I think the way I take it is that the kid didn't try and draw attention, didn't lead any school on, and simply went through the recruiting process with class and character.
Agreed.
I think the way I take it is that the kid didn't try and draw attention, didn't lead any school on, and simply went through the recruiting process with class and character.
I never understand this idea that the goal of having one of your kids being recruiting to play major college sports is keeping any indication of their preferences away from the internet.
Handling it well is putting the kid in a positive position to develop on and off the floor. Having a high school coach going around blabbing to pay site reporters that some school is the favorite doesn't enter into that at all.
I never understand this idea that the goal of having one of your kids being recruiting to play major college sports is keeping any indication of their preferences away from the internet.
Handling it well is putting the kid in a positive position to develop on and off the floor. Having a high school coach going around blabbing to pay site reporters that some school is the favorite doesn't enter into that at all.
I think the sentiment would be that if no one knows who your favorite is, then every college that might recruit you is likely to recruit you. And with that, you get your best chance to identify your best opportunity. I don't understand why any recruit gives away their hand. Why play poker with more up cards than the other guys?
I think the original point may be geared more towards recruitments that mislead certain schools, a la Elijah Thomas.
I think in general we fail to appreciate that the world occupied by coaches, recruits and their families is very often totally, radically different than the world occupied by recruiting reporters, message board posters, and twitter people.
I wouldn't correlate the two.
Elijah Thomas did absolutely nothing wrong.
Be more awesome than Trent. You can't.
I guess this has been covered haven't caught up on the thread or maybe no-one cares, but Jerry Meyer has now switched his crystal balls to Illini. :thumb:
I guess this has been covered haven't caught up on the thread or maybe no-one cares, but Jerry Meyer has now switched his crystal balls to Illini. :thumb:
I think the way I take it is that the kid didn't try and draw attention, didn't lead any school on, and simply went through the recruiting process with class and character.
Be more awesome than Trent. You can't.
Saying that he misled people (he certainly misled the Illini fan base) is not saying that he did anything wrong.
Not to pick on either of you, but here's an example of teenagers courting attention on Twitter (which speaks to a certain set of personality traits, though I'd stop well short of "character") being treated radically 180 degrees differently based on a bunch of middle-aged fart keyboard jockeys perception of what those tweets mean for their favorite sports team.
That says more about our character than that of the kids, frankly.
Scroll down that kids twitter feed and its an Illini billboard. I'll hold off on all comps. of skill and success in college, but his love for the Illini and ability to promote it will make him Dee 2.0Be more awesome than Trent. You can't.
Scroll down that kids twitter feed and its an Illini billboard. I'll hold off on all comps. of skill and success in college, but his love for the Illini and ability to promote it will make him Dee 2.0
Not to pick on either of you, but here's an example of teenagers courting attention on Twitter (which speaks to a certain set of personality traits, though I'd stop well short of "character") being treated radically 180 degrees differently based on a bunch of middle-aged fart keyboard jockeys perception of what those tweets mean for their favorite sports team.
That says more about our character than that of the kids, frankly.