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So much shade in one tweet lol. Gotta do what you gotta do. Simply could have omitted one sentence from that.

40 minutes ago, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

Considering we all thought DK was gonna get some stems and seeds and one year wonder grad transfers so far it’s an impressive haul.  He’s casting a very wide net for sure 

Pieces are there. Now let’s see if they can bring this new group together on the court come the fall

10 hours ago, UA1882 said:

Nice addition.... really like it.  

Is this what you wanted lol!

Best of luck to Kelly who is officially headed to UMass. I’m sure if he has a great year next year he’ll be on the move again!

15 hours ago, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

7.5 pts and 5 rbs a game.  Respectable, and shows that guys from bigger programs are giving us a sniff...and damn if they ain't working that Philly connections.

Philly connection = Australia connection?

Killings was his lead recruiter when he was at Temple.

🤨

2 hours ago, Eli said:

lol. 

Edit: same 😂😂😂. 

That’s because Androids are trash! Lol

17 hours ago, Clickclack said:

Yeah it's straight wild in there...

I think the extra year of eligibility granted to all athletes is one of the root causes to all this. There’s should have been some sort of threshold on games played this season determining if you get that extra year. 

34 minutes ago, UA1882 said:

Stony Brook has landed FDU transfer Jahlil Jenkins - who averaged 16.8 points per game this past season. Huge pickup for Geno Ford & The Brook.

-Jeff Goodman

 

For those wondering these are the type recruits I would like to see us get.  I understand Stony Brook has some advantages but not that that much more. 

DK as a recruiter should be able to bring in these type of guys (I hope). 

I get it. Again DK has been on the job just over 3 weeks. They literally just officially rounded out their staff this week. 

If you want to use this guy for example, Horton said he was staying, you also want to have Amica get more PT as well at the point. Why would this guy come to Albany when there’s already 2 PG.

26 minutes ago, reeder said:

 

Nice. Except for the Gmail address 🤦‍♂️

45 minutes ago, Clickclack said:

If this is confirmed than Albany today is a far worse and less talented as a team then they were at end of this season and that team was a loser...lol. Let's face it, the two recruits announced so far are role players, lost Healy for sure + Rizzuto and Kelley at minimum right now. The talent drop-off right now is pretty steep. Lost of ships left to fill but next season is looking rough at this moment in time subject to change depending on who else commits. 

Agree. Some also have to realize there were no guarantees that these guys would have been back if the previous coaching staff was returned either. 

16 minutes ago, UA1882 said:

Great question.  Coach Killings is known as a recruiter that has deep roots in the northeast. I hoping that we can compete with some slightly higher conferences go get better players here.  Recruiting is his strength.  So I guess I expect to see better recruits. 

He’s literally been on the job for about a month lol. With the transfer portal, what’s a slightly higher conference CAA? You want a a double digit scorer from the CAA? A double digit scorer from the CAA will look to transfer somewhere higher than Albany. Do you want a power 5 transfer that plays 2 min a game? Let’s see what he does for his 22-23 recruiting class first. I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure coaches spend multiple years recruiting specific kids. 

1 minute ago, UA1882 said:

For the most part they played very well . I guess what I'm saying any you may be missing is that there are over 1000 players in the portal and a 5 point a game player as a grad transfer does nothing for me yet ! Of course I know nothing about the current players.  If he has 10+ scholarships to give then this guy is fine . If not I would rather see a guy with multiple years to develop. You cherry picked a couple of guys., but it normally takes a year or so to get used to to system.  That's basically all . I wish him the best and look forward to better recruits. 

I’m curious as to what type of transfer you are expecting them to land here.

4 minutes ago, UA1882 said:

No . U are wrong . He was a graduate transfer . However he also got hurt and got another year. So again I will repeat it . He had 3 years left last year . So now he has 2 left.  This guy has 1. 

Ok so he had 2 coming in last year. I don’t know when the free extra year was granted for all. If you think Doles was going to stay in college to play basketball till he’s 26 then fine lol.

I would also say Bucknell is a better program than Albany.

26 minutes ago, UA1882 said:

Doles also had 3 years left last year!!!!!!!! This player has 1 !!!!!!!!!

He was a graduate transfer, and had 1 year until they granted the free year for this past season.

2 minutes ago, UA1882 said:

I'll pass .... really a comparable league . Imagine we took a 5 point scorer from Siena as a grad  transfer.  Yikes. 

I guess we don't know how many kids are really transfering . I'm hoping that most of the kids who are still practicing with us will stay. 

If they do this is a horrible signing.  If we need to fill 10 + scholarships I guess I can understand it. 

They played 12 games this year. Both recruits have been 1 year guys so far which is what the coaching staff will want to go with so they have 2 open scholarships for 2022-2023.

Hameir Wright (U Washington) another local in the transfer portal. 

For those wondering, there was a IG photo posted. Doles, Kelly, Horton, Champion, Hutcheson, Schaffer, and Kondrat all participating what looks like a practice.

Just now, GreatDanes06 said:

I’ll say it. They see record, they see who they have left & they see only 1 home game left w/ no fans. If the record was different, they would finish the season. Sounds like a staff trying to protect their jobs 🤔🙄.

There’s absolutely nothing to play for if you were 4-0 also. All the players have another year of eligibility anyway. Why risk getting hurt when there’s zero to play for.

2 hours ago, cwdickens said:

Worth noting...you must have a reason for stating he is a "HIGHLY qualified coach"...however you down play your endorsement with... "for whatever the reason...is more than ok with me"....I am not familiar with the new assistant....I would like to hear a couple of examples of his resume success stories....

Do your homework CW!

30 minutes ago, Clickclack said:

Good to see the kids still working out together even kids like Rizzuto who has announced he's transferring with DK instructing.

 

 

 

Is it spring break for them right now? 

25 minutes ago, Dane Pound said:

I don't take hiring a recruit's high school coach as a step in the right direction. Hopefully that's not why it was done but I guess we'll see.

No you need to hire the players dad like the Mobley brothers at USC.