Originally Posted by
Ricardo Malta
Real talk, how the hell did Baylor make a turnaround so fast? Weren't they given the death penalty by the NCAA? It makes no sense that in less than four years they have amassed this much talent.
Drew is a good coach/recruiter and Texas got oodles of talent. Kinda makes me wonder why Turgeon isn't pulling in top notch talent at A&M.
Drew is a hell of a recruiter, but I'm not sold on him being a good "coach" yet. I haven't seen him do much in terms of playerdevelopment yet, but that could possibly change in the coming years (LaceDarius looks to have improved a little bit from last year...maybe it's the startof it?). He's getting some of the best talent in the nation, certainly he'll be able to do something with 'em to make me change my mind. He'sstill young, too.
And Turgeon is pulling in pretty solid talent, just not talent from the state of Texas...2 ESPNU top 100 (Loubeau #61, Harris #70) recruits in 2008, 3 ESPNUtop (Hibbert #59, Middleton #64, Roberson #87). I've been fairly disappointed in his recruitment of kids from Texas, but it's hard to complain aboutthe job he's doing.
Turgeon has a commitment from Jamal Branch in the class of 2011 already (#10 overall, from Houston...), and looks to add J-Mychal Reese (listed as the top 8thgrader in the nation last year...now a freshman at Bryan HS, just 5 minutes from A&M) in 2012...I'm hoping getting Jamal Branch in '11 causes asimilar impact for our recruiting as TJ Ford did for Texas back in '01.
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And A&M barely survived tonight against Stephen F. Austin. I didn't get to go to the game because of an accounting test, but we only won 55-48.