Best Player You've Ever Coached Topic

backboy13
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Seeing that the "favorite team you ever coached" topic seems to be a hit, why not start one with the best player you have ever coached (at each division if you've been all over), or maybe just favorite player. I started saving player ratings and individual season stats a couple of seasons into my WIS tenure, so I know exactly how good my players were.

I know that a bunch of other users save player ratings/stats, so if so, be as exact as possible.

I'll add a few of my own favorites later, hope this thread turns out to be a good read!
2/28/2012 10:23 PM
tkimble
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Sebastian Abate was by far my favorite player ever.  In my first class at D2 Quincy, I picked him up with a B- prestige.  He was the 200th ranked Center and he was inelgible, but he had some killer potential.  He ended up with ~90 ath, high 90s rebounding, 80s SB, and 100 LP.  He was an unstoppable D2 player, he's still the all-time leading scorer in D2 Knight, and he was a first-round NBA Draft pick, my first player ever drafted.
2/28/2012 10:47 PM
m4284850
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My first team at Bard, I had 11 scholarships and no idea how to play the game or recruit.  But I just looked at the highest undecided players, and saw a 535 JUCO name Eric Lacefield.  Somehow not knowing his potentials or anything he turned into quite a player (maybe 730? had 50 ATH) and he was also 6 ft 9 (thought would make him great in the zone I ran)which I thought at the time would make him impossible to guard for all the 6 ft1 SF's I was seeing on other teams.  He turned out to average  like 12 ppg, shot 50 % from the field and was the schools leader in FT %.  He also led us to a 21-6 season.
2/28/2012 10:50 PM
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For me there's 2 - First is Johnny Fox, my all-time favorite player (Division II, Shaw, Rupp World - #2 all time leading scorer in D II Rupp)

Ath 84
Spd 71
Reb 1
Def 87
SB 6
LP 65
Per 55
BH 57
Pas 51
WE 83
Sta 98
Dur 59
FT B
OVR 717

Second is my only D II player to get drafted (#33 Orlando), Alvin Keegan from Valdosta St in Knight (#10 all time in D II Knight scoring)

Ath 85
Spd 94
Reb 6
Def 89
SB 3
LP 23
Per 38
BH 86
Pas 86
WE 67
Sta 97
Dur 64
OVR 738

I wish the game kept individual season stats and not just the aggregate, coz Keegan doesn't look all that impressive, but he had a helluva SR season and won NPOY ... ah, I was able to grab that info from the Collegiate Insider archive: National Player of the Year: Alvin Keegan (26.4 ppg , 4.5 apg, 1.9 spg) Senior PG - Valdosta State University

Of course this was obviously back when guards could score without gaudy lp and per numbers...
2/28/2012 11:00 PM
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now 1046 points James Izzaquire - national player of the year as a JR and now playing his senior year for Oregon State

http://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?TopicID=450252&TopicsTimeframe=30&TopicsPage=5
2/28/2012 11:09 PM
blackdog3377
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I have two guys right now on two different teams that are two of the best players I have ever had at D2

Gary Guidry is definitely my favorite right now because hes absolutely unstopable and I didnt think he would be this good when I recruited him.
www.whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerProfile/Ratings.aspx

William Ruffin is the best big man Ive ever had and hes only a JR with room for growth. I wish he would get more touches but it seem like no matter how much I up his distro he still doesn't get the ball
www.whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerProfile/Ratings.aspx
2/28/2012 11:16 PM
backboy13
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Posted by metsmax on 2/28/2012 11:09:00 PM (view original):
now 1046 points James Izzaquire - national player of the year as a JR and now playing his senior year for Oregon State

http://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?TopicID=450252&TopicsTimeframe=30&TopicsPage=5
i'm one of his biggest fans.... no teams in his world, but i still manage to track his stats/progress
2/28/2012 11:17 PM
therewas47
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My best player in my 20 or so seasons has been Boyd Juhl who averaged 24.1 ppg and 4.6 apg as a Sr. (26.8 ppg and 5 apg in conference)
But my favorite players were Luther Jenkins and Boris Puchalski. Boris was the first international player I ever signed so I initially liked him from his recruiting messages. Neither was ever all that good and they never started, but turned it on during their Jr and Sr years. As Sr's they combined to average 30 ppg and Boris was the CPOY.
2/28/2012 11:58 PM
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I'm going to break this up into favorite player and best player.

My best player was probably either Leroy Bellivue or Dennis Miller - Leroy was on all 2nd team national team, tremendous speed for an SF. Didn't really dominate but had this toolbox approach to the game, I think he led me in assist, pts, second in rebound, 3pt. %, really just did it all. It's because of him I look long and hard to try to find a Leroy Bellivue. Dennis Miller as Conf. POY once, just a dominate C. Glass, Pts, could pass a little, just made the games easier for me to coach, also defend. 

My favorite player. so many, maybe Kirk Thoman. Second leading school scorer, his last two years avg. over 20 pts per game. Wasn't on a great team, man I wish I had at least two other pieces to join him. He just dominated the league, any other season he'd would've been POY. Proto SG, couldn't defend, but he had range and speed. 
2/29/2012 12:07 AM
tianyi7886
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guidry is getting drafted for sure, maybe in the first round. 

My fav. I believe he had 70 ath, 100 spd, bh/p above 96: http://whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerHistory/Default.aspx?pid=1848600
2/29/2012 12:08 AM
sbravo1
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I'm doing another new topic
2/29/2012 12:09 AM
blackdog3377
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Posted by tianyi7886 on 2/29/2012 12:10:00 AM (view original):
guidry is getting drafted for sure, maybe in the first round. 

My fav. I believe he had 70 ath, 100 spd, bh/p above 96: http://whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerHistory/Default.aspx?pid=1848600
You really think hes getting drafted? He would be my first player ever to be drafted.
2/29/2012 12:40 AM
tianyi7886
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Posted by blackdog3377 on 2/29/2012 12:40:00 AM (view original):
Posted by tianyi7886 on 2/29/2012 12:10:00 AM (view original):
guidry is getting drafted for sure, maybe in the first round. 

My fav. I believe he had 70 ath, 100 spd, bh/p above 96: http://whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerHistory/Default.aspx?pid=1848600
You really think hes getting drafted? He would be my first player ever to be drafted.

Up his distro a bit so he's avg 25-30ppg (easily doable with him shooting .574/.500 2pt/3pt) to lock down that NPOY award. With 95+ in per/bh/p, I'm pretty confident he will get drafted in the first round, if he gets that NPOY. 

2/29/2012 1:00 AM
blackdog3377
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Posted by tianyi7886 on 2/29/2012 1:00:00 AM (view original):
Posted by blackdog3377 on 2/29/2012 12:40:00 AM (view original):
Posted by tianyi7886 on 2/29/2012 12:10:00 AM (view original):
guidry is getting drafted for sure, maybe in the first round. 

My fav. I believe he had 70 ath, 100 spd, bh/p above 96: http://whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerHistory/Default.aspx?pid=1848600
You really think hes getting drafted? He would be my first player ever to be drafted.

Up his distro a bit so he's avg 25-30ppg (easily doable with him shooting .574/.500 2pt/3pt) to lock down that NPOY award. With 95+ in per/bh/p, I'm pretty confident he will get drafted in the first round, if he gets that NPOY. 

Im hesitant to up his distro too much because the rest of the team is really good too. Also Ive never had a player this good and have no idea what Im doing with him.
2/29/2012 1:35 AM
sammyboy56
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Undoubtedly Kevin Capp for me. Mostly, it had to do with how much he improved throughout his career:

Year Season A  SPD  REB  DE  BLK  LP  PE  BH  P  WE  ST  DU  FT  TOT
HS Senior   51 59 8 37 1 14 48 47 49 64 54 54 D+  486
Freshman 50 61 68 8 53 2 27 69 63 56 71 65 58 D+  601
Sophomore 51 70 76 8 69 3 47 87 81 63 78 75 64 D+  721
Junior 52 76 81 9 77 5 64 96 93 67 83 80 66 D+  797
Senior 53 78 82 10 81 5 70 99 96 70 88 83 67 D+  829



2/29/2012 2:16 AM
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