Maryland Minute 9.27.09 - Turner's Shoulder, Hoops Recruiting Updates

by Ben Broman on Sep 27, 2009 9:09 PM EDT in Maryland Minute

Teleconference quick hits - D1scourse
Couple notes from Patrick Stevens here. The biggest: is Chris Turner hurt?

"He's been banged up a little bit," Friedgen said. "He's getting a little skittish. I have every faith in Chris. He'll come back. He always has. I have a lot of confidence in him."

Someone, ~~though I can't find the article now~~ (here it is), said he had an ice pack on his shoulder, too. Those would confirm the rumor that's been floating around on message boards that he has a broken scapula. That would explain a lot.

Joe Lefeged Still Haunting the Terps
He's a Maryland native. He was, supposedly, a Maryland fan. Maryland never offered him. And now he's 1) almost single-handedly ruined Jordan Steffy's already sputtering football career, and 2) dominated the Terps in a must-win game that might've lost Ralph Friedgen his job come the offseason. Awesome.

Harris Visited ‘Cuse This Weekend - Zags
So Syracuse, Louisville, and Kentucky have visits. Just guessing, but I'd say Tennessee and WVU get the other two OVs, Maryland probably gets a long weekend hosted by his brother, like what happened a few weeks ago, and that's just as good.

Maybe the fact that Syracuse is first is a bad sign for them, as you usually want the last visit; that would be great, seeing how they're usually named as the team to beat.

For what it's worth, Harris had a bunch of tweets about the visit. None of them were particularly telling.

Marlyand's 2010 Recruiting Class at #9 - SLAM
Sounds about right. If Tobias or C.J. Leslie come to College Park, it'll probably be top 3.

Terp target Nick Dew headed to VT
Would've been a real nice get, but I'm not really expecting a bunch of commits right about now.

Josh Selby Narrows List
Why does this matter? The Domino Effect. Syracuse and Kentucky are on his list; if he goes to either of them, there's a good chance that'll be a strike against the school for C.J. Leslie (Kentucky) or Tobias Harris (both of them). Even though he's not at the same position as either one, would you want to play with a ballhoggin headcase at point guard?

Kyrie Irving Probably Headed to Duke
Hmm...first major commit for Duke. If Maryland can land either C.J. Leslie or Tobias Harris, the ACC will be ridiculously talented. And unbelievably fun to watch. Gary should be selling this to both of them.

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Thanks for the recruiting updates

Gary Williams for President!
Put Rose in the Hall of Fame

by terp12 on Sep 27, 2009 9:38 PM EDT reply actions

Tobias harris Point foward?

I honestly from the list of skools can not see them letting him be a point foward.all the squads on his final list have nice guards. WEST VA is the weakess school i feel out the bunch an maybe theyll let him do wut he wants bc hell be the biggest get for them in a longtime. wut ever happend to him being a 3? now he wants to be a 1.ha. jus get on the wing an goto work.

by soloist27 on Sep 27, 2009 10:52 PM EDT reply actions

Broken scapula?

I find a broken shoulder blade really hard to believe. How would he even be able to throw with a broken shoulder blade? He very well may be playing through a secret injury, but I find it impossible that it is a scapular fracture.

Moreover, I think it would have been impossible for him to hide from the coaching staff, and cannot believe any coach would risk their career (let alone job) by allowing him to play with a broken anything. Where did you hear this? Was it the thread on IMS?

Honestly, I think Turner is mentally shaken-up because of the lack of protection. Getting hit from the blind-side as many times as he has does not instill confidence. Add to that the wet weather, and you have a recipe for non-stop turnovers. Franklin’s game plan was awful (c’mon a shovel pass from your own endzone?). It wasn’t a torrential downpour like last year’s NCSU and UNC games, but it was enough to cause problems for a completely passing-oriented attack.

Rutgers had the right idea. They knew their quarterback was weak and played the game very conservatively with the intention of letting Maryland beat itself. It worked. They led us most of the game entirely off of non-offensive scores.

Also, Ralph said he considered putting in another quarterback (have to assume Jamarr) at the end of the game, but “was just trying to get something going”. When they decided to punt with 5 minutes left, there was no excuse in my opinion, for not putting in Jamarr or burning O’Brien or Brown’s redshirt. These guys NEED to get some game experience, might as well do that now if you aren’t going for a win….. Unfortunately, I think they will have plenty more garbage time opportunities.

by JC1 on Sep 27, 2009 11:13 PM EDT reply actions