(2019) SG Lester Quinones to Memphis

[Old Friend 8,389]

20 minutes ago, iuswingman said:

Lost a recruit due to Archie not using FaceTime...come on Archie, set up your facetime.

I hope Archie never uses Facetime, if that's something a recruit uses to make a decision.  "A recruit" will never be important enough to convince me to believe anything on social media is the difference maker.    To me?  A recruit that needs this (and I already believe this about Quinones) is an attention seeker who's more interested in himself than anything.   Indication of being pampered and entitled.  I know social media is used and has its place.   But if Facetime communication is THE deciding factor and a player needs to be "shown love" that much?  Go to Memphis.

[Hurryin' Hoosiers 1,951]

I was only joking.  I will facetime Lester and get the real reason.  Anyone have his number?

[Josh 12,533]

26 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

I also don’t see Archie has someone who communicates through FaceTime


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I would have to think that he does (or should).  I'm in sales, and have about 200 customers.  Some of them call me, some of them text, some of them email me.  I adjust my communications to meet their preferences.  If one of them wanted to face time their orders, you'd better believe I'd do it.  I hope Archie does too.

[Stuhoo 79,455]

28 minutes ago, Old Friend said:

I hope Archie never uses Facetime, if that's something a recruit uses to make a decision.  "A recruit" will never be important enough to convince me to believe anything on social media is the difference maker.    To me?  A recruit that needs this (and I already believe this about Quinones) is an attention seeker who's more interested in himself than anything.   Indication of being pampered and entitled.  I know social media is used and has its place.   But if Facetime communication is THE deciding factor and a player needs to be "shown love" that much?  Go to Memphis.

 

Not Facebook, FaceTime; not a social media thang.

A way of speaking with a recruit, especially an out of state recruit, on a video conference call.

 

[Old Friend 8,389]

3 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

Not Facebook, FaceTime; not a social media thang.

A way of speaking with a recruit, especially an out of state recruit, on a video conference call.

 

I know.  It's still in that genre to me.  All of my kids use it.  I'm not THAT old.

[Stuhoo 79,455]

15 minutes ago, Old Friend said:

I know.  It's still in that genre to me.  All of my kids use it.  I'm not THAT old.

 

Well geez ... 'Old' is in your name!  ;)

 

[bigrod 2,848]

8 minutes ago, Fkfootball1 said:

Memphis will blow up like Vandy did.


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So... Penny's on borrowed time.

[Hornsby 1,651]

Quinones just stated he has FaceTimed the coach of the school he’ll be attending and informed him that he’ll be going to that school earlier today. I can say with almost certainty he’s going to Memphis.
 

Crystal balls are 100% memphis. IU is out but most of us expected that


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[Hornsby 1,651]

I'd say that's a wrap on this one. Concerned about shooting for this upcoming season but missing on this one isn't the end of the world.

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Im still baffled why we never went after grad transfer shooters. So we basically we have to hope the current rosters improves its three point shooting dramatically.

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[Hardwood83 4,725]

26 minutes ago, Fkfootball1 said:

Memphis will blow up like Vandy did.


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Good comparison- although Memphis looks like it will have even more talent and less Conference competition so may not be quite as spectacular an implosion. 

[bigrod 2,848]

57 minutes ago, iuswingman said:

I was only joking.  I will facetime Lester and get the real reason.  Anyone have his number?

I believe it's 1-901-MEMPHIS.

[ctown2grhoosier 380]

11 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

Im still baffled why we never went after grad transfer shooters. So we basically we have to hope the current rosters improves its three point shooting dramatically.

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It just makes no sense. We're probably only going to have 11 scholarship players next year. Possibly 10 depending on Hunter's health. Let's just say hunter can't go. That leaves us Rob, Green, Durham, Franklin and Anderson to cover the 1-3 spots. We still have no shooting threats at all. Unless these guys make tremendous strides we're probably going to be one of the worst 3pt shooting teams in the country again. I honestly think year 3 could be his worst year yet. Lets say we finish 17-15 next year with no postseason. Does Archie make it to year 4? Does he deserve a 4th year? Things are not moving in a positive direction right now IMO. It seems like recruiting has hit a huge wall. A lot of people are losing faith in Archie.

[Hollywood Mike Miranda 852]

11 minutes ago, ctown2grhoosier said:

It just makes no sense. We're probably only going to have 11 scholarship players next year. Possibly 10 depending on Hunter's health. Let's just say hunter can't go. That leaves us Rob, Green, Durham, Franklin and Anderson to cover the 1-3 spots. We still have no shooting threats at all. Unless these guys make tremendous strides we're probably going to be one of the worst 3pt shooting teams in the country again. I honestly think year 3 could be his worst year yet. Lets say we finish 17-15 next year with no postseason. Does Archie make it to year 4? Does he deserve a 4th year? Things are not moving in a positive direction right now IMO. It seems like recruiting has hit a huge wall. A lot of people are losing faith in Archie.

You speak for the IU masses now? Recruiting ain't over till the fat lady sings. Since you and everyone else on here likes to overreact with your silly hypotheticals, I'll redo yours for you... 

Lets say we finish 23-9 next year with a good seed in the big dance. Does Archie get an extension? Does he deserve a bonus?

Feel better now? 

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20 minutes ago, ctown2grhoosier said:

It just makes no sense. We're probably only going to have 11 scholarship players next year. Possibly 10 depending on Hunter's health. Let's just say hunter can't go. That leaves us Rob, Green, Durham, Franklin and Anderson to cover the 1-3 spots. We still have no shooting threats at all. Unless these guys make tremendous strides we're probably going to be one of the worst 3pt shooting teams in the country again. I honestly think year 3 could be his worst year yet. Lets say we finish 17-15 next year with no postseason. Does Archie make it to year 4? Does he deserve a 4th year? Things are not moving in a positive direction right now IMO. It seems like recruiting has hit a huge wall. A lot of people are losing faith in Archie.

IMO Archie will get a fourth (and fifth) unless something significant occurs, like some sort of recruiting scandal or behavioral issue.

That said, a bottom 5 finish or missing the tournament again would probably make a lot of natives restless.

 

[bigrod 2,848]

15 minutes ago, Fkfootball1 said:

Archie isn’t recruiting with a sense of urgency. Probably because Fred told him he will get 5 years.


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I'll be honest, I'd rather have what he is doing than the shotgun approach we've seen in the past.

If the sense of urgency gets us a B1G followed by two years of crap, I'll take the foundation building approach. I hope that Glass has told him to build for long-term success.

[Hurryin' Hoosiers 1,951]

24 minutes ago, Fkfootball1 said:

Archie isn’t recruiting with a sense of urgency. Probably because Fred told him he will get 5 years.


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and how do you gather that?  because he isn't playing the $game$?

[Hollywood Mike Miranda 852]

27 minutes ago, Fkfootball1 said:

Archie isn’t recruiting with a sense of urgency. Probably because Fred told him he will get 5 years.


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Mods... any chance we could implement an up-vote / down-vote system on here similar to Reddit? There are waaaay too many posts that deserve a thumbs down with no option to choose it.

[JaybobHoosier 11,839]

Lost a recruit due to Archie not using FaceTime...come on Archie, set up your facetime.

gradman will now write a 12 page memo about how Archie not using FaceTime lost a recruit and how terrible he sucks! I can see it now, why Archie sucks and how he never gets MCDonalds AA’s.........


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[Honkyman 1,670]

It is preposterous to claim that Archie lost a recruit to FaceTime. If Quinones indeed commits to Memphis, it is because he is convinced it is in his best interests as a player. Given that we came in late with this recruit and we had a lousy season in 2018-19, we were lucky to get in the mix. Time to move on. Hopefully the returning guards improve their long range shooting or 2019-2020 could be a long season.

[mdn82 25,510]

We are the only program that isn’t looking at Grad Transfer guards.


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Would you mind posting the spreadsheet that shows this? It would be very beneficial to see who is looking at who completely for grad transfers. Thanks in advance!


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