Comments on: Ratliffe set to visit http://recruiting.arpreps.com/2010/03/04/ratliff-set-to-visit/ High School Recruiting in Arkansas Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:27:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Captain Reality http://recruiting.arpreps.com/2010/03/04/ratliff-set-to-visit/#comment-40475 Captain Reality Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:46:34 +0000 http://recruiting.arkansasonline.com/?p=6013#comment-40475 WOW-Passes WOW-turnovers and shooting 30%. Maybe we could use a point guard who makes ordinary passes extraordinarily well. Still question if the Arkansas players "show" well to give Fortson a viable option??? WOW-Passes WOW-turnovers and shooting 30%. Maybe we could use a point guard who makes ordinary passes extraordinarily well. Still question if the Arkansas players “show” well to give Fortson a viable option???

]]> By: Elery Dendy http://recruiting.arpreps.com/2010/03/04/ratliff-set-to-visit/#comment-40467 Elery Dendy Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:54:47 +0000 http://recruiting.arkansasonline.com/?p=6013#comment-40467 this thing with fortson would not be a issue if arkansas would have had him the first 14 games because like him or not when you watch he turns it over in the paint trying to get the ball to his inside players. sometimes losing makes everyone only see the negatives which winnings cures. against lsu he hit 10 passes to the open guy who didnt make the shot 6 went to clarke.yes he is the quarterback of the basketball team and like football he gets the blame for loses and the credit for wins.if ark had consistent scorers who could knock down open shots or just catch the ball in traffic his turnovers would drop.I played and coached junior high school basketball and know that loses make everyone look at all the negatives in your team.as fans if your team is losing no one ever watch whats really happening they start out looking for someone to blame in basketball that is your pg. without fortson arkansas would be like lsu with 1 conf win this season. with fortson next season and added scorers on the floor hopefully ratliff to go with scott,peterson waite and wade and clarke you will see why even on this team fortson is the talk and focus of the opposing teams.ark has 14 wins with court all season we would already have more thaan 20 and looking at a tourney bid. so if this upset some of you my opionion that is thats to bad but arkansas not having strong reserves to start the season with all the problems this team has had we shouild all be proud to be hog fans because a few more wins over the last couple weeks everyone of the fare weather fans that get on these boards would be behind our team not down talking them like you are now.BWA was empty until our team won a few games then fare weather fans decide to go to the games.if you where fans and true supportes of the hogs you would go support them not wait to see if you can talk bad about the team and its coaches. this thing with fortson would not be a issue if arkansas would have had him the first 14 games because like him or not when you watch he turns it over in the paint trying to get the ball to his inside players. sometimes losing makes everyone only see the negatives which winnings cures. against lsu he hit 10 passes to the open guy who didnt make the shot 6 went to clarke.yes he is the quarterback of the basketball team and like football he gets the blame for loses and the credit for wins.if ark had consistent scorers who could knock down open shots or just catch the ball in traffic his turnovers would drop.I played and coached junior high school basketball and know that loses make everyone look at all the negatives in your team.as fans if your team is losing no one ever watch whats really happening they start out looking for someone to blame in basketball that is your pg. without fortson arkansas would be like lsu with 1 conf win this season. with fortson next season and added scorers on the floor hopefully ratliff to go with scott,peterson waite and wade and clarke you will see why even on this team fortson is the talk and focus of the opposing teams.ark has 14 wins with court all season we would already have more thaan 20 and looking at a tourney bid. so if this upset some of you my opionion that is thats to bad but arkansas not having strong reserves to start the season with all the problems this team has had we shouild all be proud to be hog fans because a few more wins over the last couple weeks everyone of the fare weather fans that get on these boards would be behind our team not down talking them like you are now.BWA was empty until our team won a few games then fare weather fans decide to go to the games.if you where fans and true supportes of the hogs you would go support them not wait to see if you can talk bad about the team and its coaches.

]]> By: HOGen-Dazs http://recruiting.arpreps.com/2010/03/04/ratliff-set-to-visit/#comment-40464 HOGen-Dazs Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:39:10 +0000 http://recruiting.arkansasonline.com/?p=6013#comment-40464 If anyone is interested Marvell Waithe led his team to the Finals of the Florida JUCO tournamet tonight. Waithe had 27 points, was 7/14 from the field including 3/6 from 3pt line and 10/14 from FT line. Oh he also had 10 rebounds and looked very good. Finals are tomorrow. Good luck Marvell!! If anyone is interested Marvell Waithe led his team to the Finals of the Florida JUCO tournamet tonight. Waithe had 27 points, was 7/14 from the field including 3/6 from 3pt line and 10/14 from FT line. Oh he also had 10 rebounds and looked very good.

Finals are tomorrow. Good luck Marvell!!

]]> By: Matt http://recruiting.arpreps.com/2010/03/04/ratliff-set-to-visit/#comment-40461 Matt Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:01:57 +0000 http://recruiting.arkansasonline.com/?p=6013#comment-40461 Guys you seem to forget Peterson. He led Iowa in his two seasons as their PG. Guys you seem to forget Peterson. He led Iowa in his two seasons as their PG.

]]> By: Ron in Germany http://recruiting.arpreps.com/2010/03/04/ratliff-set-to-visit/#comment-40376 Ron in Germany Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:18:28 +0000 http://recruiting.arkansasonline.com/?p=6013#comment-40376 Hey guys, Sorry for being gone so long. I couldn't get online from my hospital bed. I hope to contribute a little more n the near future. :) Lots of great comments here about Ratliffe. Blake, your in overdrive my friend ! :P I will simply say that Richardo Ratliffe will make this class! ! ! If we don't get him I dont see us being able to have much of an inside game (offensively or defensively) til a good big man does come along. Lock him up Pelphrey ! Hey guys, Sorry for being gone so long. I couldn’t get online from my hospital bed. I hope to contribute a little more n the near future. :)

Lots of great comments here about Ratliffe.

Blake, your in overdrive my friend ! :P

I will simply say that Richardo Ratliffe will make this class! ! ! If we don’t get him I dont see us being able to have much of an inside game (offensively or defensively) til a good big man does come along.

Lock him up Pelphrey !

]]> By: HOGen-Dazs http://recruiting.arpreps.com/2010/03/04/ratliff-set-to-visit/#comment-40358 HOGen-Dazs Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:04:44 +0000 http://recruiting.arkansasonline.com/?p=6013#comment-40358 ratliffe has mentioned nothing about Pelphrey when talking about reasons to come to Arkansas, mentioned nothing especially about Pelphreys ties to Florida. He does talk a lot about his connection to Marshawn Powell though and the possibility to start right away. ______________________________________________________________________ Absolutely right. At least from what I've read. ratliffe has mentioned nothing about Pelphrey when talking about reasons to come to Arkansas, mentioned nothing especially about Pelphreys ties to Florida. He does talk a lot about his connection to Marshawn Powell though and the possibility to start right away.
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Absolutely right. At least from what I’ve read.

]]> By: HOGen-Dazs http://recruiting.arpreps.com/2010/03/04/ratliff-set-to-visit/#comment-40357 HOGen-Dazs Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:01:42 +0000 http://recruiting.arkansasonline.com/?p=6013#comment-40357 Nobles will never be able to see the court the way that Fortson does in my opinion and I have never seen him make the “wow” passes that I have seen Fortson hit. _______________________________________________________________________ True Peyton. But that's just it. I'm starting to wonder whether just a decent distributor...good defender...steady pass first, low Turnover guard might be better overall than the flashy "wow" passing, forced shots, turnover machine that is Fortson. In the long run that is. If not Nobles then maybe someone else who can give stability to the position. This year Fortson was a necessity...but it was feast or famine. Thus so was the team. But to be successful we don't need him or his style to be our necessity. We need enough scorers so that Fortson...or whoever...can concentrate more on getting them the ball instead of trying too hard to takeover a game. Maybe with Ratliffe, Waithe, Powell, and Clarke in the lineup this is the scoring punch needed for our PG to concentrate on just being a PG. Would Courtney be able to change his mindset even if he did have more weapons?? I don't know. Nobles will never be able to see the court the way that Fortson does in my opinion and I have never seen him make the “wow” passes that I have seen Fortson hit.
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True Peyton. But that’s just it. I’m starting to wonder whether just a decent distributor…good defender…steady pass first, low Turnover guard might be better overall than the flashy “wow” passing, forced shots, turnover machine that is Fortson. In the long run that is.

If not Nobles then maybe someone else who can give stability to the position. This year Fortson was a necessity…but it was feast or famine. Thus so was the team. But to be successful we don’t need him or his style to be our necessity. We need enough scorers so that Fortson…or whoever…can concentrate more on getting them the ball instead of trying too hard to takeover a game.

Maybe with Ratliffe, Waithe, Powell, and Clarke in the lineup this is the scoring punch needed for our PG to concentrate on just being a PG. Would Courtney be able to change his mindset even if he did have more weapons?? I don’t know.

]]> By: PeytonHillisFTW http://recruiting.arpreps.com/2010/03/04/ratliff-set-to-visit/#comment-40349 PeytonHillisFTW Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:31:38 +0000 http://recruiting.arkansasonline.com/?p=6013#comment-40349 ratliffe has mentioned nothing about Pelphrey when talking about reasons to come to Arkansas, mentioned nothing especially about Pelphreys ties to Florida. He does talk a lot about his connection to Marshawn Powell though and the possibility to start right away. Lets not try to twist facts. ratliffe has mentioned nothing about Pelphrey when talking about reasons to come to Arkansas, mentioned nothing especially about Pelphreys ties to Florida. He does talk a lot about his connection to Marshawn Powell though and the possibility to start right away.

Lets not try to twist facts.

]]> By: PeytonHillisFTW http://recruiting.arpreps.com/2010/03/04/ratliff-set-to-visit/#comment-40347 PeytonHillisFTW Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:24:26 +0000 http://recruiting.arkansasonline.com/?p=6013#comment-40347 Nobles will never be able to see the court the way that Fortson does in my opinion and I have never seen him make the "wow" passes that I have seen Fortson hit. Nobles will never be able to see the court the way that Fortson does in my opinion and I have never seen him make the “wow” passes that I have seen Fortson hit.

]]> By: dwp007 http://recruiting.arpreps.com/2010/03/04/ratliff-set-to-visit/#comment-40345 dwp007 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:13:15 +0000 http://recruiting.arkansasonline.com/?p=6013#comment-40345 I have lost a lot of faith in Fortson. There was a column recently talking about how he "relished" having all eyes on him and so forth. In my opinion, that is exactly where a good part of the problem with this team lies. All eyes, many times including the players, seem to be on Fortson. As I recall, relish goes pretty well with hotdogs. If the kid is not coachable or a distraction, and it appears to me that he falls into both categories, then lets get someone at the point who can play team ball and get these other guys involved. In any event, Ratcliffe would be a huge addition and missing piece to the puzzle. I have lost a lot of faith in Fortson. There was a column recently talking about how he “relished” having all eyes on him and so forth.

In my opinion, that is exactly where a good part of the problem with this team lies. All eyes, many times including the players, seem to be on Fortson. As I recall, relish goes pretty well with hotdogs.

If the kid is not coachable or a distraction, and it appears to me that he falls into both categories, then lets get someone at the point who can play team ball and get these other guys involved.

In any event, Ratcliffe would be a huge addition and missing piece to the puzzle.

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