Mylik Wilson Update

[CajunStrong]

Ok lets waste our time like we did with Brown last year. And get left with garbage players like Lafayette, Elijah McCoy, RJ Gladney.....need a competent big guy more than anything.

How did recruiting Brown waste time? So you can only recruit 1 top 100 guy and if it does not work, its wasting time? Just curious, do you know how the recruiting process works and how many kids each coach is actively recruiting each year?

[cajuns80]

How did recruiting Brown waste time? So you can only recruit 1 top 100 guy and if it does not work, its wasting time? Just curious, do you know how the recruiting process works and how many kids each coach is actively recruiting each year?

Well we obviously put all our eggs in that basket and our backup plan was Lafayette? LOL

[cajuns80]

LOL. There is so much wrong with this response and overall viewpoint that its hard to answer. First of all, we are in need of a big for this next year. Cook is part of the 2020 class. We have plenty of time to scout, establish relationships and bring him in for visits. So you are saying that because the kid is a 3 star player we should just assume we can't get him and move on?

I guess we should have done the same with Mylik Wilson who is the state's top player this year and we got him. We got Kobe Julien who was a 3 star player. We recruited Shawn Long in high school who was highly rated in the state. While we didn't get him to commit, we established the relationship with him that got him to transfer.

BTW, if we just don't bother to recruit any of the good players in our backyard, the only types of players we're going to get are similar to the ones you mentioned.

We don't have many scholarships to hand out in 2020. We don't have a single big on the roster that can play D1 basketball after Gant. We need to use those scholarships on bigs. Jalen Cook is most likely playing football anyway.

[zephyr]

Well we obviously put all our eggs in that basket and our backup plan was Lafayette? LOL

We didn't put all of our eggs in any basket. The coaches recruited Lafayette and its possible they missed on him. The problem is we have been unsuccessful in getting high quality bigs to commit out of high school. Our main success in getting them has been through the transfer route. It wasn't like if we didn't recruit other good players because we were shooting for Brown.

[CajunStrong]

Well we obviously put all our eggs in that basket and our backup plan was Lafayette? LOL

I do agree the backup plan was a roster filler only. That guy may never play for the cajuns.

[CajunStrong]

We don't have many scholarships to hand out in 2020. We don't have a single big on the roster that can play D1 basketball after Gant. We need to use those scholarships on bigs. Jalen Cook is most likely playing football anyway.

Once again your assumption is not correct. His first choice is Basketball.

[cajuns80]

We didn't put all of our eggs in any basket. The coaches recruited Lafayette and its possible they missed on him. The problem is we have been unsuccessful in getting high quality bigs to commit out of high school. Our main success in getting them has been through the transfer route. It wasn't like if we didn't recruit other good players because we were shooting for Brown.

Only way we have ever got a big since Marlin has been here is by transfer.

[zephyr]

Only way we have ever got a big since Marlin has been here is by transfer.

I agree as I stated it earlier and he deserves much criticism for that reason alone. Bottom line is that we need a lot of talent and we will have scholarships available for not only bigs but a kid like Cook. My main point in initially mentioning him is exactly this. He will be one of the top players in the state and I have no idea if we are even considering recruiting him. I didn't see one cajun coach at the Sunkist when we had Walker, Riverside, Sophie B Wright etc.. playing in Lafayette.

[moorecajun]

Only way we have ever got a big since Marlin has been here is by transfer.

Bryce Washington disagrees with you.

[cajuns80]

I agree as I stated it earlier and he deserves much criticism for that reason alone. Bottom line is that we need a lot of talent and we will have scholarships available for not only bigs but a kid like Cook. My main point in initially mentioning him is exactly this. He will be one of the top players in the state and I have no idea if we are even considering recruiting him. I didn't see one cajun coach at the Sunkist when we had Walker, Riverside, Sophie B Wright etc.. playing in Lafayette.

Marlin was as at the tournament for at least the first round.