Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
It's taken about three days to go from "the MVC will be the feeder league for the Big Ten" to "the bottom half of even a P5 league will be a feeder league to the rest of the P5". The pool of 'haves' is shrinking incredibly fast vs. the 'have-nots'.
We must stay in the former for basketball and I have great concern on the football side.
correct. that money is going elsewhere
I would rather get OA than any one particular player right now.
I have faith in Brad, but we are kind of getting caught with our pants down. Missing three guys and a coach. Hope we see some movement soon.
Can you tell us if these are names that we have or haven't talked about yet?
Good for Brad. Not sure how storr is a good fit with Kansas. He’s added two selfish player from the big ten in two years.
Let’s not act like Brad didn’t do everything in his power to get Maddox tho…
Bardo thinksDomask waiver will get approved based on what his connections say
This isn't to say they didn't want Maddox. They did and badly. But they weren't going to overpay for a role player when their two big time targets could be put in jeopardy. Brad is way too good at this portal stuff for that
If we don't get Domask back, I am a bit worried where the scoring will come from.
Boothe, White, Davis are not starters at this level. At least, not yet. Good depth pieces surely, but not starters or scorers. Boswell will be a good PG, but not really a high clip scorer, either.
Right now the team feels like a lot of solid 6th men. But hopefully the best is coming out of the portal yet as we have several spots to fill.
Boothe, White, Davis are not starters at this level. At least, not yet. Good depth pieces surely, but not starters or scorers. Boswell will be a good PG, but not really a high clip scorer, either.
Right now the team feels like a lot of solid 6th men. But hopefully the best is coming out of the portal yet as we have several spots to fill.
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
Well, a kid can try to negotiate for what he wants. And he obviously got it in the end. But I would agree that it's fair for Brad to not want to: 1) set that precedent; and 2) exactly, start putting his colleagues in difficult positions with his roster. I know nothing about the girlfriend and how good she is and whether she would have been a good add to the roster. But, clearly, not disturbing the peace in the athletic department is more important than one basketball player.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
TMI....................but did they love Groce ??Moms loved Gross. Brad - I’m not so sure about.
When does the age inflation stop? I'm not really disagreeing with you but there is a large variability. The numbers would have made my eyes pop out (especially in 1987) but I would absolutely lead the process of my own career. That's in fact what I did as I interviewed and planned my life (for much much smaller offers coming out of school).
Would my parents be cool with that? Perhaps not, but it's my career not theirs. Would I have gotten legal or other professional advice if someone were offering me $750K - almost assuredly. But this endless mantra of "mom says" combined with the "he's only 15...20...25" just turns me off.
Apologies in advance to those who might say I came from a place of privilege vs. some of the kids playing sports. Guilty, I suppose. But I won't apologize for getting a degree and using it, and being responsible for my own life.
Would my parents be cool with that? Perhaps not, but it's my career not theirs. Would I have gotten legal or other professional advice if someone were offering me $750K - almost assuredly. But this endless mantra of "mom says" combined with the "he's only 15...20...25" just turns me off.
Apologies in advance to those who might say I came from a place of privilege vs. some of the kids playing sports. Guilty, I suppose. But I won't apologize for getting a degree and using it, and being responsible for my own life.
I don’t have a problem with getting the gf a spot on the women’s team if that can get a top player for the men- now if Shauna didn’t t have a spot I wouldn’t want her to have to crean somebody. maybe Kansas had a spot and we didn’t
It sounds like the money came down to 800k from us and Kansas was at 900k - so if Kansas was offering a spot for the gf we likely don’t get Storr anyway
Not being snarky, who are we saving the $ for since we missed on our 2 biggest targets. (I get MD and CoHawk possibilities) I like some names that are going to test draft, would love to see a couple names from that list suit up for the Beloved. Will BU wait to see who withdraws from the draft? Any internationals still on the radar?
The Sprouting Divot
Invisible and Bulletproof
- Miracle Mile
Excerpts from a piece about how Dan Hurley views the parents as a critical factor in roster construction.
When pressed on how he evaluates recruits' parents, Hurley said this:
"Have they played on seven different travel teams? Have they transferred to four or five different high schools? When you talk to the parents in the recruiting process, are they constantly complaining about the coaches after a bad game or are you having a conversation where their son has got to do more, got to play harder, he's got to work on his skills. They tell on themselves. They drop hints. You've got the wrong type of people around the inner circle of your players, they'll sink your program."
When pressed on how he evaluates recruits' parents, Hurley said this:
"Have they played on seven different travel teams? Have they transferred to four or five different high schools? When you talk to the parents in the recruiting process, are they constantly complaining about the coaches after a bad game or are you having a conversation where their son has got to do more, got to play harder, he's got to work on his skills. They tell on themselves. They drop hints. You've got the wrong type of people around the inner circle of your players, they'll sink your program."
Bigtex
- DFW
Not an Every Day Guy (unless we signed him)
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
That seems so obvious to me that I'm surprised anyone would see it as some sort of secret knowledge. The question is whether you can recruit sufficient talent from such a background or whether you have to compromise along the hot/crazy matrix to get ballers.
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