re: It sounds like Will Wade got Daryl Edwards...

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You don't take transfers just to fill out the bench. You want them to be able to provide an immediate impact because they are only going to be on your roster 1-2 years at most.

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Wait, so if you're given the option of a walk on or Malone to fill out your bench for one year, you're taking a walk on?

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Not if he can't play. What good is having that kind of depth if the guys hurts you when he's in the game?

I understand taking a guy like Malone out of HS. You can't teach size and you hope you can develop him over the course of a 1-2 years. You don't take transfers just to fill out the bench. You want them to be able to provide an immediate impact because they are only going to be on your roster 1-2 years at most.

Carmouch and Coleman were taken to immediately jump in an play. Same with Hornsby and Victor (after they sat out their required time). Taking a transfer just to fill the 13th roster spot is how you end up with a guy like John Odo. He was a non-factor.

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Recruiting is a funny game, not every player you get will work out. But not getting a player when you can will not work out 10/10...because you have no one to take those minutes if they are available.

Like I said, last season we basically wound up with 7 guys capable of playing just somewhat quality minutes. That's pretty bad. If we had just gotten a grad transfer or JUCO guy, again, a guy who at most will spend 1 or 2 years here, that COULD have possibly given us an 8th guy to give us minutes. That person could have been a John Odo, or he could have been a Carmouche/Coleman, etc...

Point is, there's no reason to really not fill out a roster, so you dont put yourself in situations like above. Lose a guy to injury, lose a guy to attitude, then suddenly because you got lazy and left guys like Bridgewater and ER III around, you have 7 guys really capable of playing for you...and your job is gone. There's SO MANY transfers out there, and even of the 1 year grad transfer variety (125 last year)...and also a JUCO. Just fill out the spot and give yourself a chance rather than just hoping for the best with an empty end of the bench.

Also, keep in mind, even the poorer players, like a Darcy Malone, is STILL better than a walk on. I'd take 1 year of him over pretty much any walk on minus Tuba recently.