Maye is the next Dirk, Jalek is the next Raymond; DSJ will be the next Sebastian Telfair, Tony Bradley will be the next Tim Duncan, and Harry Giles will be Scarecrow - Gary 10-3
Dennis Smith Commits to....
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Just call me Poirot, OAD. I'll find out who the informant is, and finally let Gary-7 know what a fool he's been all along!Come on now, Twduke, Sky or myself either one would surely screw-up at least one time and get something right.
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Iamjericho with this gem:
"He would have sat behind Berry and that was never going to fly with him. I told you all that before."
Lmao. Dsj would start over Berry even with a bum knee.
"He would have sat behind Berry and that was never going to fly with him. I told you all that before."
Lmao. Dsj would start over Berry even with a bum knee.
If Smith Jr. is healthy, he starts anywhere he goes. Iamjericho knows this deep down as does anyone else who knows how good Smith Jr really is.
Congrats the NC St. This is huge for them!
But UNC was gonna have a top 3 class. I also find it funny how they are bashing players going to State and how they become failures. If memory serves me correctly, State had a hell of a team last year.
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Ironic, isn't it, that Smith would end up a Wolfie, when State almost singlehandedly discovered the widespread cheating at UNCheat.
All you have to do is go through the last couple of pages of the "THR Quotes" thread and see how moronic he is. He talks in circles and has no clue- basically like all of them. He kept trying to tell me in that thread about how DSJ would not play ahead of Berry. DSJ is an ELITE player- and here's a little info for those who don't know- these ELITE kids- they're not worried about who's already there in terms of competition for playing time. They KNOW they'll play wherever they go, so that has very very little if anything to do with it.
Gary, DSouth, Jericho- you made your bed, now you have to sleep in it. You said he would go to UNC or was leaning that way and now you're backtracking. Own it.
They may very well whiff on all four 5-star recruits from North Carolina this season. Love it.
Question: was Duke recruiting him much? I know we (UK) offered him but I don't know how hard they really tried and no one but a couple buffoons on our message boards ever gave us a chance in hades cuz we knew it'd be NC State. Was it kinda the same with you guys?
We were pretty hard after him early-on. I'm not sure what happened. I do know the staff really fell in love with Frank Jackson and seemed to really hone in on him.
But yes, State has been the team to beat for a long time. I think the only people who thought he may go someplace else were UNC fans.
But yes, State has been the team to beat for a long time. I think the only people who thought he may go someplace else were UNC fans.
In all honesty our recruitment of him really ended when we preferred Thornton over him- thought he was a better fit and remember they were originally in the same class. Plan is that DT will be here 2 years so we basically moved in another direction. The stance was always- if you want to come here the door is open and we'll obviously take you, but you will not be the primary PG, rather the sell was to try and have him play off the ball. As it went- we started getting much heavier into Jackson, who just seemed like a much better fit all around.
State got an ELITE ELITE player yesterday. Congrats to them, DSJ is a hell of a talent.
"Yeah, good for them, but doesn't smell right. Gottfried can't coach, he is just a used car salesman. If Lutz ever gets another gig, Gottfried is screwed. If you are swayed but some stupid helicopter, then really don't want youanyways. $ is behind this."
A Car Heel saying something stinks? Check your soles, buddy.
A Car Heel saying something stinks? Check your soles, buddy.
Like I said in another thread, anyone who says their coach is not a salesman is a fan of a coach who is not succeeding on the recruiting trail.
Gottfried has recruited very well at NC St since he got there.
Yep. Despite that , the holes thought he was a lock. What makes these recruiting misses even more painful for unx is that these guys are from NC. unx used to merely SELECT which players they wanted from this state. Not anymore. Just as well. The flagship can look forward to watching some great State/Duke match-ups in the future while they're sitting out their post-season bans. lol
I guess having a cloud of scandal hovering overhead isn't quite the same thing as a helicopter.
Big miss for Duke here, but as has been said before, you can't get them all. Don't care for NC State and never have, but will make for an interesting game(s).
Personally, I have no regrets over not getting Smith because I really like the players we got, and the players already here.
"K" knows what he is doing, and getting Thornton and Jackson, I really don't feel a need for a "pity party". I'll take 2 Home Runs over 1 strikeout any day.
Go Duke!!
JC-OFC
Personally, I have no regrets over not getting Smith because I really like the players we got, and the players already here.
"K" knows what he is doing, and getting Thornton and Jackson, I really don't feel a need for a "pity party". I'll take 2 Home Runs over 1 strikeout any day.
Go Duke!!
JC-OFC
Nah, I disagree that it's a big miss. We had cooled on him a bit since landing Thornton. It's not an embarrassing miss, I should say. And if it's a strikeout, it's a late-inning strikeout while looking when you have a big lead and already hit two homers earlier.
It's not a big miss or a strikeout bc we stopped recruiting him in April. But if you want to think that, by all means. There's a reason we were all in on Jackson....he was willing to play the 1/2 with and behind Thornton. DSJ was not- and there is nothing wrong with either of those. Both guys wanted different things and both will thrive.
Good post and I totally agree. We won't regret getting Jackson and that's not knocking Smith. I believe Smith will be a great player and give us fits while at State. I believe Duke nation will love Jackson and the way he plays the game. I'm not saying that we will have him 4 years but I believe we will have him longer than NCSU has Smith. OFC
These last few posts sum up the situation very well. Smith sounds awesome, but getting Thornton a year early and Jackson fulfilled Duke's needs a little better, and, with Duke getting Thornton and Jackson, NCS fit Smith's needs better than Duke probably could have.
And,...since NC already has Berry, they didn't need nor want Thornton, Smith, or Jackson. Glad there were some leftovers for us Duke fans.
And,...since NC already has Berry, they didn't need nor want Thornton, Smith, or Jackson. Glad there were some leftovers for us Duke fans.
And don't forget the have Felton on the way and according to one THR source he will be a top 10 recruit soon. It's amazing once a recruit commits to UNC how much better they become immediately. Must be something in that "nanner puddin." OFC
Is it a miss if you haven't been recruiting him for months?
I would have loved to see Smith at Duke but it was not going to happen, for a while now. Duke went after Jackson and Thornton is going to be the PG.
If UNC gets him he is the number rated high school player in the nation. If UNC doesn't get him he's not who UNC really wanted I hope that helps. OFC
Funny, the first five insider predictions at 247 (May 2014) had him pegged for UNX. The next *15* (including three from this month) all have him going to NC State; so, yeah, UNX must have secretly told him to look elsewhere:
http://247sports.com/PlayerInstitution/Edrice-Adebayo-at-Northside-35312/CurrentExpertPredictions
Thought his appearance on Recruiting Nation was really interesting. He said he is graduating early and will be eligible for State in January. I don't think I've ever seen anything like that.
Also said the guy that's impressed him most in the class is Frank Jackson.
Also said the guy that's impressed him most in the class is Frank Jackson.
They said they won't rush him back but the main reason he is going early is to rehab they said. I doubt he'll suit up after Christmas but if he's ready to go say in March ACC tourney time why not work him in a little
Bam Bam Adebayo. He is a guy UNC definitely wanted but he is going to State. He is a good player. He isn't particularly refined from what I remember (haven't kept up with him since UNC has been out of it for a bit) but would certainly help UNC and is a player they could really use.
