you are right....MIF tweets dont "need" to be reconciled, and we dont need to question THT's decision.
On side note,...I'm not a MIF AAU fan and surely don't think much of the cryptic tweets.
Talen Horton-Tucker commits to Iowa State
On side note,...I'm not a MIF AAU fan and surely don't think much of the cryptic tweets.
College football and badketball have been broken for years. IMO when the coaches are paid more than the University presidents, something's broken.
All parties involved have decided to take the high road and move on: THT and family, Ayo and family, MIF/coaches, Simeon/coaches, Illini/AD/coaches. Nobody is pointing fingers.
The only ones who have been left behind whining are some Illini fans on message boards and some local media covering the Illini, trying to assign blame to different parties.
Take a cue people... from all parties that were actually involved!
The only ones who have been left behind whining are some Illini fans on message boards and some local media covering the Illini, trying to assign blame to different parties.
Take a cue people... from all parties that were actually involved!
Well said!
Thank you.
Nothing would've changed for THT had we said Monday we had to pass, assuming that indeed happened. He had the same options either way.
More specifically they're way too wrapped up in finding fault and assigning blame.........it's the dark side, Luke.
University presidents and admin. in general are hugely overpaid as it is. Basketball pays for itself and then some for us. AAU, handlers, hangers-on and shoe companies are the problem, not coaches' salaries, imo.
Nailed this! Time to move on!
I've moved on
Ditto
Just saw this article posted by the Tribune (Shannon Ryan) titled "Irvin family denies it affected Illinois' recruitment of Talen Horton-Tucker".
The last 3 paragraphs caught my attention:
It will be interesting to see where this goes and if O'Brien (Sun Times) is forced to formally apologize.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-mac-irvin-fire-statement-spt-1029-20171028-story.html
The last 3 paragraphs caught my attention:
It will be interesting to see where this goes and if O'Brien (Sun Times) is forced to formally apologize.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-mac-irvin-fire-statement-spt-1029-20171028-story.html
Having moved on , looking for the next recruits, I can only wonder what exactly Talen meant after he left MIF. His tweets said that he and Ayo would probably not play on same team after high school. Looks like he knew all the time. That loyalty thing did come in to play.
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And just when things couldn't get any wackier - the Irvins and MIF are seeking legal counsel to potentially sue the Suntimes and Defender for the articles regarding THT. Sorry don't know how to post the link to story, but it puts us squarely in the middle of this mess again. Please just let it stop.
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I don't really see how this is bad for us. We aren't being sued and it is specifically calling out the outlet with the most damning story.
think we were all ready to move on...now MIF may drag this out. Potentially forcing affidavits from "camp" including family members on their discussions with illini coaching staff.Everyone takes the high road except O'Brien and Tupper. And our innocent and classy boy THT retweets the other O'Brien article on his commitment (which said THT "takes the high road") where people can see and click the link into another report
I personally believe that we didn't pull the offer, and am believing now that MIF didn't do much except maybe warn our staff of the family feud.
all that said, If a coach says to a family " if you pick us, we may lose our #1 recruit and please think about that" (speculation, but conceivable)....I can see how that could deliver the result we got on Thursday.
Hope the law suit discussion dies. I dont see any good to come out, except some lawyers able to book hours and get paid.
Underwood sure does have your attention
He isn't green to any of this. Absolutely comical to think otherwise. There was no mistake made by this staff. It may be year 1 at Illinois, but people shouldn't forget it'll be BU's 12th year coaching high level ball in the state, and year 22 in the Midwest. He's Seen. It. All...He knows so much more about it than you or me. He witnessed all garbage. He also saw Billy boy do his thing.
Somehow, if Brad didn't do any of his Chicago homework, Chin was there to consult just in case. Winning still transcends all of this.
He isn't green to any of this. Absolutely comical to think otherwise. There was no mistake made by this staff. It may be year 1 at Illinois, but people shouldn't forget it'll be BU's 12th year coaching high level ball in the state, and year 22 in the Midwest. He's Seen. It. All...He knows so much more about it than you or me. He witnessed all garbage. He also saw Billy boy do his thing.
Somehow, if Brad didn't do any of his Chicago homework, Chin was there to consult just in case. Winning still transcends all of this.
My guess is that this article will be both the first and last media mention of the Irvins suing the SunTimes.
But but, it's Halloween season, aren't you supposed to feed to the trolls at least for a couple more days?
Yea, I was thinking that since none of us really know 75% of the truth, it's also possible that the coaches went back to THT and asked him to delay his announcement so they could keep trying to make the peace, but THT decided to just go to ISU and avoid all of the drama. I could see, in this scenario, the misinterpretation that asking THT to delay was 'pulling his schollie' when that really wasn't the whole truth.
The above is as plausible as any of the negative stuff out there, and it would indicate no one is to blame, really, except maybe the stubborn adults. Anyhow, I'm tired of the negativity given how little we actually know of the truth. I'll choose the potential for the above and stay positive about the whole thing. Obviously, it's not ideal...but at least it's also not the shady mess others are making it out to be.
I think this is plausible, and based on THTs family we didn't officially rescind the scholarship offer. The offer could have been " taken off the the table" (I think that was o'briens wording), verbally...with a request to THTs family to wait. Give more time to work out family differences. THT said in his post selection comments that he and Ayo "could have done something" at Illinois...I think he wanted to come to Illinois.
Since Thursday was a verbal, anyone think its possible that Dosunmu family could reconsider and support THT coming...and THT ultimately sends his NLI to Illinois in the end?