skyIdub
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (October 2017)
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Man. A week ago BU was the greatest coach of all time and, who knew, an amazing recruiter.
Now he's the guy who lost a scrimmage to Indiana State and ruined recruiting for the beloved.
What will next Thursday bring???
Actual games can't get here fast enough.
I am much less sure of that than you are. Time will tell. Underwood and company better win quick or this will be the thing they are remembered for.
To me it shows that we are pretty far down our list of recruits. They knew THT and Ayo were not going to play together awhile ago and we clearly went after several other guys at SF over THT As a result. Seems like they tried a Hail Mary after all the other recruits went elsewhere.
I just read the articles and drew conclusions. they were pretty consistent...we pulled the offer after red carpet weekend.
that doesnt burn me as much as we have assumed the role of MIF pawn.
These are neither mutually exclusive nor collectively exhaustive categories. Let's not suggest that we know more about the players and their intentions than we actually know.
They are both really good players who have enjoyed both team and individual success, and both will be attending good programs with an eye towards an NBA future. We are fortunate to have one of them committed to the U of I.
My allegince to the Illini has waned, but many faithful are missing a very interesting part of this equation. Orlando Antigua is currently on our staff and understands recruiting very well after serving under Squid. To think BU hasn't listened to his opinion is short-sighted.
ILLINIFAN2
- Des Moines, IA
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN.... Very unfortunate what happened to THT and how this was all handled, but it is what it is. I am tired of being mediocre in basketball and by all the complaining that is done on this forum, I know you are too. Our coaching staff has now pulled in back to back IL Mr. Basketballs and now more than likely have a gateway to the Mac Irvin Fire for years to come.
Breath people, as long as Ayo commits, talent will follow. Look at the influence they had over this entire situation, our university, and our coaches.
Breath people, as long as Ayo commits, talent will follow. Look at the influence they had over this entire situation, our university, and our coaches.
Most of us care, and feel bad about how things transpired. It's not like BU and staff had nefarious intentions in pursuing THT (he's a great player and would have been a welcome addition). Most people are rightfully upset that we put ourselves in this position and that the staff failed to clear up any areas of potential unease before the OV. They tried to get both even though they knew there would likely be pushback and did not gauge things correctly. A communication breakdown.
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No matter The Who, what, when, where, why, or how, Illinois ends up looking bad today, real bad imo. However it happened, we got put in a trick bag, at a time where we can't afford another ounce of negative press. Between the FBI banter, and in all honesty, a great one player class, but sub par overall class, this shouldn't happen!
Nonsense... that is not how recruiting works, it is a marathon not a sprint.
No kid will ever commit to Illinois ever again! Haven't you heard?
Adam Miller, Ej Liddel and Francis Okoro are all reclassifying to 2018 and signing in November
Thx MIF :thumb:
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Precisely What We Don't Need
http://herald-review.com/sports/ill...cle_56eab8f7-a202-5d9a-b423-c14b9ca1003a.html
http://herald-review.com/sports/ill...cle_56eab8f7-a202-5d9a-b423-c14b9ca1003a.html
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Well the lunatics are running the asylum as usual in Chicago. I hope todays recruiting events came with a guarantee that we will be getting Okoro and Whitney in '19 and Miller in '20. I hope this means UK and Snacks will never get another MIF player at midnight madness. Seriously, if MIF sends a 5*to UK,KU,NC, Dook or any other school we are going to look like chumps. Just because a snake looks fat and happy doesn't mean it won't bite you in 6 months, and that's what we have just let loose in our house.
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
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Yeah, everything has been fabricated to make Illinois look bad.
http://herald-review.com/sports/ill...cle_56eab8f7-a202-5d9a-b423-c14b9ca1003a.html
Or maybe there's a simpler explanation that doesn't involve a wide-ranging conspiracy.
ILLINIFAN2
- Des Moines, IA
At least we weren't the Bridesmaid this time that we are so accustomed with, can't remember a time when we turned away the #2 player in IL at the alter
illinifaninwi
- DeForest, Wisconsin
BU and staff made one hell of a public relations disaster for themselves. I’m very curious who completes this class. Time will tell.
There is plenty of good justification, if you don't understand the dynamics of the marketplace you are in, you have no business being in that marketplace.
skyIdub
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By most accounts today, we DID let this happen. Staff apparently knew it was one or the other.
I have no problem with having to make a choice. It sure seems like they tried to force the issue, with disasterous results potentially.
There have to be facets to this situation that are unavailable to the vast majority of us at this point.
There’s frankly no way the staff would have rolled out the red carpet for THT last weekend on the heels of the biggest commitment breakthrough in ages if they hadn’t felt the situation out thoroughly.
So that means something tangibly changed in the meantime, which, of course, has been discussed here previously. I don’t have any more information that anyone else here, but I’m a little loathe to blame this all on the Irvins and our staff at this point.
It seems to me that the staff did get put in an unexpected/untenable situation after having done their due diligence. It’s been bandied about in other places that the rift goes beyond the MIF split, and if true, would indicate a deeply personal family issue that’s not at all basketball or AAU power broker related.
So I guess I’d be a little cautious about publicly lambasting the staff, the Irvins, and the Dosunmos, because the big picture tells us that these folks are actually the ones that have demonstrably done things in the UI’s favor.
There’s frankly no way the staff would have rolled out the red carpet for THT last weekend on the heels of the biggest commitment breakthrough in ages if they hadn’t felt the situation out thoroughly.
So that means something tangibly changed in the meantime, which, of course, has been discussed here previously. I don’t have any more information that anyone else here, but I’m a little loathe to blame this all on the Irvins and our staff at this point.
It seems to me that the staff did get put in an unexpected/untenable situation after having done their due diligence. It’s been bandied about in other places that the rift goes beyond the MIF split, and if true, would indicate a deeply personal family issue that’s not at all basketball or AAU power broker related.
So I guess I’d be a little cautious about publicly lambasting the staff, the Irvins, and the Dosunmos, because the big picture tells us that these folks are actually the ones that have demonstrably done things in the UI’s favor.
and how do we know we wouldnt have gotten him anyway? He seems pro illini, would the irvins have told him he cant come here?
Doesn't this happen to some extent in job interviews and high schoolers applying to colleges every day?
sacraig
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