re: Some Will Wade recruiting possibilities

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I agree, but I doubt a new coach wants to take that burden and risk. An established program like Wichita may roll the dice.

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It's a dilemma, to be sure. Signing him sends a signal that other programs will use to recruit against you, that you're a "thug" program and so on, and doing it as a new coach here is a risk.

That said, the kid can play at a very high level and Lord, does he fit within Wade's concept. If he's past the stuff that put him in jail and proves it, moreover, it's an outstanding story and Wade looks like Mother Theresa for having brought him in and managed him.

And if you could get Farmer in here to put with Blakeney, Sampson, Mays, Reath and Corey Davis and either of your freshmen Jones signed turn out to be good, you might actually turn up with a competitive club that can crawl onto the bubble if things go right.

I'll be interested to see how this goes, because Farmer is absolutely on Wade's radar (and Benford's, since he's recruited the hell out of that league) being at Lee.