I'm very comfortable when I hear "Diaz needs to be best friends with the strength and conditioning coach"...I'm guessing Greenie won't give him much of a choice. If the kid has a body that can add weight (don't see JHR) then he could become a force with a few years under Scott.
honestly, that isn't even the issue. the thing is: why take a 2011 project big, knowing full well that he has absolutely no chance to contribute as a freshman when you could take a position of need combo guard with a decent chance to contribute immediately?
Why do people keep saying that the commitment of one recruit means the elimination of another (especially at a different position)? I can hardly wait for the meltdown when the next commit is ARod. I would be shocked to hear from one of these elitey guards that KSU has stopped recruiting him.
Potential 2011 bigs = Wally, Freddy, JHR, Jamar (kind of). If all return we've got 6 guys who could potentially play the 4/5 (not counting Victor O). It's possible Jamar could be playing the 3 or at least splitting minutes there, so it's really 5 1/2 imo. That's right where we should be scholarship #'s wise. It's also possible that either Freddy or Wally blow up this season and look at their professional options. We've heard over and over that Freddy expects to be a professional player, his standard of "ready" might be quite different from ours. We might need 2 bigs in this class to cover our bases for depth if nothing else. I can understand the argument of juco v. project. However, the staff might not view Diaz as much of a project as we do right now (having never seen a second of tape on him). Also, the need might be at the 5 in 11. I haven't seen the juco 5 that we've shown any interest in.
Compare that to our 2011 guard situation = Tay, Nick, Will, Juevol, Omari (if he stays), DPete (if he makes it), Rodney (We'll call him .5 like Jamar at 4). I don't expect all those guys to be here in 11, but there are #'s right now. Also, virtually 0 chance of any of those guys leaving for professional leagues (idk why, but I worry more about foreignish guys leaving for foreign league $). Absolutely we take a guard (hell, maybe 2) if we think he'll contribute right away. It's not a position though where we might HAVE to get one to not be short.
knowing full well that 2012 is a very good class for bigs and there's a decent chance that you could get a 2012 big able to give you as soph what diaz could give you as a jr?
Another intimation that our scholarships are static 4 year commitments. I'm sure we'll take at least 1 big in 12. Also if the staff doesn't think diaz is progressing up to their expectations and a younger player would contribute more to the program......
also knowing full well that there are always oppys for quality transfer and juco bigs in the spring if your whole plan goes to crap.
it just doesn't make any sense.
We got a quality transfer to come in this year on a free trial, and possibly a quality juco to walk on. In Frank we trust.