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<blockquote data-quote="nichi" data-source="post: 1401519" data-attributes="member: 2156"><p>Other than Clyde Turner, those were whiffs, not mistakes. I am sure whoever was HC at the time tried to recruit the others. We went to wire on Jim Brewer (1969 Minnesota) and Evan Turner (2007 tOSU), and had been favorites at one point. Had no shot at Isiah Thomas (1979 IU) or Glen Grunwald (1976 IU). </p><p></p><p>Clyde Turner (1969) and Rickey Green (1973) were non-qualifiers and attended Junior College before winding up at Minnesota and Michigan respectively. </p><p></p><p>A lot of the names mentioned in the thread were guys we recruited, but just did not get. Mistakes I think Henson made included not offering Hersey Hawkins. On Brian Cardinal, I recall he left that up to him and his dad, but I might be remembering. Also Henson made mistakes taking a few guys imo he should not have taken for various reasons. </p><p></p><p>Weber and Groce seemed to have had a lot of problems with evaluations, as did the paid evaluators. I dunno that they cudda got all these guys, but I pretty sure they did not ask any of them to come here. </p><p></p><p><strong>Rank is Rivals 150:</strong> Jacob Pullen 2007 NR, Robbie Hummel 2007 75, Fred Van Vleet 2012 138 </p><p></p><p><strong>Rank is 247 composite:</strong> Alec Peters 2013 251, Ethan Happ 2014 152, Sean O'Mara 2014 156, Jevon Carter 2014 299, Admiral Schofield 2015 251, Evan Boudreaux 2015 264, Zach Norvell 2016 103, Cameron Krutwig 2017 348. </p><p></p><p>Weber also made a mistake trying to hang onto EJ Gordon once it was clear the kid's heart was with IU.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nichi, post: 1401519, member: 2156"] Other than Clyde Turner, those were whiffs, not mistakes. I am sure whoever was HC at the time tried to recruit the others. We went to wire on Jim Brewer (1969 Minnesota) and Evan Turner (2007 tOSU), and had been favorites at one point. Had no shot at Isiah Thomas (1979 IU) or Glen Grunwald (1976 IU). Clyde Turner (1969) and Rickey Green (1973) were non-qualifiers and attended Junior College before winding up at Minnesota and Michigan respectively. A lot of the names mentioned in the thread were guys we recruited, but just did not get. Mistakes I think Henson made included not offering Hersey Hawkins. On Brian Cardinal, I recall he left that up to him and his dad, but I might be remembering. Also Henson made mistakes taking a few guys imo he should not have taken for various reasons. Weber and Groce seemed to have had a lot of problems with evaluations, as did the paid evaluators. I dunno that they cudda got all these guys, but I pretty sure they did not ask any of them to come here. [B]Rank is Rivals 150:[/B] Jacob Pullen 2007 NR, Robbie Hummel 2007 75, Fred Van Vleet 2012 138 [B]Rank is 247 composite:[/B] Alec Peters 2013 251, Ethan Happ 2014 152, Sean O'Mara 2014 156, Jevon Carter 2014 299, Admiral Schofield 2015 251, Evan Boudreaux 2015 264, Zach Norvell 2016 103, Cameron Krutwig 2017 348. Weber also made a mistake trying to hang onto EJ Gordon once it was clear the kid's heart was with IU. [/QUOTE]
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