OK billy, sit back, kick ya shoes off and get ready to read! LOL
It really isn't a question of having more than 1 power forward, very few teams have just one power forward. The issue is more that we have a strong need to get very productive power forwards and a limited number of schollys. We are not hunting minnows, we are looking for trophy fish, we are looking for guys like Giles, Bam, and a few others I would get to before I gut to this kid. No offense intended to the kid, if he becomes a Heel I will welcome him with open arms.
BUT BILLY, you tell me, in all honestly, where do these 2 kids fall in your wish list of front court guys in this class? My top 3 are (in order of my preference) Bam, Giles, & Tony Bradley. As of right now, don't care what anyone is tellin ya, we have a VERY solid shot at those 3 fellas, which one would you pull just so we could snag the 2 kids from virginny?
Look, it isn't me trying to diss either of those kids, it is just I have other priorities that I like more.
I would love to have
Giles, Bam and Smith and any other " trophy fish "as you like to refer to them that Roy offered early on. But, my wish list hasn't been fulfilled too many times of late due to the lingering scandal problems and that may carry over for a while longer.
As 2016 class is a make or break class to keeping UNC out of the bottom cellar of the ACC, I would be happy at this point in time with any combination of must have big men that Roy has offered so far.
Roy knows he simply must have some talent in this class or he will likely face one of his worst season(s) he has ever faced as a head coach. Regardless of what he is telling our targeted premium recruits, other coaches are saying and will keep saying that we are going to suffer sanctions that they will not.
With the OADs waiting later and later each year to commit to a school, you simply cannot afford to bet money on the lead horses in hopes your team will be in the winning circle for their services. A swing and a miss on
Giles, Bam, Marques Bolden and Dewan Huell without offering others would be a death sentence for a blue blood program like UNC's, because of the cupboard of big men we will have available is all but bare after this year.
So, because of our current unknown status with the NCAA going forward, I would indeed be very happy with
Bradley,
Killeya-Jones and DeLaurier even if it meant we missed on the 4 'trophy fish' of Bam, Giles, Bolden and Huell.
Further
, when it comes to Bradley, SKJ or DL, I don't even consider them minnows . . !
IMHO, Sacha K-J, Bradley and DeLaurier would flourish in Roy's system, and its possible that any or all of them might just be around for more than a couple of years.
You only have to look at the list of big men to know that Roy has altered his usual recruiting style because of the necessity of securing 3 bigs in this class. No longer is he awaiting the 'developing a relationship' avenue of offering a recruit. He has become dependent to the point of relying on his assistant coaches telling him who deserves an offer, and its because of dire necessity he has done so.
To date he has offers to 3 centers and 4 PFs, and its in my opinion that he(and I for that matter) would be ecstatic if he could get a commit from 3 of those he has sought.
The need is too great, the penalty would be too severe, to not be successful in fulfilling the program's needs of at least 3 bigs in the 2016 class.
So, to answer your question, YES . . I'd gladly take the '
minnows' in hand, than wait and be scorned by '
trophy fish' because Kentucky, dOOk, Kansas or another school hooked them and that left us empty-handed.
