Recent content by USandA89

Has there even been a wedding yet?

Offering scholarships is fluid

But he didn't want to go to Iowa. He wanted to come here and play....

Hard to play the "stay home" "our state" card when this is how an instate recruit is treated.

Well said!

We better not miss on rumor or innuendo because we are chasing news

Are news growth plates still open?

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@WCIA3Bret Heading to Edwardsville for Mark Smith's ceremony at 6p, you can watch it LIVE on our website, http://www.illinoishomepage.net Any MI affiliates making the trip? LOL

This is very fair and I don't disagree with this premise. But we've missed on these types because we don't win. We've also missed on the diamonds in the rough because we've been begging these 5 stars to come. We are missing on both sets of players! There has to be a better way to target...

And how much of that rests at the feet of the previous staffs who bought into winning the recruiting trail rather than trying to win on the court? Losing recruits doesn't mean we can't set screens, run an offense, guard our asses off etc etc etc. Almost as if there is a ready-made excuse...

Obelix - I don't think that's the case Kentucky vs Wisky I also think Kentucky is the exception to the rule re 5 star recruiting as they're the only ones currently stacking them up and moving them out at their current rate. Going after 5 stars and missing them, combined with below average...

No, I'm not saying that individual recruits are swayed by this at all. I do think that IL fans come off more concerned with being able to say "we got # so and so recruit" or "we took this guy from KU, MSU etc etc." All the while the Wisky, Butler, etc type schools do what they do, which is...

What I think S and C was referring to was we as IL fans come across more concerned with recruiting wins and losses than on the court wins and losses. That is a bad look, some call it "too thirsty". Personally I'd like to see buttoning up the winning part first. The recruitment wins will come...

Mea Culpa I stand corrected, Im the on who used "desperate" to describe to the Lovie hiring. Another poster mentioned outside the box, that is much better phrasing. I apologize. My train of thought was the program was desperate for positivity and JW had to go outside the box in regards to...