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I just thinks it's odd that he was sitting in the isu section at our sweet 16 game. We were the first to contact, visit. I don't care, I just don't want to read things that may lead the NCAA to our door. I'm prob reading too much into this.
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Good thing the goal is not winning at high school recruiting. Until it is, I think the staff is doing near an optimal job. Priority number 1 imo is getting the elite transfers. They likely will have bigger impacts than OAD guys. If we finish out with Cooke and Anderson, this offseason will have been a step towards that. Even if we could get 5-stars, I would still want to get the same amount of transfers as we do now.
Not odd when you consider he was Hogue's AAU teammate and that Hogue had a huge following at the game. Imo it makes sense that Hogue would be hooking up former teammates with tickets not used by others. That is pretty conventional.I just thinks it's odd that he was sitting in the isu section at our sweet 16 game. We were the first to contact, visit. I don't care, I just don't want to read things that may lead the NCAA to our door. I'm prob reading too much into this.
I just thinks it's odd that he was sitting in the isu section at our sweet 16 game. We were the first to contact, visit. I don't care, I just don't want to read things that may lead the NCAA to our door. I'm prob reading too much into this.
Also, IIRC, 10 pts/gm and 3.1 assists/gm in his last 20 games (Pac-12 play plus Radford in CBI). That is comparable to some of the better freshman pgs at ISU. His effective fg% (56%) and true shooting% (60%) were very high, while also taking more 2Ps than 3Ps. He is not a 3P shooter only.CAREER HIGHS For Hallice Cooke
Points: 23 vs. Radford (3/19/14)
FG Made: 10 vs. Radford (3/19/14)
FG Attempted: 14 vs. Radford (3/19/14)
3-PT Made: 4, two times, last vs. UCLA (2/2/14)
3-PT Attempted: 8 at Utah (1/4/14)
FT Made: 8 at Oregon (2/16/14)
FT Attempted: 8 at Oregon (2/16/14)
Rebounds: 8 vs. Oregon (3/12/14)
Assists: 6 at USC (2/27/14)
Blocked Shots: 1, two times, last vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (12/13/13)
Steals: 3, three times, last vs. Arizona (3/5/14)
Minutes: 42 at Arizona State (2/6/14)
That story from CW just makes this all seem a lil fishy. I know there are backdoor deals done all the time, you just never hear about them.
I almost don't care about hs recruiting anymore. You don't know what you are getting from them. I wouldn't care if Fred went to these AAU tournies and just leaned back wearing sunglasses and playing flappy bird with a sign next to him that says "top 100 or GTFO".
I seriously don't understand any consternation about recruiting. I would be shocked if Vaughn had a significantly better season than BDJ next year. I'd be double shocked if nowisiak was better than Cooke.
So you're telling me you are going to pass on a kid who has proven himself as a freshman at the collegiate level (8 ppg/46% 3P%), has NBA potential and people talking with 3 years eligibility over unproven Seniors in HS? We aren't even leading, that we know of, on any of these kids. Don't get me wrong, Fred needs to land a high impact Mcd AA sometime, but he's proving the transfer route is working very effectively versus spending 1-4 years on kids who, lets be honest, aren't always making the best decisions in life at that age. There was a lot of time spent on Vaughn and look how that turned out. How much time/money was allocated towards BDJ?
Fred and company got on Cooke early for a reason. You passing means you don't trust Fred. Blasphemy.
He has a point. Niang, Thomas, morris and even custer for this argument may have been four stars, but they had no where near the level of offers that guys like Diallo, ellenson, rashad vaughn and other big time guys we've missed out on.
Niang: isu, bama, charlotte, delaware, fau, george mason, hofstra, iowa, umass, miami, northeastern, providence, sienna, texas a&m
Thomas:isu, boston college, colorado state, creighton, wisc-greenbay, marquette, minn, nebraska, uni, northwestern, virginia, wisconsin
morris: isu, Arizona state, cincinnati, georgia tech, princeton, providence, rhode island, usc, western michigan
custer: isu, houston, kstate, oklahoma, okie state, san francisco, south carolina, tulsa
red were tournament teams this year and yes Iowa counts...
We hardly beat out the kansas' and duke's of the world to get these four guys. Of course there are exceptions to these guys, i.e. Woodbury to UNC. The best offers were matt thomas' to wisconsin and virginia. Morris didn't even have an offer from michigan or michigan state (yes, I remember michigan pulled their offer once walton committed).
They are awesome players and are very good, but guys like Vaughn and Diallo are on different levels. It's a little bit different if you beat out Duke, Kansas or Kentucky rather than the high majority that we did for these guys. Fortunately, we recruit transfers like nobody's business, so this high school recruiting garbage doesn't even matter. Lolololol Free agency snitches!!!!!
If we are seriously in on Ellenson, Noskowiak and Diallo....count me as one to pass on Cooke. He's going to take one of their scholarships. And everyone seems to be ALL IN on the 2015-16 team, I have to assume you'd rather have those three also right?
He has a point. Niang, Thomas, morris and even custer for this argument may have been four stars, but they had no where near the level of offers that guys like Diallo, ellenson, rashad vaughn and other big time guys we've missed out on.
Niang: isu, bama, charlotte, delaware, fau, george mason, hofstra, iowa, umass, miami, northeastern, providence, sienna, texas a&m
Thomas:isu, boston college, colorado state, creighton, wisc-greenbay, marquette, minn, nebraska, uni, northwestern, virginia, wisconsin
morris: isu, Arizona state, cincinnati, georgia tech, princeton, providence, rhode island, usc, western michigan
custer: isu, houston, kstate, oklahoma, okie state, san francisco, south carolina, tulsa
red were tournament teams this year and yes Iowa counts...
We hardly beat out the kansas' and duke's of the world to get these four guys. Of course there are exceptions to these guys, i.e. Woodbury to UNC. The best offers were matt thomas' to wisconsin and virginia. Morris didn't even have an offer from michigan or michigan state (yes, I remember michigan pulled their offer once walton committed).
They are awesome players and are very good, but guys like Vaughn and Diallo are on different levels. It's a little bit different if you beat out Duke, Kansas or Kentucky rather than the high majority that we did for these guys. Fortunately, we recruit transfers like nobody's business, so this high school recruiting garbage doesn't even matter. Lolololol Free agency snitches!!!!!
Am I the only one that sometimes imagines where we could be had we had some better fortune in the NCAA tournament? But yes, if we ever break though to the FF or further, Fred and Matt would crush recruiting.In 4 years Fred Hoiberg has done amazing. He's made a name for himself and ISU. Just imagine where we "could" be in the near future. Regardless if this is done through High School Recruiting, or Transfers, it does't matter much to me. I believe he'll bring in both, and do what is best for whatever team he has.
In 4 years Fred Hoiberg has done amazing. He's made a name for himself and ISU. Just imagine where we "could" be in the near future. Regardless if this is done through High School Recruiting, or Transfers, it does't matter much to me. I believe he'll bring in both, and do what is best for whatever team he has.
I almost don't care about hs recruiting anymore. You don't know what you are getting from them. I wouldn't care if Fred went to these AAU tournies and just leaned back wearing sunglasses and playing flappy bird with a sign next to him that says "top 100 or GTFO".
I seriously don't understand any consternation about recruiting. I would be shocked if Vaughn had a significantly better season than BDJ next year. I'd be double shocked if nowisiak was better than Cooke.
Am I the only one that sometimes imagines where we could be had we had some better fortune in the NCAA tournament? But yes, if we ever break though to the FF or further, Fred and Matt would crush recruiting.