Yeah but who knows what constitutes "reaching out?" I can tell you that I wouldn't want to go to a school that I had to recruit. If they don't figure out for themselves that you are a player they want and you have to sell yourself or convince the coach, you've got an uphill battle for playing time, etc. Go where you're wanted.
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Yeah but who knows what constitutes "reaching out?" I can tell you that I wouldn't want to go to a school that I had to recruit. If they don't figure out for themselves that you are a player they want and you have to sell yourself or convince the coach, you've got an uphill battle for playing time, etc. Go where you're wanted.
That's why it seems very odd that there isn't even a general reference to any kind of source. It would be simple to include and seems like pretty basic writing.
sacraig
- The desert
Nice! What kind of car?
TownieMatt
CU Expat
- Chicago
Tate article doesn't strike me as anything more than speculation WRT Tilmon. I think Loren's been reading too many Loyalty posts 
Peoria Illini
- Peoria, IL
Snuck into the bakery over in Edwardsville last night and got a pic of the cake...
Woot woot!
Goldie, can you sneak back in and take a pic with today's paper next to it... LOL
BirdDog9048
The Chief Lives
- Chicago, IL
Would it really make any difference if he said "A source tells me... " ? :huh:
Trent seems confident about his "Brodie" Mark Smith's decision on twitter this morning.
If you really loved him you would have replaced it with a cake from Trefzger's in Peoria Heights.
I wonder if Hondo, the writer from Michigan State, will stop in for some cake. He's the dude who interviewed the Smith family. The Sparty fans seem to dislike him.
http://michiganstate.247sports.com/Board/Michigan-State-Spartans-Message-Board-Forum-93
I don't understand the point of Tate releasing that article or why his editors decided to run it. Not only is it super lazy, it benefits no one, cites no sources, makes assumptions based on what information exactly and is truly tactless. I've followed recruiting for a while but don't live in Champaign area so I haven't seen much his writing but maybe it's time to hang em up Loren..
Newspapers with daily circulation of 22,000, do desperate things.
Times are changing. We need to start being more confident in our leadership, but I understand what you're saying.
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Bahhahaha that Hondo thread is pure gold and exhibit A against S&C's thesis that Illini fans somehow have the market cornered on recruiting neuroses... they think that Hondo clown cost them Mark Smith!
Peoria Illini
- Peoria, IL
Hondo's a big dude, if Mark Smith is 6'5".
Exactly what I was thinking. We need some bigs, hopefully he has a couple years of eligibility left.
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Not to mention strangely shaped.
gecIllini
- Colorado
Bahhahaha that Hondo thread is pure gold and exhibit A against S&C's thesis that Illini fans somehow have the market cornered on recruiting neuroses... they think that Hondo clown cost them Mark Smith!
Sparty board poster
"Hondo looks like a guy who goes to a porno convention"
LMFAO
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