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Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 11:20 am
by AuricGoldfinger
Well, we now have another scholarship available...
Re: Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 11:49 am
by underdog74
I saw your reply on Twitter to the roster breakdown and I wondered what you meant. I kept scrolling and saw the news. Is it possible that we are in the mix for a solid player and needed room? I was never sold on Dorsey from his limited minutes as a FR.
Re: Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 12:00 pm
by UltimateVUFan
Intriguing. Would love to add another upperclassman guard to next year’s roster!
Re: Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 12:06 pm
by dore74
Hope he wasn’t pushed out since this came relatively late
Re: Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 12:33 pm
by Doreknox
Now, the entire 2021 recruiting class is gone. Something is foul in the state of Denmark....
Re: Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 12:33 pm
by MrMemorial
For people obsessed with "stars" - right now in the portal there are players originally rated 4/5 stars out of high school who have not determined their next destination from the following schools:
LSU (x3)
Indiana
Texas (x3)
Boise State
Oregon State (x2)
Oklahoma State
Iowa State (x2)
Dayton
Miss. St. (x2)
Maryland
Memphis (x3 or more)
Purdue (x3)
Alabama (x2)
Georgia (x2)
Delaware State
Nevada
Illinois
Kansas State
Old Dominion
South Florida
Georgia Tech
BYU (x2)
Oregon
uut
UNC
Providence
UConn (x2)
Temple
Nebraska
Texas A&M
Stanford
SMU
Clemson
Louisville (X2 or more)
Wisconsin
Ohio State
Loyola-Chicago
Syracuse
** Some of these were recruited by VU originally like Kepnang of Oregon and THIS guy...
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... en-delaire
Re: Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 1:22 pm
by Nashmann
We need a grad transfer with scoring potential!! Someone that can hit 3' s
Re: Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 1:41 pm
by baseball1234
...or a five star looking to de-commit from Villanova....can only hope no matter how unrealistic
Re: Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 2:24 pm
by MemorialMagic
baseball1234 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 1:41 pm
...or a five star looking to de-commit from Villanova....can only hope no matter how unrealistic
Maybe they'll get confused by the logo and come here instead.
Re: Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 2:26 pm
by bornadore57
Wishing Gabe all the best in finding a place he can flourish academically, socially, and athletically. Thanks for being part of the Vandy program.
Re: Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 2:28 pm
by VUaskew
That is strange, and late. During the UT baseball series I saw him in the gym by himself putting up several jump shots. He even made a few.
Best to him, but maybe we will find someone a little more game-ready.
Re: Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 2:37 pm
by Ndorefin
Emoni Bates from Memphis!
Re: Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 3:00 pm
by shelbz75
Ndorefin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 2:37 pm
Eboni Bates from Memphis!
Not sure we want to go that route
Re: Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 3:13 pm
by Foreverhopeful
underdog74 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 11:49 am
I saw your reply on Twitter to the roster breakdown and I wondered what you meant. I kept scrolling and saw the news. Is it possible that we are in the mix for a solid player and needed room? I was never sold on Dorsey from his limited minutes as a FR.
I did the exact same thing, but holding my breath that it wasn't QMB.
Re: Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 4:54 pm
by Ndorefin
shelbz75 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 3:00 pm
Ndorefin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 2:37 pm
Eboni Bates from Memphis!
Not sure we want to go that route
Please explain…I know nothing about him.
Re: Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 5:27 pm
by mathguy
Ndorefin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 4:54 pm
shelbz75 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 3:00 pm
Ndorefin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 2:37 pm
Eboni Bates from Memphis!
Not sure we want to go that route
Please explain…I know nothing about him.
I'm not the expert, but he was a top 3 HS player who went to Memphis. Was supposed to be one and done, but missed some games, and wasn't all that great when he was on the floor.
So he's sort of a high-talent, high drama, low impact player who would bring a lot of expectations, but not necessarily someone who would fit into a team well.
So think Simi Shittu with both a higher ceiling and a lower floor.
Re: Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 5:45 pm
by MrMemorial
Ndorefin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 4:54 pm
shelbz75 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 3:00 pm
Ndorefin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 2:37 pm
Eboni Bates from Memphis!
Not sure we want to go that route
Please explain…I know nothing about him.
What is wrong exactly with Bates?
He had an offer from Duke out of h.s. and several from strong academic state schools.***
*** He's from the Ann Arbor area so we won't get him anyway. He will end up at Michigan.
Re: Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 6:16 pm
by MrMemorial
mathguy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 5:27 pm
So think Simi Shittu with both a higher ceiling and a lower floor.
Not.
Here is Bates at the age of 17...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd52E0ABM4g
Re: Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2022 1:17 pm
by TwoSaints
mathguy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 5:27 pm
Ndorefin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 4:54 pm
shelbz75 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 3:00 pm
Not sure we want to go that route
Please explain…I know nothing about him.
I'm not the expert, but he was a top 3 HS player who went to Memphis. Was supposed to be one and done, but missed some games, and wasn't all that great when he was on the floor.
So he's sort of a high-talent, high drama, low impact player who would bring a lot of expectations, but not necessarily someone who would fit into a team well.
So think Simi Shittu with both a higher ceiling and a lower floor.
Bates was never going to be a one-and-done because he re-classified and went to college a year early. The NBA has an age minimum and he simply didn't meet it. So when he signed at Memphis it was for an expected two years. He was obviously a special talent, even at 15 when he was on the cover of SI as the future of the NBA. But he played for his dad, who clearly isn't much of a coach. So he never developed much, got favorable treatment over the other players, and basically just became an inefficient, ball-stopping chucker who didn't work very hard on defense. The NBA guys were clearing hoping that two years with Penny and a bunch of other talents would toughen him up, but that didn't happen.
I'd be really interested to see what a hard-nosed developmentally oriented coach like Stack could do with him. I'm just not sure whether he'd be up for it. I doubt he'd be interested and suspect he wouldn't have the grades (although I could be wrong). Things aren't looking so great for Penny Hardaway either, are they?
Re: Gabe Dorsey enters the transfer portal
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2022 9:15 am
by mathguy
TwoSaints wrote: ↑Sat Apr 23, 2022 1:17 pm
mathguy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 5:27 pm
Ndorefin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 4:54 pm
Please explain…I know nothing about him.
I'm not the expert, but he was a top 3 HS player who went to Memphis. Was supposed to be one and done, but missed some games, and wasn't all that great when he was on the floor.
So he's sort of a high-talent, high drama, low impact player who would bring a lot of expectations, but not necessarily someone who would fit into a team well.
So think Simi Shittu with both a higher ceiling and a lower floor.
Bates was never going to be a one-and-done because he re-classified and went to college a year early. The NBA has an age minimum and he simply didn't meet it. So when he signed at Memphis it was for an expected two years. He was obviously a special talent, even at 15 when he was on the cover of SI as the future of the NBA. But he played for his dad, who clearly isn't much of a coach. So he never developed much, got favorable treatment over the other players, and basically just became an inefficient, ball-stopping chucker who didn't work very hard on defense. The NBA guys were clearing hoping that two years with Penny and a bunch of other talents would toughen him up, but that didn't happen.
I'd be really interested to see what a hard-nosed developmentally oriented coach like Stack could do with him. I'm just not sure whether he'd be up for it. I doubt he'd be interested and suspect he wouldn't have the grades (although I could be wrong). Things aren't looking so great for Penny Hardaway either, are they?
Thank you for the extra insight. You definitely had more details about the situation than I had.
I do stand by my bottom line though: High end talent. Low end motor. Questionable teammate. Simi Shittu with a higher ceiling.