How big of a recruiting advantage be with the New Practice Facility

[MontyBurns]

The fact remains that we only had two players - Haluska and Thompson - make the All-Big 12 all-academic team of 28 players (3.0 or above) last spring. And, they've both graduated, so our team GPA is even lower now.

We need another guy like Andrew Skoglund to bring up the cumulative GPA of his teammates.

 

[Erik4Cy]

Like its been said this awesome practice facility isn't going to secure recruits by itself but it will sway people on the fences. Couple that with a very experienced coach, a AMAZING college atmosphere coliseum and if we can get Craig and Co. To have some good success this year, it could be quite a nice dynasty/return to glory for ISU basketball

 

[LonoClone]

I watched Orr's teams practice in the Armory. And everyone looked happy doing it. And they won games.
Lot's of High School gyms are nicer than our new practice facility. I don't see how a kid's going to be impressed by a little box gym.
I'd think a kid would be more impressed to be practicing on the floor of Hilton Coliseum.
Total waste of money.
If it's not, then tell me when Harrison Barnes commits to us.

yep, because college basketball hasn't changed a bit since when Orr was coaching. What a waste. This new facility is a complete joke.

In other news, could someone give me a ride to work tomorrow? I'm having new shoes put on my horse, so I can't be late. I'd send a telegram to my employer to let them know I won't be there, but my boss is on vacation to Siam, and the HR guy is having his weekly leech treatment.

 

[cykadelic2]

I watched Orr's teams practice in the Armory. And everyone looked happy doing it. And they won games.
Lot's of High School gyms are nicer than our new practice facility. I don't see how a kid's going to be impressed by a little box gym.
I'd think a kid would be more impressed to be practicing on the floor of Hilton Coliseum.
Total waste of money.

Well, this is an easy winner for the most clueless post on this topic.

 

[brokenloginagain]

It kills me how our resident Gmac critics are also now critics of a freaking practice facility. There are like 129 positives to the new place, and ZERO negatives.

If you want more wins, you need better players. To get better players, you need better facilities.

We put up nice little $8 million gym in about a years time....and this apparently means our team will flunk out of class.

 

[gocubs2118]

I watched Orr's teams practice in the Armory. And everyone looked happy doing it. And they won games.
Lot's of High School gyms are nicer than our new practice facility. I don't see how a kid's going to be impressed by a little box gym.
I'd think a kid would be more impressed to be practicing on the floor of Hilton Coliseum.
Total waste of money.
If it's not, then tell me when Harrison Barnes commits to us.

:facepalm:

We seriously need a facepalm smilie for posts like this.

 

[Cloned4Life]

It kills me how our resident Gmac critics are also now critics of a freaking practice facility. There are like 129 positives to the new place, and ZERO negatives.

If you want more wins, you need better players. To get better players, you need better facilities.

We put up nice little $8 million gym in about a years time....and this apparently means our team will flunk out of class.

It's sad isn't it?

I guess I shouldn't even be surprised about the "some high school gyms are better than our practice facility" comment.

 

[cygrads]

Wow, some people will ***** about an orgasm!

 

[Cydkar]

I watched Orr's teams practice in the Armory. And everyone looked happy doing it. And they won games.
Lot's of High School gyms are nicer than our new practice facility. I don't see how a kid's going to be impressed by a little box gym.
I'd think a kid would be more impressed to be practicing on the floor of Hilton Coliseum.
Total waste of money.
If it's not, then tell me when Harrison Barnes commits to us.

I love you. Keep posting.

When I feel down I go to Wal-Mart and it makes me feel good about myself. Your posts have an eerily similar impact on me.

 

[IcSyU]

I watched Orr's teams practice in the Armory. And everyone looked happy doing it. And they won games.
Lot's of High School gyms are nicer than our new practice facility. I don't see how a kid's going to be impressed by a little box gym.
I'd think a kid would be more impressed to be practicing on the floor of Hilton Coliseum.
Total waste of money.
If it's not, then tell me when Harrison Barnes commits to us.

Do you have a brain?

 

[dustinal]

I watched Orr's teams practice in the Armory. And everyone looked happy doing it. And they won games.
Lot's of High School gyms are nicer than our new practice facility. I don't see how a kid's going to be impressed by a little box gym.
I'd think a kid would be more impressed to be practicing on the floor of Hilton Coliseum.
Total waste of money.
If it's not, then tell me when Harrison Barnes commits to us.

The ill-informed nature of this post is mind blowing.

 

[dustinal]

:facepalm:

We seriously need a facepalm smilie for posts like this.

 

[weR138]

I watched Orr's teams practice in the Armory. And everyone looked happy doing it. And they won games.
Lot's of High School gyms are nicer than our new practice facility. I don't see how a kid's going to be impressed by a little box gym.
I'd think a kid would be more impressed to be practicing on the floor of Hilton Coliseum.
Total waste of money.
If it's not, then tell me when Harrison Barnes commits to us.

Whoa.

 

[Cydkar]

I watched Orr's teams practice in the Armory. And everyone looked happy doing it.

I found fcmc on youtube...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1_NhnXMCKw]YouTube - Crabby Old Man[/ame]

 

[GoShow97]

I watched Orr's teams practice in the Armory. And everyone looked happy doing it. And they won games.
Lot's of High School gyms are nicer than our new practice facility. I don't see how a kid's going to be impressed by a little box gym.
I'd think a kid would be more impressed to be practicing on the floor of Hilton Coliseum.
Total waste of money.
If it's not, then tell me when Harrison Barnes commits to us.

troll post what?

 

[StLouisClone]

Like its been said this awesome practice facility isn't going to secure recruits by itself but it will sway people on the fences. Couple that with a very experienced coach, a AMAZING college atmosphere coliseum and if we can get Craig and Co. To have some good success this year, it could be quite a nice dynasty/return to glory for ISU basketball

I think it will help with recruiting, but I wish McDermott had kept an open scholarship entering this season. You might recall that he signed Antwon Oliver late last season to use up the final scholly. Ejim will get JVB's scholarship for next season. Gilstrap's scholarship is the only one that is currently unspoken for for 2010. Yes, Brackins may go pro, but we don't know that for sure. So right now, ISU needs to keep Gilstrap's scholarship open for Barnes just in case he commits. That means the coaches don't have any scholarships to offer to other 2010 recruits.

Recruiting has been my biggest (and really only) concern about McDermott from the beginning, and it still is.

 

[IcSyU]

Gilstrap may retain his scholarship if he gets another year.

Brackins is going pro.

Barnes would get Brackins' scholarship.

 

[kg-cyclone]

I think it will help with recruiting, but I wish McDermott had kept an open scholarship entering this season. You might recall that he signed Antwon Oliver late last season to use up the final scholly. Ejim will get JVB's scholarship for next season. Gilstrap's scholarship is the only one that is currently unspoken for for 2010. Yes, Brackins may go pro, but we don't know that for sure. So right now, ISU needs to keep Gilstrap's scholarship open for Barnes just in case he commits. That means the coaches don't have any scholarships to offer to other 2010 recruits.

Recruiting has been my biggest (and really only) concern about McDermott from the beginning, and it still is.

If we had a scholarship available this year...JP Olukemi would have been a Cyclone...

Brackins is not coming back for his senior year...

 

[StLouisClone]

Gilstrap may retain his scholarship if he gets another year.

Brackins is going pro.

Barnes would get Brackins' scholarship.

So if Brackins changes his mind (who knows what could happen), then we don't have a scholarship for Barnes? That's some brilliant planning there.

 

[kg-cyclone]

So if Brackins changes his mind (who knows what could happen), then we don't have a scholarship for Barnes? That's some brilliant planning there.

Barnes has a scholarhip if he wants to be a Cyclone...