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The Maryland Terrapins, end of Season 27:

Name	Yr.	Pos.	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
James Hines	Sr.	PG	67	92	39	97	1	10	60	94	93	61	82	26	B-	722
Joseph Anderson	Jr.	PG	60	86	20	73	25	5	63	90	98	43	76	56	B+	695
Kenneth Lindsey	Jr.	PG	86	96	40	97	1	9	81	97	96	90	90	44	A+	827
John Lafrance	So.	SG	69	89	41	87	11	33	89	79	78	76	73	66	B	791
Brian James	So.	SG	70	82	38	87	1	19	84	94	88	27	72	31	C-	693
Chad Irvin	Fr.	SF	33	72	39	94	17	41	39	42	51	41	71	25	C+	565
Gilbert King	Fr.	SF	56	53	56	80	27	42	41	34	24	72	75	83	C-	643
Ivan Zito	So.	PF	56	63	84	57	66	86	32	32	20	41	70	76	C+	683
James Barbosa	Fr.	PF	34	35	62	90	62	60	18	28	25	57	68	80	C-	619
Steve Davis	Fr.	PF	60	56	54	71	70	72	21	23	18	71	71	49	C-	636
Michael Dolan	Sr.	C	67	52	98	60	89	98	1	23	51	57	80	65	B	741
Brandon Braden	Jr.	C	74	56	95	59	87	88	18	4	65	66	76	79	B-	767
Averages	-	-	61	69	56	79	38	47	46	53	59	58	75	57	-	698

congrats on landing your dream job. I use to play Maryland every season at Georgetown until OR . Would be interested in renewing that if you're up for it. I figure we'll be bumping heads on the recruiting trail at any rate. I'm just happy to finally have G'town's prestige up to the level to compete w/ Maryland, UNC, etc.. in the area. I've had to back off way too many recruits the last several seasons.

thoughts:

Okay, so we're losing Michael Dolan and James Hines. I intend to cut Chad Irvin and James Barbosa, for sure, and I might cut the other two freshmen. I have to decide whether this team can be salvaged in the next few seasons. Other than the rebounding thing, Davis isn't a bad prospect (though his FT shooting isn't great). King doesn't really have anything going for him except defense. The issue is that I won't be getting a ton of recruiting money this year, with only two openings. Iowa would have had a huge bonus from the Big Ten's crazy NT success. I don't even have any money right now to do the scouting stuff.

I'll be keeping the Flex and the Press.

If I don't cut Davis and King, I'll probably regret it in the long run. If I do cut them, I may regret it, too.

PG - Lindsey is very nice, but only with us for a year...Anderson's a good backup, and also only with us for a year.

SG - Lafrance is very nice and has some room to grow. James won't get a lot better with his WE, but he's already decent enough to play in the ACC.

SF - I'm obviously in need of some quality 3s. I'll have to recruit at least one. I think I may keep King as a backup.

PF/C - I consider these positions to be interchangeable, at least in terms of personnel and recruiting (I do generally emphasize rebounding a bit more in the PFs than I do in the Cs, as well as ballhandling and perimeter skills). Anyways, Zito is reasonably strong, Barbosa isn't athletic enough for major conference play and is being cut, Davis would be fine other than his rebounding but that is a serious problem, Braden is top notch other than his mediocre FT shooting.

Next year shouldn't be too bad, but the year after will be a mess with the current team. I guess it depends on my recruits. I'm going to stay local, cut two or three guys, or maybe all four of the freshmen and carry an extra walk on, so that I have more recruiting money next year.

The rebounding issue is such an Achilles' Heel for Davis that I really can't justify ever putting him in a lineup. I've got to cut him.

King has no offensive skills whatsoever and he's a bad fit for the Press. I dunno, I'm gonna have to sleep on his fate.

Quote: Originally Posted By taz21 on 11/18/2008congrats on landing your dream job. I use to play Maryland every season at Georgetown until OR . Would be interested in renewing that if you're up for it. I figure we'll be bumping heads on the recruiting trail at any rate. I'm just happy to finally have G'town's prestige up to the level to compete w/ Maryland, UNC, etc.. in the area. I've had to back off way too many recruits the last several seasons

I think that's a good idea, taz. I just bought a 10-pack for UMD. It looks like the ACC won't be quite as tough as the Big Ten has been. We'll see, though, there are a lot of good coaches in the conference. If it turns out that after I build the program back up I still can't count on significantly better than 8-8 in conference play, I'm going to have to make myself a relatively cake OOC schedule, annually.

Congrats on finally landing it. Consider me jealous.

Great job landing this gig, CB. Looking forward to watching your progress.

Name	Yr.	Pos.	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
Joseph Anderson	Sr.	PG	59	88	21	74	24	5	65	92	97	43	77	60	A-	705
Kenneth Lindsey	Sr.	PG	87	97	43	97	1	10	89	97	97	90	93	45	A+	846
John Lafrance	Jr.	SG	70	94	42	93	11	36	95	79	81	76	73	73	B	823
Brian James	Jr.	SG	70	83	38	88	1	19	82	92	89	27	71	32	C	692
Chad Irvin	So.	SF	35	72	40	97	17	40	39	41	52	41	67	25	C+	566
Gilbert King	So.	SF	55	53	60	82	28	44	41	34	26	72	77	90	C-	662
Ivan Zito	Jr.	PF	58	62	88	60	69	88	33	33	20	41	70	78	B-	700
James Barbosa	So.	PF	36	35	62	94	62	62	18	28	25	57	66	84	C-	629
Steve Davis	So.	PF	62	58	56	77	72	76	21	23	18	71	73	54	C-	661
Brandon Braden	Sr.	C	78	56	95	62	93	92	18	4	69	66	73	84	B	790
Averages	-	-	61	70	54	82	38	47	50	52	57	58	74	62	-	707

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I might be able to live with King and Davis. They'll always be backups, but they're not awful. If I cut two and sign four here, we'll get into a 4-3-3-2 scholarship rotation, which is easy to move into a 3-3-3-3 (a structure that provides steady success in a BCS Conference school). If I cut four and signed five here, we'd be in something much more unbalanced. I think I should keep King and Davis.

Source	Headline	Date
AP Sports	Chad Irvin's scholarship rescinded by Maryland. Sources say decision was completely unexpected.	11/20 09:32 AM
CollegiateInsider.com	James Barbosa loses scholarship at Maryland. Neither side commenting.	11/20 09:32 AM

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College Sports Network

Maryland revokes scholarship of Steve Davis. Teammates stunned.

11/23 04:02 PM

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I changed my mind about Davis - his rebounding is simply too bad to work at the level that we need, and without having the potential to improve considerably. He'll be fine for someone else, but I figured I'd try to sign four guys, redshirt one, and carry a walk-on. King will be fine as a backup for three years. Assuming, that is, that I sign a SF this year.

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ugh, that gamble did not work out. Oh well. I'll make do.

I scouted Fernadez a couple of cycles in when I saw only Maryland on him, trying to figure out what he might be worth and if that would be better than the SF I signed and plan to redshirt; knowing you'd be limited on funds and were likely looking to avoid battles it gave me thought. In the end, I liked what I saw in my red shirt canidate better, and it wasn't going to cost me as much to land him as Fernadez potentially would. I was surprised that I got on his consideration list w/ just 3 evals. Eventually I informed of RS so I could get off his list and allow you to sign him quickly. Anyhoo, here's what I figured out from evals, good luck w/ him, hope he turns into an AA:

Low potential in Athleticsm, shot blocking, & LP

Average in speed (I think it said he could improve, but didn't say anything about improving greatly) & Free throw shooting

high in passing & PE.

I can post my 3 evals if you'd like.