Emmanuel Adeife enrolled at UL

[nutz]

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"Emmanuel Adeife Joins Ragin’ Cajun Program. By BJ Thompson."

I would not have taken a chance on a guy with his history, but its Coach Lee's decision:


http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/st...566632798.html

[RonMexico]

I would not have taken a chance on a guy with his history, but its Coach Lee's decision:


http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/st...566632798.html

We dont have a choice in the matter. A mid major needs an aircraft carrier? You WILL NOT sign one with any talent right out of high school as they are few and far between.

In his interview with Cajun T on Louisiana.scout.com he seems like an engaging young man.

L'te

[RonMexico]

Maybe next seasons starting line up will look a little like this...

Point Guard 5-10 R. Daigle
Guard 6-7 C. Gradnigo
Guard 6-6 E. Millsap
Guard/Forward 6-7 L. Gary
Center 6-10 E. Adeife

Sixth Man: Guard 6-7 T. Bureau

First choice from reserves...

Guard 6-1 W. Lago
Guard 6-6 B. Dison
Forward 6-8 T Johson
Forward 6-8 C. Wallace
Center/Power forward 6-9 J. Barr

I believe that of the 3 big men coming in, Barr is the man. Until knocked off the perch, he starts. ImHo

[nutz]

_ We dont have a choice in the matter. A mid major needs an aircraft carrier? You WILL NOT sign one with any talent right out of high school as they are few and far between.

In his interview with Cajun T on Louisiana.scout.com he seems like an engaging young man.

L'te _

Don't get me wrong I hope he works out, it definately looks like he has talent. But I disagree that we did not have a choice. We have already signed Barr. Further, UNLV coach Lon Kruger made a choice to play the rest of the season with no Center rather than keep this guy on the team. That is bad.

[RedBug58]

This may be difficult to remember, but there were some of these same issues with Brian Mitchell as a freshman when he first came to UL. "You're a stud in high school then you suddenly have to earn your way the next year in college". It looks like Adeife's situation is strictly "attitude". This can be corrected with a strong leader. it's when the problems are "off the court" that things get a little too shaky at times.

[Hatch]

What is concerning here is the fact that there will two guys competing for the same spot in Adeife and Barr who have had issues with lack of playing time at their previous schools. Plus aren't there two other big guys coming in from JUCO's, Ferguson and a kid from a Wyoming JUCO I think. Then Courtney Wallace coming back on top of that. I guess a surplus of big men is a good problem to have but with all the talented guards emerging this year there will probably only be one big on the floor most of the time. I just hope lack of playing time doesnt cause an issue with some of these guys.

[J-Town Cajun]

_ What is concerning here is the fact that there will two guys competing for the same spot in Adeife and Barr who have had issues with lack of playing time at their previous schools. Plus aren't there two other big guys coming in from JUCO's, Ferguson and a kid from a Wyoming JUCO I think. Then Courtney Wallace coming back on top of that. I guess a surplus of big men is a good problem to have but with all the talented guards emerging this year there will probably only be one big on the floor most of the time. I just hope lack of playing time doesnt cause an issue with some of these guys. _

Next year Milson is gone and I would be very surprised is Wallace and Johnson are not redshirted. They could use an extra year esp. Johnson and this way all these big men are not Jr.'s and Sr.'s at the same time. If Wallace and Johnson redshirt they will have 1 extra year after Adeife and Barr graduate.

As for the other 2 Juco's, one is a Jr. and the other a Soph. Adeife is the only true center, Barr can play the 4 or 5, and the other 2 are power forwards. One of the 2 other Juco's can also redshirt and that will give us 3 big men to play 2 positions and give us depth for the future.

I really like what the future holds for Cajun basketball.

[ulforlife]

Can someone fill me in on who this player is? I saw he joined the Cajuns program from info on Scout.com but I don't have access for more. I googled him and found that he first signed with UH, went to a community college, then transfered to UNLV. Hoping to find out anything you guys might know. Thanks

[RedBug58]

What is concerning here is the fact that there will two guys competing for the same spot in Adeife and Barr who have had issues with lack of playing time at their previous schools. Plus aren't there two other big guys coming in from JUCO's, Ferguson and a kid from a Wyoming JUCO I think. Then Courtney Wallace coming back on top of that. I guess a surplus of big men is a good problem to have but with all the talented guards emerging this year there will probably only be one big on the floor most of the time. I just hope lack of playing time doesnt cause an issue with some of these guys.




A couple years ago at STM, Danny Broussard had enough players to make 2 good teams. He rotated these two "groups" in and out together, running the opponents to a point where they were 2 or 3 steps behind by the 4th quarter. He always had a fresh group in the game, allowing his team pull away by a sizeable margin at the end.
It almost looks like the Cajuns will have enough good players to be able to do something like this by next year...........

[RaginEsquire06]

_ I believe that of the 3 big men coming in, Barr is the man. Until knocked off the perch, he starts. ImHo _

I agree with you RMex...That's why I put L. Gary ahead of J. Barr. I could very well be wrong but isn't J. Barr's natural position at powerforward? Isn't that the position he was recruited by colleges to play? If so...Wouldn't this create a battle for playing time between him and Gary? Isn't the transfer from UNLV listed as a true center? This is the reason why I've given him the starting nod based on the fact that we don't have one. Please correct me if I'm wrong!