Im getting sick of all this negative crap! something positive…..quick! In my mind I like to tell myself the staff has a plan and has moved in another direction for the recruiting class….maybe extending into the 2013 class. I dont want to think that we are losing out on several recruits…Gonzaga is a great place to play basketball…period. There has got to be a few of those guys that would love to have the opportunity…its a privelage to play @ GU (atleast in my mind).

I like to think the staff is hard @ work and has some connections brewing…I hope so.

It states in this article that Demarquise has moved on..he does have a visit to GU on Sept 15…so I wonder if there is an update on his recruiting??

may have sprung a serious leak w/ all the Canadian failures. Bol, Arop, and KO perthaps not to happy being asked to red shirt behind an unproven Spangler….seems like I am missing someone?

IF we were hot on Wiggens or Bennett ALL would be forgiven….but I doubt that is even remotely possible.

But here’s your positvie Scotten49…We got a great team playing GU ball THIS SEASON.

Maybe we’re just ALL IN for 2011. And besides, wasn’t the world ending on Dec 21st anyways?…lol

exciting year right around the corner. 2011 has some great potential.

so far the only one to me that has stood out has been elias…. that’s it.

Spencer is out, Edowsomwan is out….and D. Johnson seems to have moved on…though not sure on that one…

now this TSSF tweet:

Scratch another 2012 prospect off the list. Per @JoshGershon of Scout.com, Richard Longrus is considering WSU, Colorado, & Stanford.

So now we are down to Tyron Wallace…another PG and some Polish kid….who seems to move with the speed of a banana slug….(may have to consider the new mascot if we land him)

wowza….looking bleak…then again the staff may have some ace in the hole????

I dont want the Polish Monster..he seems so unathletic and very slow…

There wasn’t much discussion about Longrus..I figured he was looking elsewhere

I like Wallace but we are pretty deep in that position. I really hope we can land Demarquise.

The staff must have a plan, and something else brewing..I cant seem to beleive that we would go this long without any real discussion on potential recruits.

on the 2012 class as we really do not need anyone. The coaches have it all sorted out. Right guys?….. guys?

the recruits were going after are highly touted; With that they want to play soon.
Katin- would have been competing with GB,KP
Spencer- against Spangler,KO

-Our PG situation is good as well as SG the next cpl years. The 3 position MM,Landry,Keita…I would love to add Demarquise here, possibly Dranginis here in the future.
- At the 4..Spangler, KO, perhaps Dower when needed

Our biggest need will be at the center position, and the 3 coming into 2013, perhaps a PF because most likely Haris will be out of here…Hoping that Spangler will be a stud at the 4 for years to come.

Ultimately we look solid. 2013 will be a crucial recruiting period for the Zags though.

Sounds OK, but it does make me rather nervous. Why put off til tommorow what you can accomplish today?

The picture you guys just painted above has a real rosey color to it as some of the players are untested as of yet, and we know how that can turn out. see: Poling, GG, Villarino, Bol Kong, et al.

As of right now what are the options…maybe the coaches are tired of all these transfers to. Be confident in the players we have, they were recruited for a reason, develop them.

I really liked Bol..wish he stayed he could have made a real impact.

I would rather go into next season with this team then try to force recruits that won’t pan out in the long run…we have over recruited in positions or were quick to pull the trigger on recruits more recently in the past and it hasn’t worked. Yeah its a gamble to wait on recruits, but probably smart. Saying that, if we get the opportunity to pull a recruit that makes sense and is high caliber, then lets do it, but lets not recruit a guy that we are not super high on just to fill a void if it can wait…of course this is JMO…now lets go get Anthony Bennett!

Reports are that Sim Bhullar decomitted from Xavier for reasons for acceptance into that school…he has now decided to go play for New Mexico State.

I completely agree with you that we are stuck in between as far as recruiting..we cant compete with the Dukes and Kentucky’s yet..but thats where the direction of the staff is headed..unfortunately it has burned us thus far. I think alot depends on KO…I wish I could be a fly on the wall during all the conversations amongst the coaching staff.

I still have a hard time beleiving that we didnt make a top few in any of the last few recruits we were going after unless the coaching staff cooled down a bit..idk, I just cant seem to except that yet; especially the Spencer situation.

I really hope we dont burn our bridge with the canadian pipeline…there is some talent there..obviously, and we usually seem to be the program that can land them, but even thats getting more competitive.