I know he's a 4* but I wasn't too excited about a guy who is 5'11. I'm sure he's a great player, just not one I'm going to be upset about losing.
RECRUITING: Some Xavier Simpson info
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Looks like this is how it went down. Looks like his dad shaped X's decision to go to UM and made X look like a fool.
Good luck to him.
http://goo.gl/kCuUzX
Good luck to him.
http://goo.gl/kCuUzX
You just just say the grew and list them as 6'2" once the get to campus. No one is the wiser - pun intended.
Not sure there was one quote from Xavier in there. Yikes. Hate to assume things but it sure does seem like his dad was set on one school and somewhat forced it upon his son.
Obviously parents should be involved in the process but to an extent. His dad was way too involved in this process. All the interviews are with him. He didn't even tell Xavier that he had contacted and was talking to Michigan. Maybe I sound bitter but it is annoying how much his dad was a factor in this.
Yeah that one was the worst. That made it really sound like he wasn't letting his son handle the process.
In hindsight, with his dad in control Xavier probably wasn't going to play as far away from home as Iowa State.
But dang, Michigan wasn't even interested in recruiting Xavier before his dad called them?? This guy is a top pg in the nation within close distance from campus. It must be nice to be Michigan.
But dang, Michigan wasn't even interested in recruiting Xavier before his dad called them?? This guy is a top pg in the nation within close distance from campus. It must be nice to be Michigan.
Really, how good of a pitch can a school give a kid when the unofficial visit happens with basically no prep time? You are going to tell me that Michigan had this great pitch setup for their backup recruit that wasn't even supposed to visit that didn't even have a committable offer because he had never been on campus? Weird.
This smells of a kid that will either decommit or transfer. Time will tell.
This smells of a kid that will either decommit or transfer. Time will tell.
I know people hate it when it gets mentioned, but how do we know $$$ wasn't involved? Not saying it was, but we don't know all the connections that his coach Dad had with who.
If there ever was an article or story reflecting recruiting that would sum up Coach Holberg's disdain for it, this would be it! Wow.
I think if Michigan was going to involve money, they would have gotten their top PG recruit.
The conspiracy theorists can calm down, the thought on this kid was Michigan and Michigan State were the offers he wanted but wasn't getting. No surprise he jumped at the chance even if it was the last minute.
Not if said top recruit ended up out of their price range (not saying that is what happened here).
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