Welcome to this week’s edition of the Chamber, as we wind down the academic school year and ramp up for summer -- and the craziness that satellite camps will bring.
But more on that in a bit.
To start, we’re going to to the hoops side. In case you didn’t know, one of the best players in the 2017 class resides in Columbia, and there’s plenty of situations that continue to affect the recruitment and possible final destination of Michael Porter Jr.
There has been a lot of talk swirling this week about potential job offers for Porter’s dad. We’ve reported a few times that he’s had an offer from Washington to join Lorenzo Romar’s staff each of the last two years. That offer is still out there, from what we are told. And the Huskies aren’t alone. There is at least one other school that has offered Porter a job at this point in time -- we don’t know for sure who it is, but it’s not Missouri according to anything we’ve heard. We’re expecting in the not-too-distant future that Porter, Sr., will make a decision on HIS future. If he takes a job at UW (or any other men’s staff), that means the family is following him and it would be stunning if Michael (and most likely younger brother Johntay, for that matter) didn’t play for the school where dad gets a job.
Is it possible Porter, Sr., turns down those offers and stays on the Mizzou women’s staff? Yeah, it’s possible -- and some even think likely. He does have two daughters on the team. Either way, it’s not expected to be a long delay before some sort of finality is reached on that front.
Moving on to Porter, Jr., now. In the next few weeks, we anticipate him to cut his list down to six schools. We believe Virginia, Washington, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma are on the list. Indiana and Texas A&M are possibilities for the final spot (or maybe it becomes a top-seven). Regardless -- and by typing this, we know the rest of what’s in the Chamber will likely be ignored -- at this point, based on everything we hear, we never say never -- but it would be a complete shock if Porter were to go to Mizzou. Washington is in good shape (especially if Dad takes a job there) and people have told us the Porters were very impressed on their trip to Texas A&M recently. Indiana may be a darkhorse here, as well. There’s been a lot of talk about Porter and Trae Young playing together in college, but we don’t think it’s as big a factor as it’s made out to be. It might happen. But, it’s probably not the top factor by any means.
Missouri’s going to remain on the list. They’ll make the cut whenever Porter does make it. But in reality, what we’re saying is -- don’t hold your breath. The chances Missouri lands Porter, according to pretty much everyone we’ve spoken to recently, are remote.
The BEST CHANCE the Tigers would have is if Porter does not sign in November. If he chooses to wait -- and that’s possible -- Missouri’s chances might go from remote to slim. If he waits and the Tigers put together a good season, they might go up a little bit from there. Nobody is flat-out saying Missouri has no chance. But almost everybody is saying the chances aren’t very high. This isn’t a DGB-type situation where everyone in America is saying he’s going one place, but the people around Missouri and that cover Missouri think that’s off base. In this case, we agree with the common line of thinking, which is that it’s extremely unlikely Porter picks Mizzou.
If we’re wrong, we’ll certainly come on and own that. We don’t think we will be and in the interest of managing expectations and minimizing meltdowns, we figured we would put our current expectations out there for everyone. If anything changes, we’ll let you know.
Again, the best news for Missouri for a while would probably be no news, other than publicly trimming his list of schools. Because the longer the recruitment stretches out, the better it would be for the Tigers.
Welp, whoever is still reading, welcome to the second-half of the Chamber! Let’s shift gears and talk football recruiting, as we set the stage for a wild June as Missouri gets out across the country for satellite camps.
We mentioned some of the camp stuff earlier in the week. Missouri is going to be as active on the satellite camp circuit as anyone in the SEC. Here's where we expect the Tigers to be in their (at least) 14 camps in 18 days:
Kansas City
St. Louis
Atlanta (twice)
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Tyler, TX
Belton, TX (near Waco)
Mississippi Gulf Coast CC
Plus a handful of camps on campus.
Don't rule out Florida and/or Chicago, but I don't think those are set yet based on what I've heard.
Most SEC schools are looking at a handful of camps but in talking to my colleagues at other sites, we haven't seen anyone that has as many planned as Missouri. That makes sense, really, because outside of Arkansas, the Tigers probably have the smallest in-state talent base and obviously the farthest to travel. (Arkansas BTW is looking at a potential camp in the Bahamas. IDK if it would help recruiting at all, but I'd like to cover it).
But more on that in a bit.
To start, we’re going to to the hoops side. In case you didn’t know, one of the best players in the 2017 class resides in Columbia, and there’s plenty of situations that continue to affect the recruitment and possible final destination of Michael Porter Jr.
There has been a lot of talk swirling this week about potential job offers for Porter’s dad. We’ve reported a few times that he’s had an offer from Washington to join Lorenzo Romar’s staff each of the last two years. That offer is still out there, from what we are told. And the Huskies aren’t alone. There is at least one other school that has offered Porter a job at this point in time -- we don’t know for sure who it is, but it’s not Missouri according to anything we’ve heard. We’re expecting in the not-too-distant future that Porter, Sr., will make a decision on HIS future. If he takes a job at UW (or any other men’s staff), that means the family is following him and it would be stunning if Michael (and most likely younger brother Johntay, for that matter) didn’t play for the school where dad gets a job.
Is it possible Porter, Sr., turns down those offers and stays on the Mizzou women’s staff? Yeah, it’s possible -- and some even think likely. He does have two daughters on the team. Either way, it’s not expected to be a long delay before some sort of finality is reached on that front.
Moving on to Porter, Jr., now. In the next few weeks, we anticipate him to cut his list down to six schools. We believe Virginia, Washington, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma are on the list. Indiana and Texas A&M are possibilities for the final spot (or maybe it becomes a top-seven). Regardless -- and by typing this, we know the rest of what’s in the Chamber will likely be ignored -- at this point, based on everything we hear, we never say never -- but it would be a complete shock if Porter were to go to Mizzou. Washington is in good shape (especially if Dad takes a job there) and people have told us the Porters were very impressed on their trip to Texas A&M recently. Indiana may be a darkhorse here, as well. There’s been a lot of talk about Porter and Trae Young playing together in college, but we don’t think it’s as big a factor as it’s made out to be. It might happen. But, it’s probably not the top factor by any means.
Missouri’s going to remain on the list. They’ll make the cut whenever Porter does make it. But in reality, what we’re saying is -- don’t hold your breath. The chances Missouri lands Porter, according to pretty much everyone we’ve spoken to recently, are remote.
The BEST CHANCE the Tigers would have is if Porter does not sign in November. If he chooses to wait -- and that’s possible -- Missouri’s chances might go from remote to slim. If he waits and the Tigers put together a good season, they might go up a little bit from there. Nobody is flat-out saying Missouri has no chance. But almost everybody is saying the chances aren’t very high. This isn’t a DGB-type situation where everyone in America is saying he’s going one place, but the people around Missouri and that cover Missouri think that’s off base. In this case, we agree with the common line of thinking, which is that it’s extremely unlikely Porter picks Mizzou.
If we’re wrong, we’ll certainly come on and own that. We don’t think we will be and in the interest of managing expectations and minimizing meltdowns, we figured we would put our current expectations out there for everyone. If anything changes, we’ll let you know.
Again, the best news for Missouri for a while would probably be no news, other than publicly trimming his list of schools. Because the longer the recruitment stretches out, the better it would be for the Tigers.
Welp, whoever is still reading, welcome to the second-half of the Chamber! Let’s shift gears and talk football recruiting, as we set the stage for a wild June as Missouri gets out across the country for satellite camps.
We mentioned some of the camp stuff earlier in the week. Missouri is going to be as active on the satellite camp circuit as anyone in the SEC. Here's where we expect the Tigers to be in their (at least) 14 camps in 18 days:
Kansas City
St. Louis
Atlanta (twice)
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Tyler, TX
Belton, TX (near Waco)
Mississippi Gulf Coast CC
Plus a handful of camps on campus.
Don't rule out Florida and/or Chicago, but I don't think those are set yet based on what I've heard.
Most SEC schools are looking at a handful of camps but in talking to my colleagues at other sites, we haven't seen anyone that has as many planned as Missouri. That makes sense, really, because outside of Arkansas, the Tigers probably have the smallest in-state talent base and obviously the farthest to travel. (Arkansas BTW is looking at a potential camp in the Bahamas. IDK if it would help recruiting at all, but I'd like to cover it).
