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Biggest recruiting misses in last 15 years

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Re: Biggest recruiting misses in last 15 years
« Reply #60 on: November 24, 2021, 11:06:35 AM »
Like Collins, Wright, DRose, Scheyer, and Brunson.
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"He commented more than once that, 'You know, Hitler did some good things, too,'" Kelly recalled to The Times. Kelly said he would usually quash the conversation by saying "nothing (Hitler) did, you could argue, was good," but that Trump would occasionally bring up the topic again.
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Re: Biggest recruiting misses in last 15 years
« Reply #61 on: November 24, 2021, 11:09:17 AM »
I'm enjoying the current uptick in recruiting personally... dwelling on the past is just depressing
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Re: Biggest recruiting misses in last 15 years
« Reply #62 on: November 24, 2021, 11:09:54 AM »
Scheyer sure seemed like a huge waste of resources.
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Re: Biggest recruiting misses in last 15 years
« Reply #63 on: November 24, 2021, 11:10:53 AM »
Quote from: illiniray on November 23, 2021, 11:19:29 PM
Bruce Weber wasted a lot of time and energy chasing a tOSU lock
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Evan Turner was great player but I’m not sure how much better we’d have been with ET and without McCamey.  They weren’t going to play together in college.  Just like Dee and Shannon Brown weren’t either.

 Given how important PG was, I think I’d have preferred McCamey so I don’t look at Turner as a huge miss.

Iguodala was a much bigger miss IMO.
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Re: Biggest recruiting misses in last 15 years
« Reply #64 on: November 24, 2021, 11:12:56 AM »
Quote from: Chickengeorge on November 24, 2021, 11:09:54 AM
Scheyer sure seemed like a huge waste of resources.

Scheyer def made the right decision.  The guy was a Duke fan his whole life, and now he’s going to be Duke Head Coach at age 35. 

I think it’ll be very tough to recruit Illinois suburbs vs Duke with Scheyer there
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Re: Biggest recruiting misses in last 15 years
« Reply #65 on: November 24, 2021, 11:13:28 AM »
Quote from: Dominic on November 24, 2021, 11:10:53 AM

Iguodala was a much bigger miss IMO.

yeah Bill Self never recovered after the Sean Dockery & Iggy potential class
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Re: Biggest recruiting misses in last 15 years
« Reply #66 on: November 24, 2021, 11:26:09 AM »
Quote from: ILLove1997 on November 24, 2021, 11:13:28 AM
yeah Bill Self never recovered after the Sean Dockery & Iggy potential class

I think Self thought Randle would replicate what Iggy brought due to similar size and athleticism so at the time maybe that’s why he didn’t prioritize him.

But the reason for me that Iggy was a big miss is that Arkansas and then Arizona both wanted a kid only 50 miles from Champaign, so if schools that good want a player so close to your campus you better get him yourself
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Re: Biggest recruiting misses in last 15 years
« Reply #67 on: November 24, 2021, 11:31:17 AM »
Quote from: ILLove1997 on November 24, 2021, 11:09:17 AM
I'm enjoying the current uptick in recruiting personally... dwelling on the past is just depressing

Judge Judy posed the question. Yeah, I’m pretty well over it. If there’s one thing I’ve realized, even the last few days is I’m pretty much over tbings like Illini Basketball and the Bears. What I had considered my last two sports loves. I’m still “interested” but emotional investment is extremely low these days.
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Re: Biggest recruiting misses in last 15 years
« Reply #68 on: November 24, 2021, 11:35:03 AM »
[A few others that could be Diamonds in the rough

Trent Meacham
Warren Carter
Mike Davis
Rayvonte Rice
Maverick Morgan]

Good lord, is that a sad list. The reason Illinois Basketball fell off the map is we started confusing 3rd guys and end of the rotation guys for “good players.” None of these players star for a title contender save Rayvonte, who on a really good team would have been a 3rd or 4th guy.
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"He commented more than once that, 'You know, Hitler did some good things, too,'" Kelly recalled to The Times. Kelly said he would usually quash the conversation by saying "nothing (Hitler) did, you could argue, was good," but that Trump would occasionally bring up the topic again.
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