Huskies Lose Out On Enes Kanter

no huge shocker here. I think most of dawg nation thought he was gone after he decommitted from uw. Although this is a huge loss, getting Mr. Jones should be our most immediate concern.

We must have secured Terrence Jones. He fits perfectly into our system, do we think he’ll stay more than a year?

I kind of doubt that Kanter or his family got paid, but I would not be surprised if someone tried to proposition them, just as literally all kids of his stature as a pro prospect are normally approached and “felt out” to see if they respond to any sort of premature cohersion.

I could be wrong, but I would think that boosters, shoe guys, agents, etc. may have gone harder on Enes’ coach at Stoneridge to convince him to decommit from Washington and to commit to Kentucky.

I’m not saying that “Tank” was paid, but it is very common for AAU coaches and some high school coaches to get pretty sweet spiffs if they get a kid to go to certain places. I believe that Kentucky under Calipari is one of those places.

UW fans should be very proud in my opinion that their team, under the eye of Lorenzo are one of the programs that absolutely don’t allow that type of stuff around the kids. That is precisely why it is in the best interest of anyone that stands on the other side of the fence to get a kid away from Romar.

In my opinion a kid has his experience in the Washington program under his belt before he deals with those folks and that is much better for him as well on a number of levels.

If a kid is “one and done” that is fine to then start the professional side of his career once his days of playing at Hec-Ed are over and Romar brings a lot of contacts in the NBA, the world of agents, etc. into the mix for the UW program and for kids that are ready to make that jump.

There is virtually no side money from getting a kid to prematurely agree to a deal with an agent or shoe company to be made if a kid goes to UW until the kid leaves UW in my opinion.

An agent or a shoe guy could attempt to contact a kid at UW, but Romar, from what I’m hearing from kids and former players, is probably the most stringent disciplinarian and unwilling to look the other way of any coach out there and will not allow it.

From what I understand there are no boosters at UW who are able to do anything improper with the basketball team or recruiting. Boosters are a major part of the problem around the country when it comes to “getting” highly regarded, blue chip recruits to sign and sometimes even paying existing players to stay.

I believe that Husky fans should be proud of the way that Romar is as above board and clean in this regard as anyone around the country.