QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Feb 22, 2005 -> 12:55 PM)
For Heads or GHC, does ISU have an affinity for "playground" players like Curtis Stinson and Jamal Tinsley? Do they actually recruit at Rucker park? I think its pretty cool when you can find flashy talent like that that can also get it done enough in the classroom.
The thing is Coach Morgan was orignially an assitant as Syracuse under Boeheim. Morgan's roots are on the east coast and targets prep schools. Just in case anyone wondered, the only other school that was recruiting Stinson with really any determination was Drexel. However, being in the middle of Iowa, there's always some farm boy we bring in that ends up doing well. Fred Hoiberg, Jared Homan, the next guy from Ames is Ross Marsden.
I think possibly the most impressive aspect is despite recent attrition they seem like a big family. Eustachy had a VERY HIGH rate of players leaving, but it seems that the guys that Morgan has went after himself have been pretty successful. Sure one guy was kicked off, another is ineligible and a final player is hurt, but the group seems cohesive. Blalock's mom moved to Ames from Boston. I think the fact that Morgan is starting to coach his own recruits will fit in much better than it did earlier this season, with two four-star recruits in Shawn Taggart and Kellen Lee coming in.
I was calling for Morgan's head earlier this year, but now I think we'll stick with him for a while.