Toumani Camara

Recruiting Insider Board
#1

From Georgia Bulldogs has entered portal.

6-8/230 lb pf

Averaged 13 pts and 8 rebs

Versatile inside/outside scorer

Any interest in him at all?

Seems like a perfect replacement for Smith

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#2

Sure there will be contact.

#3

RD/Dudley question for you guys:

On the recruiting forum you guys have a list of recruits for 21/22/23 etc. can you guys also do one (or add to) for the Portal guys Muss has talked too and you think have a legitimate chance at?

#4

What makes smith so good is not his size but his ability to defend multiple positions. Thereā€™s a lot of guys that are 6-7 and 14 and 8 but that doesnā€™t mean they replace Smith. So much more.

#5

Muss has been quoted, in the past few months, on this topic. since he seemed to be contacting every portal player in the last off-season, someone asked how he picked whom to contact. he said something to the effect of :" if they are in the portal, we evaluate them".

now, can he evaluate 1000 players? if anyone can, itā€™s Muss!

GHG

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#6

Not quite what Iā€™m asking:

Muss contacts a lot of portal guys, but he only goes after the ones he wants. Thatā€™s what Iā€™m asking for, the ones he wants. Donā€™t know if RD/Dudley would know for sure, but Iā€™m guessing they have a good idea of which ones

#7

That kind of disclosure would be bad for business. Surely you can see why?

#8

Sometimes portal evaluations donā€™t pan out like you thought. Vance Jackson didnā€™t work out the way they thought he might.

#9

Auto dial

#10

I think recruiting guys need to cover transfer portal as much as high school players. In fact, it appears that schools are signing more transfers now than high school players.

#11

I disagree. RD/Dudley already do it with the HS kids. Doing the same with the portal kids would be no different.

If it was that ā€œBIGā€ of an issue, then it wouldnā€™t be done with the HS kids either. And Iā€™m pretty sure that Muss and his staff talk to way more kids than whatā€™s listed on the recruiting list.

#12

baked, I thought of you when listening to Mussā€™ press conference. he covers A LOT, and itā€™s a great listen, but he also covers the portal, the work required, and at one point says:" donā€™t trust what you hear about ā€˜arkansas interestā€™ in a player in the portal. there is a difference between a phone call and ā€˜interestā€™. there can be smoke screens and things like that".

he is so candid, most coaches wouldnā€™t even divulge that. Or maybe there ARE NO SMOKE SCREENS, and heā€™s throwing off other coaches? who knows, but Iā€™m just glad muss is our guy. Love Muss!

GHG

#13

Camara was a good post defender at Georgia

#14

Weā€™ll work on a list of kids who have been contacted. The interest level thing is somewhat of a slippery slope. Will say what I believe is safe to say.

#15

Muss addressed that a little in the presser. Just because we touched base with a kid doesnā€™t mean that weā€™re interested. Some of it is feeling the player out, some of it is a smokescreen (making it sound like weā€™re going after one 4 when weā€™re really after another one).

#16

Thanks for the understanding. I know Iā€™m very cautious and it might be frustrating for some but Iā€™ve found itā€™s best.

#17

I can say I donā€™t expect Pinson at Arkansas. I think you can mark that off.

#18

Can you say if it was our choice or his choice?

#19

I think he may go pro.

#20

He listed us in his top four so at least weā€™re gonna get a sniff.