Hope we can get Ellis down here sooner than later, I could see both Foster and Carroll committing shortly after their visit and then the staff finishing the class with a big(getting Atewe after his visit). I could see the class being done in about month looking like this:
Marcus Foster
Jeffrey Carroll
Alex Etherington
Matthew Atewe
I would personally rather have Ellis than Carroll.
The problem is that we took Etherington way too early. What should have happened is that we ended up with Foster, Carroll, Ellis, and Atewe.
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If Etherington gets us Bluett (sp?), then it's worth it. If not, we should have gotten Ellis and Carroll.
Honestly, Carroll or Ellis...doesn't really matter. I think Carroll has a higher ceiling if you can work out some of the mechanical stuff and put some weight on him.
Good points guys. I would be alright with landing either Carroll or Ellis, Ellis might bring a little more physicality and more of a defensive mentality early while Carroll looks like he has a longer frame. They both look to be at least solid high major athletes and they both look like they could de dependable spot up shooters over time.
At this point, it's tough to say where we stand with the several other wings on our radar. Wes Westicles, Chris Griffin, and Brandon Parrish have all reported KSU offers on several instances and all have been reported to be setting up visits to KSU at 1 time or another.
With KSU being in pretty good shape with Foster and with him seemingly close to the end of the process, you have to wonder how his decision may affect Carroll, especially their both taking their 1st official visit anywhere to KSU at the same time.
Sam Singer might POSSIBLY be a wild card, given his versatility on the perimeter, if a combo guard such as Foster were to commit to KSU, I don't think it would be a bad thing to continue to recruit Singer as part of this class, but given the high # of wings we're after in this class, 1 combo guard looks like the limit.
The other big question I'd have is would our staff want to wait on Demetrius Henry? He's really the most sought after and highest rated prospect still on our board. In a couple recent updates, he's stated he wants to sign in the spring and not really decide until after this season. If we were fortunate enough to have a big like Atewe, who's skillset is much different than Henry's, want to commit this fall would we tell him to wait until Henry decides or would we just cut our losses and take Atewe?
