Pistol Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 This news deserves its own thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Oh, this is very good news. Congrats Travis Ford and welcome to Billiken Nation, Mr. Bess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartanBilliken Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 http://www.thescore.com/news/1037191 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmith19 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Cool. Any news on what changed his mind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Cool. Any news on what changed his mind? It's not Akron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills_06 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Cool. Any news on what changed his mind? From the 2017 Thread the Pelican posted the below: His dad wanted him closer to home and nixed the original SLU deal. Original visit was Javon and mom. They revisited with the whole crew and were able to close dad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Welcome aboard, Javon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnkielBreakers Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Huge!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmith19 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 From the 2017 Thread the Pelican posted the below: Thanks. Sounds like Bess himself must've really preferred SLU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearBill Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBFan Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Welcome to SLU Mr. Bess. Coach Ford's body of work so far is an A plus. The coaches recruiting and personality has brought back excitement to the men's basketball program. I am confident coach Ford will close the deal with some guards for 2017 to feed these athletes the ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheA_Bomb Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Untooled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobillsgo Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 A less obvious benefit of all these transfers: our guys are going to be going against three high-level athletes every day in practice. Something we haven't had in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franchise_08 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Take that Akron!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Untooled This is very important Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonwich Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Now we just need to land Yess and watch Gus's head explode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 A less obvious benefit of all these transfers: our guys are going to be going against three high-level athletes every day in practice. Something we haven't had in a while. Bingo. Working against Foreman, Henriquez, and Bess in practice has to be more beneficial than going up against Jolly, Reynolds, and Yarbrough. A few other benefits: Players on the current team that due to a lack of talent behind the Evans, Jett, McCall, Loe, and Barnett class were thrust into roles with limited competition will see every day who will be their competition in a year. With these transfers eligible for 2017-18, some guys will have to improve or get replaced by the transfers in 2017-18, and that's not even factoring in the 2017 recruits Ford will sign. Also, this could benefit us with 2017 recruits. Ford can point to these guys as guys who have bought into what he is building at SLU. It sounds better to say to a recruit that we can be good his first year than that the recruit can be one of the first building blocks to fix the remnants of a dumpster fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 A less obvious benefit of all these transfers: our guys are going to be going against three high-level athletes every day in practice. Something we haven't had in a while. Bingo. Working against Foreman, Henriquez, and Bess in practice has to be more beneficial than going up against Jolly, Reynolds, and Yarbrough. Reggie and Roby should benefit the most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Heard Frank C praise Bess. Said he was finally healthy and was one of the best Micigan State players this spring. Izzo wanted to keep him but his mind was made up to leave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clock_Tower Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Take that Akron!!! Where is that poster from Akron now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 A less obvious benefit of all these transfers: our guys are going to be going against three high-level athletes every day in practice. Something we haven't had in a while. Another sort of benefit is that having 3 scholarships taken by guys who have to sit next year means more playing time for the rest of the roster. None of this Jim Crews crap where we play 13 or 14 guys and it is hard to get a feel for which guys are promising. We are likely going to suck next year, but at least some useful pieces (JB will get plenty of experience (hopefully) and there will be little question about which guys aren't cut out for A10 level play. It will sort of be like when freshman year McCall and Jett played a ton and then we added Kwam the next year. The experience of playing a lot likely made McCall and Jett much better than if they had to sit behind Kwam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Another sort of benefit is that having 3 scholarships taken by guys who have to sit next year means more playing time for the rest of the roster. None of this Jim Crews crap where we play 13 or 14 guys and it is hard to get a feel for which guys are promising. We are likely going to suck next year, but at least some useful pieces (JB will get plenty of experience (hopefully) and there will be little question about which guys aren't cut out for A10 level play. It will sort of be like when freshman year McCall and Jett played a ton and then we added Kwam the next year. The experience of playing a lot likely made McCall and Jett much better than if they had to sit behind Kwam. Good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Another sort of benefit is that having 3 scholarships taken by guys who have to sit next year means more playing time for the rest of the roster. None of this Jim Crews crap where we play 13 or 14 guys and it is hard to get a feel for which guys are promising. We are likely going to suck next year, but at least some useful pieces (JB will get plenty of experience (hopefully) and there will be little question about which guys aren't cut out for A10 level play. It will sort of be like when freshman year McCall and Jett played a ton and then we added Kwam the next year. The experience of playing a lot likely made McCall and Jett much better than if they had to sit behind Kwam. Agreed. There will plenty of playing time available next season, so it will be very clear who will be a contributor in the future and who should transfer. Big opportunities for MN and EW in particular to show what they can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVBilliken Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Was excited when SLU got Travis Ford as its coach. The guy can flat out recruit. I am assuming that SLU has two scholarships to give for 2017 and so the talent infusion for the 2017-18 season is going to be over the top. To get four recruits of this caliber this late in the game is amazing. Now Ford has a lot of time to focus in getting two really top level players for the 2017 class (more if there are any transfers). Would nice to get at least the two spots we know of signed in the Fall early signing period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 If Ash is any measure i hope the 3 transfers spend as much time practicing layups and three's as they do hardening up the the rest of the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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