I am sure Mullins and Howard have met and talked about the recruiting philosophy and Howard is not out there recruiting who ever he wants that is not how it works everyone works together if you don't there will be no successMy biggest question mark is: will Mullins sign or play the guys that Howard presents to him.
Or will we be turning down good players because they “don’t fit the culture.”
What if Howard brings in a couple guys who are really good offensive talents, but they don’t play great defense?
What then?
Are they going to ride the bench for clearly inferior players? Again?
Langston plays sax. Sign him. Shocking to see a Bobber feature on him ALREADY!?!
wow!!!
Supporter of the Fab 4: Scottie Ebube, Foster Wonders, AJ Ferguson & Cade Hornecker.
They’re the ones that can get us where we haven’t been in 15 years.
Yeah it’s kinda crazy to say we are a bottom 4 team because we only have X amount of players. Haha. Are you expecting us to just not field a team? An incomplete roster isn’t a bad roster. It’s just not there yet.
Just as crazy (if not more) to say we’re a top 5 team, when we only have half a team and no guards.
Yeah it’s kinda crazy to say we are a bottom 4 team because we only have X amount of players. Haha. Are you expecting us to just not field a team? An incomplete roster isn’t a bad roster. It’s just not there yet.
Just as crazy (if not more) to say we’re a top 5 team, when we only have half a team and no guards.
OK we've established you're both crazy. LOL!
Yeah it’s kinda crazy to say we are a bottom 4 team because we only have X amount of players. Haha. Are you expecting us to just not field a team? An incomplete roster isn’t a bad roster. It’s just not there yet.
Just as crazy (if not more) to say we’re a top 5 team, when we only have half a team and no guards.
It's fine to have optimism that we might be a top 5 team this year, I sure hope so. But I'd need to see SIU add 1-2 impact guards that I haven't seen us interested in yet. But then again, I didn't see us interested in Wilson until he visited today.
I'm begging the staff to contact Tanner Holden from Ohio St as I mentioned earlier
I believe some folks on this message board may feel frustrated because they are not in the know regarding recruits, when they feel they should be. I certainly do not recall last year seeing X, Big C, or Newton being listed on this site, or Twitter via recruiting experts as being players SIU were after. However, much like this year, we did see a large number of players mentioned that SIU had reached out to. Don't think we knew at all until it was officially announced by Saluki Basketball that these three players were joining the team. Same with Ben Coupet. Why would that change now?
Why in the world would SIU administration, athletics, Mullins and boosters agree to hire Jerrance Howard if they did not think he could/would provide the boost that this program desperately needs? Was there a plan discussed and put into place, on how to achieve this boost? Was the hire made just to get SIU's name out there on ESPN, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, MySpace? The man has a proven record in recruitment! Yes, it is indeed an easier proposition to recruit top players to schools such as Texas, and Kansas. Those most likely are the five and four star players that for years (long before NIL) were going to schools like that, and getting paid to do so. Was a detailed plan with objectives, goals, and end results calculated, to maximize the investment? Wager me a yes.
Predicting where our team will finish on April 28th, and calling the MVC weak next season is just plain silly. May 11th is the final day players can opt for the portal. There are many names, and talented players still to be added. 13 days left for players to jump ship. Looking forward to our additions. Don't be a silly goose. Keep the faith, and trust the process.
Where's the King? 🤨
"Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, your honor, I rest my case" 😏
Yeah it’s kinda crazy to say we are a bottom 4 team because we only have X amount of players. Haha. Are you expecting us to just not field a team? An incomplete roster isn’t a bad roster. It’s just not there yet.
Just as crazy (if not more) to say we’re a top 5 team, when we only have half a team and no guards.
It's fine to have optimism that we might be a top 5 team this year, I sure hope so. But I'd need to see SIU add 1-2 impact guards that I haven't seen us interested in yet. But then again, I didn't see us interested in Wilson until he visited today.
I'm begging the staff to contact Tanner Holden from Ohio St as I mentioned earlier
Patience, young grasshopper. Good things come to those who wait. 😎
🤐Yeah it’s kinda crazy to say we are a bottom 4 team because we only have X amount of players. Haha. Are you expecting us to just not field a team? An incomplete roster isn’t a bad roster. It’s just not there yet.
Just as crazy (if not more) to say we’re a top 5 team, when we only have half a team and no guards.
OK we've established you're both crazy. LOL!
https://twitter.com/allreactionvids/status/1550683933074939905
The minute SIU gets a transfer portal commit.
https://twitter.com/ThePortalReport/status/1652462164882456578
6'0 G 10.4 PPG. Scored 21 pts against SIU last November
Rickey Bradley Jr. to Georgia State
https://twitter.com/r1ckey_bradley/status/1652740736981368832?s=46&t=7s0hTttieSER8wqRSA0LoA
I know nothing about recruiting. Have been following SIU basketball for a very long time. This may be the worst off season i can remember. Even with Gottfried and Van Winkle we had some hope for the future before the actual season brought stark reality. To this point I have no optimism for the future. I had high hopes for the program when Mullins was hired. I fear the transfer portal and $$$ have ruined the sport for schools such as ours.
A couple of other thoughts; I had presumed that the new assistant coach had recruits waiting to sign, that being one of the reasons for his hire. Apparently, that was a flawed presumption. Also, I have an opinion based on no prior inside knowledge that it must be very hard to recruit at Southern. Other schools in the Valley seem to have less problems unless they are settling for lesser quality players.
I fear the transfer portal and $$$ have ruined the sport for schools such as ours.
I'd argue the Valley is better next year because of the transfer portal. A lot of teams got better. SIU obviously got much worse but hard to blame any of them for leaving. 2 were for playing time and the other 2 spent their 4 years here.
