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The whole premise of the article was if the kid was a reach or not using an unnamed source of a rival coach. I have never read a commitment article written in this tone before I have been following recruiting for 20 years. You don't bash other schools commits in the paper. Classless article.
If it was an SJU coach, not real strategic to insult a TPS kid. I am not outraged by what was said, but I agree, articles about a kid committing to a local school should be positive.
Hope this is true, but some of the things you were saying late last week on the Trove about PGs has me not sure.
There is a huge difference between me making an evaluation on a pay message board vs something being written in a paper that is suppose to be of a celebratory nature. I even said that if our staff chose Wheeler, he would have my support from day 1.
When is the last time SJU had a TPS or St Pats player on their team. I'm sure there isn't much love loss there.
Of course message board is different, and I agree with you that article was poorly written, as you never see that in a commitment type article.
But I was responding to what you said "I would defend any of our commitments in an article like this", question is if a writer questioned a different player than Walker, would you have been so vocal?
What I don't understand is why so many are piling on Artie for defending our newest Pirate. It is fascinating (and confusing) to sit back sometimes and watch you guys attack each other for such petty things as minor exaggeration and poor word choice. Mind boggling.
Go Pirates?????????
Go Pirates?????????
I am pretty sure it wouldn't of been much different of a response if it was Sandro, Brodie, Gill, or Cale. If Wheeler had committed and that article was written, I'd be equally ticked. No room for that in a commitment article of any kind.
He was listed as 2017 all over the place. He was a HS senior. Scout, ESPN, 24/7, various articles mention it... I guess they knew! His reclassification to 2018 was never confirmed. There were various articles posted in which he openly talked about the uncertainty of reclassifying. BTW, nobody said you can't like a recruit or stated you thought Walker was better than Duval. Not sure what your point is. Although, I would recommend not watching two short highlight clips of a 2 star player with a few low level offers, creating a narrative about how he's under-recruited, and calling him 100% not a reach...only to watch him commit to Rice a few days later. I'll give it a rest now as it appears you've had a difficult week.
Actually I like it.
Gives Walker incentive to prove him wrong.
Not that he needs it, but never under estimate the power of being under rated, especially for an athlete
My week was fine and I stand by the kid going to Rice being under-recruited. I think he will end up being a nice player there. Watch him transfer up in a couple of years.
You want to be a #$%^& have fun Stevie boy.
I could care less honestly. I stand by my stance that Zach's article was unprofessional. I assume the TPS Staff and our Staff weren't too fond of it.
SteveH can have his opinion of me. I have been posting for a long time and I am sure I can rub people the wrong way. I think I am a very good poster with some great sources who has brought lots of info to this board through the years.
My opinion was that Walker was the significantly better player and if we took Wheeler, it would be a mistake. This is a Seton Hall Fan message board where we post opinions on Seton Hall Basketball. I made a personal evaluation on Wheeler that shouldn't be worth much to the parent of a HS recruit. I didn't kick anyone, I simply watched film and said he wasn't better then Walker.
Zach writes for the NYP. Walker's mother and father had to read an article in one of NYC's largest newspapers the day of their son's commitment questioning his talent and if he was good enough to play at this level with quotes from an actual unnamed basketball coach who gets paid 6 figures to do that job.
There is a huge difference between the two.
I will ask Dan to lock this post, I am done explaining it and sick of talking about. We are all pretty happy that Walker is officially a Pirate. Wheeler is happy he is a Nittany Lion. Let's go Hall.
