I always hear that O'Bryant had somebody in his ear counseling him against State.
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Originally Posted by
defiantdog
O'Bryant really would've been a nice get for the team, but we've never recruited the delta well at all. I think Tyrone Washington is the only guy who comes to mind that we've gotten from that area for basketball.
Stans may have gotten the players.... but everyone is more upset with what he did after he got the players. With the right coaching and DISCIPLINE, State could have been a Kentucky like program. But he choked on the actual coaching aspect in his career. I'm all for the bashing because the teams Stans coached were poorly executed.... especially late in the games. Ray has these kids in shape and hungry to win. Stans never had the control and comradery that Ray possesses, and that is why we bash him.
I actually heard it was counseling against playing for Stansbury and that we were never in it with O'Bryant and there was nothing that could have been done for us to get in with him. Not sure how credible that is, but it was the story going around at the time.
Also, we got Ravern Johnson from Clarksdale. Maybe other teams backed off because of his character, but he was fairly highly rated. I think us not getting players from the Delta has more to do with the Delta just not producing a lot of players. In my four years of high school, the best player from the Delta that I can remember didn't get a scholarship offer to anywhere better than MSVU.