Donahue Signs Florida Guard Gabe Moton
by Brian Favat on Jun 22, 2010 1:07 PM EDT
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PrintEagles hoops fans were anxiously waiting for some good news on the Class of 2010 recruiting front, and new coach Steve Donahue finally delivered. Donahue has signed St. Petersburg guard Gabe Moton, who originally signed on with the Air Force Academy.
Moton, a first-team, all-county selection, pulled out from a commitment to the Air Force to sign with Boston College.
"It's a great school with strong academics," Moton said. "And it's in the Atlantic Coast Conference, which is a big plus for me."
This past season, Moton averaged 17 points, five assists and five rebounds per game and helped lead the Green Devils to the Class 6A region final. He initially accepted an appointment to the Air Force over offers from Cornell, Denver, Tennessee-Martin, Tennessee Tech and West Point.
But Boston College became interested in him in April when Steve Donahue left Cornell to become coach of the Eagles. Moton took a trip to Boston College about three weeks ago and signed the following week.
Moton will likely be put into a position to contribute right away for Donahue and the Eagles. BC was down to three scholarship guards (Biko Paris, Reggie Jackson and Dallas Elmore) after the offseason departures of Sanders and Heslip.
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Delivered What Exactly???
Why is this good news on the recruiting front?
This kid was going to Air Force. His offers were from middling schools.
Should I be concerned that he didn’t have a PROFILE on recruiting sites for RIVALS, SCOUT, OR ESPN? That’s almost unheard of. He was playing in Florida, not North Dakota, but nobody bothered to write about the kid until now.
Maybe he’s a great under the radar prospect…who knows? Still, I think you owe it to your readers to be a little less bubbly about signing a kid who nobody at our level wanted. This is Donahue’s recruiting strategy, and it makes me nervous.
It’s a great story for the kid and his family…but it’s certainly not a windfall for BC. Heslip had way better offers, so to imply this was a trade-off is to imply we got ripped off…by Donahue…and you should mention that.
Donahue continues to deliver below the standards BC deserves. He continues to look desperate and unable to wheel and deal.
I'll agree it is no cause for joy
But I hardly think you are justified in ripping Donahue. He hasn’t even played a game yet, how can he be delivering below standards? What because his unproven player hasn’t won the magical game as well as Skinner’s unproven players (who’s scouting reports were pretty underwhelming to say the least)
It takes awhile to build a program, give him a chance to do it.
No recruiting profile on Rivals, Scout or ESPN is a bit concerning. I’ll give you that.
Maybe “good news” was too strong. At least it’s news and Donahue is bringing in warm bodies.
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I don’t mean to bash Donahue as a coach…but Im skeptical of his recruiting so far. I applaud what he did with Cornell, but this is a scholarship program. Skinner recruited a bunch of bums with high rankings (Southern, Rakim, etc.) and a bunch of under the radar guys like Dudley (whose San Diego State offer is looking better and better now that they have gotten pretty solid)…but even “below-the-radar” Skinner had higher-rated guys than this. That is all Im saying.
Brian, that’s really all I was referring too…that this was “good news.” That remains to be seen.
Evidently don't get it...
It is interesting to read the continuous remarks of “JaredDudley” and “BCRaj”. Neither obviously is aware that kids who are potential DI players are recruited and courted for 3 or more years before they commit by other coaches, and to expect a player who has been approached this way to suddenly want to play for BC, when he doesn’t really know the coach or the program, and abandon the guy who has been telling him he is “their player” for the last few years is naive. Do either of the two Donahue bashers know how long it took Mike Krzyzewski and Duke to get decent recruits and establish a winning record? Dukies were calling for his head after his first two years, because they were terrible and after all, Coach K had “only” coached at lowly “Army” before as a head coach.
Heslip, Sanders and Ravenal were asked to leave the program for reasons that BCRaj doesn’t get. Has he forgotten the player who would have been the defensive player of the year, who was removed from BC and chose to go to to the pros and now plays nowhere? There is a reason he isn’t playing. Charles Barkley thought when Williams was drafted, he had the most upside potential of anyone in the draft… if he could stay out of trouble and work hard. We know where that went. You can look at stats any way you want, but there were reasons Sanders was suspended two years in a row. Ravenal going to Ohio State is because he was recruited at Tulane and that coach is on the staff now at Ohio State. Do you think Ohio State was licking their chops waiting for Ravenal to be let go by BC? Why don’t you wait and see if Donahue can establish himself and his type of program. It doesn’t happen overnight. But remember, Coach K couldn’t coach and look where he came from… West Point. Did he get to the sweet sixteen without scholarship players when he was at West Point? But the administration at Duke stood behind him the first couple of years when “Jared Dudley” and “BCRaj” would have had him out the door. So much more could be said here…Haynes, who couldn’t get real playing time in the flex at BC is now the second leading scorer in the nation in a different system. So much for stats… he had none at BC and now nearly led the nation in scoring. That kind of reverses BCRaj’s stat analysis of the players who left. It all does remain to be seen, doesn’t it?
by chessprodigy on Jun 23, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
rebuilding vs. revamping
we have gone into full re-build mode. Donahue could have made a smoother transition holding onto players who could at least compete, but he decided to start from scratch. I hope everyone is really patient, because we couldnt handle two years out of 3 not making the tourney under Skinner. Does Donahue just get 5 years to make this program with the excuse that he “had to” start from scratch.
I knocked Skinner for forcing so many transfers, but he still won and kept the key pieces in place. And in terms of my knowledge of recruiting, i know that it takes time to build these pipelines, but i also know you need to have an eye for ACC talent, and not settle for kids who are being recruited by IVYs.
All I know is it's good to see a headline about something besides conference realignment
If I never see another story about the implications of ______ moving to _, it’ll be too soon.
Recruiting
17pts 5 and 5, so what can we get from that.
COUNTY SELECTION FIRST TEAM
Let’s see some high school numbers of previous players who weren’t good enough for Donahue to hold onto:
Rakim sanders
21.3 pts, 8.3 rbs- STATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Brady Heslip
28 pts 4 and 4
MVP of ALL CANADA CLASSIC
RANKED BY SCOUT.COM 23 best PG
SCored 54 pts in a game
Evan Ravenel:
16 pts 12 rebs 5 blocked shots
all county second team honors
all state honorable mention class 5A
I hope this kid turns out to be good, but let’s actually recruit pedigreed players.
How many diamonds in the rough can you count on?
rebuilding vs. revamping... seriously
BCRaj feels that you need to have an eye for ACC talent and not “settle” for kids who are being recruited by IVYs… those IVYs did pretty well in the Tournament this year. There was one team left from the ACC in the sweet sixteen…Duke, the eventual National Champion. No one else from the ACC was there. Oh yes, that team from the IVYs with no scholarship players was there too. Talent in the IVYs’ must have been pretty good.
We need to make mention for all the recruiting skills exhibited by the Skinner staff, Jared Dudley… the real Jared Dudley, ACC Player of the Year and second-team All-American Jared Dudley, who currently plays for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA… signed with BC in late August. Not exactly a planned recruiting coup. Let’s start dealing with reality when it comes to recruiting for the former staff. Coen and Cooley are now successful head coaches. The last player they recruited was Tyrese Rice for BC. Imagine BC without Rice, the only player ever to drop 46 points on UNC in their history.
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I agreed last year with Skinner that he had a good group returning and if they all worked hard and improved as so many of Skinner kids had done in the past he would have a very competive team. Well between the injury to Sanders and the let down of so many of the players Skinner ended up gambling away his job. The kids let him and themselves down.
And the fans let the kids down also. BC and the fans of this level of college basketball are going to have to give the new coaches a couple of seasons to get going. I know I will be there watching.
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