south bender;740032 said:

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1947;740020 said:

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"If so, kudos to Monty. If some of us are gonna rip Monty for thumbing his nose at recruiting, we should be fair and give him some credit for this effort. Let's get Karno!"

Golly, Is this not an expectation of what a coach is supposed to do?

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Absolutely this is what a coach should do. And as far as I know, Monty did not just start doing it with Karnowski.

The fact that many backseat drivers have assumed that Monty has thumbed his nose at recruiting apparently is based on their dissatisfaction/disappointment with the recruiting of the last couple of years.

Whether this has anything to do with Monty's disdain for recruiting is another matter.

None of us really know the inside story about recruiting.

From the results, it can be reasonably argued that Monty may need help from his staff that he is not getting, because his staff is not all that good at recruiting. Maybe indeed he needs more dynamic help.

However, this is a quite different from the conclusion that Monty thumbs his nose at recruiting. As if any competitive coach would do this.

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Those who "defended" Monty by saying he "rightly" didn't want to deal with AAU coaches, potential "one and dones," kids with "attitudes," and only wanted four year players etc. did more damage on this score than any of those who just thought he needed a really good recruiter on the staff.

Damage? What damage?

The number of views and posts on this thread is astounding. Its the 4th highest viewed and 10th highest posted at this time. All for a kid who's not even a bear and is a longshot to become one.

stanfurdbites;740065 said:

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The number of views and posts on this thread is astounding. Its the 4th highest viewed and 10th highest posted at this time. All for a kid who's not even a bear and is a longshot to become one.

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Not that astounding. He is going to sign his LOI any day now and we are a big away from realizing full potential.

Here's the latest tweet by Karnowski from last night for what it's worth...

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Przemek Karnowski ‏ @PKarnowski It was great on zagś campus #GreatPeople I've landed in san francisco couple hours ago #cal just checked-in at thehotel #sleep

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seattlebear02;740074 said:

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Here's the latest tweet by Karnowski from last night for what it's worth...

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So he had a great time in Spokane and catching up on his sleep in SF. For a young man, he's got it all backwards.

FingeroftheBear;740094 said:

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I don't usually following recruiting much but in this case, one kid (one really big kid) can make a huge difference. One player is 20% of a hoops (on court) team. In this case the kid would be a big, big part of potential success, filling a difficult recruiting void.

Think about the line up for a second: Cobbs, Crabbe, Kravish, Solomon, Karnowski. Think about Solo playing at 4 next to Karnowski. Suddenly Cal has size and talent upfront. Think about the inside-out game with Crabbe and Cobbs and some treys.

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That is one crazy starting 5. Kreklow, Smith, Wallace, Thurman coming off the bench too? All of a sudden we have depth, considering we also have Bak and the walkons.....

Civil Bear;740055 said:

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Damage? What damage?

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Sorry for the ambiguity. No real damage, I meant damage to his reputation among the fanbase and whatever the truth is about Monty's recruiting efforts and intentions. People were "defending" Monty by saying Monty didn't want players who might leave early or had ties to AAU programs--that is not something bringing in an ace recruiter can fix. It suggested Monty and staff were not trying for big fish and that lack of effort was intentional.

seattlebear02;740074 said:

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Here's the latest tweet by Karnowski from last night for what it's worth...

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dang, too bad he didn't visit cal on sat. it was a perfect weather and had all the cal day festivity on campus.

GoCalBears;740162 said:

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dang, too bad he didn't visit cal on sat. it was a perfect weather and had all the cal day festivity on campus.

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Yep, pretty sure the Zags kept him there for that same reason.

GoCalBears;740162 said:

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dang, too bad he didn't visit cal on sat. it was a perfect weather and had all the cal day festivity on campus.

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Yep.

KoreAmBear;740000 said:

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I think the guy said Few had an LOI in hand when he went to Poland. It didn't happen. Zags also thought Karno was going to sign an LOI when in Spokane. Didn't happen.

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No, the claim that he verbally committed to Gonzaga was made later as an update.

That last photo didn't seem to come out. Maybe this one will: