That meant he wasn’t coming here, yes. But who was the east coast recruiter for Fred?
Good MBB article from Travis Hines
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That meant he wasn’t coming here, yes. But who was the east coast recruiter for Fred?
Hopefully he improves a lot this off season then. So far he hasn’t looked like someone I want to see on the court that much.
Easily solved. Root for Iowa and you can get all the hyperbole you could ever want about the young players.
How many games did Marial get his points in just the 2nd half? In just the 1st half? Can you tell when a player doesn't have it given a few minutes of court time? Or is it only in hind-sight?
CSP said he's a big metrics fan... Maybe the numbers say you play a scorer so he can work through a slump and start scoring.
Gar Forman says hi - and has been saying hi for years and years and years.
Not to mention that Lindell is not good on the defensive end.
I have a hard time second guessing a guy that's spent his entire career coaching basketball, playing basketball, studying basketball, recruiting and developing basketball players. But there are lots of deep, accomplished basketball minds in our fanbase that will surely tell me why I'm wrong.
Yeah, it’s crazy how the cult of Fred has created such a narrative.
He didn’t come here to run a church league team. He came here to win, and to get players you have to play the game.
Drop the mic...
I was as critical as anyone else was of Greg McDermott, and I think he's one of the worst things to happen not just to ISU basketball, but to the athletic department in general, but I never presumed to think I knew more than he did about the X's and O's of college basketball.
I was the worst. In fact to the point it was so bad the thought of him doing it on purpose crossed my mind. Because that was some pretty bad crap being served up for someone so revered in his profession who had decent success everywhere else he coached.
Yep, ended up being for the best anyway. Kid got injured like it was his job. Only appeared in 27 games over 2 seasons at St. John’s.
Still Darrien Williams was the number 1 Juco in the country at the time and Matty definitely let him know early fred wouldnt be back and to go to st johns. ISU had a bunch of studs lined up when fred went radio silent. fred stopped taking visits he even cancelled visits because of a "snow storm" on a perfectly sunny day. Things got weird at the end for sure. I knew that the Rashad Vaughn recruitment took a toll on fred. Vaughn gave a silent commit on what was one of the great days in ISU history. The Beating of a ranked Michigan team with Johnny Orr there and I think Dickie V was as well.
Hawaii story as I have heard: Team was playing a tourney in Hawaii. The Team had an early evening flight. Pollard didnt want to pay for an entire extra night at the hotel so he had everyone check out of the hotel on time. fred was upset and thought it was a cheap thing to do. Saved the University $25K or so. fred let his feelings known. It was the Beginning of the end. Pollard in hindsight Should have booked a couple of rooms for the players and fred. ISU had a huge contingency staying at the hotel so Jaimie didn't think twice about it. Jaimie had zero idea that fred had changed from a guy begging for the chance to be ISUs coach to someone that needed pampered at every turn. I am pretty sure most people could have figured out things to do in Hawaii for a few hours but not everyone I guess. Maybe freds kids needed a nap. Jaimie should have known.
Hawaii story as I have heard: Team was playing a tourney in Hawaii. The Team had an early evening flight. Pollard didnt want to pay for an entire extra night at the hotel so he had everyone check out of the hotel on time. fred was upset and thought it was a cheap thing to do. Saved the University $25K or so. fred let his feelings known. It was the Beginning of the end. Pollard in hindsight Should have booked a couple of rooms for the players and fred. ISU had a huge contingency staying at the hotel so Jaimie didn't think twice about it. Jaimie had zero idea that fred had changed from a guy begging for the chance to be ISUs coach to someone that needed pampered at every turn. I am pretty sure most people could have figured out things to do in Hawaii for a few hours but not everyone I guess. Maybe freds kids needed a nap. Jaimie should have known.
Seen a lot of "double digit sources" posts, but isn't this the same story from the Hines article?
Nothing was dirty about Diallo. His issue was that the NCAA wouldn't clear him academically because they wanted more information about his coursework. If I remember correctly, they made the kid provide homework test scores etc from classes and he also had to get transcripts from Mali.
As I'd noted, he was very clear that ISU had made a larger offer. I don't know for sure, and I noted that he may have been filling in some blanks himself - certainly didn't appear that way, but I don't know for certain.
Yes, Williams followed Matt to St. John’s, just like Percy Gibson followed Mann to ISU. If that’s the standard for criticism, it’s probably time to stop watching NCAA basketball.
