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Great Story, I've never heard this one. I guess Wisconsin really dodged a bullet.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (October 2017)
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Great Story, I've never heard this one. I guess Wisconsin really dodged a bullet.
When the first Illini BB game you saw had Manny Jackson on the team, you've seen alot.
As bad as the Knight situation at Wisconsin was, six months later, they passed on Bo Schembeckler to hire a coach no one remembers.
I don't think Wisconsin dodged a bullet, I think they took it right between the eyes.
As bad as the Knight situation at Wisconsin was, six months later, they passed on Bo Schembeckler to hire a coach no one remembers.
I don't think Wisconsin dodged a bullet, I think they took it right between the eyes.
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Haha, wow. I've never heard that story.
Granted, IU had history even before Bob Knight, and they always had a higher ceiling than Wisconsin. But in a sense, that leaker cost Wisconsin 3 national championships (not literally, but you get the point).
And yes, this administration is much tighter lipped than the prior one, and I'm perfectly fine with that.
I myself kind of like it that they don't let much slip. I do wonder if they pushed the #25 with THT, one would think it would be a lot easyer to use that with Deon mainly still be vocal and well seen
For those wondering about any bad blood between Ayo and THT, I think this should put your mind at ease a little bit.
https://twitter.com/jakeweingarten/status/922183244661121025
https://twitter.com/jakeweingarten/status/922183244661121025
As a certain mayor of Chicago once said "a fish wouldn't get caught if it kept it's mouth shut".
Let us embrace the silence
Let us embrace the silence
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Dodged a chair
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Yeah, it's probably overblown. That said, it's no secret that these kids retweet or give shout-outs to those who tweet positive things about them. Doesn't mean he's endorsing the guy's "THT + Ayo?" suggestion.
We'll see. I feel better about THT than I did a month ago, but I'd still bet on the field against us.
not real sure what you are reading into there, but hey if it makes you think there is no bad blood I am all for it. I do not think there has ever been bad blood between Ayo and THT, the bad blood is between adults around them
Alstork.
Sorry, wasn't paying attention to the no tossups.
Anyhow, after this weekend it will be a tossup, at worst.
Im not sure we were picked to get Smith
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Well, Illinois was widely considered the favorite before Groce got fired. Then UK and MSU got into the race -- right around the time Groce was fired -- and everybody assumed Illinois was out.
But about a week before he announced, the word was that he was heavily favoring Illinois. I seem to recall pretty much everybody knowing that he was coming to Illinois about 2-3 days before his announcement.
JCL was probably the best example of getting a kid that in the months leading up to his commitment he wasn't expected to go to Illinois.
Regarding the Knight and Wisconsin leaks, didn't we have a similar situation with Guenther and Sampson? Rumors were he was ready to hire him until word leaked he they were meeting.
I'd say WE dodged a bullet there
I'd say WE dodged a bullet there
Guenther rented a room in a hotel in O.C. under his own name and within 3 minutes of getting in the room the phone rang. Assuming, correctly, that it was the press he didn't answer but told Samson they would try to reconnect later.
Fortunately they didn't.
Our present AD has more clandestine skills in his little finger than most AD have in their whole body.
Fortunately they didn't.
Our present AD has more clandestine skills in his little finger than most AD have in their whole body.
This here is what was needed to show Talen he was wanted here. Not as much as the coaches, but the students he would be playing for. Thanks for all that showed for the work out. It might be the difference.
He's been pretty quiet about his preference, and staff won't say a word. Hope we get a verbal before signing day, which is right around the corner.
Yes of course, that's common knowledge! The question was pertaining to the reason that we stopped recruiting him weeks prior to that. Never stop recruiting a position of need until you're told no. We weren't told no, we stopped recruiting him. You never know how it will play out. I'm aware of the fact that we weren't going to offer his teammate.
It's VERY bizarre that a player would lower himself because of a package deal to a school the level of UCSB over a Pac12 & Big10 offer. Typically, the package deal brings the lower level recruit up to the Power 5 school, not the other way around. But who knows what some recruits prioritize.
Exactly, he has done this without coaching a game, which is Underwood's best attribute IMO.
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If this is referring to Sow, don't think we had shot at him anyway. Might have been the friend, or academic issue, myself I believe he was staying home. The kid is from California, why did he want to go to Midwest? At the time, think we were still heavy on CC. Which I think ended up better for us anyway. CC will transfer to Florida the first chance he can.
We will get a big, the one we want , all takes time.
My THT player comp: Bonzi Wells
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THT left the MIF, presumably because he was miffed at being second banana. Which he clearly was. But respect involves lots of variables and whose to say he wasn't dissed? Anyway, he bolted and that's when things got bad. The Irvins acted like little kids and thoroughly trashed THT. Pretty shameful, IMO.
Highly, highly doubt THT has a beef with Ayo. He's also abundantly aware that the Irvins aren't running the Illinois hoops program.
Don't know if we'll land THT, but I definitely think we've given him a lot of food for thought.
Prospects certainly retweet things they are mentioned in, but these prospects are constantly mentioned so I do think there is some selection in what they choose to retweet. I don’t think he would retweet something he didn’t like. Again, I’m not saying there was ever beef or that tweets are reliable indicator of interest.
I’m not personally reading much into it, but there are some that do and some who have floated around the idea that Ayo and THT didn’t get along.
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