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Sounds like this could be a very good get for coach Orr.

This kid was a VERY (I think sophomore year) early commit to UC a few years back. He decommitted to look at other options this past spring/summer. He was apparently getting offers from most of the MAC, and some interest from members of the ACC. AFAIK he still had an offer on the table from UC as well.

Anyways, here's the writeup on him from the Miami Elite Camp this summer (This done for MiamiHawk Insider):

Danny McElroy: McElroy was one of the most, if not the most, impressive of all those at the camp. He is a warrior in the post intimidating others and cleaning the glass. McElroy, from Cincinnati west side high school La Salle, is very similar to another Danny from the west side – former Miami power forward and 2005 1st team All-MAC player Danny Horace. Look for this power forward to be one of the top targets for Miami in the coming months.

*edited to add: Actually I see the byline on the MiamiHawk article is written by a T. Tod Mollaun...the same as our original poster?

=>One and the same.

After Miami was out of scholarships, it was between Ohio and BG. He also visited Kent two weeks ago and WOTS is that he did not come back from NE Ohio impressed.

mollautt wrote:=>One and the same.

After Miami was out of scholarships, it was between Ohio and BG. He also visited Kent two weeks ago and WOTS is that he did not come back from NE Ohio impressed.

Excellent! Thanks for the info.

Do you have an further observations on his play? You still think the kid has potential to be an All-MAC level PF?

=>Absolutely. I love McElroy as a player. He is a warrior. He will be very tough in the MAC. He will struggle in OOC games against taller BCS teams.

There are some players because of height are better suited to compete against BCS teams, but are not the best MAC players because they are stiffs. McElroy is the opposite.

Like I said, he reminds me of Danny Horace. Horace was a great MAC player who struggled in non-league games because he was just under 6-6.

THAT ALL SAID, I am no expert talent evaluator. When I was a senior at Miami, I watched a preseason Miami exhibition game against AIA or some foreign team. There was an incoming frosh for Miami who I thought looked terrible and would be a wasted scholarship. I was actually frustrated that Herb Sendek went all the way to Long Island, New York for this guy. That frosh, Wally Szczerbiak, a short 3.5 years later was selected by the T-Wolves as the 6th overall player in the 1999 NBA Draft.

So assign whatever value you want to my opinions.

am I stupid for not knowing what the (nm) means???

=>(nm) = no message.

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=>McElroy is a consensus top 10 in Ohio:

From Brian Snow:

Brian Snow's Top 20:

#1 C Garrick Sherman - (Rivals 4 stars) - Michigan St. Commit
#2 PG Carl Jones - (3 stars) - Will go high major
#3 PF Bobby Capobianco - (3 stars) - Indiana Commit
#4 WF Bill Edwards, Jr. - (3 stars) - MAC and high major offers
#5 WF Marquis Horne - OHIO COMMIT
#6 PG Desmar Jackson - (3 stars) - will go high major
#7 C Drew McGhee - MIAMI COMMITTMENT
#8 PF Reggie Keely - MAC and high major offers
#9 2G Orlando Williams - MIAMI COMMITTMENT
#10 PF Danny McElroy - (3 stars) - UC decommit - BGSU COMMIT
#11 PF Matt Kavanaugh - (3 stars) - U.D. Commit
#12 WF Darren Goodsen - BUGS COMMIT
#13 WF Robert Johnson - (2 stars) - MAC offers, high major interest - likely end up at Kent
#14 PG Randal Holt - Cleveland St. decommit, will decide btw Kent and Ohio U.
#15 2G Allen Roberts - MIAMI COMMITTMENT
#16 PF Jonathan Smith - down to Ohio U., SLU, and Xavier (not offered)
#17 PF Mario Hines - (3 stars) - ??? schools
#18 C Dane Kopp - MAC Interest
#19 PG Zach Brown - Lipscomb Commit
#20 Sheldon Brogdon - MAC interest

http://xavier.rivals.com/viewrank.asp?ra_key=1918

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From Jerry Watson:

JERRY WATSON'S TOP TWENTY-FIVE PLAYERS OF IMPACT JUNIOR CLASS (2009)

RANK PLAYER HT CLASS POSITION HIGH SCHOOL
1. CARL JONES 5'10" 09 PG GARFIELD HTS - Will go high major
2. BILL EDWARDS 6'6" 09 WF MIDDLETOWN - Will go high major
3. DREW MCGHEE 6'9" 09 C NORTH RIDGEVILLE - Miami COMMITTMENT
4. MATT KAVANAUGH 6'9" 09 C CENTERVILLE - UD commit
5. DANIEL MCELROY 6'7" 09 PF CINCINNATI LASALLE - UC decommit - offer - BGSU Commit
6. BOBBY CAPOBIANO 6'8" 09 PF LOVELAND - IU commit
7. GARRICK SHERMAN 6'9" 09 C KENTON - Michigan State commit
8. DARREN GOODSON 6'4" 09 WF AIKEN - BGSU commit
9. REGGIE KEELY 6'7" 09 PF CLEVELAND HTS - offer - will end up at Kent, Ohio U., or Cleveland State
10. ROBERT JOHNSON 6'5" 09 WF GARFIELD HTS - Cleveland St. decommit - Kent State commit??
11. RANDALL HOLT 5'10" 09 PG BEDFORD - Cleveland St. decomit - will end up at Kent or Ohio U.
12. ALLEN ROBERTS 6'2" 09 2G MIDDLETOWN - Miami COMMITTMENT
13. DESMAR JACKSON 6'4" 09 2G WARREN HARDING - high major offers
14. MARQUIS HORNE 6'7" 09 WF CINCINNATI PRINCETON - OHIO U. COMMIT
15. ORLANDO WILLIAMS 6'3" 09 2G CINCINNATI PRINCETON - offer - MIAMI COMMITTMENT
16. JONATHAN SMITH 6'7" 09 PF GROVE CITY - offer - Will end up at Xavier (no offer), Ohio U., or St. Louis (brother-in-law of fmr BG QB Josh Harris)
17. DANE KNOPP 6'9" 09 C NEWARK - MAC Interest
18. SHELDON BROGDON 6'1" 09 2G WARREN HARDING - MAC Interest
19. ANTHONY WELLS 6'2" 09 PG CLEVELAND HTS - Cleveland St. commit
20. JARED PORRINI 6'3" 09 PG CANTON TIMKEN
21. ZACK BROWN 6'2" 09 2G MASON - Lipscomb commit
22. AARON ROBINSON 6'2" 09 2G TROTWOOD - Will commit to Lehigh
23. RYAN SIGGINS 6'5" 09 WF KETTERING ALTER - MAC Interest
24. ANDRE PAULK 6'2" 09 2G KENT (ROOSEVELT)
25A. C.J. MCCOLLUM 5'11" 09 PG CANTON (GLEN OAK) - MAC Interest
25B. D.J. CUNNINGHAM 6'8" 09 PF WATERFORD - MAC Interest

http://allohiobasketball.8k.com/

This is fabulous news. We've had guys like Horace, Stacey, Brandon Hunter, Paris McCurdy, Antonio Gates, etc. make BIG differences.

However, this is my list of BGSU commits for the 2009-2010 season. Something's fishy.


1. Kraus 6-2
2. Goodson 6-4
3 Graves 6-4
4. Marcshall 6-7
5. Sims 6-0
6. Polk 6-9
7. Larson 6-9
8. Knight 6-7
9. Madlock 6-8
10. Jakubowski 6-2
11. Calhoun 6-7
12. Thomas 6-6
13. Brown 6-2
14. McElroy 6-6

Lacking a "Big Man" much???

mollautt wrote:=>(nm) = no message.

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=>McElroy is a consensus top 10 in Ohio:

From Brian Snow:

Brian Snow's Top 20:

#1 C Garrick Sherman - (Rivals 4 stars) - Michigan St. Commit
#2 PG Carl Jones - (3 stars) - Will go high major
#3 PF Bobby Capobianco - (3 stars) - Indiana Commit
#4 WF Bill Edwards, Jr. - (3 stars) - MAC and high major offers
#5 WF Marquis Horne - OHIO COMMIT
#6 PG Desmar Jackson - (3 stars) - will go high major
#7 C Drew McGhee - MIAMI COMMITTMENT
#8 PF Reggie Keely - MAC and high major offers
#9 2G Orlando Williams - MIAMI COMMITTMENT
#10 PF Danny McElroy - (3 stars) - UC decommit - BGSU COMMIT
#11 PF Matt Kavanaugh - (3 stars) - U.D. Commit
#12 WF Darren Goodsen - BUGS COMMIT
#13 WF Robert Johnson - (2 stars) - MAC offers, high major interest - likely end up at Kent
#14 PG Randal Holt - Cleveland St. decommit, will decide btw Kent and Ohio U.
#15 2G Allen Roberts - MIAMI COMMITTMENT
#16 PF Jonathan Smith - down to Ohio U., SLU, and Xavier (not offered)
#17 PF Mario Hines - (3 stars) - ??? schools
#18 C Dane Kopp - MAC Interest
#19 PG Zach Brown - Lipscomb Commit
#20 Sheldon Brogdon - MAC interest

http://xavier.rivals.com/viewrank.asp?ra_key=1918

_________________
From Jerry Watson:

JERRY WATSON'S TOP TWENTY-FIVE PLAYERS OF IMPACT JUNIOR CLASS (2009)

RANK PLAYER HT CLASS POSITION HIGH SCHOOL
1. CARL JONES 5'10" 09 PG GARFIELD HTS - Will go high major
2. BILL EDWARDS 6'6" 09 WF MIDDLETOWN - Will go high major
3. DREW MCGHEE 6'9" 09 C NORTH RIDGEVILLE - Miami COMMITTMENT
4. MATT KAVANAUGH 6'9" 09 C CENTERVILLE - UD commit
5. DANIEL MCELROY 6'7" 09 PF CINCINNATI LASALLE - UC decommit - offer - BGSU Commit
6. BOBBY CAPOBIANO 6'8" 09 PF LOVELAND - IU commit
7. GARRICK SHERMAN 6'9" 09 C KENTON - Michigan State commit
8. DARREN GOODSON 6'4" 09 WF AIKEN - BGSU commit
9. REGGIE KEELY 6'7" 09 PF CLEVELAND HTS - offer - will end up at Kent, Ohio U., or Cleveland State
10. ROBERT JOHNSON 6'5" 09 WF GARFIELD HTS - Cleveland St. decommit - Kent State commit??
11. RANDALL HOLT 5'10" 09 PG BEDFORD - Cleveland St. decomit - will end up at Kent or Ohio U.
12. ALLEN ROBERTS 6'2" 09 2G MIDDLETOWN - Miami COMMITTMENT
13. DESMAR JACKSON 6'4" 09 2G WARREN HARDING - high major offers
14. MARQUIS HORNE 6'7" 09 WF CINCINNATI PRINCETON - OHIO U. COMMIT
15. ORLANDO WILLIAMS 6'3" 09 2G CINCINNATI PRINCETON - offer - MIAMI COMMITTMENT
16. JONATHAN SMITH 6'7" 09 PF GROVE CITY - offer - Will end up at Xavier (no offer), Ohio U., or St. Louis (brother-in-law of fmr BG QB Josh Harris)
17. DANE KNOPP 6'9" 09 C NEWARK - MAC Interest
18. SHELDON BROGDON 6'1" 09 2G WARREN HARDING - MAC Interest
19. ANTHONY WELLS 6'2" 09 PG CLEVELAND HTS - Cleveland St. commit
20. JARED PORRINI 6'3" 09 PG CANTON TIMKEN
21. ZACK BROWN 6'2" 09 2G MASON - Lipscomb commit
22. AARON ROBINSON 6'2" 09 2G TROTWOOD - Will commit to Lehigh
23. RYAN SIGGINS 6'5" 09 WF KETTERING ALTER - MAC Interest
24. ANDRE PAULK 6'2" 09 2G KENT (ROOSEVELT)
25A. C.J. MCCOLLUM 5'11" 09 PG CANTON (GLEN OAK) - MAC Interest
25B. D.J. CUNNINGHAM 6'8" 09 PF WATERFORD - MAC Interest

http://allohiobasketball.8k.com/

So, basically, from these TWO "ratings", Garfield Heights has THREE players mentioned? WOW! I scored GHHS basketball for 26yrs. and the BEST record we EVER had during this time was 11-9 regular season. Sonny Johnson has to be one HELL of a coach!

On what site did it show McElroy committing??? I am from Cincy and haven't heard anything?

=>Did you check the Cincy Enquirer?

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... innati.com

No I didn't but thanks. The Enquirer is usually a bit slow about things like this. But they have made some upgrades on their sites and are doing alot better.

It would seem that, as long as the Cincy area keeps producing players, that Orr should do quite well in the recruiting wars, using his SW Ohio contacts.

Man, that is great news. Coach Orr is gonna have a hell of a program in the not so distant future.