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- The desert
Resolution:
Our staff is disorganized, reactive, and overall, below average on the recruiting front.
I’m ready to hear arguments for the affirmative and the negative.
Pass.
Resolution:
Our staff is disorganized, reactive, and overall, below average on the recruiting front.
I’m ready to hear arguments for the affirmative and the negative.
I think we've backed off of Jitoboh. It sounds like neither will be on campus this weekend.
You mean Iowa?If you build it they will come, hopefully that works in Champaign and not just Hollywood.
Coach Walker was in Danville last Sunday for a JUCO tournament. Wabash Valley's Levi Cook is a 6'10" 280 lbs post player and former DePaul recruit that Illinois may have some interest .
Ridiculous. What does Chin have to do to prove himself at this point? His hiring is the biggest positive of the Underwood era this far and now we're listing it as a negative. He signed our top PG/best recruit in a decade plus, our top wing recruit, and our top big man recruit. Hes in on the seemingly only recruit we even have a chance with to sign on in November. He was a great hire. He needs a lot help from the other 2 though.Affirmative: Ayo (hiring a coach that ultimately yields only one highly ranked player, if that happens),
Resolution:
Our staff is disorganized, reactive, and overall, below average on the recruiting front.
I’m ready to hear arguments for the affirmative and the negative.
You mean Iowa?
Affirmative: Ayo (hiring a coach that ultimately yields only one highly ranked player, if that happens), Giorgi, (missing out on Flo Thamba, then scrambling and missing Valdir Manuel, only to full court press on his teammate and the last possible big man from the Patrick school), Mark Smith ( retaining Walker for a single player that didn't really fit and ultimately transferred just because he was Mr. Bball),
Andres Feliz (digging into juco after missing on Ramey), DeLaRosa (plan Z transfer).
Negative: Alan Griffin (possible diamond in the rough that staff got in on before Syracuse, others could show enough interest)
Possible either way: Tevian Jones and Samba Kane (neither were the plan A recruits like Nolley and Castleton, but are possibly impressive gets, and if "back up plans," show some recruiting chops.)
Not saying that's how everything really happened just arguments someone could make.
There were nearly 50 college coaches in Danville on Sunday. I have seen nothing that indicates the Illini has "wiffed" on any of our current big targets. Coach Walker obviously there to scout. I do not know if he was targeting any particular recruit. I only mentioned Cook because he could be a good fit for a position in need. I have no idea if the Illini have any interest in Cook , but he was very impressive against JUCO opponents. Each season , there is an escalation in college basketball transfers. Coaches need to have a long list of recruits in their back pocket just in case.Very concerning. Big sign that we wiffed on all our Big targets. Scramble mode
Per his Instagram, Oscar Tshiebwe (@Oscartshiebw) will be committing on Sunday, October 21st. Tshiebwe has a final four of Baylor, Illinois, Kentucky & West Virginia.
https://twitter.com/Recru1t1ng_Guru/
Well considering he hasn't been to UK that seems like at least ok news. Likely UI or WVU
I thought he visited UK the weekend after his IL visit? Regardless, it will be a shock to everyone if he doesn't pick WVUWell considering he hasn't been to UK that seems like at least ok news. Likely UI or WVU
How about some Sammy Hunter...little EJ Liddell, a Little Draymond, and some Wes Unseld in there...now if he can get out of Canada and Jamaica...
Well considering he hasn't been to UK that seems like at least ok news. Likely UI or WVU
Ridiculous. What does Chin have to do to prove himself at this point? His hiring is the biggest positive of the Underwood era this far and now we're listing it as a negative. He signed our top PG/best recruit in a decade plus, our top wing recruit, and our top big man recruit. Hes in on the seemingly only recruit we even have a chance with to sign on in November. He was a great hire. He needs a lot help from the other 2 though.
Oct 21st Oscar commitment date
I think that is the wrong question. Kids get better, so saying a freshman needs to be an improvement over a senior isn't the total picture. We will be fine at wing, DW, TJ, KN...with another year of experience. Our real problem has been bigs, if we repeat last year and lose all of our bigs we will be in trouble. We need a combination of a few more bigs & getting this year's freshman bigs back so they can grow into the role.Next year we lose AJ and DeLaRosa and if we are to see improvement, the recruits must be better than the players we are losing by defensive position. My question is Shannon better than AJ? If not we are losing ground.