Front Office Football Central - View Single Post - Coach Graham Sims: A Pennsylvania Story (FBCB)

MoonlightGraham · 04-19-2023, 07:17 PM

September 1, 2017
We remain Rob Prendergast's top choice. There are now four other schools on his list, but we're the only one who has offered him a scholarship.

Robert Close upgrades his interest in our program to Very High, which is a very good sign. But he's also received an offer from St. John's, whose Prestige is 78 (to our 56). Coaches Sims and Manion are better recruiters, however.

Now it gets tough, doesn't it? The safe move would be to pull the offer from Close and give it to another player...but almost all the players who are high on our "wish list" have offers from programs of equal or greater Prestige.

There's one notable exception, though. We have discovered a talented player from England named Matthew Ackerman.

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#15 SG Matthew Ackerman
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 Height:       6-3
 Weight:       176
 High School:  
 Hometown:     Rugeley, UK
 GPA:          2.78
 Test Score:   1020
 Rating:       ***
 
 Attributes:
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 Type       INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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 Current:    35  48  43  69  44  22  17  17  23  36  29  40  53  34  90  15
 Potential:   C   B   C   B   C   D   D   D   C   B   D   A                
 
 Season Stats:
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  PTS OREB  REB  AST  TOS   A/T  STL  BLK  PFS
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 22.7  1.3  2.9  1.3  2.9  0.43  1.9  0.9  4.2

 Shooting Averages:
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  FGM  FGA   FG%  FTM  FTA   FT%  3PM  3PA   3P%
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  9.6 18.0  .532  1.7  3.1  .532  1.9  5.0  .380
 
 Recruiting Notes:
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 Qualified: Yes
 Current interest in Lafayette: Medium                                       
 Rankings: #36 SG, Foreign #11 Overall, Foreign #2 SG
 High School Awards: None
 Top 5 Schools:

One of the top 200 players in this year's recruiting class, Matthew appears to be a well-rounded basketball player who does almost everything fairly well. He's also apparently a very good shot blocker, especially for a 6'3" guard.

I decide our chances of signing Ackerman, who has flown under the radar so far, are better than our chances of luring Close away from a much more prestigious program. We pull our offer from Close and give it to Ackerman, and spend $15,000 of our monthly budget to fly Coach Sims out to meet him and invite him to visit us.

Our previous foray into international recruiting landed us Venceslás Castillo. Can we achieve that kind of success again?

04-19-2023, 07:17 PM	#172
MoonlightGraham High School Varsity Join Date: Sep 2022	September 1, 2017 We remain Rob Prendergast's top choice. There are now four other schools on his list, but we're the only one who has offered him a scholarship. Robert Close upgrades his interest in our program to Very High, which is a very good sign. But he's also received an offer from St. John's, whose Prestige is 78 (to our 56). Coaches Sims and Manion are better recruiters, however. Now it gets tough, doesn't it? The safe move would be to pull the offer from Close and give it to another player...but almost all the players who are high on our "wish list" have offers from programs of equal or greater Prestige. There's one notable exception, though. We have discovered a talented player from England named Matthew Ackerman. HTML Code: #15 SG Matthew Ackerman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Height: 6-3 Weight: 176 High School: Hometown: Rugeley, UK GPA: 2.78 Test Score: 1020 Rating: * Attributes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current: 35 48 43 69 44 22 17 17 23 36 29 40 53 34 90 15 Potential: C B C B C D D D C B D A Season Stats: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22.7 1.3 2.9 1.3 2.9 0.43 1.9 0.9 4.2 Shooting Averages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.6 18.0 .532 1.7 3.1 .532 1.9 5.0 .380 Recruiting Notes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qualified: Yes Current interest in Lafayette: Medium Rankings: #36 SG, Foreign #11 Overall, Foreign #2 SG High School Awards: None Top 5 Schools: One of the top 200 players in this year's recruiting class, Matthew appears to be a well-rounded basketball player who does almost everything fairly well. He's also apparently a very good shot blocker, especially for a 6'3" guard. I decide our chances of signing Ackerman, who has flown under the radar so far, are better than our chances of luring Close away from a much more prestigious program. We pull our offer from Close and give it to Ackerman, and spend $15,000 of our monthly budget to fly Coach Sims out to meet him and invite him to visit us. Our previous foray into international recruiting landed us Venceslás Castillo**. Can we achieve that kind of success again?