Michael Snaer

While we collapse, a kid from So-Cal ends Duke's 45 game home winning streak....

4 months ago Bluchip20 6 comments 0 recs |

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To be fair

Snaer was a kid we simply lost out on in the recruiting process. To me, it doesn’t hurt as much as a guy like Mike Moser doing well.

by BruinMW on Jan 21, 2012 3:28 PM PST reply actions

+1

by kkucla on Jan 21, 2012 4:17 PM PST up reply actions

but in some ways I think it speaks to a larger issues. There are tons of kids in the greater southern California area so it’s inevitable that some get away, but when we are in a on a recruit, I don’t understand losing to Florida State. Derrick Williams and Allen Crabbe are two other examples off the top of my head that should have been Bruins and even wanted to be. Instead we were off chasing the Trey Zieglers of the world…

by Bluchip20 on Jan 21, 2012 8:45 PM PST reply actions

I had 10 minutes to watch TV

and I watched the end of that game instead of ours. I chose wisely. Well it doesn’t matter since I don’t watch any of our games anymore.

But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.

by tasser10 on Jan 21, 2012 11:00 PM PST reply actions

Snaer loss doesn't bother me as much

What bothers me is to see guards like Holt (St. Mary) and Dinwiddie (CU) who would have come to UCLA if not for Howland wasting time on unattainable gets (McCallum, Zeigler). Those guys would have steadied our pg situation and would have done all right.

There is also the mishandling of Moser and Stanback.

by Nestor on Jan 22, 2012 12:06 PM PST reply actions

Though I acknowledge Ben's losses in recruiting

Snaer wasn’t one of them. There were academic and AAU concerns around Snaer that basically had UCLA out from the beginning. Glad he’s doing well though.

"A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it." Miles Davis

by milesdavis93 on Jan 22, 2012 10:36 PM PST reply actions