Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (April 2017)

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aluma said:
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.
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Agreed.
 
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FeelYourPaign

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Second and Chalmers said:
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.
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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?
 
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Second and Chalmers said:
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.
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Fair point. I don't think anybody would say Trent's recruitment was a bad thing and he was pro-Illini the entire way.


I think the original point may be geared more towards recruitments that mislead certain schools, a la Elijah Thomas.
 
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Larken24

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This whole mark smith thing, I did not see this coming at all. If we pull it off and land him, that will say a lot about Underwood and the staff to come in and land him so quickly
 
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FeelYourPaign said:
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?
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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.
 
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Second and Chalmers said:
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.
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Fair enough.
But, I am saying that for me, the idea that a recruit keeps it quiet and "professional" is a sign of good tactics by the recruit. That is said with my very limited knowledge of the landscape, of course. I'm sure that you are right, that the involved players have a much more insightful and informed perspective of each recruit's leanings.
 
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Going out to search mode lol
 

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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:
 
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jcgoldie said:
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:
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Ugh of course. More clicks.
 
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ballislife17

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aluma said:
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.
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I feel like everyone saying this is still hurt about Tilmon.

Trent Frazier clearly loves the attention and none of our fan base thought he lacked class or character.


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mattcoldagelli said:
Be more awesome than Trent. You can't.
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FeelYourPaign said:
Saying that he misled people (he certainly misled the Illini fan base) is not saying that he did anything wrong.
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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.
 
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Second and Chalmers said:
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.
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Agreed, I would say more forum posters lack perspective than I would say recruits lack class and character.


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mattcoldagelli said:
Be more awesome than Trent. You can't.
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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
 
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I was just thinking how Te'Jon, Frazier, and Smith would look together. It may look a lot like Dee, Deron, and Luther, although anything close to their level would be a huge win.
 
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mattcoldagelli

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Second and Chalmers said:
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.
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Well, yeah, but I'm also pretty firmly on Team Kids Should be Kids and Do What They Want and We Are Mostly Loser Dorks.
 
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