Seawolf Nation, I am Jeff Otchere's Mentor. This thread displays how magnificent of a fanbase SB has. I'd like to let it be known that assistant coach Bryan Weber is a recruiting ace. He did the heavy lifting in the recruitment of Jeff along with Coach Boals. You guys have a young gifted ambitious coach/recruiter in Weber.
Stony Brook was always intriguing to him for many reasons: Location, Guys at his position graduating,young core, incoming recruits, Boals experience with guys who ended up being Pro's from his time at OSU,Boals player Freedom, Weber's likability, and the strength and conditioning coaches results. Your Strength coach is better than many high major strength coaches. Credit to Boals for bringing him in.
Bigger schools/programs were attractive but level didn't matter to him.
Stony Brook made more sense than the New Mexico State, Washington State and Old Dominion's of the world. Though those programs may have more "style points" next to their names. There is nothing wrong with Blazing your own trail. Jeff's excited to get to Campus and get to work. I am excited to see how special the team will be.
I truly believe the pieces are intact to win an America East title.
Reading through this thread I can tell these are some Miles Lattimer skeptics. Let's get this straight, he's NO JOKE. I see the best of the best prospects since I'm part of an EYBL program and Miles doesn't look out of place among those types. He's always been back up on teams with Blue chip recruits.
Lattimer isn't a steal. It's a Highway robbery. He's that good. He's the AE rookie of the year in 2019.He's another recruit Weber got in early on.
Yeboah will be an AE First- team guy and potential POY, Elijah Olaniyi who is another recruit Bryan Weber did the heavy lifting on, will be much better than he already is.His work ethic is off the charts.He'll be an all Conference guy,no doubt about it.
I'm not low on McKenzie or Cornish. I'm Optimistic about both.
Anthony Ochefu showed flashes of what he can be this season, with a year of experience under his belt now. Watch out!
Hassan Ceesay(Another Weber Recruit) is another steal if his knee heals as expected. Being childhood friends with Olaniyi makes his transition to college that much easier. Which is a very undervalued variable.
These are the things Jeff and I saw that made SBU intriguing. He felt he could fit right into what's already there along with what's coming in and there is a serious chance to win the league as early as next season.
The Seawolves will be Well coached talented,big,long,athletic,skilled and balanced.
Even more reasons for me to renew more 3 season tickets for the up and coming season. You just made my decision a lot easier. To be fair and honest, after 8 years as a season ticket holder I was going to let them go and just buy a couple tickets and go to a few games. Like when we play UA, Vermont..
Welcome aboard and keep us up to date with breaking news please....
Thank you for the warm welcome to the board by you and all the other great seawolf supporters.
Glad you're holding on to your season tickets. I think it will be well worth it. Stony Brook will have the most talented roster in the America East on paper. All the pieces are are in place to put serious pressure on everyone else in this league. Something we also looked at is teams who finished above SBU in the standings, graduate a bulk of their production. Vermont has a Stud in Lamb who'll just be a junior but they basically lose everyone else. UMBC loses their Dynamite backcourt which is irreplaceable.Albany loses Travis Charles and the boys upfront. While everyone loses their big guns, SBU returns their big gun(Yeboah), the best young gun in the conference(Olaniyi),brings in the next best young gun(Lattimer), has a steady hand at the 1 in McKenzie who doesn't turn it over, and he'll be even better with more talent around him with his game being predicated on feeding guys and taking care of possessions. Steady, heady guards like that flourish more when you surround them with more horses. Cornish is as explosive as they come and has moments where he looks like a Mid major plus guard. I really believe in his talent. When you look at his "good moments" he does top shelf stuff. Just need him having more of those moments which he will. Jules Moore is a recruit who's been battle tested on the prep school level. While attending the prestigious Hargrove Military academy ,he plays against all the nationally ranked prep schools in America night in and night out. He isn't coming from a traditional neighborhood high school.
All of that is what Jeff wanted to be a part of. Not to mention, on the visit Jeff said it was clear that the guys on the team were Hoopers and workers. On college visits you can get a vibe for how much of a true basketball player guys on the team really are. Do guys go and play pick-up with each other? Do guys go and do repitions of Drills?
The answer to those questions when it comes to the SBU program is YES.
Half of the Power 5 schools in America can't say the same about the players in their program. This is a fact that I know first hand.
Which speaks Volumes about the Cluture Boals and his Staff have developed.
If you aspire to be a high level player, you place yourself in that kind of environment.
In my opinion, from all angles there is a nice recipe for for the Seawolves to run the tables legitimately.
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