Thu Apr 22, 2021 3:52 pm
hilltopalum wrote:again, patience... Jays will be okay
It is not fair to assume anything 'fishy' happened here. Johnathan and the Lawson family are synonymous with basketball in Memphis. The chance to play with his brother, in his home town, for a squad that looks poised to breakout in 21/22, for a coach who is a local legend and made lots of money playing a similar style makes total sense. As far as I've heard Jays made it a tough decision for Johnathan.
Thu Apr 22, 2021 4:00 pm
Thu Apr 22, 2021 4:13 pm
REALITY wrote:hilltopalum wrote:again, patience... Jays will be okay
It is not fair to assume anything 'fishy' happened here. Johnathan and the Lawson family are synonymous with basketball in Memphis. The chance to play with his brother, in his home town, for a squad that looks poised to breakout in 21/22, for a coach who is a local legend and made lots of money playing a similar style makes total sense. As far as I've heard Jays made it a tough decision for Johnathan.
Not to be snide, but the same has been said multiple times after we've struck out on a player in the transfer market recently. We've ultimately settled for Manny Suarez, landed Connor Cashaw who clearly wasn't BE level, got Antwann Jones and AoC who so far haven't panned out, and with pretty much all of those teams still had a scholarship left to give out. All of this BEFORE Mac said what he did in February.
So you'll have to forgive my skepticism.
Thu Apr 22, 2021 4:19 pm
REALITY wrote:TrueBlueJay wrote:bluejayfan00 wrote:He just reposted a pro Creighton account on his Instagram. I don’t want to jinx it, but at this point, it almost seems obvious he’s coming here.
What a wild off-season. Looked extremely bleak a few days ago and now we’re on the verge on getting a 4 star this late in the game? Thank you Miller family
Seems pretty much like every off season to me. This board is so bi-polar. Watching some of you go up and down like yo-yos is pretty entertaining each year gets old but has its entertainment value as well.
Go Jays!
Perhaps that's because our recruiting tends to give some of us ulcers? We tend to pursue our top guys, generally top 50 4 star prospects, the hardest. We may chase some lower ranked guys, top 150 guys or unranked 3 star players, but not nearly as hard and they commit to other places first because we wait for the higher regarded prospects. Those high ranked kids unsurprisingly have a ton of competition. When we land guys like Mitch, TSA, Jacob, and Mason it's obviously fantastic, but when we miss we have holes on our roster (no true 4 for how many years?) or have to bring in a grad transfer to patch the gap (with unsatisfying results, with the exception of Kelvin).
Thu Apr 22, 2021 4:31 pm
REALITY wrote:hilltopalum wrote:again, patience... Jays will be okay
It is not fair to assume anything 'fishy' happened here. Johnathan and the Lawson family are synonymous with basketball in Memphis. The chance to play with his brother, in his home town, for a squad that looks poised to breakout in 21/22, for a coach who is a local legend and made lots of money playing a similar style makes total sense. As far as I've heard Jays made it a tough decision for Johnathan.
Not to be snide, but the same has been said multiple times after we've struck out on a player in the transfer market recently. We've ultimately settled for Manny Suarez, landed Connor Cashaw who clearly wasn't BE level, got Antwann Jones and AoC who so far haven't panned out, and with pretty much all of those teams still had a scholarship left to give out. All of this BEFORE Mac said what he did in February.
So you'll have to forgive my skepticism.
Thu Apr 22, 2021 4:37 pm
Thu Apr 22, 2021 4:39 pm
Jet915 wrote:REALITY wrote:hilltopalum wrote:again, patience... Jays will be okay
It is not fair to assume anything 'fishy' happened here. Johnathan and the Lawson family are synonymous with basketball in Memphis. The chance to play with his brother, in his home town, for a squad that looks poised to breakout in 21/22, for a coach who is a local legend and made lots of money playing a similar style makes total sense. As far as I've heard Jays made it a tough decision for Johnathan.
Not to be snide, but the same has been said multiple times after we've struck out on a player in the transfer market recently. We've ultimately settled for Manny Suarez, landed Connor Cashaw who clearly wasn't BE level, got Antwann Jones and AoC who so far haven't panned out, and with pretty much all of those teams still had a scholarship left to give out. All of this BEFORE Mac said what he did in February.
So you'll have to forgive my skepticism.
and we got our first Sweet 16 ever.....Mac deserves some time to rebuild this roster.
Thu Apr 22, 2021 5:31 pm
Jet915 wrote:REALITY wrote:hilltopalum wrote:again, patience... Jays will be okay
It is not fair to assume anything 'fishy' happened here. Johnathan and the Lawson family are synonymous with basketball in Memphis. The chance to play with his brother, in his home town, for a squad that looks poised to breakout in 21/22, for a coach who is a local legend and made lots of money playing a similar style makes total sense. As far as I've heard Jays made it a tough decision for Johnathan.
Not to be snide, but the same has been said multiple times after we've struck out on a player in the transfer market recently. We've ultimately settled for Manny Suarez, landed Connor Cashaw who clearly wasn't BE level, got Antwann Jones and AoC who so far haven't panned out, and with pretty much all of those teams still had a scholarship left to give out. All of this BEFORE Mac said what he did in February.
So you'll have to forgive my skepticism.
and we got our first Sweet 16 ever.....Mac deserves some time to rebuild this roster.
Thu Apr 22, 2021 5:56 pm
Alphawalt wrote:Sounds like playing with brother who we weren't interested in. Plus they are from Memphis and it's Penny, probably too much to overcome....
Tue Apr 25, 2023 2:57 pm