i mean assistant attrition isn't good, but bad assistants are much worse.

4/29/2012 7:40:56 PM

^
You should know better than to participate in such stupidity.

4/29/2012 7:44:13 PM

meh, if people are talking i'll talk. i'm checking the board all day for jefferson updates anyway.

4/29/2012 8:13:35 PM

At this point, I'd be less surprised by Amile announcing he's going to prep school, not because of any academic issues, but because he needs more time to decide.

I know fan are impatient in general, but seriously, I wonder what the hold up has been for the last 6+ months.

4/29/2012 9:39:38 PM

If Lutz & Moxley head to VT, it wouldn't surprise me if Gottfried hires Julius Randle's AAU coach or someone else close to him.

4/29/2012 10:15:38 PM

isnt moxley the one who's been recruiting randle? or is it early?

4/29/2012 10:18:22 PM

or his brother (does he have a brother)

4/29/2012 10:18:31 PM

great photo

4/29/2012 10:22:32 PM

Could Amile be waiting on Anthony Bennett to decide if he is going to UK or not?

4/30/2012 8:15:15 AM

as far as assistant turnover, i'm not disagreeing with you simonn, just would prefer to have some continuity

4/30/2012 8:29:43 AM

The last 10 pages are basically amile spectulation whats going on with the other scholarships we need to fill

4/30/2012 8:53:03 AM

seem to be positioned well for Kennedy Meeks #2 Center. going against GTown and the LVille

4/30/2012 10:06:12 AM

^^^ yeah i'd love to have good assistants that don't leave. i also want first rounders that play for four years. oh and national championships, i want lots of national championships.

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"At this point, I'd be less surprised by Amile announcing he's going to prep school, not because of any academic issues, but because he needs more time to decide."

this is silly.

[Edited on April 30, 2012 at 11:06 AM. Reason : .]

4/30/2012 10:49:53 AM

if we lose lutz that won't help i'm sure

4/30/2012 12:02:08 PM

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"this is silly."

I thought it was kinda funny. Gotta add some humor to this ridiculously long decision time. I still want the kid, but this is getting a little annoying.

4/30/2012 12:05:45 PM

^ not to mention that it was also fairly obvious...

4/30/2012 1:59:10 PM

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"this is silly"

4/30/2012 2:17:22 PM

Yeah, simonn's I-hate-everyone responses are usually cute (like an old curmudgeon that's stuck in his ways), but he missed the mark on this one.

[Edited on April 30, 2012 at 3:28 PM. Reason : ...]

4/30/2012 3:28:04 PM

Anyone listening to Adam and Joe right now? Adam said that they had some very good news for NC State after the break but I had to go back to work.

4/30/2012 3:29:54 PM

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"Anyone listening to Adam and Joe right now?"

I try to avoid it if at all possible.

4/30/2012 3:45:05 PM

Probably that Lutz is staying, but hopefully something new

4/30/2012 3:45:56 PM

haven't confirmed on Adam and Joe but I found this

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/hokies-journal/post/reports-james-johnson-will-be-next-virginia-tech-mens-basketball-coach/2012/04/30/gIQAHO4yrT_blog.html

4/30/2012 3:51:58 PM

Yeah, that was out this morning though.

4/30/2012 3:53:49 PM

well I'm late to the party then...

4/30/2012 3:56:56 PM

It's okay, it happens to all of us.

That, more than likely, is the "breaking news" tho

4/30/2012 4:01:40 PM

Marcus Lee.

Scouting report?

4/30/2012 4:59:06 PM

we're going after him?

4/30/2012 5:21:08 PM

Sorry, was about to head out from work when I posted that.

One of the Scout.com guys said on twitter that Marcus Lee picked up offers from Arkansas and State over the weekend.

I don't know much about him, but:

http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=8&c=1&nid=5755743

3 star but his offer list is strong. Also, from the East Bay..

4/30/2012 9:15:39 PM

shieeeeeeeeeet i should start stalking him.

4/30/2012 10:00:40 PM

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"Jon Pence @scacchoops So both Wood and Harrell are asking for their release from Virginia Tech, making the James Johnson hire even more questionable #Hokies"

Open season on Harrell.

5/1/2012 2:09:18 PM

^
Why do people insist on thinking we have a shot at players within the ACC. No one is going to put up with the extra consequences.

5/1/2012 2:11:38 PM

apparently we offered parker jackson-cartwright, a 2014 PG listed at 4 stars by scout

what a great frickin' name

5/1/2012 2:18:05 PM

5/1/2012 2:24:17 PM

^lol thats the first thing i thought of


"Who's Cartwright? ... I'm Cartwright!"

5/1/2012 2:27:08 PM

^

5/1/2012 2:27:53 PM

hopefully he has Bill's FT shooting motion

5/1/2012 2:53:35 PM

5/1/2012 2:55:49 PM

a few julius randle quotes from PP:

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""Their playing style is exciting," he said. "Coach Gottfried can coach. He came in and did a major job with the team this year. They have great assistants, great facilities, and great fans. There's nothing I don't like about NC State. "With coach Gottfried, he can coach. You know he can do a great job with his players." Randle has already been on the Wolfpack's campus, as he took an unofficial visit in January. "It was amazing," he said. "I couldn't say it was everything I expected because I didn't know what NC State was going to be like, but I liked it." Another positive for NC State is Randle's relationship with Wolfpack 2012 signee Rodney Purvis. The duo have been friends for a couple of years, having played together on the AAU circuit since the ninth grade (Purvis was originally a member of the 2013 class). "That's one of my best friends," Randle stated. "He's a really good person. He cares about me. Me and Rodney have become really close throughout the AAU season. We have a pretty good relationship.""

5/1/2012 3:07:05 PM

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"Why do people insist on thinking we have a shot at players within the ACC. No one is going to put up with the extra consequences."

As long as they haven't enrolled there's a lot more leeway usually.

5/1/2012 3:14:28 PM

Seems like Purvis is our best recruiter right now. That's pretty cool.

5/1/2012 3:24:32 PM

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"As long as they haven't enrolled there's a lot more leeway usually."

exactly. incoming recruits =/= transferring player.

5/1/2012 3:49:00 PM

for as much shit as you all talk about PP, there are quite a few of you that practically live on that board for information...

5/1/2012 3:51:51 PM

Don't know what that nonsense is about. They still have to be released if they've signed a LOI.

5/1/2012 3:52:45 PM

nobody's saying they don't have to be released. some are just saying there are often less stipulations to the release if they haven't actually enrolled. i don't know how much truth there is to that, though.

5/1/2012 4:06:23 PM

True, but they haven't been through a bunch of practices and learned all the tricks of the system so they are usually released with no conference restrictions

5/1/2012 4:06:52 PM

very much truth.

also i'm pretty sure the conference has a rule requiring transfers to sit an extra year if they go to another conference school. there is nothing of the sort for recruits.

5/1/2012 4:08:01 PM

Actually, it's the first condition mentioned:

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"Section VI-2. Intra-Conference Transfer Rule. A student-athlete who transfers directly to an ACC institution from another ACC institution and who was recruited by the institution from which they are transferring, for whom the athletics department interceded in the admissions process, or who received any athletically related financial aid during the academic year immediately prior to the transfer is required to complete one (1) academic year (two full semesters or three full quarters) of residency at the certifying ACC institution before being eligible to compete for or to receive athletically related financial aid from the certifying institution"

[Edited on May 1, 2012 at 4:13 PM. Reason : So none truth]

5/1/2012 4:12:10 PM

exactly. that's why you never see intra-conference transfers.

that has absolutely no bearing on recruits who have not enrolled in school, though.

5/1/2012 4:15:07 PM

are they considered a "student-athlete" if they're not a student yet?

5/1/2012 4:17:12 PM

what does that have to do with anything?

5/1/2012 4:20:56 PM