Joel Goodson
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Hope to have some details and info later tonight. Will share what I can
Roger that. Much appreciated.
Hope to have some details and info later tonight. Will share what I can
As anyone could tell you who's ever taken a girl on a date and made her pay for her own dinner... this is completely overrated :huh:
I would like to see at least one crystal ball to Illinois for Okoro. Of course I take those with a huge grain of salt, but I like to see at least one before getting my hopes up.
Hey, if you make her pay and she still commits to you, you know she's a keeper!
Hope to have some details and info later tonight. Will share what I can
Please make it after dark, the info tends to be more positive then.
Please make it after dark, the info tends to be more positive then.
My bedtime is about 9:30, more likely to me early morning wake up!!
If I see no CBs for Illinois, then I'll know he's not coming, but if I see some or a lot, then I'll remember that CBs mean nothing!
Guaranteed that once an OV opens up, if Okoro is still available or even has already committed to Illinois, he'll get an OV. Alan took his OV after already committing.
This is how you work IL up.opcorn:Hope to have some details and info later tonight. Will share what I can
Okoro wants the education....would he rather have Purdue or Illinois on that paper?
Computer Science!
https://purdue.rivals.com/news/purdue-target-francis-okoro-has-plans-beyond-basketball
Okoro wants the education....would he rather have Purdue or Illinois on that paper?
Computer Science!
https://purdue.rivals.com/news/purdue-target-francis-okoro-has-plans-beyond-basketball
I'm not as concerned with pulling in big name recruits with this regime and as I was in the past.
Underwood seems to have types of players that he is looking for, i.e. a rim runner, athletic wing, shooter, etc. And I think he goes after players that fit those types, and it's pretty much first come/first serve by type. I'm sure he has preferences, but I don't think he gets caught up in whether a player is rated # 60 vs. 150 vs. 220, etc.
You could argue some of the commitments seem like reaches, desperation, etc. but I think it shows he has confidence in his system will work so long as he has the pieces to run it properly, and that he can beat you if is system is working.
That being said, I really hope we land Okoro. In the short term, I think he is far more likely to make an immediate impact than our current commits, and with him I think we are a tournament team next year. But again, I am just speaking in terms of likelihood. Who's to say Samba couldn't pull a Trent Frazier and leapfrog Okoro next year, even assuming we do get him?
I am excited to see how the system works with all of these new pieces. Go Illini!
We have a group of guys who have a range of talent, BU has said ranks don't matter, but I do believe that evaluation does. Griff , Bez and Samba have low ranks, so we are led to think they will not be as good as higher ranked players. With proper training and conditioning, a solid coach will get the most out of the players. This is where "culture" takes over. You can teach a player plays, but a group of players that have a desire to win, will have the team goal of winning, part of their nature. This I think is the one thing BU has required, guys that are winners . Time will tell, but this is his group, let' see what he does with system and culture.While I think it's fine to "recruit to a system" - history shows that the higher rated the talent (generally speaking) the better the player. There are some 5* flame outs - and there are some 2* studs - but in general - the more talented (higher ranked) players perform better.
We have a 5* - a borderline 4* - and couple/few 3*'s and some unrated - i think that's an ok balance for the class we brought in. If we have a 3 man class - i'm with a high 4*, a solid 3*, and a project.
I just want to make sure that we aren't being complacent and think that we can take project after project just because underwood recruits to his system, not the player rankings
Go Illini
Syracuse had like 10 CBs on Golden.
Other than free transportation and meals, is there anything else that happens on an OV that would be different?
Coach and staff can watch open gym during an UV while at an OV they can't be present.
Hope to have some details and info later tonight. Will share what I can
Well, the premise that "a solid coach will get the most out of the players," obviously did not work with Mark Smith, Vesel, and Alstork, with the same solid coach.
I am less of a believer that we'll somehow outsystem and outsmart some of the other excellent coaches in the B1G and nationwide, or that we somehow have some magical powers to find the diamonds in the rough at much higher rate.
Frazier was not recruited and signed by BU, but did great, whereas the aforementioned players ended up mediocre at best. Deron, Dee, Augie, Powell and Luther did fine under Weber as well, despite not recruited/signed by him either. So good players, independent of rankings, will likely do well under many systems, although there is indeed a correlation with rankings, so we do need the Okoro's, the Liddell's, and Miller's of the world to become consistent contenders. Let's start with one of them... :thumb:
Why not Ubbeville!!
So is your positive hint that we will get Okoro?Lighten up Francis, we are talking recruiting moving forward, and getting one of them, specifically Okoro, Liddell, and Miller. You can't even recognize a positive hint even if it hits you in your behind.