Hoopla Poopla

I was really excited for Husky Hoopla. All twitchy and heart aflutter. But that may have been the two alcoholic rockstars that Gabe and I each pounded before we got to Hec Ed. But the whole event was poorly organized, ran slow, and the MC's were horrible. Honestly, Hoopla was on par with my high school's basketball kickoff event (if say, Warren Moon decided to show up to my high school basketball kickoff, and if anyone on my basketball team could dunk). Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I went, if only for Gabe's heckling of the three 10 year old girl coug fans sitting in front of us during the volleyball game.

A better organized event like this could have be a real plus for the program, instead, it felt like no one's heart was in it, and for the most part fell flat. Regardless, I was fired up to get my first look at the new recruits, watch a little bit of a scrimmage, see some sweet dunks and watch Appleby shoot. All of which happened. Pondexter looks like a stud, Phil Nelson seems to be a player and Harvey Perry had a sweet stroke in the scrimmage.

The main conclusion drawn from this event is that Lorenzo Romar is The Terminator of the recruiting world. We already knew that he's a young former NBA player who had great success as a player for the program he now coaches, wins over parents by giving inspirational talks about God, coaches an exciting style of basketball and gets players drafted, but now we know HE CAN DO THE ROBOT!!!! He's a perfect storm.