Here is a bit of an update and let me give you my read. -- Duquesne Dukes Basketball Forum

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Date Posted: Friday, October 29, 05:48:35pm
Author: TMH
Subject: Here is a bit of an update and let me give you my read.
In reply to: WashpaRick 's message, "After reading the Trib story again his coach calls us the front runner. Then he says he's going to sign but not till spring. He didn't say he was signing with us. If the coach told the Trib he was signing with us no reason to call us the frontrunner. Sounds like some miscommunication." on Friday, October 29, 03:01:26pm

http://greatlakeshoops.com/2010/10/28/motts-doug-anderson-verbals-to-duquesne-coach-disappointed-with-recruitment/

My theory is that Steve Hall contacted the young man, invited him for a campus visit, which he accepted. He liked what he saw and gave Duquesne a verbal. Information may have been passed on to the Tribune and he called Schmidt to confirm catching him unaware. IMO, Schmidt is nothing more than one of those shadowy advisors that soil college basketball and is really PO'd that the process did not go through him for reasons I won't go into here. If it were his academics andbasketball skills that he was concerned about, getting the process done early would be in his best interest, not stringing it out.

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That's quite a bit of speculation, isn't it? Especially about a coach that you know nothing about save for a few quotes over the past two days. Isn't it also possible that this coach is looking out for a kid who verballed to the first place he visited, and just wants him to slow down a bit? I'd probably be telling the kid the same thing -- why don't you wait and see what other schools come offering during this, your SECOND season, in which you have yet to play a game. (NT) -- Slim, Saturday, October 30, 06:51:53am
- It's pure speculation....just my take. You do know that this is his second year of JUCO/Community College though, not HS. -- TMH, Saturday, October 30, 09:27:29am
  - Yes, I know that, hence my emphasis on the word SECOND. Look, for all I know the guy is a scum as you describe, but I don't see anywhere where he said anything about them "not going through" him. If he is mentoring the kid (as a good coach should do) then I see nothing wrong with him saying, "son, there may be a school that's a better fit for you, maybe you should visit some other places just to be sure." (NT) -- Slim, Saturday, October 30, 09:40:49am

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