The recruit Jakarta seems like a player that would be Wisc type player and burden us for 4 years. Hope signs with the Illini.
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I think we're a long way from settled on this.
I think an added factor here is that coaches are going to realize the rent a player method may not work so well. Incomplete results on this of course. KState did great with this. Others, not so well.
I'd prefer Bali
Tevo
- Wilmette, IL
I don't care if your name is Jakarta or Bali, as long as Jamaica baskets.
I'll see myself out.
No idea if it’s true but they lost any credibility they had when they decided to just troll the fanbase
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
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Nothing that can't be worked out by season time...if there is anything....
Well played sir/ma'am/x, well played
Why can't our fan base handle any differing opinions or jokes its pathetic
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
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foby
- Bonnaroo Land
uofi7477
- Silver & Gold Vandals
You caused me too many long nights of Flashbacks Pru!
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
Can I have Samoa?
Oman, I'm getting Hungary just thinking about it!
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
But Hawaii would you want to?
I stand by my comments … I have now seen him live … Since apparently seeing him live vs taking HM coaches who get paid to evaluate word for it isn’t good enough …
If Brad takes him … He’s gonna redshirt the first year and then play a Lieb type of role … I’ve got no problem with the kid … He’s a good kid to have in the program but the Hawkins 2.0 comments people are making … I don’t see it … At all …
And neither do any other P5 coaches I talk to … Hence why we are the only P5 offer …
If he wasn’t an in state kid … Would he even have an offer ?
Nothing against the kid but if he is starting or playing significant minutes for us … We’ll be competing with Minnesota for bottom of the Big Ten …
Obviously they have some connections with the program through their Field of 68 associations but I believe they were saying all offseason that Coleman and TJS were going to be staying in the draft while the Loyalty insiders were confident they would return from the start.
Not saying what they were implying is not a possibility, maybe our insiders can chime in there, but I don't think they are as tied in as they make it seem. Plus they love to kick the beehive that is the Illini fanbase for attention.
ILFaninFL
- Nature Coast in Florida
He isn't being recruited to see significant minutes. What Brad is doing is he knows the COVID year guys are about to end. That means you have to have a handful of guys that can potentially be developed, like Lieb. That guy at the end of your bench who is there to play the game he loves for the home state. He isn't playing to make the league he is there to get a world-class education. He is the guy that takes up the 12th or 13th roster spot and will be with you for four or five years.I stand by my comments … I have now seen him live … Since apparently seeing him live vs taking HM coaches who get paid to evaluate word for it isn’t good enough …
If Brad takes him … He’s gonna redshirt the first year and then play a Lieb type of role … I’ve got no problem with the kid … He’s a good kid to have in the program but the Hawkins 2.0 comments people are making … I don’t see it … At all …
And neither do any other P5 coaches I talk to … Hence why we are the only P5 offer …
If he wasn’t an in state kid … Would he even have an offer ?
Nothing against the kid but if he is starting or playing significant minutes for us … We’ll be competing with Minnesota for bottom of the Big Ten …
The other key is he is not a guy that is going to eat up your NIL money.
So if he turns into someone that can be relied on for a few minutes a game sometime down the road ... why not take him?
I think someone brought it up earlier, what's the smarter move for these kids like Jakstys in this day and age? Go to the biggest school that offers them and maybe sit on the end of the bench for 4 years with the least NIL on the teams? You have the chance of improving and become a rotational player for a big school, so there is opportunity to be better.
On the other hand, you could go to a mid-major, potentially get paid more, it's not like all mid-majors are flat broke, but more importantly get earlier opportunity to see the floor. Then of course we know if you play well at a mid-major, it's pretty easy to transfer up to a high major. And if that happens you will have many more suitors than you had coming out of high school.
There's always the educational component, not all kids are interested in getting every last penny. Maybe he comes from a wealthy family and education is far more of a draw than an extra $25k or so.
I think it's just a whole new world out there.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
DICKnaggie
- Champaign
Fwiw, there was another pod with maybe Bossi or another "expert" who somewhat contradicted this take, saying Jakstys was underrated.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
I think the argument both Indy and Henricksen make that Jakstys doesn't have any other high-major offer is a compelling one. It does seem to typically be the case that once a kid gets one high-major offer, others come rolling in. That it hasn't happened here is interesting.
Well Giorgi Bezhanishvili had only 5 offers according to 247. Only other power 5 was the Gophers. BU saw something in him so if it us a commitable offer in BU, in I trust.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
And then there's Lieb and Hamlin. Love Brad more than most on this board. I have no idea what the right call is with Jakstys. All I know is, for now, we seem to be higher than everyone else on him.
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