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Josh Huestis to Stanford

Mslacat

Mslacat

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It is being reported that Josh Huestis has committed to Stanford over Harvard.

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stanford's head coach, johnny dawkins, is off to a dismal start. they had a losing record last year, one of their best players may be out for the year this year with a mysterious injury or illness, and they are predicted to wind up dead last in the pac-10, while mike montgomery's cal team is favored to win the conference. but dawkins's incoming class, including heustis, is excellent, and i'm sure he'll get that program back to the level montgomery had it at stanford.

sorta ironic, because dawkins's mentor, coach k, got off to a dismal start at duke as well. lost out on several high-profile recruits, and didn't get that program back on track till year his third year there. history could repeat itself with dawkins.
 
citygriz said:
stanford's head coach, johnny dawkins, is off to a dismal start. they had a losing record last year, one of their best players may be out for the year this year with a mysterious injury or illness, and they are predicted to wind up dead last in the pac-10, while mike montgomery's cal team is favored to win the conference. but dawkins's incoming class, including heustis, is excellent, and i'm sure he'll get that program back to the level montgomery had it at stanford.

sorta ironic, because dawkins's mentor, coach k, got off to a dismal start at duke as well. lost out on several high-profile recruits, and didn't get that program back on track till year his third year there. history could repeat itself with dawkins.
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I'll beleive it when I see it. I personally don't think Heutis is Pac-10 level, he's defenitely Big Sky potential, but Pac-10 that's a stretch. Ivy League he's good enough for that level as well. I think if he played in a more competitive high school situation in a bigger Metro Area he would have the potential then, but not coming out of Montana High School hoops.
 
thing is, a.a.u. ball is the great leveler now, and that's where heustis made his reputation this summer in competition that was not limited to montana high school kids. as mslact has pointed out, contact with a.a.u. programs has now become more important that links to high school coaches.

heustis will do fine at the pac 10 level, and joslyn will be a huge star, montana competition notwithstanding.
 
Sugar Bear 16 said:
citygriz said:
stanford's head coach, johnny dawkins, is off to a dismal start. they had a losing record last year, one of their best players may be out for the year this year with a mysterious injury or illness, and they are predicted to wind up dead last in the pac-10, while mike montgomery's cal team is favored to win the conference. but dawkins's incoming class, including heustis, is excellent, and i'm sure he'll get that program back to the level montgomery had it at stanford.

sorta ironic, because dawkins's mentor, coach k, got off to a dismal start at duke as well. lost out on several high-profile recruits, and didn't get that program back on track till year his third year there. history could repeat itself with dawkins.
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I'll beleive it when I see it. I personally don't think Heutis is Pac-10 level, he's defenitely Big Sky potential, but Pac-10 that's a stretch. Ivy League he's good enough for that level as well. I think if he played in a more competitive high school situation in a bigger Metro Area he would have the potential then, but not coming out of Montana High School hoops.
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AT one time, that might have been true, but today, the kids travel, go to camps, AAU, and other outlets....good players are everywhere....good coaches, well, that is another thing entirely. Stanford doesn't seem to have the coaching staff they wanted or thought they had, but then, winning is not the number one thing on the Farm...
 
GrizLA said:
Sugar Bear 16 said:
I'll beleive it when I see it. I personally don't think Heutis is Pac-10 level, he's defenitely Big Sky potential, but Pac-10 that's a stretch. Ivy League he's good enough for that level as well. I think if he played in a more competitive high school situation in a bigger Metro Area he would have the potential then, but not coming out of Montana High School hoops.
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AT one time, that might have been true, but today, the kids travel, go to camps, AAU, and other outlets....good players are everywhere....good coaches, well, that is another thing entirely. Stanford doesn't seem to have the coaching staff they wanted or thought they had, but then, winning is not the number one thing on the Farm...
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I'm well aware of AAU Ball. Eric Stang had a good team of Montana kids that did well in Vegas 3-4 years ago, but I think the jury is out on whether Huestis that good or not. It's one thing if he was playing against high level AAU competition since he was like a 7th grader and he is dominate force in Montana High School hoops. If he's PAC 10 material he should be averaging 35pts and 15 boards a game this year.

Tinkle put up high numbers throughout her career and that's why she was recruited at that level.
 
citygriz said:
stanford's head coach, johnny dawkins, is off to a dismal start. they had a losing record last year, one of their best players may be out for the year this year with a mysterious injury or illness, and they are predicted to wind up dead last in the pac-10, while mike montgomery's cal team is favored to win the conference. but dawkins's incoming class, including heustis, is excellent, and i'm sure he'll get that program back to the level montgomery had it at stanford.

sorta ironic, because dawkins's mentor, coach k, got off to a dismal start at duke as well. lost out on several high-profile recruits, and didn't get that program back on track till year his third year there. history could repeat itself with dawkins.
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Don't know what you're smokin', but Stanford had no where near a losing record last year. They went 17-12
 
wagriz4life:

you are right; i stand corrected. i must have been remembering that dismal january-february stretch where they lost eight of ten pac 10 games. in addition, they won the play-in game to the pac 10 tournament before losing to washingtion in the quarterfinals, then won two games in something called the CBI tournament.

i in no way intended to demean dawkins, because he coaches a fun style of up-tempo basketball, and he will definitely get this program back to the montgomery-era level of excellence.

by the way, i don't smoke. not since the eighth grade. can't blame that.
 
citygriz said:
wagriz4life:

you are right; i stand corrected. i must have been remembering that dismal january-february stretch where they lost eight of ten pac 10 games. in addition, they won the play-in game to the pac 10 tournament before losing to washingtion in the quarterfinals, then won two games in something called the CBI tournament.

i in no way intended to demean dawkins, because he coaches a fun style of up-tempo basketball, and he will definitely get this program back to the montgomery-era level of excellence.

by the way, i don't smoke. not since the eighth grade. can't blame that.
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haha I figured you just remembered their terrible record against PAC 10 teams and just assumed they had a losing record. Most of these schools play such weak non-conference shedules which makes it really hard to have a losing record.

I think Dawkins is gonna do a great job at Stanford before taking the Duke job when Coach K retires.

and I gaurantee you that will happen.
 
i havent watched alot of josh in highschool(only saw 4 games) but i did see he could have put up better numbers if he was given the ball more. i was down in vegas dur the summer time and went to the big aau tournaments they had out there..the best of the best aau teams where out there and i went and saw josh games....let me tell you this..the player who played out there was a different player then the player that played last year. for one josh played the sg and sf position in vegas and played it very very well..he out played a kid who was guarding him who is ranked in the top 25 in the nation and it wasnt even that close. back in montana josh played center and was down low alot. in vegas he was never down low he was bringing the ball up and shooting from college and nba range and hitting it. he was also block shots and rebounding and was easily one of the best of both out there...hes easily a pac-10 talent or big east if he wanted to( georgetown wanted him after watching him out play the top 25 kid who they had come to see and were recruiting)..When i asked a scouting service person about how josh was able to play the wing he told me that josh had been working with his father who is a former pro basketball player, and a personal trainer and playing against nba guys most the the summer...i wont be up in montana much but when i do ill be sure to go to a couple of his games. im guessing he wont put up the number that one person on here said because there coach will put him downlow since they dont have any bigs im guessing but im sure he will still dominate
 
WaGriz4life said:
citygriz said:
wagriz4life:

you are right; i stand corrected. i must have been remembering that dismal january-february stretch where they lost eight of ten pac 10 games. in addition, they won the play-in game to the pac 10 tournament before losing to washingtion in the quarterfinals, then won two games in something called the CBI tournament.

i in no way intended to demean dawkins, because he coaches a fun style of up-tempo basketball, and he will definitely get this program back to the montgomery-era level of excellence.

by the way, i don't smoke. not since the eighth grade. can't blame that.
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haha I figured you just remembered their terrible record against PAC 10 teams and just assumed they had a losing record. Most of these schools play such weak non-conference shedules which makes it really hard to have a losing record.

I think Dawkins is gonna do a great job at Stanford before taking the Duke job when Coach K retires.

and I gaurantee you that will happen.
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Lot of people in Palo Alto don't agree with you....I hope you are right...
 
Stanford is a stepping stone for Dawkins to go to Duke and for Harbaugh to go somewhere bigger like Michigan or Notre Dame depending on how their coaching situation shapes up in the next few years.

Stanford fans know this but are understandably in denial.
 
unlvbball said:
i havent watched alot of josh in highschool(only saw 4 games) but i did see he could have put up better numbers if he was given the ball more. i was down in vegas dur the summer time and went to the big aau tournaments they had out there..the best of the best aau teams where out there and i went and saw josh games....let me tell you this..the player who played out there was a different player then the player that played last year. for one josh played the sg and sf position in vegas and played it very very well..he out played a kid who was guarding him who is ranked in the top 25 in the nation and it wasnt even that close. back in montana josh played center and was down low alot. in vegas he was never down low he was bringing the ball up and shooting from college and nba range and hitting it. he was also block shots and rebounding and was easily one of the best of both out there...hes easily a pac-10 talent or big east if he wanted to( georgetown wanted him after watching him out play the top 25 kid who they had come to see and were recruiting)..When i asked a scouting service person about how josh was able to play the wing he told me that josh had been working with his father who is a former pro basketball player, and a personal trainer and playing against nba guys most the the summer...i wont be up in montana much but when i do ill be sure to go to a couple of his games. im guessing he wont put up the number that one person on here said because there coach will put him downlow since they dont have any bigs im guessing but im sure he will still dominate
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We'll see
 
WaGriz4life said:
Stanford is a stepping stone for Dawkins to go to Duke and for Harbaugh to go somewhere bigger like Michigan or Notre Dame depending on how their coaching situation shapes up in the next few years.

Stanford fans know this but are understandably in denial.
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Most Stanford fans don't care who coaches as long as the program is competitive...Like Montana, there is no shortage of people who would like to be affiliated with excellence...
 
Growler1 said:
A full ride to Stanford aces anything else that he might have been offered. Big time BB, and bigger time education.....all paid for!
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I agree completely. Basketball plays second fiddle to a degree from such a school.
 
WaGriz4life said:
Stanford is a stepping stone for Dawkins to go to Duke and for Harbaugh to go somewhere bigger like Michigan or Notre Dame depending on how their coaching situation shapes up in the next few years.

Stanford fans know this but are understandably in denial.
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Huh?.. I think Jim Harbaugh passed right over Michigan and Notre Dame and already has one super season under his belt with the San Francisco 49ers.
 
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