GWRising wrote:

22ndandF wrote:

GWRising wrote:

This is a two act play gentlemen. The second act is underway but not finalized and may take a week or so. The Tyler departure was a surprise but every coach these days is prepared for surprises.

GWRising, thank you for posting the information. I am sorry that Tyler is leaving, but I hope he finds a great fit and plays a lot of minutes.  I feel he has the potential to be a real contributor.  If you were to speculate, do you believe the second act would involve a player coming into the program, and, if so, what position would that player play? 

I believe if another player comes in he will likely be a wing that can shoot. May not work out that way but to me that is where I would go.

Kevin Easley is a wing who can shoot.  Would be a good one.

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Source: GW transfer Tyler Brelsford has committed to Bryant.

Also odd that Tyler put himself in the portal this afternoon and committed 6 hours or so later. Can someone say tampering?  

Perhaps that's why other schools moved quickly off of Grasso as a candidate. Lots of stories of shadiness. Offers many kids with bullshit offers. I can tell you no coach in the NEC was rooting for him against the Mount in the NEC Championship.. Hope Tyler has his eyes wide open.  

GWrisinh-is tampering really that rare?  I mean this question sincerely.  I suspect tampering runs rampant everywhere.  Am I mistaken?

FredD wrote:

Oh there is no doubt it is the wild wild west and schools like GW are so primed to be hammered. 1) The GW administration giving the coaches and staff unrealistic internal policy, 2)!abused by bigger schools and capricious players and 3) being made an example of by the NCAA with help from the Post who are shocked that when 365 schools are competing for players in an unregulated market place cheating happens.

That last one is a weird accusation Fred.  Are you suggesting that GW is cheating?

You could he right that we will get hammered, but maybe it works out ok for us.  At least on paper, a team with Bishop, Freeman, Bamisile, Adams, Harris, Nixon, Lee, brown, Dean, and Ricky Lindo is a lot better than our roster in several years.

The three biggest ways we get hammered are
1) the most obvious - when we land a talented recruit, we lose him before they can lead us to big things  (like Battle)

2) it’s going to be a real coaching challenge to recreate a team year after year into a cohesive unit that plays and fits the coach’s style. Easier for a school with more resources to hire more experienced (and just more) assistants.  This will be JC’s biggest challenge this year.

3) All teams will have trouble maintaining quality depth, but it’ll be easier for bigger budget schools to fill that in with new, game ready freshmen each year.

4) one of the best selling points for high level recruits to come here (Omar/Pops/Hall; JoeMac/Savage/Garino) was that they could see a big roster opening that would give them a chance to start or play a lot early. Now, since no one knows who will be on a team from year to year, it’s hard to bank on that or write a team off because there’s someone in front of you at your position who might transfer anyway.

russianthistle wrote:

FQ on your 4th point, I would like to honor our mutual friend Herve, and suggest that you left off Omo Moses.

Ha! 

Only problem with that is Omo was a transfer from Pitt.

As a coach once said to me there's tampering and then there's tampering. I think this falls into the latter category but we will see.

Was Nixon your news Rising?  link: https://gwsports.com/news/2021/4/14/mens-basketball-mens-hoops-officially-inks-daniel-nixon-to-2021-incoming-first-year-class.aspx

Florida Colonial wrote:

Nixon was old news. Just couldn't sign until now. Not what Rising is talking about

100% correct.

A school is not allowed to have ANY conversation with a player until he is officially in the transfer portal. I believe there is a 48 hour cooling off period between when the player announces his intention to enter the portal and he is officially listed. I believe this is in place to allow cooler heads to prevail or to ensure the player really wants to transfer. Once you go into the portal, you lose your scholarship at the end of the the then current semester.

So the question is since Tyler did not enter the official portal until around 2 pm, how did he commit by around 8 pm? Bryant would have had to know he was going in the portal to make an offer that quick.  How did they do any due diligence on him? Also, how did Tyler make a snap decision in 6 hours? How did he know whether other schools might be interested?

I don't believe for a minute that Tyler just committed to the first school that called him almost on the spot, especially a NEC school when he just completed his freshman year at an A-10 school and was not told he needed to leave. To me this has all the markings of someone at Bryant letting Tyler know they were interested before he officially went in the portal. If the NCAA were interested ... a subpoena of various phones would probably be every enlightening. Grasso has a reputation as a snake so it would not be surprising at all. There is a lot of smoke here ... someone should look for a fire.