2020 Macadoodle's Mailbag: 11th Edition

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GD: Depends on who the competition is and where you're at as a program. In general, you sell one of two things in recruiting in my opinion:

1) We're at the top. Come join us and keep us there. You're going to get to play with and against the best and you're going to have a chance to win titles.

2) We're not at the top. But we think you can help us get there. If you come here, you're going to be one of the guys that's remembered for turning this thing around.

Number one is generally going to apply to kids that want to win at the highest level and are going to have confidence they can beat out anyone to do it. Number two might more apply to a kid who wants to make sure he gets on the field sooner. There is no one pitch that works for everyone. If I'm trying to sell you something, I have to take a different approach than if I'm trying to sell it to your friend or wife or neighbor. You can't just have one approach. You have to know what the kid is looking for and paint your product in the best possible light in regards to that thing.

GD: I'd say the hype was a 9 and Dru was a 7.5. He was good. He wasn't a program changer. I think some of the hype did him a little bit of disservice. He had a really good season that I thought should probably have gotten him some sort of all-league recognition. He's an excellent all around player who doesn't necessarily stand out in one specific category. I think Dru Smith is capable of being the second-best player on a really good team. I do not know if he is capable of being the best player on a really good team. I think he needs more around him. It's not his style or personality to just go take a game over (maybe he can do it, I'm not sure on a consistent basis). He's a guy that can make other guys around him better. If there was a guy who was averaging 17 a game with Dru replicating his numbers from this year (12.5 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals), that makes for a really good team I think (assuming you have a third option). I just don't think Missouri has that guy. I think Smith and Xavier Pinson could be really good supporting actors on a team that could make a lot of noise in the NCAA Tournament. I'm not sure they can be the two best players on a team like that.