Jimmy Chitwood
Hall of Famer
the longtime lead assistant at Gonzaga but now the head coach at Arizona, Tommy Lloyd is widely regarded as an excellent recruiter and international talent evaluator. i think he embodies the mindset more coaches should have, because if every coach looked at prospects like Lloyd does there would be no caste system.
why do i say that?
while he goes after black players who fit his team’s culture and playing style, Lloyd has also recruited, signed, and developed an abundance of White athletic talent over the years. it appears that he is AT LEAST as likely to sign a White prospect as a black one, and if you track his targets over the years he may even go after more White athletes ...
i will be following him closely at Arizona, because he is recruiting the same type of athletes he did while he was at Gonzaga.
so far, his two signees for 2022 are top in-state prospect Dylan Anderson and 6-foot-8 Serbian guard Filip Borovicanin, both White athletes. he also has two White starters (Tubelis and Kriisa) and a key White reserve who played starter minutes (Larson) returning. and he has another Tubelis, the brother of the starter, on the roster, though he didn’t see the court much a year ago.
why do i say that?
while he goes after black players who fit his team’s culture and playing style, Lloyd has also recruited, signed, and developed an abundance of White athletic talent over the years. it appears that he is AT LEAST as likely to sign a White prospect as a black one, and if you track his targets over the years he may even go after more White athletes ...
i will be following him closely at Arizona, because he is recruiting the same type of athletes he did while he was at Gonzaga.
so far, his two signees for 2022 are top in-state prospect Dylan Anderson and 6-foot-8 Serbian guard Filip Borovicanin, both White athletes. he also has two White starters (Tubelis and Kriisa) and a key White reserve who played starter minutes (Larson) returning. and he has another Tubelis, the brother of the starter, on the roster, though he didn’t see the court much a year ago.