In Reply to: Re: WBB:Cori Can’t Close Sorely Needed ‘26 PG Autumn Fleary-Goes Dook posted by truk on October 20, 2025 at 18:06:27
Just Stating Some Facts, Any Perjoratives Are Purely Conicidental
And I imagine scuttlebutt is the butt of the beholder.
The fact, not scuttlebutt, remains, Kiki graduating, leaves a glaring hole at the critical PG position for the next season following what should be in the gravitational pull of a National Championship run.
Given that premise you’d think elite point guard recruits would be lining up and taking numbers for the vacancy like grandmas who show up early at the bakery to pinch the loaves while they’re still warm.
No doubt Close has disclosed some recruiting chops for necessities, as evinced by her sharp snagging of Gianna Kneepkens for this season. But only this season …then she’s gone.
Looking ahead to ‘26, Close swung and missed on all the top ranked PG targets: Kate Harpring, (NC), Saniyah Hall (suc) (ugh) and now alleged lean Autumn Fleary to Puke
Close also missed on 2025 #1 pg recruit Aaliyah Chavez this year.
.So Fleary came back with a higher NIL ask after a mystery delay on her announce and if per your scuttle likely Close “ran out of NIL funds”.because she
went on a Euro spree. Query, If Close did not calculate her NIL spending budget prudently, what does that say about her ability to marshal her resources as a champion aspirant head coach in the current climate ?
Cori closed Spanish guard Somto Okafor 5’9” during Fleary’s commitment silence. Was this a consolation signing sensing she’d already lost, or did she blow her NIL on a premature impulse buy?
Loading up on all internationals after whiffing on your prime U.S. targets can prove to be a fool’s errand as another proximate UCLA hoops coach recently painfully demonstrated .
Maybe Somto will prove to be a loss leader ….
-Always Be Closing