Let's talk replacements for Chadwick/Boeke

by selahcoug on Apr 10, 2009 9:03 AM PDT Comment 8 comments

I was looking through the recruiting databases and there are a couple of committed to other school guys, that don't appear to have signed LOI's yet. The new LOI signing period starts here shortly. Any way there are two that look like possibilities for Bone.

One is Angus Brandt, who was being recruited by WSU, but there didn't appear to be any openings at the time. He is a native Australian and ended up committing to Oregon State.

http://washingtonstate.scout.com/a.z?s=137&p=8&c=1&nid=3856402

The other is a Washington kid who from some articles I have seen, may have been recruited by PSU, so Bone may be familiar with him. He has size, but looks to have committed to N. Illinois. His name is David Wink. I know nothing about him other than the stuff listed on the recruiting websites.

http://washingtonstate.scout.com/a.z?s=137&p=8&c=1&nid=3719593

Anyone else have any possibilities?

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I actually vote no replacements in '09

If Chadwick stays de-committed and Boeke doesn’t clear the medical stuff, I say the two free scholarships go to…. no one.

Why? Because Bone needs to get quality players who fit his system into WSU. Since most commits are already made for next year, he needs to focus on his first full recruiting class, which would be 2010. If he does that, he can get three good players in. Perhaps more importantly, we can start to balance out the classes a little bit, since Tony left us a roster full of freshmen and sophs.

by Grady. on Apr 10, 2009 3:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Now I know we still need to fill out a roster

So let’s float those scholarships to Enquist and Allen for the year.

by Grady. on Apr 10, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm on board with this.

But if the right kid is still out there, don’t hesitate to pull the trigger in order to conserve schollies. However, at this point that kid’s probably long gone.

by jj_fekl on Apr 10, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So they do that at times?

They give scholarships to walk-ons only to take them away the next year?

by cfred on Apr 11, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They can if they want

A scholarship is a year-to-year proposition. They can tell a kid, “Hey, we’ll put you on scholarship this year, but we’ll have to revisit the situation next year.”

CougCenter

by Nuss on Apr 11, 2009 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There is the chance

that we lose Boeke and Thames along with Chadwick. That is three open scholarships. I understand wanting to save them to spread out later, but it seems that we should use at least one of the three to potentially bring in someone. I’m sure Brandt will end up at OSU, but he wouldn’t be a bad pick up. He reminds me a little bit of what Baynes was as a Freshman … besides the obvious Aussie connection.

Going forward, do we need another big man? Is Casto going to play center? Or will we transition into a 3 guard 2 forward offense like much of the Pac-10? I think having Baynes was key to our slowdown offense, defense because he was really the only true center in the conference.

by HitKing69 on Apr 11, 2009 9:55 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

PF Taylor Hoffer 6’7" 185 lbs , Paulsboro WA

PF Colin Borchert 6’7" 215 lbs, Glendale AZ (WSU was interested at some point in the past)

SG Mark McLaughlin 6’ 4" 180 lbs, Kenmore, WA (decommitted from WSU in 2007, but did not commit to any school yet.. Maybe can be encouraged to commit back)

SF Victor Rudd 6’8" 189 lbs, Henderson NV

Other undeclared in the State of Washington

PG Reggie Moore 6’1 170 lbs
PF David Gebru 6’9
SG Matt Borton 6’4 175 lbs
SG Glen Dean 5’11" 170 lbs

by ximiankernel on Apr 12, 2009 3:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs