On the heels of BC's upset of #1 ranked Syracuse Wednesday night, Steve Donahue and the Eagles received a verbal commitment from Jeremy Miller who is without a doubt the most high profile recruit to commit to the Eagles in a while. Miller is a Massachusetts native but currently goes to The New Hampton School in New Hampshire, the same school current Eagle Olivier Hanlan went to. Miller is a 6-9 power forward who according to Rivals is a 4 start recruit who also received offers from schools like UConn, Maryland and Providence. The one catch that I saw with Miller is he is part of the 2015 NOT 20014 recruiting class. As a result he still has to play one more year of high school after this year and who knows what the state of BC basketball will be in come then.
While I am happy Donahue and co. were able to attract such a high profile player, I sure hope Miller picked BC because he liked the school and the allure of playing in the ACC and not just because of the coaching staff. With the win against Syracuse and now the commitment of Miller, Donahue has been able to add a couple of bargaining chips when it comes to his job security, but the question is will it be enough? I personally don't think so, but it has been a great couple of days for Donahue without a doubt. Telling Brad Bates that in 2 years there is a great recruit coming to Chestnut Hill maybe a bit of stretch and I am not sure Bates can give Donahue another full year after this current one to continue to prove himself. If by chance Bates let's Donahue come back next year BC better make the tournament next or else he is definitely gone. If Donahue doesn't last until 2015 the question then becomes will Miller still stay committed to the Eagles? I personally as mentioned earlier would like to think so because he picked BC for the school and not the coach, but rarely is that the case and I am sure the new BC coach will have a say in whether he will honor Miller's commitment.
Regardless of what happens I don't want to spend this week bashing Donahue and the basketball team. It has been a good week for them and I really hope they keep the momentum going. Below I have posted a video from YouTube of some of Miller's highlights. One thing I noticed in particular is he is very versatile; he is strong by the basket but can also hit the mid range jumper and three point shot. Kind of reminds me of younger version of Adreian Payne who currently plays for Michigan State. Definitely not as strong and powerful of Payne but I do like the way he will force the opponent's defense to spread out. Well that's about it for today but as always go Eagles and today go USA.
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