I officially decided today that I'm cutting sophomore forward Doug Barr from the program. He has simply not developed the skills required to play in this league, and I can't afford to have a scholarship taken up for three more years by someone I fully believe will never play a minute for the Scarlet Knights. His GPA had jumped to 3.6 after his freshman year, and he has obtained an academic scholarship to continue his education. We will keep walk-on senior Greg Jenkins on the team, though mainly as a practice body. He played ten minutes last year over eight games, but did get a basket, a steal and a handful of rebounds during that time. Plus he's a great kid, hard working, and the players all love him.
We have so many scholarships to fill this year I aim to simply buy the gold scouting reports from the East, and nothing more. I feel that at our level we are better aiming high while not wasting time at player camps … I can find players just fine who the camps are more likely to showcase poorly. Besides, if a kid shines at a camp, he's liable to get interest from bigger programs in the first place. We simply can't afford to throw our money around if we're going to fill six scholarship spots.
Make that seven. Richard McGee, a sophomore I'd intended on redshirting, has chosen to transfer. This keeps getting better and better. Ten scholarship players and a walk-on and we're supposed to take on the Mid-10 powers and win. I hope McGee winds up happy at South Philly, where he thinks he'll garner more playing time.
Welcome to Division 1, folks! At least by this time next year I'll have a team mostly composed of my own recruits, though I have to find good ones first.