs mouth that he would be running back to the table.
6 Likes
Marquette mod was hearing UVA as the team to beat prior to Duke visit. HGN heard an assistant coach at one of Konâs top 4 schools was saying it was either UVA or Duke. All the parents of kids close to Kons family/Phenom were saying âNot instateâ for Kon.
But I do agree that our roster is clogged at his spot. Unless Rohde either shows he aint it (and therefore not a hurdle) or rocks out (and gets draft buzz) I dont expect it, nonwithstanding all bridges burned and what not from his announcement
2 Likes
Everything Iâve heard, including some things that trickled out from other coaching staffs, is that it was only UVA and Duke at the end with Kon. I think people might be reading too much into him saying afterwards that he thought for a long time heâd go to Marquette. I think thatâs trueâŚbut that long time ended somewhere around spring time when he started looking at things differently.
If itâs possible another school was in the picture it was Wisconsin. He took about half the money to go to Duke than he would have gotten there.
All that saidâŚNone of that matters much when a recruit decommits later. Things always look different later, and everybodyâs situation will have changed. No guarantee any of the original schools would come out on top.
18 Likes
So what youâre saying is, itâs a lock that Kon is coming to UVA?
10 Likes
Future Crimson Tide forward Kon
5 Likes
Damn beat me to it lol
Jarin Stevenson + Kon at Alabama would be something
2 Likes
@DFresh11 I remember you asking about this kid. Heâs goining your guy Tahaad at Auburn.
https://twitter.com/TheCircuitAlex/status/1722309784311841252
Oh wow. Thanks. That team gonna have some highlights but best of luck coaching these dudes!
Edit: seems like they played in lot of same events this summer all over the US
If KK did decommit, Iâd totally be ok not going down that road again. Donât really care for how he handled the commitment the first time.
4 Likes
Same here. But Iâm also a sicko and heâs really damn good so if we went down that road again Iâd be two feet in lmao.
4 Likes
Yeah I trust the staff on that front. If they feel like heâs good enough to go full send on again, then fuck it why not. But I would also understand them cutting their losses and deciding not to pursue after how he handled things, especially now that we have Sharma signed on. Makes him even less of a need for our roster, more just a luxury recruit/ceiling raiser now.
2 Likes
Sharma woulda had 24 Monday nightâŚ
2 Likes
Good for him. Not Louisville
7 Likes
Love it!
Iâve mentioned before my sons are at VCU so theyâre my #2 team. Saw Jennings play a couple of times last year, and wasnât at all disappointed that we were kicking the tires prior to Bliss committing. VCU is probably a better level if he wants to play early, than the ACC though.
2 Likes
Glad heâs not coming in this year, wouldâve been rough to deal with in Fridayâs game lol. Iâve always wondered how a giant 7â3+ big would do in TBâs system, have to imagine hedging wouldnât go well but Iâd be down to see him take a chance on one of these guys.
https://twitter.com/TiptonEdits/status/1722439350485414090?s=20
Jesus, he almost killed that kid at the end when he blocked him
1 Like
Some fun recruiting drama going on, apparently Derik Queen isnât committing today like he said and the Maryland 247 board is currently melting down as they do. Jeff Rabjohns the IU insider straight up said that Jeff Ermann has been lying to the MD site about whatâs happening in the recruitment and apparently contacted 247sports corporate to look into how inaccurate Ermann is, which I find absolutely hilarious.
9 Likes