frozenrope9190
- Aurora, IL
Ahhh.... the irony that Flagler went undrafted. Could have saved a lot of headache and 10,000 posts if he went back to Baylor.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
My hopes for these likely two open scholarships are rock bottom low.
Positionless basketball guys get on board. They should remove this 'PG' positions and we'd be fine.
All the recruiting momentum we had last year at this time when we looked like big boys in the nil game is just gone.
turnaround3
- 1st & Daniel
I'd genuinely love to know what BU's rationale would be for not wanting a dude like Kriisa, given our situation. Like what's the argument against it, exactly?
"We're content with Ty" doesn't hold water because if that were the case you wouldn't have pursued Williams."
"No room" doesn't hold water because of the now very open Williams slot.
"Can't afford him" doesn't hold water because of the RayJ money we all know to still be available.
Where's the bucket here?
"We're content with Ty" doesn't hold water because if that were the case you wouldn't have pursued Williams."
"No room" doesn't hold water because of the now very open Williams slot.
"Can't afford him" doesn't hold water because of the RayJ money we all know to still be available.
Where's the bucket here?
DB11Headband
- Chicago Burbs
“Afraid of a Mayer redux”
Which is funny, because with no Mayer last year this wasn’t a tourney team.
I love Ty and if you look at my post history I have always said as much. But to carry the water for Brad about this narrative that Ty is our PG is a bit much especially when we don't have any legitimate PG options with college experience.
This is shaping up to be an off-season that causes major change for us. Imagine getting two nba level players back and being a bubble team.
sacraig
- The desert
Even if it works out without picking up a legitimate point gaurd, it was still the wrong move. Why risk it?
We’ll it was kind of a “gamble”.
We haven't considered that 1 and 3 are correlated. What if Brad won't move in Kriisa b/c Brad holds out hope for being hired to WVU? Huggy was making slightly less than Brad. There is probably money there....
I believe point gaurd is the most important position on any team. It all starts and stops with them. Without a solid one you can't play at the level needed to make it to the second weekend.
One could argue that he giveth a couple of games, he taketh away some others(NCAA Tournament, Big Ten Tournament, IU @ home, @ Purdue).
When he made shots, he played defense and he was very good.
When he hoisted shots, played hero ball, ran the shot clock out, which carried over to checking out on defense....he wasn't so good.
Add in the early season drama
Maybe BU is being more cautious with personality clashes? That seems to be the answer to all questions regarding some of his offers (or lack thereof.
Beggars can’t be choosers.
Zorak
- Naperville
Look, I still hate Mulcahy, but somebody's gotta bring the damn ball up
During the post RayJ recruitment, I keep remembering BU sitting on the bench during the halftime break. I didn't see it as a good move then, and now it just seems to indicate that he might have the tendency to bull up when things don't go his way. But, I still have confidence that he will do whatever it takes to be successful this year. After all, it's his job that he might be putting on the line. I don't like it that KK might go to Xavier rather than us. When Sean Miller wants someone, we just back off?
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