Comments on: Prestige, Recruiting, and Darius Morris Live http://www.umhoops.com/2008/07/23/prestige-and-recruiting/ Michigan Basketball News, Recruiting, and Analysis Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Tom http://www.umhoops.com/2008/07/23/prestige-and-recruiting/comment-page-1/#comment-7458 Tom Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:09:44 +0000 http://www.umhoops.com/?p=365#comment-7458 Darius did make a great assist in the last minute that led to a 3 point play when the game was in doubt, which was good to see, but it certainly wasn't his best performance. But, that is kind of the nature of AAU ball...these kids play some many games and for the most part there isn't a lot of real "coaching" going on, so it can get scatter brained at times. As to whether or not other coaches would be turned off by his performance...I think that is wishful thinking. Coaches are going to judge a kid by one bad game, especially if they've seen that kid mutlipe times, which I'm quite certain they have. Darius did make a great assist in the last minute that led to a 3 point play when the game was in doubt, which was good to see, but it certainly wasn’t his best performance.

But, that is kind of the nature of AAU ball…these kids play some many games and for the most part there isn’t a lot of real “coaching” going on, so it can get scatter brained at times.

As to whether or not other coaches would be turned off by his performance…I think that is wishful thinking. Coaches are going to judge a kid by one bad game, especially if they’ve seen that kid mutlipe times, which I’m quite certain they have.

]]> By: FL Wolve http://www.umhoops.com/2008/07/23/prestige-and-recruiting/comment-page-1/#comment-7457 FL Wolve Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:46:20 +0000 http://www.umhoops.com/?p=365#comment-7457 I only caught the 2nd half of Darius' evening game with WW Orange. The announcers said Darius had 2 points in the first half. As for Darius' play in the 2nd half, I like to think that I'm as big a fan of Darius as possible so I'll tone it down a bit but he didn't play well, and that's being nice. He made some horrendous passes, jacked up some ill advised 3s, and missed numerous free throws. I only saw him make 1 FT in the 2nd half for his lone point but I missed the final couple of minutes. You can tell he's got skills and he's got some flair to his game but it was not working at all tonight. That said, I think this is fantastic news for UM fans. If any scouts were in attendance today, I doubt that they came away impressed. Hopefully, no other schools will jump in now. There was some kid on Belmont though who went for 30+. I wonder if he's committed anywhere? He looked really good playing both inside and out. I only caught the 2nd half of Darius’ evening game with WW Orange. The announcers said Darius had 2 points in the first half. As for Darius’ play in the 2nd half, I like to think that I’m as big a fan of Darius as possible so I’ll tone it down a bit but he didn’t play well, and that’s being nice. He made some horrendous passes, jacked up some ill advised 3s, and missed numerous free throws. I only saw him make 1 FT in the 2nd half for his lone point but I missed the final couple of minutes. You can tell he’s got skills and he’s got some flair to his game but it was not working at all tonight.

That said, I think this is fantastic news for UM fans. If any scouts were in attendance today, I doubt that they came away impressed. Hopefully, no other schools will jump in now.

There was some kid on Belmont though who went for 30+. I wonder if he’s committed anywhere? He looked really good playing both inside and out.

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