Elijah McCoy Signs With Cajuns MBB

[HoustonCajun]

Definitely notices the lack of vertical explosion too. I agree, I kept waiting for him to jam it, but he never did.
Also surprised by the relatively low number of blocks per game. Someone his size should at least average 2/game at the high school level.

I don't want to take anything away from the signing and certainly welcome him to Cajun Country, but our coaches need to do a better job of educating the high schools on our name. Louisiana at Lafayette University is ridiculous. Why is he not recruited under the LOUISIANA name and the school and coaches made aware of that?

[Cajunsmike]

I don't want to take anything away from the signing and certainly welcome him to Cajun Country, but our coaches need to do a better job of educating the high schools on our name. Louisiana at Lafayette University is ridiculous. Why is he not recruited under the LOUISIANA name and the school and coaches made aware of that?

What I wonder is how we became aware of a kid in California. That location may be part of the reason the HS is unaware of thre name issue. It appears he transferred to that HS following his junior year. Research I did indicates he averaged 6 ppg as a junior. Looks like he blossomed as a senior. Not being on the radar of the big schools due to not showing much as a junior is probably one way we got in on him. I agree he looks like a redshirt candidate. I did see one dunk in highlights but being able to score around the basket without dunking is rare for some players these days so I don't see the lack of dunks as a total negative. Someone tell me again how we found a kid 2000 miles away. Wonder if this kid made it down here for summer school.

[Hudsheen#Fired]

What I wonder is how we became aware of a kid in California. That location may be part of the reason the HS is unaware of thre name issue. It appears he transferred to that HS following his junior year. Research I did indicates he averaged 6 ppg as a junior. Looks like he blossomed as a senior. Not being on the radar of the big schools due to not showing much as a junior is probably one way we got in on him. I agree he looks like a redshirt candidate. I did see one dunk in highlights but being able to score around the basket without dunking is rare for some players these days so I don't see the lack of dunks as a total negative. Someone tell me again how we found a kid 2000 miles away. Wonder if this kid made it down here for summer school.

If I had a guess it's something like how we got may Wright. Someone coach marlin knows said come get this guy.

I have no idea though, just thinking out loud.

[Hatch]

What I wonder is how we became aware of a kid in California. That location may be part of the reason the HS is unaware of thre name issue. It appears he transferred to that HS following his junior year. Research I did indicates he averaged 6 ppg as a junior. Looks like he blossomed as a senior. Not being on the radar of the big schools due to not showing much as a junior is probably one way we got in on him. I agree he looks like a redshirt candidate. I did see one dunk in highlights but being able to score around the basket without dunking is rare for some players these days so I don't see the lack of dunks as a total negative. Someone tell me again how we found a kid 2000 miles away. Wonder if this kid made it down here for summer school.

One reason his numbers were much less as a Junior is he was playing behind a 6'8 kid named Bryson Williams who went on to become a starter as a true Freshman at Fresno State this past year.

[Parrott]

What I wonder is how we became aware of a kid in California. That location may be part of the reason the HS is unaware of thre name issue. It appears he transferred to that HS following his junior year. Research I did indicates he averaged 6 ppg as a junior. Looks like he blossomed as a senior. Not being on the radar of the big schools due to not showing much as a junior is probably one way we got in on him. I agree he looks like a redshirt candidate. I did see one dunk in highlights but being able to score around the basket without dunking is rare for some players these days so I don't see the lack of dunks as a total negative. Someone tell me again how we found a kid 2000 miles away. Wonder if this kid made it down here for summer school.

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[Turbine]

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Mystery solved.

[Esqueleto]

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Life coach??? Like a parent?

[Cajunsmike]

Life coach??? Like a parent?

You Tube video showed his parents at the signing.

[Hudsheen#Fired]

So did we sign him to a scholarship? I saw report said he was signed to grant in aid. Not sure what that means exactly

[Cajunsmike]

You Tube video showed his parents at the signing.

This is actually a good year to plan on bringing in a raw high potential player. Lots of experience coming back and little need for someone like McCoy to get minutes. He should benefit greatly from a redshirt year and he could contribute down the road. After all, plan was to redshirt Brown before he decided to transfer.