I personally got to know several Mormon kids on their two-year missions. Unless there are special provisions for athletes, which I highly doubt, they truly spend their time as missionaries, pretty much all day, all week. I can't say they never lift weights, etc., but it would not be like taking two years off to pump up. They would have the advantage of being two years older, but that is about it.
The "Connor"/scholarship issue
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Which is huge, regardless. They are 3-8 years closer to their physical peak. "Closer" being the keyword. They all will still have at least a few years to go, after they graduate from college, before they reach their best years of basketball...assuming they do not stop working out after school....
I think what you are missing is that when Mormons are on their missions, they probably are playing WAY less basketball during those years. So, while they are physically more mature, their skill development is on hold, if not regressing some. I would guess that the physical advantage would be greater in football than in basketball.
Totally agree. If you want to really dedicate yourself to baseball, you aren't going to have time to be working on basketball. Unless your name is Bo jackson and you can just walk from the football field the baseball field and not miss a beat.
Very interesting. To think I got ripped a week or two ago when I suggested Connor might end up playing baseball player and/or have a better opportunity elsewhere (prep school).
Debatable, but impossible to know. It is all about his interests how he projects at the next level.
No not every athlete can play two sports in college & go to class at the same time. BUT its has been done. Danan Hughes is just one example. I believe Connor McCaffery can do it as well.
None of us know how good he is going to be on the BB court or BB field as a true freshman.
Shoot some posters thought JBo was a backup recruit. Those people got quiet real quick and then dead silent.
This isn't a situation where one can say...well Connor u are a better baseball player so go play baseball. We don't know.
It will be interesting to see if he plays in the PTL.
One thing is for sure...currently he is a walkon so he isnt taking a scholarship roster spot...therefore he isnt obligated in my book to try to play basketball as a true freshman. He had already helped the program (along with his parents) by walking on.
None of us know how good he is going to be on the BB court or BB field as a true freshman.
Shoot some posters thought JBo was a backup recruit. Those people got quiet real quick and then dead silent.
This isn't a situation where one can say...well Connor u are a better baseball player so go play baseball. We don't know.
It will be interesting to see if he plays in the PTL.
One thing is for sure...currently he is a walkon so he isnt taking a scholarship roster spot...therefore he isnt obligated in my book to try to play basketball as a true freshman. He had already helped the program (along with his parents) by walking on.
Rob Howe just said on Twitter that Connor McCaffery said "I am definitely playing basketball" as a freshman and hopes to have his college athletics situation for freshman year figured out by next week. Thus, if he's enrolling at Iowa next year, he will play basketball in addition to baseball. Sounds like a decision will be made soon.
I am glad to hear he is going to try it. The football/baseball is easier as the games do not conflict. The basketball/baseball does a little. Still tough to do.
Yep, I agree most likely scenario is he gets 10ish minutes back up point guard. Might get 10ish minutes at off guard too. I think Fran was being coy in that interview.
Nothing wrong with recruits playing other sports and pursuing other interests, and Fran supports that including honoring commitments to hs teams (comparable to Wirfs/Epenesa in track). Connor has and should given baseball full participation, and if it turns out he’s good enough to be drafted he’d have to consider it. Not likely though, but he can play out the season, which doesn’t end until the middle of July. And if Connor really wanted to choose baseball, he'd support him.
But as a coach with his team though, you’re either on the bus or off the bus. Make no mistake, getting on is a huge commitment, has to be by choice plain and simple. Bus leaves when practice starts for the Europe trip. In July.
He’s just making sure Connor’s choice is clear. One of the other things he said was “Connor shouldn’t take into consideration the needs of my team”…. He knows he needs a backup point guard, so does Connor, so does everybody else. Quote below just makes even more likely its gonna be him---he' joining the family business.
Gosh darn it the rampant speculation was just starting to get good!
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