You can't lose what you never had

This post is not really about Fresno State although FSU is going to be used as the example here. The purpose here is to point out the fluidity, the reality and the accuracy in recruiting reports.

kamcgee2001 at the Save Mart Center MB on the Fresno Scout site posted a note that San Jacinto point (CA) Melvin Goins selected Tennessee as his next destination and added concern about who Steve Cleveland was going to land to run the Bulldog offense next season.

The problem is that Goins never truly had Fresno State under consideration. There probably was something posted previously at the Save Mart Center MB twining Goins and Fresno State but realistically Goins was looking for a higher profile program in a higher level conference.

Again, this is not to knock anyone. The point is how can the 'loss' of someone be lamented when the individual in this case was never to be had? kamcgee200 was also concerned -- probably moreso -- about the lack of news/progress about landing a point for next season which is a valid concern but so much of recruiting -- at least at the WAC level -- takes place below the eyes and ears of most of the recruiting sites and services.

Not really relevant to this discussion but still interesting is that while Goins averaged 17.2 points per game this season, he shot 40% overall from the floor, .327 from three-point range and .716% at the foul line.

Goins also averaged 4.9 assists a contest but also 3.8 turnovers (a 138 to 106 assists to turnover ratio) each time out.

But analyzing someone we have never seen play is above our pay grade here regardless of his stats -- Tennessee obviously likes the kid and rated him highly, enough so that the expectation is that Goins will fill the hole hole at the point position the Volunteers have faced for some time now.