Yahel to Tallahassee CC ... same as recent kid from WJ
Very questionable move on his part. He will be on a team that was pretty good (at the level they play at) and that was freshman heavy last year (12 of 15 players). Doesn't seem like Yahel is much interested in sitting out a year so presumably this is a one and done thing with hopes of catching the eye of a D1. He's going to have a lot of experienced "traffic" to negotiate his way through to get into the starting line-up.
Very questionable move on his part. He will be on a team that was pretty good (at the level they play at) and that was freshman heavy last year (12 of 15 players). Doesn't seem like Yahel is much interested in sitting out a year so presumably this is a one and done thing with hopes of catching the eye of a D1. He's going to have a lot of experienced "traffic" to negotiate his way through to get into the starting line-up.
Yeah ... they run some serious talent through there. They are typically stacked with academic non-qualifiers, ... those types.
Yeah ... they run some serious talent through there. They are typically stacked with academic non-qualifiers, ... those types.
I can't imagine Yahel thinks this is going to be the outcome after he walks into Ben's office at WL at the conclusion of the season to tell him he's transferring.
A Freshman Guard starting on a perennial Top 10, D2 team goes to Tallahassee CC his sophomore year!!! I guess it's believable in some regards, but where are you gonna end up! Bad decision...
I can't imagine Yahel thinks this is going to be the outcome after he walks into Ben's office at WL at the conclusion of the season to tell him he's transferring.
A Freshman Guard starting on a perennial Top 10, D2 team goes to Tallahassee CC his sophomore year!!! I guess it's believable in some regards, but where are you gonna end up! Bad decision...
This whole process was very Chucky'isk!!! We'll see where he ends up after next season when he realizes that he's not a D1 player!
I can't imagine Yahel thinks this is going to be the outcome after he walks into Ben's office at WL at the conclusion of the season to tell him he's transferring.
A Freshman Guard starting on a perennial Top 10, D2 team goes to Tallahassee CC his sophomore year!!! I guess it's believable in some regards, but where are you gonna end up! Bad decision...
So sad. He had a bright future at WL. He was in such a good situation there.
Terrible academic decision as well as sports decision.
Whoever influenced him with the siren song of d1 stardom should
be ashamed
But they won't be ashamed...these people are un-shamable! When Hill does not sign with a D1, they will simply move on to the next player and fill his head full of D1 non-sense. Of course they will trumpet the few "success" stories were they convinced a DII player that he was D1 and that player actually ended up at a D1 while totally ignoring the probably hundreds of players he influenced that ended up back at a DII or the uncounted that ended up giving up on basketball (and college).
But they won't be ashamed...these people are un-shamable! When Hill does not sign with a D1, they will simply move on to the next player and fill his head full of D1 non-sense. Of course they will trumpet the few "success" stories were they convinced a DII player that he was D1 and that player actually ended up at a D1 while totally ignoring the probably hundreds of players he influenced that ended up back at a DII or the uncounted that ended up giving up on basketball (and college).
Unfortunately you are right... they are just exploiting kids.
BTW, I looked at TCC roster. There is only one other guy 6-0 on the entire roster and he is a soph.
Also, TCC is getting a lot of D1 transfers (my guess is academic casulaties) so it is not a given that Yahel will walk right in and start. One thing in his favor is that playing a year at WL has improved his understanding of the game (provided the new coach at TCC shares the philosophy of teamwork and unselfishness). From verbalcommits transfer list
2 SG DeAndre Gholston FR 6-2 170 Kent State Tallahassee Community College
3.3 PG Eric Hester SO 6-3 175 Akron Tallahassee Community College
2 PF Isaih Moore FR 6-10 180 College of Charleston Tallahassee Community College
2 SG Tariq Silver RS FR 6-5 185 Eastern Michigan Tallahassee Community College
2 SF Daivon Stephens FR 6-5 185 Eastern Michigan Tallahassee Community College
Talahassee CC appears to be a school that churns and burns players.
Massive roster turnover each year.
NONE of the 4 freshmen from the 2017-2018 team were on the 2018-2019 team.
Chris Agbo played one year at Talahassee and then transferrred to Pearl River CC - then committed to Indiana State (D1)
Jaquan Morris landed at Blinn College (neither D1 nor D2)
Chris Swiney transferred to Rowan (neither D1 nor D2)
Bamba Jaye transferred from Gillette WY to Talahassee and is at Shaw as RS Jr (D2) and averaged 0.2 points per game and was shooting 10% FG
The 3 Sophomores on the 2018-2019 team were all transfers. The remainder of the roster were freshmen..
Yea...Tallahassee CC seems to be a "player mill" were players who couldn't find ANYWHERE else to go "park" for a year. First chance they have they seem to head for greener pastures...typically at another JUCO if they have any eligibility left. I'd be willing to bet his "Academic Major" is listed as - "The easiest courses possible to maintain my eligibility."
Yea...Tallahassee CC seems to be a "player mill" were players who couldn't find ANYWHERE else to go "park" for a year. First chance they have they seem to head for greener pastures...typically at another JUCO if they have any eligibility left. I'd be willing to bet his "Academic Major" is listed as - "The easiest courses possible to maintain my eligibility."
His one year audition at WL would at least find him a home in the Atlantic Region next season should he choose to come back. It's a very odd move altogether. Was the 'D1' jump confirmed to be the reason he left or was it something else (grades, etc.)?
I haven't taken the time to look but does Tallahassee have a track record of being a feeder system? Some of those elite JUCO's are legitimately D1 factories.
But, Boat, as your buddy Joe Lombardi says ... "I get calls from 5'10" point guards all day long"
His one year audition at WL would at least find him a home in the Atlantic Region next season should he choose to come back. It's a very odd move altogether. Was the 'D1' jump confirmed to be the reason he left or was it something else (grades, etc.)?
I haven't taken the time to look but does Tallahassee have a track record of being a feeder system? Some of those elite JUCO's are legitimately D1 factories.
But, Boat, as your buddy Joe Lombardi says ... "I get calls from 5'10" point guards all day long"
Seems like WLU is becoming a "feeder" for IUP! First was "Everything West Liberty is is Because of ME Dyer" a few years ago, now it's "I'm a Can't Miss D1 Superstar Humphrey" and perhaps his replacement will be "I Should Have Been An All-American Hill!"
It's my understanding he(Hill) had several D1's interested, but none wanted him to sit a year. This is why he went to a JUCO.
I know he had 7 or so D1 offers coming out of high school. Why he picked West Liberty, he only knows.
He committed on 4/29/2018, which is really late in the D1 recruiting cycle, if he actually had "Committable" D1 offers.
Just some idle speculation:
1. There are committable offers and then there are non-commitable offers. Some D1 schools like to get in early with recruits long before their senior year with a non-comittable offer.
I think Yahel Hill has some of these in 2016-2017, when there was talk of him in the Mr. Basketball discussion for the following season 2017-2018.
2. His size and weight may have made him a second or third choice at his position for D1 low majors and he was caught in a numbers game. Unfortunately, that issue still exists.
3. If he does not get major minutes at Talahassee, most d1 schools would shy away from a incoming junior who is not a juco star and can't start on day 1 at D1. If they don't want him to redshirt as sophomore, they certainly are not nterested in a bench warmer as a junior.
4. He may have realized that he would have a fair chance to compete to start at WL. No seniority system there. WL does not hold his height and slight build against him and the style minmizes its negative impact.
5. He may have liked the high level of play (most players do if they can handle the running) at WL. They average 1.33 points per possession, which is better than any D1 school.
6. He was astute enough to realize that high end D2 is higher quality basketball than low majors and many mid majors. (Go to basketball general discussion forum for a list of D2 schools that beat high major D1 schools).
I thought he was in a great situation at WLU with potential to be a D2 All American sometime during his career and play in Europe.
I wish him the best.
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