First D1 Recruting Class Topic

Hi, I took a brief break from HD and from my W. Chester D2 in Tarkanian. When I came back the team was taken by another coach, but I realized there was a job offering at Purdue, which is my favorite school; I applied and then got the job. I would like feedback on my first recruiting class at D1 level from more experienced coaches, whether this is a good class or not; what should I try to do better in the future.

Name Pos. GPA FG% FT% A SPD REB DE BLK LP PE BH P WE ST DU TOT
Chisulo Abdelwahed C 2.42 68.6 78.7 79 25 69 76 73 70 1 14 13 34 69 40 563
Carl Arp PG 2.72 59.0 68.9 46 73 10 48 14 17 69 54 28 58 75 86 578
Kenneth Davis SF 3.04 70.0 67.5 79 39 30 60 12 58 20 45 58 45 53 35 534
Arthur Herzberg PG 2.81 47.0 68.6 76 56 1 72 1 12 16 53 42 37 87 56 509
Hans Iwanski PF 2.49 60.8 64.5 76 38 66 72 59 62 15 25 43 38 53 33 580
Micheal Klopp PG 3.01 70.0 70.0 63 64 19 70 12 35 36 54 40 54 72 62 581
Craig Thomas PF 2.44 46.5 58.4 57 26 45 70 45 31 18 37 48 69 83 38 567


I was able to recruit this class with ~$110000, with 5 scholarships originally open (I cut two players).

More in-depth on the potentials of some of the players.

Abdelwahed - International player, no FSS so I had to find his potentials through scouting trips. (Medium Athleticism, Medium Defense, Low-High Rebounding, Medium Shot Blocking, Medium Low Post, High-High Ball Handling, rest are Low/unknown)
Arp - (Low-High Athleticism, Low-High Rebounding, High-High Defense, High-High Low Post, Low-High Perimeter, Low-High Ball Handling, Low-High Passing, Low Speed)
Davis - (High-High Speed, High-High Defense, Low-High Perimeter, rest Medium/Low)
Herzberg - (High-High Speed, High-High Passing, High Perimeter, High Low Post, Medium Ball Handling, rest Low)
Iwanski - International (Medium Athleticism, Low-High Speed, High-High Rebounding, Low-High Defense, High-High Shot Blocking, Medium Low Post, High-High Perimeter, everything else is Low/unknown)
Klopp - (High-High Athleticism, High-High Speed, High-Low Defense, High-High Passing, rest Medium/Low)
Thomas - (High Athleticism, High-High Rebounding, High-High Ball Handling, Medium Speed, Medium Defense, Medium Shot Blocking, rest Low)

Personally, my favorite player of this class would either be Klopp or Iwanski, both have potential to be excellent players. Iwanski seemed to go more unnoticed due to his international status, despite having great potential. 
7/20/2013 6:20 PM (edited)
Ok just gonna be brutally honest. Abdelwahed looks pretty awesome. Arp doesn't look like a big 10 quality player to me, he's not very good. Davis looks pretty good, especially if he's medium at LP (and preferably ATH). Herzberg doesn't look good (only if his PER or blew up) with that low of DEF. Iwanski is ridiculously good, nice signing. Klopp is also pretty awesome. Thomas isn't very good (he could be decent, but best case scenario, he's an average defender and a bad scorer). So overall a nice class considering the circumstances, but I think you should've done a couple things differently. You signed some very nice players (Klopp, Iwanski) some nice quality B10 players (Abdelwhed, Davis), and then some guys who are under your leage (you gotta get guys better if possible), and you should never take a guy who sucks over taking a walkon. If I were you, I wouldn't have signed Herzberg (would have taken a walk-on), and then maybe not signed Thomas.
7/21/2013 2:17 AM
First D1 Recruting Class Topic

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