While making some phone calls yesterday something that intrigued and excited me almost as much as Few staying, was how highly the staff thinks of the incoming class of 2009 (plus the two redshirts).
One person said this class will be better than the 2007 class, it just doesn't show due to all the foreign newcomers, and recruiting services don't know them.
The consensus is that Elias Harris will be the standout of this group; the staff thinks he will be something special, that he already is real good and is mature enough to step right in and make an impact.
Bol Kong is also highly regarded by the coaches and will give Elias a run for who is the star of the 2009 class.
They are also very high on Sam Dower and how he has kept improving and getting better almost on a weekly basis. He could be the biggest steal since Turiaf or Violette or Batista (keeping the list to bigs only).
Mangisto Arop is expected to come up big but it may take a year, plus Kelly Olynyk's future looks very bright down the road a ways.
But the thing that really struck me most was how everyone, to a man, said how this is the most athletic, long, skilled and D1-ready class Gonzaga has ever brought in, even more so than the Daye-Gray-Sacre class of 2007. But Rivals and Scout has not built up these 2009 guys since four of them are not in the USA.
More later...
One person said this class will be better than the 2007 class, it just doesn't show due to all the foreign newcomers, and recruiting services don't know them.
The consensus is that Elias Harris will be the standout of this group; the staff thinks he will be something special, that he already is real good and is mature enough to step right in and make an impact.
Bol Kong is also highly regarded by the coaches and will give Elias a run for who is the star of the 2009 class.
They are also very high on Sam Dower and how he has kept improving and getting better almost on a weekly basis. He could be the biggest steal since Turiaf or Violette or Batista (keeping the list to bigs only).
Mangisto Arop is expected to come up big but it may take a year, plus Kelly Olynyk's future looks very bright down the road a ways.
But the thing that really struck me most was how everyone, to a man, said how this is the most athletic, long, skilled and D1-ready class Gonzaga has ever brought in, even more so than the Daye-Gray-Sacre class of 2007. But Rivals and Scout has not built up these 2009 guys since four of them are not in the USA.
More later...
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