Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (October 2017)

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sacraig said:
I realize this is a bridge too far, but I really do feel like it might be premature to compare Groce's recruiting over 5 years to Underwood's recruiting over less than 1 year. We should probably stop doing it.
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Not just less than a year, a guy who has yet to coach one game.

It's pretty comical for anyone to judge the guy at this point, honestly
 
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skyIdub

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Someone please tell me the WBB team was at the game to distract Ayo from the dumpster fire?:confused:
 
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PJD86 said:
Not just less than a year, a guy who has yet to coach one game.

It's pretty comical for anyone to judge the guy at this point, honestly
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Well, this is in fact the recruiting thread. As such.......

While admittedly a tiny bit premature, I'd say it's still fair to compare their respective Year 1 recruiting classes --- once we hit mid-November, 2017.
 
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DonIllini said:
Groce was a great recruiter just had bad luck closing. He gets one of those top PG prospects just once he still has a job here. But with that being said I love Brad Underwood and the new staff!!! Wrap up AYO and we back.
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Groce was not a great recruiter. To be a great recruiter you must be able to close. He could not.

As to him being here if he actually could close a pg, jmo but I'd say unlikely. Guy was not a very good coach, regardless of talent.
 
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The problem with Groce was his staff just couldn't develop any talent. They never got the most out of the majority of his players.
 
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Andy Kaufman said:
That may not be a good thing given the totality of the article.
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The totality of the article stating that Brunson went to the last official visit and thats what made him choose villanova? I don't understand what you are getting at
 
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Ubermensch

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IlliniMed said:
The totality of the article stating that Brunson went to the last official visit and thats what made him choose villanova? I don't understand what you are getting at
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He didn't choose Illinois? :noidea:
 
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Ubermensch said:
He didn't choose Illinois? :noidea:
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And Illinois wasnt B's last visit.... Illinois is in this case. The totality of the article is backwards with Ayo on this visit. If you want to be a debby downer, at least do it right.
 
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Well if your a Wake forest fan and you follow AYO on Snapchat or Instagram you are probably not feeling to good about your chances!
 
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illini80

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If the retweet means anything at all, I would think it means he's not going to make an decision based on the feel good emotions of the moment.

What WE need is a quick commit so we can go after THT or someone else to go with him. This empty class looks worse everyday.
 
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Dvick217 said:
Well if your a Wake forest fan and you follow AYO on Snapchat or Instagram you are probably not feeling to good about your chances!
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And if you are an Illinois fan who does NOT follow Ayo on snapchat or insta, why do you say this?
 
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Was anyone here ever a teenager? He probably retweeted it because has a picture of him and talks about him and was being shared by people in his network.

Does anyone really think he sat down while on his super busy OV today and read through/analyzed that entire thing?
 
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Ubermensch

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Because I am the eternal optimist, I am holding out hope for Ayo+THT. I will continue to hope for that until it is no longer a possibility.

These two guys have always been 1a and 1b (interchangeable) in my book. Make that happen and I literally will not care who UI missed on.
 
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