2012 PG Willie Moore

[mollautt]

=>Akron offer:

http://miamiohio.scout.com/2/985114.html

[Dr Z]

"My strength is scoring" --Willie Moore

Doesn't seem like a Charlie Coles guy to me?!?

[Let'sGoZips94]

I thought it was interesting when he said, "Right now, there are not a lot of schools looking at me, just a lot of MAC schools. Those are good schools looking at me." He's got Xavier, Cincy, Dayton, Penn State, Louisville, OSUcks, and Kentucky looking at him.

[Quickzips]

I thought it was interesting when he said, "Right now, there are not a lot of schools looking at me, just a lot of MAC schools. Those are good schools looking at me." He's got Xavier, Cincy, Dayton, Penn State, Louisville, OSUcks, and Kentucky looking at him.

To be fair, I think a lot of those schools are schools HE'S looking at. Not necessarily that are looking at him. Often times these kids will go take "visits" to schools that haven't expressed much if any interest in them, hoping to convince the coach to offer them. He might claim they are "showing interest", but more than likely his idea of showing interest goes something like this:

Willie: "Hey <insert coaches name>, this is Willie Moore"

Coach: "Who?"

Willie: "I play basketball for Cincinnati Aiken High School, Class of 2012"

Coach: "Ohh, yeah, Willie Moore, right..." hold hand over the phone, whisper to assistant coach "Did we offer a kid named Willie Moore from Cincinnati?"

Willie: "Yeah, well coach, I really wanted to come down and check out your program some time, ya know, take a look around, talk to ya some."

Coach: "Hey, great, well...let me know when your gonna be in town and we'll see if we can arrange some time for ya, and if you want to send us some game film, feel free, we'll try and take a look at it."

Willie: "GREAT!"

To be fair though, it does appear that Xavier has offered him. I'd love to see a 6'3" PG on the Zips.

[mollautt]

=>It is legit. I watched him play now a lot this summer. He has high major potential. He is real athletic and has a good shot. Plus, playing with All-Ohio Purple, he will have no trouble getting seen by coaches.

[skip-zip]

I thought it was interesting when he said, "Right now, there are not a lot of schools looking at me, just a lot of MAC schools. Those are good schools looking at me." He's got Xavier, Cincy, Dayton, Penn State, Louisville, OSUcks, and Kentucky looking at him.

To be fair, I think a lot of those schools are schools HE'S looking at. Not necessarily that are looking at him. Often times these kids will go take "visits" to schools that haven't expressed much if any interest in them, hoping to convince the coach to offer them. He might claim they are "showing interest", but more than likely his idea of showing interest goes something like this:

Willie: "Hey <insert coaches name>, this is Willie Moore"

Coach: "Who?"

Willie: "I play basketball for Cincinnati Aiken High School, Class of 2012"

Coach: "Ohh, yeah, Willie Moore, right..." hold hand over the phone, whisper to assistant coach "Did we offer a kid named Willie Moore from Cincinnati?"

Willie: "Yeah, well coach, I really wanted to come down and check out your program some time, ya know, take a look around, talk to ya some."

Coach: "Hey, great, well...let me know when your gonna be in town and we'll see if we can arrange some time for ya, and if you want to send us some game film, feel free, we'll try and take a look at it."

Willie: "GREAT!"

To be fair though, it does appear that Xavier has offered him. I'd love to see a 6'3" PG on the Zips.

Quick....a very good description of how many high school kids like to refer to the schools that are "interested" in them. We'll see how this situation really shakes out over time.

I'll add one other typical line to your scenario above:

Coach: "Let me see if (insert name of lowest ranking grad. assistant coach) might be available to spend some time with you that day, and I'll get back to you".

[Dave in Green]

=>It is legit. I watched him play now a lot this summer. He has high major potential. He is real athletic and has a good shot. Plus, playing with All-Ohio Purple, he will have no trouble getting seen by coaches.

Digging deep through some obscure internet sites, it appears that you are correct in saying that he has high major potential. Not all players in that category fully develop what they have, but some do. So it comes down to a combination of skillful recruiting and good luck to land the best available.

In any case, we know for a fact that all the "can't miss" players go to the "can't miss" schools, and the "might make it" players end up at the "might make it" schools. Since the MAC is a "might make it" conference, Moore might end up in the MAC if he doesn't fully develop his potential in HS.