Originally Posted by Buckleyma
It contines to amaze me. I just read an article about SMU (Southern Methodist) basketball recruiting. The article champions the great recruiting successes. Four star, Harry Froling 6'11", Four star Bruno Fernando 6'10", Four star Ted Kapita 6'8" (later changes his mind and goes to North Carolina State), Three star Tom Wilson 6'4" and Four star transfer from Arkansas Jimmy Whitt 6'2". How does this happen? Larry Brown is suspended by the NCAA. The basketball program is caught red handedly cheating. SMU is prohibited from playing in the post tournament. Larry Brown has cheated at every college wherever he has been. He is a sleezy distrustable character. Why would any kid go there? What are his parents thinking? On the opposite side, we've got this highly touted Archie Miller at the University of Dayton and we can't compete on recruiting three and four star BIG recruits? It seems very disjointed to me! Please allow me to vent. Am I the only one seeing this?
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Larry Brown, though tarnished in his reputation, is still a huge name in the game. He has some assistants who are doing his recruiting who have a knack for getting some serious players. But other schools in the south and southeast, whose names though known will go unmentioned, have had a number of very strong recruits that did not translate into court excellence. Keep in mind that Archie is still building the Flyers' reputation for excellence. It hasn't been that long ago when we were stuck in mediocrity.
