Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (October 2017)

[Orange]

Everyone stay calm. EVERYONE STAY @#$%@#%^ CALM!!!@!

 

[coryfor3]

To be fair, Simeon has kind of done the same thing. Sure they send us their good players, but they never send us their elite players. We get the 40 and 50s players but never 5 stars. Ie Tate but not Parker.

Maybe Nunn and not Parker is a better example. Tate was, um, well...Tate.

 

[TownieMatt]

Wow, there must be some super fragile adult male ego's behind all this.
Sensitive.

Bingo.

Pathetic.

 

[sacraig]

And here's something to keep in mind.

The Irvins gladly advocated for Illinois in Ayo's case. But notice that Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, etc. weren't involved.

Do you really think the Irvins are going to be loyal in pushing elite MIF kids to Illinois when they have the option of going to KU, Kentucky, or Duke?

We are lying to ourselves if we think this deal with the Irvins will automatically get us the best of the MIF.

This could have been one of two ways: Irvins pushed UI because the big dogs weren't involved, or else the big dogs weren't involved because it was always going to be UI. I don't know which happened.

What I do know is that the Irvins will push Wake Forest for the next Ayo if you opening dump on them in this instance. We may not get all their burger boys, but we likely aren't getting any of them under this coaching staff if we openly give them the finger.

...and they coach a lot of burger boys.

 

[ChiefIllini]

Wow, there must be some super fragile adult male ego's behind all this.
Sensitive.

A lot of those in power typically have such complexes. Sucks when grown men's arguments affect teenagers this much.

 

[CARPET]

It's over with THT. The whole thing makes me sick

 

[Johnny Lawrence]

What if it is the MIF camp, and not Ayo's family?

What if it is Ayo's family, and not the MIF camp?

 

[FollowTisdale]

Maybe Nunn and not Parker is a better example. Tate was, um, well...Tate.

To be fair, if I had any stake in Parker's future back then I probably would have told him to go play for Coach K and not coach Cliche too.

 

[jjh22003]

Everyone is freaking out and all we have is rumors.

 

[BMo79]

What if it is the MIF camp, and not Ayo's family?

Yeah no one is thinking about that, was THT side that had him leave the FIRE, could be them saying he will come but AYO needs to go . Might just wait and see what happens tonight.

 

[aluma]

7 Iowa State crystal balls in a row for THT

 

[sacraig]

what... are you saying we can't have our cake AND eat it too??

Maybe we could if we were Kentucky. For now, we need to build relationships and maybe after a decade of winning we will be in a better position to dictate terms.

 

[IndyILL]

This could have been one of two ways: Irvins pushed UI because the big dogs weren't involved, or else the big dogs weren't involved because it was always going to be UI. I don't know which happened.

What I do know is that the Irvins will push Wake Forest for the next Ayo if you opening dump on them in this instance. We may not get all their burger boys, but we likely aren't getting any of them under this coaching staff if we openly give them the finger.

...and they coach a lot of burger boys.

appears as if we have made our bed and now...

 

[aluma]

Everyone is freaking out and all we have is rumors.

Rumors and A TON of smoke

 

[Bailey]

A lot of those in power typically have such complexes. Sucks when grown men's arguments affect teenagers this much.

The shelf life of this sentiment is approximately from now until the wave of grown men tweeting disapproval at THT following his decision.

 

[sacraig]

appears as if we have made our bed and now...

Yeah, I just hope the bed turns out to be like a TempurPedic or something and not something from a rummage sale. Time will tell.

If it all went down like the rumors suggest, I think we took the least bad route here.

 

[skyIdub]

Whoa, now 3 foggy balls.

 

[IndyILL]

Yeah, I just hope the bed turns out to be like a TempurPedic or something and not something from a rummage sale. Time will tell.

If it all went down like the rumors suggest, I think we took the least bad route here.

yep... I agree. This is how it works in the world of College BB now. Still feels a bit slimy though

 

[TCTORNADO]

I wonder if Ayo will switch jerseys from #11 to #25??

 

[skyIdub]

With the foggy crystal balls, something tells me there is some serious brokering going on right now. Phones blowing up.

 

[sacraig]

yep... I agree. This is how it works in the world of College BB now. Still feels a bit slimy though

I am sure the blue blood programs have to make decisions like this more often than we realize. The difference is that every one of their recruits has 5 stars, so rather than making their whole bed with the one decision, it's more like choosing one sham pillow.

 

[SescIllini]

Bottom line we need Ayo more than THT if the rumors are true. Ayo also committed first.

 

[IndyILL]

I am sure the blue blood programs have to make decisions like this more often than we realize. The difference is that every one of their recruits has 5 stars, so rather than making their whole bed with the one decision, it's more like choosing one sham pillow.

or a dust ruffle

 

[redwingillini11]

Bottom line we need Ayo more than THT if the rumors are true. Ayo also committed first.

He did commit first, but that doesn't mean his people can control our roster.

 

[illiniCA]

Not sure what’s going on but my only issues is not working this out before a visit


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