Post by wtm97 on Aug 9, 2014 5:34:57 GMT -5
Already cited on the Recruiting board is this from the NY Post:
How a high school stud teaches Providence how brutal recruiting can be
nypost.com/2014/08/08/how-a-high-school-stud-teaches-providence-how-brutal-recruiting-can-be/
For two years, Providence followed Donovan Mitchell around like a lovesick school boy. The school frequently attended his basketball games, texted and called him and made him feel loved. Coach Ed Cooley’s Friars program was supposed to be the favorite, even as Mitchell’s stock skyrocketed during the spring and summer live recruiting periods.
Then the popular guy — Louisville — walked into the room, and all was forgotten. The relationship built over the years and months didn’t seem to matter as much anymore.
Thursday night, roughly a month after Louisville offered the dynamic 6-foot-3 shooting guard a scholarship, Mitchell picked Rick Pitino’s program during a visit.
Mitchell’s mother, Nicole, described Blaney and Cooley as “very respectable men,” but she also said, “it’s not first-come, first-serve.
“Louisville won a national championship [in 2013],” Perovic said. “That’s what Donovan’s about. I love Providence, I love Ed Cooley and I love their coaching staff, but Donovan is trying to play at the highest level.”
That doesn’t speak complimentary of the new Big East.
Providence certainly has benefited from this too, when programs smaller in stature than the Friars have led for a prospect. Still, questions remain.
Will Louisville be patient if Mitchell struggles? Will the Cardinals recruit over him? The Cardinals will give him a scholarship, but are they as invested as Providence would have been? The Cardinals are in play for elite prospects every year.
“That’s a factor,” the college coach said, “he should have considered, definitely.”
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Wonder who that "anonymous college coach" could be?
I do...
How a high school stud teaches Providence how brutal recruiting can be
nypost.com/2014/08/08/how-a-high-school-stud-teaches-providence-how-brutal-recruiting-can-be/
For two years, Providence followed Donovan Mitchell around like a lovesick school boy. The school frequently attended his basketball games, texted and called him and made him feel loved. Coach Ed Cooley’s Friars program was supposed to be the favorite, even as Mitchell’s stock skyrocketed during the spring and summer live recruiting periods.
Then the popular guy — Louisville — walked into the room, and all was forgotten. The relationship built over the years and months didn’t seem to matter as much anymore.
Thursday night, roughly a month after Louisville offered the dynamic 6-foot-3 shooting guard a scholarship, Mitchell picked Rick Pitino’s program during a visit.
Mitchell’s mother, Nicole, described Blaney and Cooley as “very respectable men,” but she also said, “it’s not first-come, first-serve.
“Louisville won a national championship [in 2013],” Perovic said. “That’s what Donovan’s about. I love Providence, I love Ed Cooley and I love their coaching staff, but Donovan is trying to play at the highest level.”
That doesn’t speak complimentary of the new Big East.
Providence certainly has benefited from this too, when programs smaller in stature than the Friars have led for a prospect. Still, questions remain.
Will Louisville be patient if Mitchell struggles? Will the Cardinals recruit over him? The Cardinals will give him a scholarship, but are they as invested as Providence would have been? The Cardinals are in play for elite prospects every year.
“That’s a factor,” the college coach said, “he should have considered, definitely.”
*
Wonder who that "anonymous college coach" could be?
I do...