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Topic:  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.

Topic:  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/10/2019 9:07:05 AM 
allen wrote:
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He goes to my alma mater so I'm a little biased but I've seen him the past 3 years. Absolutely a late bloomer who got to show his stuff only really in the summers and late in his senior season when the two big guys went down and the offense was forced to go through him and play at a faster pace. He truly carried that team and was outstanding. Good athlete, shoots well. Always felt like he was being underrated. I'm shocked he only has the one D2 offer because he is definite MAC caliber. Plus, never underestimate the local kid who gets an opportunity to shine and makes the most of it, a la Jordan Dartis.


Oh, don't get me wrong - if the staff thinks he's worth it, and he performs to their expectations, I don't give a hoot about how many offers he has when he signs with Ohio. But lots of folks on here whined endlessly about Saul recruits that fit this description, and suddenly....Crickets....


If we did not unload, Garreri, butler and dozier, we would have had a D2 team. It’s ok to sign someone without offers if you are a good talent evaluator, Saul unfortunately was not good at that. We are stuck with about 4 D2 schollies, it would be 5 if a certain player did not enter the transfer portal.


When a player graduates from Walsh, are they allowed to say...

"life's been good to me so far"

???



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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest. (NT)
   Posted: 4/10/2019 10:03:19 AM 

Last Edited: 4/10/2019 10:05:51 AM by brucecuth

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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/10/2019 10:12:08 AM 
greencat wrote:
allen wrote:
OU_Country wrote:
BobcatGrad08 wrote:
He goes to my alma mater so I'm a little biased but I've seen him the past 3 years. Absolutely a late bloomer who got to show his stuff only really in the summers and late in his senior season when the two big guys went down and the offense was forced to go through him and play at a faster pace. He truly carried that team and was outstanding. Good athlete, shoots well. Always felt like he was being underrated. I'm shocked he only has the one D2 offer because he is definite MAC caliber. Plus, never underestimate the local kid who gets an opportunity to shine and makes the most of it, a la Jordan Dartis.


Oh, don't get me wrong - if the staff thinks he's worth it, and he performs to their expectations, I don't give a hoot about how many offers he has when he signs with Ohio. But lots of folks on here whined endlessly about Saul recruits that fit this description, and suddenly....Crickets....


If we did not unload, Garreri, butler and dozier, we would have had a D2 team. It’s ok to sign someone without offers if you are a good talent evaluator, Saul unfortunately was not good at that. We are stuck with about 4 D2 schollies, it would be 5 if a certain player did not enter the transfer portal.


When a player graduates from Walsh, are they allowed to say...

"life's been good to me so far"

???





Nice obscure Joe reference.
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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/13/2019 12:11:02 AM 
I like this kid. He is a very sound guard. He should be able to fit in Boals vision. He just scored 62 in an all star game, his shot is pure. He is gutsy as well, he guarded 6’8” and 6’9” players during his AaU tenure. McDay, Roderick and Safford can all shoot the rock and they really don’t force anything. Safford is only 6’3” which is short for a two guard. Safford does have a borderline high dribble and he will need to work on a quicker release, but he looks like a good one.


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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/13/2019 11:16:54 PM 
allen wrote:
I like this kid. He is a very sound guard. He should be able to fit in Boals vision. He just scored 62 in an all star game, his shot is pure. He is gutsy as well, he guarded 6’8” and 6’9” players during his AaU tenure. McDay, Roderick and Safford can all shoot the rock and they really don’t force anything. Safford is only 6’3” which is short for a two guard. Safford does have a borderline high dribble and he will need to work on a quicker release, but he looks like a good one.


Nick Kellogg was also 6’3”. Maybe we can get lucky again.
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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/14/2019 7:07:13 AM 
6'3" is a perfectly fine size for a colleg shooting guard.

The Toronto Raptors ofteb play Kyle Lowry and Fred Van Vleet on the floor together, for crying out loud.
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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/14/2019 7:44:29 AM 
shabamon wrote:
6'3" is a perfectly fine size for a colleg shooting guard.

The Toronto Raptors ofteb play Kyle Lowry and Fred Van Vleet on the floor together, for crying out loud.


I believe that it is fine as well, I think if he were 6’5” he would have more offers


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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/15/2019 7:31:28 PM 
DJCooperBurnerAccount wrote:
allen wrote:
I like this kid. He is a very sound guard. He should be able to fit in Boals vision. He just scored 62 in an all star game, his shot is pure. He is gutsy as well, he guarded 6’8” and 6’9” players during his AaU tenure. McDay, Roderick and Safford can all shoot the rock and they really don’t force anything. Safford is only 6’3” which is short for a two guard. Safford does have a borderline high dribble and he will need to work on a quicker release, but he looks like a good one.


Nick Kellogg was also 6’3”. Maybe we can get lucky again.


Walt Offutt was 6'3 and he played the 3 most of the time.

Buffalo's starting 2 and 3 were both 6'3 this past year.

Kent State won the MAC in 2017 with wings who were 6'1 and 6'3.

The MAC has traditionally been won by skill over size.
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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/16/2019 8:45:13 AM 
https://twitter.com/d1baller12/status/1117918169082015747...
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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/16/2019 10:17:11 AM 
DJCooperBurnerAccount wrote:
https://twitter.com/d1baller12/status/1117918169082015747...


He’s gotta be the next one I’d think
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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/16/2019 12:00:30 PM 
Bobcatboy5 wrote:
DJCooperBurnerAccount wrote:
https://twitter.com/d1baller12/status/1117918169082015747...


He’s gotta be the next one I’d think


For what it’s worth he’s following Doc Bobcat on Twitter.
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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/16/2019 12:43:40 PM 
Doc Bobcat wrote:
Bobcatboy5 wrote:
DJCooperBurnerAccount wrote:
https://twitter.com/d1baller12/status/1117918169082015747...


He’s gotta be the next one I’d think


For what it’s worth he’s following Doc Bobcat on Twitter.


He just followed me back as well
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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/17/2019 1:37:11 PM 
Wonder if Miles Brown took the last guard scholarship and now there is no spot for Safford. Boals wants to play 4 guard/wings so I guess he could take a 5th in the same class but I'd be surprised. As others have said the need now is glaringly for bigs.
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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/17/2019 3:27:09 PM 
Sounds like he's not in the mix, at least at this point. Maybe Ohio and/or Safford are still keeping their options open. The Bobcats need big guys and could use some guys with a little more experience to fill out the roster if possible but if that doesn't materialize, maybe Safford could still be a possibility.
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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/17/2019 3:37:01 PM 
UpSan Bobcat wrote:
Sounds like he's not in the mix, at least at this point. Maybe Ohio and/or Safford are still keeping their options open. The Bobcats need big guys and could use some guys with a little more experience to fill out the roster if possible but if that doesn't materialize, maybe Safford could still be a possibility.


Don’t we still have 2 more scholarships left? I could be wrong but Safford can still commit and then we get our big
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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/17/2019 3:45:14 PM 
Bobcatboy5 wrote:
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Sounds like he's not in the mix, at least at this point. Maybe Ohio and/or Safford are still keeping their options open. The Bobcats need big guys and could use some guys with a little more experience to fill out the roster if possible but if that doesn't materialize, maybe Safford could still be a possibility.


Don’t we still have 2 more scholarships left? I could be wrong but Safford can still commit and then we get our big


I believe we still have three left, I hope one of those is given to Safford.


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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/17/2019 3:51:34 PM 
Bobcatboy5 wrote:
UpSan Bobcat wrote:
Sounds like he's not in the mix, at least at this point. Maybe Ohio and/or Safford are still keeping their options open. The Bobcats need big guys and could use some guys with a little more experience to fill out the roster if possible but if that doesn't materialize, maybe Safford could still be a possibility.


Don’t we still have 2 more scholarships left? I could be wrong but Safford can still commit and then we get our big


The recruiting grid in the forum threads shows three scholarships remaining. While its certainly possible, I would think they'd want to consider balancing the classes a little. And, with the only bigs on scholarship being BVP, and the yet to be well tested Springs and McMurray, I would think two of the three at the very least need to be big guys.
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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/17/2019 5:59:07 PM 
From what I can piece together, Safford is heading in a different direction.
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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/18/2019 10:23:51 AM 
Yes, there's three scholarships left, but it's not likely Ohio will use them all this year, especially not all on freshmen and probably not another another freshman wing player. If it comes down to the end of recruiting and Ohio's situation changes, maybe Safford could be in the mix again.

If there's a scholarship open this season, and it seems likely there will be, I'd bet Michael Brown might get it for one season as a preferred walk-on.
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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/19/2019 3:59:43 PM 
Will take an official visit to Wofford this weekend (Easter weekend?) according to Zach Fleer.
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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/20/2019 3:21:08 PM 
shabamon wrote:
Will take an official visit to Wofford this weekend (Easter weekend?) according to Zach Fleer.


yep. It's Ohio or Wofford.
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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/21/2019 3:03:39 PM 
Going to Wofford...per Zach Fleer on Twitter
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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/21/2019 3:09:54 PM 
DinksRecordFreeThrow wrote:
Going to Wofford...per Zach Fleer on Twitter


Safford confirms it himself. It's Wofford.

https://twitter.com/d1baller12/status/1120038955364356096
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  Message Not Read  RE: 2019 6'4" g/f Morgan Safford (Col. Bishop Hartley) Ohio interest.
   Posted: 4/21/2019 3:17:13 PM 
No surprise to Wofford with Roderick and Price in the mix. We are set at the wing position. Good luck to Morgan. Can't wait to find out which bigs Boals is going to wrap up in the next week or so.


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   Posted: 4/21/2019 5:49:55 PM 
FearLeon wrote:
No surprise to Wofford with Roderick and Price in the mix. We are set at the wing position. Good luck to Morgan. Can't wait to find out which bigs Boals is going to wrap up in the next week or so.


And also Miles Brown and his brother. And Jordy if he gets his strength back, which I expect he will. Stafford's decision doesnt surprise me at all due to the number of guards/wings we now have. Plus, Wofford is an excellent program and a heckuva nice place.

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