The is a sentiment by some posters that recruiting failures of the past were caused by lack of effort, spectrum, strategy, etc. None of it is true. You will not beat opponents with recruiting "strategy." . What differentiates good recruiters is their ability to close the deal with talented recruits, without leaving positional gaps (as opposed to supporting the positionless mantra, thinking or hoping that those gaps do not exist).
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (August 2018)
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The is a sentiment by some posters that recruiting failures of the past were caused by lack of effort, spectrum, strategy, etc. None of it is true. You will not beat opponents with recruiting "strategy." . What differentiates good recruiters is their ability to close the deal with talented recruits, without leaving positional gaps (as opposed to supporting the positionless mantra, thinking or hoping that those gaps do not exist).
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I woke up this morning feeling optimistic, so figured I'd share the positive vibezzz with the board. That is all.
skyIdub
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I woke up this morning feeling optimistic, so figured I'd share the positive vibezzz with the board. That is all.
We're in the final options for a lot of our big targets still. We're doing something right. Good vibes!
Joel Goodson
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Vibes unknown. Recruiting is a zero sum game. I'll get stoked when guys commit (to us, as if that needs stating).
The marketing seems to be doing well --lotta leads. Quick, send the staff to sales school!
Not necessarily. This seems to be where we were last class too. We brought in a bunch of big targets for official visits. But the only outcome was that we used up all our official visits.
sacraig
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In fairness, due to the peculiarities of last year's situation, we did bring in a lot of bigs but they were overwhelmingly of lower quality than the ones we have slated to visit this year. Still have to land them, but at least the floor seems to be higher so far.
Lower quality yet we still couldn't land him. The good news is that there are plenty of good bigs to go around this year. Last year's class had no depth at all at the PF or C positions. We have no excuse to not land a top big in 2019. If they fail this year, they'll continue to fail afterwards.
"Almost" only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
DudeIllini
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We had a rough beginning to the BU era on the court.
We had a rough beginning to recruiting 2019.
However, it’s just the beginning. We have a talented and experienced staff, just give it time.
We had a rough beginning to recruiting 2019.
However, it’s just the beginning. We have a talented and experienced staff, just give it time.
sacraig
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Of course, though I am still of the opinion that it is likely more difficult to land a lower-tiered kid like that than many of us might think. If you shoot too low, those players (and their family and coaches advising them) are going to assume that they will be recruited over pretty much immediately in the next cycle. So, while we might have been a certain player's "best" option in terms of the level of our program, we might not have been in terms of their future playing time.
Every program probably has a sweet spot for where recruits are easiest to land. Landing recruits outside of that range requires a great sales pitch. I think we were recruiting some kids that were below our sweet spot last year out of necessity. That doesn't mean they couldn't have turned into nice players, but it does mean they are likely to have a bit of skepticism about joining a program that historically lands recruits that are more highly-regarded than them.
"If you're not hearing 'No' a lot more than you're hearing 'Yes' you're recruiting the wrong players." Bill Self
So Samba, Georgi and Higgs aren't bigs who signed with us?
Vibezzz didn’t work for WakeI woke up this morning feeling optimistic, so figured I'd share the positive vibezzz with the board. That is all.
Hearing TSJ with an OV in September...
Who’s your source?
Okay, gotta ask, who is TSJ? I just checked the grid and I see no one with the initials TSJ. The closest is Terrence Shannon.
sacraig
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Terrence Shannon, Jr.
But yes, I don't see why we are all so enamored with using initials instead of names. It made sense with Coleman-Lands, because that was obnoxious to type out, but Shannon is pretty easy.
Joel Goodson
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Terrance Shannon, Junior, which is what he's going by now.
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