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Post by Raider Fanatic on Feb 16, 2016 19:41:33 GMT -5
Mitchell and Hughes are roll players.
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Feb 16, 2016 11:34:10 GMT -5
I'm torn on the CBI or CIT. If the seniors want to play more games, and so long as we don't pay to host, I'm for it. You don't get to say you will participate in the CBI or CIT as long as you don't have to host. You either sign the contract to participate in the tournament or you don't. We didn't want to host in the past and got stuck doing so because we signed the contract and didn't have a choice. That is the biggest problem with these play to pay tournaments. the only reason to play in one of these tournaments is if it is going to help us next year. If we had a young team and the extra practice and playing time was going to help their development I would be all for it. We aren't a young team. We go 7 deep most nights and 4 of those 7 won't be here next year. We should use the time and money we would be wasting on one of these tournaments on finishing out our recruiting class. We have 2 good players coming back next year: Benzinger and Alstork. We have a few role players and not much else. I am not impressed with either one of our signees for next year. We NEED to add a few impact players or we are going to finish dead last in the HL next year.
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Jun 27, 2015 11:08:13 GMT -5
Good to have some off-season news coming out and injury updates. That's pretty much as close as Donlon can say "we've already got someone lined up to come in next year" without actually saying it. I wouldn't call this good news by any stretch of the imagination. We have either 1 or 2 new players coming in next year and there is absolutely nothing about it out on the internet. In this day and age that is unheard of. I cannot imagine we are bringing in anyone worth bringing in for next year this late in the process without some recruiting site being aware of it. I really hope Donlon isn't wasting scholarships again on kids that shouldn't be on a D1 roster.
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Roster
May 2, 2015 11:28:09 GMT -5
Post by Raider Fanatic on May 2, 2015 11:28:09 GMT -5
Seniors: Karena, Yoho, Thomasson Juniors: S. Davis, Neel Sophomores: Benzinger, Mitchell, R. Davis, Alstork Freshmen: Hughes, Vest, Ernsthausen
Assuming Ernsthausen is on scholarship this year, we have 1 scholarship remaining. Is Donlon going to bring in an experienced JUCO PG or go after a JUCO/prep post player?
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Apr 20, 2015 16:26:31 GMT -5
Maybe it didn't do anything for us because a lot of those Illinois players wanted to stay closer to home. Perhaps Mullins will have a lot more success recruiting Illinois kids to UIC than he did recruiting them to WSU. I would buy that argument if most of the kids that we recruited from Illinois stayed in state. Most ended up at colleges all over the Midwest so that argument doesn't hold much weight. Mullins was a nice guy and represented Wright State well, but I don't think he panned out as the recruiter we hoped he would be. We need to do better with our next hire.
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Apr 17, 2015 23:19:51 GMT -5
I'm not in the know enough on the staff roles and background to know how good/bad this is. Seems like he was a chicago guy happy to go home and stay in the HL. Probably got a sweet deal from the new UIC coach (who probably wants to keep kids local, and wants to try and get guys from AAU programs like what Mullins' dad runs). Besides Roddy, didn't we also sign a couple kids from that AAU team (but which didn't pan out)? We signed 2 Illinois kids in the 5 years Mullins was here: Bobo Drummonds and Jacoby Roddy. Both left after 1 year and had no impact on our program. I think Mullin's time here has been a bust. We brought him in for the same reason that UIC's coach is bringing him there. Mullins father runs one of the best AAU programs in the country (Illinois Wolves). That relationship didn't do jack shit for us and I doubt it does anything for UIC either. I hope Donlon learns from his past mistake of hiring too many assistant coaches with no experience (Mullins and Woods) and brings in a veteran assistant known for recruiting from a lower tier D1 program.
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Feb 2, 2015 15:15:36 GMT -5
This isn't an expectation, just a hope for the remainder of the season. I wish Dr. J, Keithfromxenia, and wsuraider09 would stop posting on Raider Nation until next season. Nothing is going to change with our depth, size, coaching style, etc the remainder of the year. Most of us have accepted this FACT and just want to follow our Raiders and watch our younger players develop. Reading the SAME negative posts over and over and over again from you in every game thread is taking all of the joy out of being a Raider fan. We all get it. You don't like Donlon and the way we are playing. Accept the fact that nothing is going to change this year or just go follow another team. Either way, stop posting the same BS over and over and over again. +1
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Oct 29, 2014 21:00:45 GMT -5
Carson Williams6-6, 220 lbs Owenton, Kentucky Owen County high school AAU: EYBL Travelers Scholarship offers from: Oklahoma State, St. Josephs, Belmont, Miami, Northern Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky, Bowling Green, Ball State, Ohio, Samford, North Florida, Northwestern State,and Wright StateRival's link 247 linkVebal commits link
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Apr 18, 2014 20:24:13 GMT -5
Any word on whether any of these guys will be on campus during the summer?? I think they will all be on campus this summer at some point in time.
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Apr 18, 2014 20:20:09 GMT -5
He was a work in progress. Might be best for him to move to a team at lower level. If Kendall not able to play again would allow us to pursue another JUCO. I think we are done adding players for next year. Keith Thomas isn't planning on visiting Wright State now. He was planning on visiting before we got a commitment from Karena so it looks like Karena took the last scholarship we had available.
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Apr 14, 2014 15:02:38 GMT -5
This thread is several months too early. You have no idea what our roster will look like next year. We will most likely have some transfers. We will bring in a few new recruits. We might not even have the same coach in a few months, so the entire roster could be overhauled by our next coach. Looks like you were right Big D. We just added our second new player this spring: Ernsthausen and Karena. A few questions remain about our roster this spring. We still have one offer out to JUCO Keith Thomas. Does Karena's commitment impacts Thomas' offer? We are currently 2 over the limit for next year with the additions of Ernsthausen and Karena. Who is leaving to open up those spots?
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Mar 22, 2014 15:11:05 GMT -5
He needs to play defense on the wings and out front not in the post. Yoho is not a post player. He is nowhere near quick enough to play defense anywhere but in the post. Every time we have tried to play him at the 3, he has gotten burnt by quicker players.
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Mar 22, 2014 15:09:30 GMT -5
I hope you're right Big D. I hope you're right. I'd hate to see him go. I think if his defense can improve, he can really make some noise in this league. Another reason I doubt he leaves is the fact that we play Yoho at the 4. He isn't athletic enough to play the 3 and I don't think there are many programs willing to play him at the 4 besides us, at least not at this level. If he wants to play for a low major he could do that, but I don't see Yoho doing that. I think he knows what he has here and appreciates it, just like we appreciate what he brings to the table.
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Feb 16, 2014 23:20:29 GMT -5
Uptempo basketball is fun for the fan to watch and also for the players. I think elite high school players would rather play in an uptempo system, instead of slow and plodding. WSU would attract better players if they played a more aggressive style of basketball. Right now WSU gets the kids who kinda hover between low mid major division 1 teams and division 2, and they decide to settle and go to WSU to play boring basketball in a respectable league, rather than play run and gun in a lower echelon league. Therefore: Uptempo equals = better recruits. We all get that you aren't a Donlon fan and want a different style of ball at Wright State, but saying that we are recruiting kids that hover between low mid major D1 and D2 is beyond idiotic. We have a recruiting board that has a thread on all of our current players and recruits. Each kid's thread lists the other schools that have offered him. You might want to familiarize yourself with it.
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Feb 16, 2014 17:18:21 GMT -5
It's hard to control the transfer rate and evaluate talent with Billy's systems. Most high school players have never played in a system where so much is required of them mentally. And some never do totally pick it up. I would have to say as far as talent, most of the kids BD has recruited are really good players, even the ones that transfer. And with today's kids that want everything now, it's hard to keep 13 players happy or to red shirt even when it is better for them and the team. Now let me add, that the make up of the team is totally in control of the coach, and when you have a lot if talent that is not flourishing in your current system, then you need to make adjustments. I think Billy is slow in his adjustments because he believes the light bulb will finally come on for the players, instead of making the switch easier to turn on. I'm more in the camp of giving 1st time head coaches 6 years on their own as a head coach, unless they totally tank. I think first time head coaches always believe their way is right, and they can improve on what others have done. Because if this I think most make mistakes, some have the talent to overcome those mistakes, while a few just nail it from the beginning. If the coaches continue to make the same mistakes, and fail, then they should move on. Believe it or not, I think Schilling would be a very good head coach somewhere now. Schilling made some huge mistakes in his first year, and then went overboard in the opposite direction to try to make sure he didn't make that mistake again. I believe he finally realized his recruiting errors and was going to right the ship, about the time he was fired. But his record was so bad because of his early errors that it took him too long to recover, so I totally understand why people were ready to dump him. But I would have kept him at least one more year, then again a may have a little more patience then others, sometimes to a fault. bballraider, I agree with much of what you are saying about giving a young coach time to grow. There are 2 points that I disagree with. 1. I do not think most of the kids Billy recruited are really good ball players, even the ones that transferred. I think only 2 of the 12 kids that transferred from Wright State ended up playing D1 ball at another program. Most ended up at D2 and NAIA schools. If they were all good players they would have found their way on a D1 roster somewhere. 2. I think Billy can do a much better job of figuring out if a recruit can work in his system. The biggest thing is he needs to know how the kid feels about playing in a slow down 1/2 court system. If he wants to play in an uptempo system, he probably isn't going to be happy here. That reminds me of an article I read 2 years ago when we got a commitment from Jacoby Roddy. I remember reading a quote from him saying how excited he was to get to Wright State and make the transition to SF. He also talked about how Donlon sold him on Wright State by telling him we would be playing a more uptempo system. I remembered that quote going into the season because I was excited to hear that we wouldn't be playing slow ball forever. As it turns out, Donlon ended up playing Roddy at PF and never transitioned to an uptempo offense. Kids transfer for many reason, but it isn't too hard to understand why a kid would want to transfer when they felt they were lied to during the recruiting process. I think Donlon sometimes "sells" Wright State to a recruit more than he can deliver and that has lead to many of our transfers. A little more honesty might make all of the difference in regards to player retention.
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