We were Joel Berry’s 1st offer under L. Didn’t make a difference in the end and it seemed like it deflated L, because since that day he has ignored a lot of good prospects in the state of Florida. Only ones he has chased/gotten were:
Coach L did also successfully recruit Shane Larkin (don't think he was techically a transfer), Tonye Jekiri and Deandre Burnett out of state High Schools. Larkin was terrific, Jekiri was way more than serviceable, and Burnett transferred out (no big loss).
Good call on Burnett. Forgot he was dalvin cooks brother. I believe Larkin signed somewhere else (Cincinnati?) before transferring here.
It was DePaul, IIRC but ...he never played there. Not sure he ever even showed up for classes. Had a medical reason to be allowed out of his Letter and became immediately eligible at UM.
If Berry is the reason, then it's time to build a bridge and get over it. The recruiting world can be cruel, but you can't be in your feelings when you're trying to convince kids & parents to commit to your program.
Exactly. And yet there’s homers on here like @Canedude08 who insist we shouldn’t recruit Florida kids because the blue chippers like Berry, Carey, and Barnes spurned UM and are "prima donnas". Guess what? It’s recruiting. You need to move on and keep fighting for the next recruit. It’s not always going to go your way.
You know we suck when we’re losing our players to the likes of Ole Miss and Stony Brook.
Larkin transferred in from DePaul.
Deandre, in his one year at UM, shot 29% from behind the arc (back in the good old days when we had really good outside shooters and a 3 pt FG% like that really stood out). He was streaky with his shooting at Ole Miss. Shot them in and out of many games in racking up those 15 ppg.