I texted with a friend earlier who is well-connected in the recruiting scene and knows a lot of people who know Dennis Gates.
His first thought: “I love Cuonzo, super great guy. But not a killer on the recruiting trail. DG is the complete opposite. He will go to war.”
He added that nearly everyone he talks to agrees that Gates was a big part of saving Hamilton’s job by finding and landing Terrance Mann and Johnathan Isaac.
Also noted that Gates is one of the recruiters Chicago high schools coaches liked most because he didn’t play mind games with their kids. Has developed a really good reputation in that area and across the country in general.
His final note was that Gates will have no fear using the transfer portal and upgrading the roster. He did at Cleveland State in a big way and will bring in talent in a hurry. He added that there are three very good mid-major players he knows of planning to enter the portal and that Gates will have a very good chance because he tried to get them to Cleveland State but they wanted to play at bigger programs.
How much of that all comes to fruition remains to be seen, but he said that everyone he has talked to at the high school and college level agreed that Gates was by far the best candidate of him/Golden/McMahon/English.
His first thought: “I love Cuonzo, super great guy. But not a killer on the recruiting trail. DG is the complete opposite. He will go to war.”
He added that nearly everyone he talks to agrees that Gates was a big part of saving Hamilton’s job by finding and landing Terrance Mann and Johnathan Isaac.
Also noted that Gates is one of the recruiters Chicago high schools coaches liked most because he didn’t play mind games with their kids. Has developed a really good reputation in that area and across the country in general.
His final note was that Gates will have no fear using the transfer portal and upgrading the roster. He did at Cleveland State in a big way and will bring in talent in a hurry. He added that there are three very good mid-major players he knows of planning to enter the portal and that Gates will have a very good chance because he tried to get them to Cleveland State but they wanted to play at bigger programs.
How much of that all comes to fruition remains to be seen, but he said that everyone he has talked to at the high school and college level agreed that Gates was by far the best candidate of him/Golden/McMahon/English.
