Not in men's basketball the only place this works is women's basketball. It works for ISU.
Barnes, Brackins, and the future
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Not in men's basketball the only place this works is women's basketball. It works for ISU.
I completely agree with this....watching us "play" Missouri this year was liking watching a freshman team try to compete with the varsity in terms of athletic ability.
So you get picky becaue Butler is highly ranked...how about BYU? There ya go, you're welcome. :biggrin:
Have a good night, and a great weekend everyone!
Alot of what ifs lately. We need a few recruiting breaks to go our way. I don't know much about Dendy, but we need to get him. We need the help now whether CB stays or not. We really need to sign Ejim. If so, some of the other recruits coming in w/ him, and potential recruits for '10-'12 seem promising. I guess I can wait another few years to get this thing rolling, but it is very frustrating.
I'm pulling for GMac, but keep thinking of the recruiting whiffs we've had recently (big men recruits for high school class of '07 and '08 come to mind, excepting CB - great pickup). Which led to last years interesting class (this years freshmen)??? We'll see how that turns out I guess. Future recruiting is sounding good, but we still may whiff on the ones we really need.
We really should have more quality Sophs and Juniors (and Freshmen, but less of them?) by now, even with defections. It is ultimately the coaches responsibility to recruit players that can compete in the B12, and not just warm the bench while walk-ons or less talented players play.
Still seems like a lot of 'what ifs' to me.
I'm pulling for GMac, but keep thinking of the recruiting whiffs we've had recently (big men recruits for high school class of '07 and '08 come to mind, excepting CB - great pickup). Which led to last years interesting class (this years freshmen)??? We'll see how that turns out I guess. Future recruiting is sounding good, but we still may whiff on the ones we really need.
We really should have more quality Sophs and Juniors (and Freshmen, but less of them?) by now, even with defections. It is ultimately the coaches responsibility to recruit players that can compete in the B12, and not just warm the bench while walk-ons or less talented players play.
Still seems like a lot of 'what ifs' to me.
Is there any chance that basketball gets their own strength and conditioning coach? I think we have looked less mature for years and years and years... Brackins has great arms, but no meat. Buckley seems like A-Rod on this team. I really think this would have a big impact.
Brackins is a marquee athlete and look where that got us. Better make that at least two marquee athletes.
read my previous posts about harrison, you can tell i'm hinting at this , never wanted to come out clearly with it though, hoping it could still happen but sounds like barnes thinks he is better than ISU and family.
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They will be "too young" and may possibly "run out of gas".
I also predict an academic casualty, an injury, and a bong incident before we get better.
Johnny raincloud herre I guess. My hopes lie on Paul Rhodes going ballistic on a Big12 referee this year. I hope he fights for Iowa State.
I also predict an academic casualty, an injury, and a bong incident before we get better.
Johnny raincloud herre I guess. My hopes lie on Paul Rhodes going ballistic on a Big12 referee this year. I hope he fights for Iowa State.
What's so hard to get? Oddly enough
If you'd prefer, I'd say that Purdue doesn't have all that many phenomenal athletes, or point out that before you can be top 25, you have to be top fifty--which doesn't require all phenomenal athletes. It's a process. One step at a time.
