If Hop stays, couple big men in the transfer portal they could look at.

Shon Robinson 6'11 PF Ole Miss

Robinson is a former 4-star recruit (86 overall by ESPN) from Gilbert, Arizona. After reclassifying to join Ole Miss a year early, he redshirted and only got into 6 games as a redshirt freshman. From the look of things, he's a heck of an athlete and plus shot blocker. He's far and away the tallest PF/C in the transfer portal and would be a welcome sight for the zone. Not sure what he's got for skills on the block, but he seems like a skilled enough athlete to display some aptitude there. Seems as though he hit the weight room at Ole Miss because he was pretty slight in high school... seeing as a he's a West Coast kid, I'm hopeful the Dawgs have been in contact.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZdRRGouIRA

Jaylen Butz 6'9 PF Depaul

Averaged 10 and 5 for Depaul as a junior. One of the lone kids on the transfer list who shows some ability to play on the block. High field-goal % guy, nearly 60% which was good for 3rd in the Big East. Bruiser who could help add some toughness and muscle inside for the Dawgs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cLfFjtQCiQ

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PurpleThrobber

What makes you think big guys would come to Hop for development?

These guys want PT and a chance to go to the next level.

If you're a big, the first place you're going is Gonzaga.

Hell, not even sure UW would be third in the State of Washington after watching the two bigs at WSU develop this year.

I mean that’s fine... except Hop just landed a 6’9 McDonalds All American PF in Jackson Grant...

So I’m not really sure recruits buy your narrative... and It’s not like I’m presenting these transfers as NBA-level ability talent... they’re solid, not special, but better than what we have.
Hop landed a 6'9" white boy from Oly.

Gonzaga is one of the finalists for the Gatorade National Player of the Year in 7'1" Chet Holgren.

You realize why Gonzaga might be a little higher interest for bigs than UW?

And Jackson and Abogidi are so far ahead of Grant, it's not even close.

I didn't say they weren't higher interest.

But getting a McDonald's All American Power Forward is a far cry from whatever the hell it is you're saying.

And Chet Holmgren has a ton of talent, but he's also a twig. I'll be surprised if he gets much playing time w. the Bulldogs until he puts on a good 30 lbs.
Arguing that the one recruit Hop landed over the last two cycles means anything other than nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitas 32 times in a row is ridiculous.

We can all agree he’s a nice guy. Great. He has failed at nearly every facet of his current job.
Ah right. Hop shouldn't have recruited him. Big mistake to get a McDonald's All American.

We're the worst team in the world and woe is us and fire Hop and the AD.
Christ you’re bad at this. I mean I understand you are taking an indefensible position and I give you credit for that but at least try to read.

I didn’t argue anything about Grant as a recruit. My point was pretty clearly that you need to win more than ONE recruiting battle in two cycles.

Your roster size argument is bullshit. First of all we only ended up with a full roster by taking rejects from other programs as backups when we couldn’t recruit anyone. Second, Romar math. There is always room and that is especially true with ad much dead weight as Hop is currently carrying.

31 offers. 1 signee. Dead man walking. Everyone sees it.
You keep trying to paint everything the Huskies have done in this ultra negative light.

Stevenson, Bajema and Brooks are not "rejects from other programs"...

Stevenson played in all 37 games as a frosh and was their 2nd leading scorer as a soph. for a solid ass program in Wichita St.

Michigan, who is currently ranked 4th in the country, offered and brought Bajema in, who was a top-100 recruit.

Brooks was also a top-100 guy.

You act like these guys were 1-star shit heads from Bellingham who Hop had to take because he failed recruiting. Nonsense...

If those recruits are that covered, it further solidifies Hop is a fucktard of a coach.

Look into what Shontay Liggems has done at EWU. Broom hop and bring in a guy who can recruit and develop players. Groves was a marginal D-1 player out of high school. He’s now the Big Sky MVP.

The dude can coach and recruit. He’d kill it at UW.

I'm not against signing coaches from smaller conferences... but if we're going to the Big Sky to get a head coach we're beyond fucked.

Especially when 75% of his roster is made up of white kids from Spokane.

Ritchie McKay could be a name to look at... Liberty was 28-6 in 2019 and beat a 5 seed Miss St. in the tournament, 30-4 last year and are 23-5 this year... they routinely beat power conference teams on their schedule. He went to SPU, was an assistant at UW in the mid 90's... head coach at OSU for 2 years in the early 2000's but his record wasn't special.

There’s two Spokane kids at EWU - and they are brothers.

FremontTroll

What makes you think big guys would come to Hop for development?

These guys want PT and a chance to go to the next level.

If you're a big, the first place you're going is Gonzaga.

Hell, not even sure UW would be third in the State of Washington after watching the two bigs at WSU develop this year.

I mean that’s fine... except Hop just landed a 6’9 McDonalds All American PF in Jackson Grant...

So I’m not really sure recruits buy your narrative... and It’s not like I’m presenting these transfers as NBA-level ability talent... they’re solid, not special, but better than what we have.
Hop landed a 6'9" white boy from Oly.

Gonzaga is one of the finalists for the Gatorade National Player of the Year in 7'1" Chet Holgren.

You realize why Gonzaga might be a little higher interest for bigs than UW?

And Jackson and Abogidi are so far ahead of Grant, it's not even close.

I didn't say they weren't higher interest.

But getting a McDonald's All American Power Forward is a far cry from whatever the hell it is you're saying.

And Chet Holmgren has a ton of talent, but he's also a twig. I'll be surprised if he gets much playing time w. the Bulldogs until he puts on a good 30 lbs.
Arguing that the one recruit Hop landed over the last two cycles means anything other than nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitas 32 times in a row is ridiculous.

We can all agree he’s a nice guy. Great. He has failed at nearly every facet of his current job.
Ah right. Hop shouldn't have recruited him. Big mistake to get a McDonald's All American.

We're the worst team in the world and woe is us and fire Hop and the AD.
Christ you’re bad at this. I mean I understand you are taking an indefensible position and I give you credit for that but at least try to read.

I didn’t argue anything about Grant as a recruit. My point was pretty clearly that you need to win more than ONE recruiting battle in two cycles.

Your roster size argument is bullshit. First of all we only ended up with a full roster by taking rejects from other programs as backups when we couldn’t recruit anyone. Second, Romar math. There is always room and that is especially true with ad much dead weight as Hop is currently carrying.

31 offers. 1 signee. Dead man walking. Everyone sees it.
You keep trying to paint everything the Huskies have done in this ultra negative light.

Stevenson, Bajema and Brooks are not "rejects from other programs"...

Stevenson played in all 37 games as a frosh and was their 2nd leading scorer as a soph. for a solid ass program in Wichita St.

Michigan, who is currently ranked 4th in the country, offered and brought Bajema in, who was a top-100 recruit.

Brooks was also a top-100 guy.

You act like these guys were 1-star shit heads from Bellingham who Hop had to take because he failed recruiting. Nonsense...

You can throw the recruiting ranking out the window once a guy comes into a program and doesn’t do anything. Pretty rare that a player in any sport transfers because they aren’t playing, to an equivalent level, and then becomes great. Those are roster filler transfers.

I never watched Stevenson at Wichita State to know how he was at one point the leading scorer on a nationally ranked team. Maybe the hot streak of his life. I also know he then started sucking and losing playing time and had a lot of shit to say about Marshall on his way out.

That none of these guys are panning out just proves my point. Hopkins wasn’t bringing in transfers that proved themselves elsewhere he was bringing in roster fillers because he can’t recruit anyone.

Now we are where we are. Where the biggest doog in the universe (you) thinks maybe, possibly, if we can get a good big via the portal and everything else lines up right we might finish middle of the conference next season.

What a disaster.

PurpleThrobber

What makes you think big guys would come to Hop for development?

These guys want PT and a chance to go to the next level.

If you're a big, the first place you're going is Gonzaga.

Hell, not even sure UW would be third in the State of Washington after watching the two bigs at WSU develop this year.

I mean that’s fine... except Hop just landed a 6’9 McDonalds All American PF in Jackson Grant...

So I’m not really sure recruits buy your narrative... and It’s not like I’m presenting these transfers as NBA-level ability talent... they’re solid, not special, but better than what we have.
Hop landed a 6'9" white boy from Oly.

Gonzaga is one of the finalists for the Gatorade National Player of the Year in 7'1" Chet Holgren.

You realize why Gonzaga might be a little higher interest for bigs than UW?

And Jackson and Abogidi are so far ahead of Grant, it's not even close.

I didn't say they weren't higher interest.

But getting a McDonald's All American Power Forward is a far cry from whatever the hell it is you're saying.

And Chet Holmgren has a ton of talent, but he's also a twig. I'll be surprised if he gets much playing time w. the Bulldogs until he puts on a good 30 lbs.
Arguing that the one recruit Hop landed over the last two cycles means anything other than nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitas 32 times in a row is ridiculous.

We can all agree he’s a nice guy. Great. He has failed at nearly every facet of his current job.
Ah right. Hop shouldn't have recruited him. Big mistake to get a McDonald's All American.

We're the worst team in the world and woe is us and fire Hop and the AD.
Christ you’re bad at this. I mean I understand you are taking an indefensible position and I give you credit for that but at least try to read.

I didn’t argue anything about Grant as a recruit. My point was pretty clearly that you need to win more than ONE recruiting battle in two cycles.

Your roster size argument is bullshit. First of all we only ended up with a full roster by taking rejects from other programs as backups when we couldn’t recruit anyone. Second, Romar math. There is always room and that is especially true with ad much dead weight as Hop is currently carrying.

31 offers. 1 signee. Dead man walking. Everyone sees it.
You keep trying to paint everything the Huskies have done in this ultra negative light.

Stevenson, Bajema and Brooks are not "rejects from other programs"...

Stevenson played in all 37 games as a frosh and was their 2nd leading scorer as a soph. for a solid ass program in Wichita St.

Michigan, who is currently ranked 4th in the country, offered and brought Bajema in, who was a top-100 recruit.

Brooks was also a top-100 guy.

You act like these guys were 1-star shit heads from Bellingham who Hop had to take because he failed recruiting. Nonsense...

If those recruits are that covered, it further solidifies Hop is a fucktard of a coach.

Look into what Shontay Liggems has done at EWU. Broom hop and bring in a guy who can recruit and develop players. Groves was a marginal D-1 player out of high school. He’s now the Big Sky MVP.

The dude can coach and recruit. He’d kill it at UW.

I'm not against signing coaches from smaller conferences... but if we're going to the Big Sky to get a head coach we're beyond fucked.

Especially when 75% of his roster is made up of white kids from Spokane.

Ritchie McKay could be a name to look at... Liberty was 28-6 in 2019 and beat a 5 seed Miss St. in the tournament, 30-4 last year and are 23-5 this year... they routinely beat power conference teams on their schedule. He went to SPU, was an assistant at UW in the mid 90's... head coach at OSU for 2 years in the early 2000's but his record wasn't special.
There’s two Spokane kids at EWU - and they are brothers.

I’ll also add, three of the four coaches in the PAC 12 semis are former Big Sky coaches. Big Sky coach just won the tourney and is going dancing.

Don’t make me go historical with the likes of Mike Montgomery and Jud Heathcote

Hop sucks dick with his Big East and ACC roots.

BennyBeaver

Ritchie McKay. Please bring him to Montlake. That would be epic.