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Boston College Basketball: Globe Latest To Pile On Steve Donahue

The Boston Globe's Christopher Glasper latest to pile on Onahue.

By Brian F.
John David Mercer-USA TODAY Spor

The Boston Globe's Christopher Glasper is the latest to pile on embattled Boston College men's basketball coach Steve Donahue. Glasper touches on one of the key performance criteria for the fourth year Eagles coach -- recruiting -- arguing that the school should move in another direction this offseason.

Thou shalt recruit is the first commandment of power conference basketball.

Outside of guard Olivier Hanlan, the 2012-13 Atlantic Coast Conference Freshman of the Year, and finesse power forward Ryan Anderson, the Eagles simply do not have ACC-caliber talent.

Donahue has either been unable to land the type of players he needs to compete or in some cases has misevaluated them in his own backyard (Methuen's Georges Niang).

Glasper runs through the laundry list of local players that have taken their talents elsewhere as well as the program's thin roster of ACC-caliber players. All of that, however, is in the past. More than Donahue's failures in local recruiting and a thin roster of talent, Glasper only briefly mentions arguably THE key factor in deciding Donahue's fate: the 2015 recruiting class.

In 2015, the program will have to replace at least six graduating seniors and possibly a total of seven scholarship players, should Olivier Hanlan come out for the NBA Draft after next season. Currently, Donahue has secured a verbal commitment from just one player in 2015 -- New Hampton prep power forward Jeremy Miller. While Miller is a top 100 recruit per Rivals.com, the results simply have not been there to give Brad Bates the confidence that Donahue should be responsible for recruiting the very large 2015 class.

Boston College men's basketball scholarship chart:

2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
1

 Darryl Hicks* Fr_mediumG_medium Darryl Hicks So_mediumG_medium Darryl Hicks Jr_mediumG_medium Darryl Hicks Sr_mediumG_medium
2 Garland Owens So_mediumF_medium Garland Owens Jr_mediumF_medium Garland Owens Sr_mediumF_medium OPEN
3 Will Magarity So_mediumF_medium Will Magarity Jr_mediumF_medium Will Magarity Sr_mediumF_medium OPEN
4 Olivier Hanlan Jr_mediumG_medium Olivier Hanlan Sr_mediumG_medium OPEN OPEN
5 Joe Rahon Jr_mediumG_medium Joe Rahon Sr_mediumG_medium OPEN OPEN
11 Dennis Clifford* Jr_mediumC_medium
Dennis Clifford Sr_mediumC_medium OPEN OPEN
6 Alex Dragicevich Sr_mediumF_medium OPEN OPEN OPEN
7 Eddie Odio Sr_mediumF_medium OPEN OPEN OPEN
8 KC Caudill Sr_mediumC_medium OPEN OPEN OPEN
9 Ryan Anderson Sr_mediumF_medium OPEN OPEN OPEN
10 Lonnie Jackson Sr_mediumG_medium OPEN OPEN OPEN
12 Patrick Heckmann Sr_mediumG_medium OPEN OPEN OPEN
13 OPEN Jeremy Miller Fr_mediumF_medium Jeremy Miller So_mediumF_medium Jeremy Miller Jr_mediumF_medium

* redshirt

Donahue lucked out a bit with a presumed medical redshirt for Dennis Clifford, else the program would have to replace a minimum seven scholarship players over the next recruiting class. As it stands, the program is still headed towards having a huge roster turnover in 2015-16, needing to replace at least six of the 13 scholarship roster spots. That class becomes even larger should players transfer or Hanlan jump early.

Over his four years on the Heights, Donahue simply hasn't shown enough success in recruiting to be left to fill those spots in next year's class. That's why it's imperative that the program make a change now to give the next coach time to balance out the scholarships and infuse the roster with some ACC-caliber talent.

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