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<blockquote data-quote="LisaMarie" data-source="post: 1343355" data-attributes="member: 608524"><p>I disagree with the author, and I do blame Chin and Underwood for waiting until the last minute to pull the offer. This has been going on all week. Obviously, it's actually been going on for months; one of the Scout national guys has said since the summer that they were not going to play together. But it has been going on all week, and if they had pulled the offer yesterday, there would have been much less drama. Ideally they would not have had THT in for an official visit and put a hard, hard sell on him, but they still could have managed it better than pulling the offer today. It looks bad, and it is bad.</p><p></p><p>Illinois wanted both guys, but they prioritized Ayo and THT looked elsewhere. Then they missed out on their other targets, decided they badly wanted THT, and fired things back up. Then they discovered that the rift between the two camps was really true, and desperately tried to patch things up, waiting until the last minute to pull the plug on THT. Perhaps these are growing pains that one would expect from a head coach who has been a high major head coach for a year. I certainly expect them to get better at this. But this is a mess that really didn't have to happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LisaMarie, post: 1343355, member: 608524"] I disagree with the author, and I do blame Chin and Underwood for waiting until the last minute to pull the offer. This has been going on all week. Obviously, it's actually been going on for months; one of the Scout national guys has said since the summer that they were not going to play together. But it has been going on all week, and if they had pulled the offer yesterday, there would have been much less drama. Ideally they would not have had THT in for an official visit and put a hard, hard sell on him, but they still could have managed it better than pulling the offer today. It looks bad, and it is bad. Illinois wanted both guys, but they prioritized Ayo and THT looked elsewhere. Then they missed out on their other targets, decided they badly wanted THT, and fired things back up. Then they discovered that the rift between the two camps was really true, and desperately tried to patch things up, waiting until the last minute to pull the plug on THT. Perhaps these are growing pains that one would expect from a head coach who has been a high major head coach for a year. I certainly expect them to get better at this. But this is a mess that really didn't have to happen. [/QUOTE]
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