Yogi's Picnic Basket

He isn't sure if he will enroll early yet. Talked to him this morning and that is the plan but not set in stone. People need to remember there is a early signing period now this year. Not just for early enrollees. I expect at least 6-10 guys too though. Walker being among them. Rodgers was also supposed to be an early enrollee and now doesn't think it will happen. Said he will do what Coach Shelby thinks is best basically.

We are still actively recruiting, but won't take a bunch more kids. I have only spoken with a handful of kids so far about signing. I know Ivy, McCabe and Rodgers may wait till spring. Will try to update as much as I can.

Doesn't sound like it. I was just meaning, since it is football and being our highest recruit I figured some may worry he would flip. Told me this morning he is very excited to be a Hoosier and will as soon as he can. Don't have an exact date yet.

Getting our 2 top kids to be signed early is big. Head is our 2nd best recruit by 247 composite and Walker is number 1. Walker and Ellison are gonna be a fun combo in the backfield bext year.

This year there is a early signing period for football.

As of now, Miles Marshall, James Head, Ronnie Walker all plan on signing in December. Expect others to reach out soon to let me know if they will sign or not. T.J Ivy said his school which would involve Gavin McCabe wants all their players to sign together. Not sure if it will be in December. Elijah Rodgers said he talked to Coach Shelby and is trying to figure out whether he will sign in December or not as well.

Huge news. Ronnie Walker will sign in December. Those worried about a flip don't need to worry.

Couldn't find his actual thread, but James told me this morning he will sign on December 20th and officially become a Hoosier. Also plans to enroll early as he graduates in December as well.

Couldn't find his actual thread, but James told me this morning he will sign on December 20th and officially become a Hoosier. Also plans to enroll early as he graduates in December as well.

i think they really may end up playing together but acting like Romeo can't make his own decision is my problem with it. BTW Brooks and Watford very well could go to those schools. Both are seen as main competition for us as well as the other schools involved. I have no problems with people saying a kid is going here or there but the way that was worded is what bothered me.

So why was Romeo gonna go to U of L when they had no interest at all in Darius? Asking for Romeo

Only thing that makes sense to me.

Yeah, sadly the last few hours has ruined an otherwise great impression of the whole family. Only thing I can even see is Archie backing off for some reason. Nothing else makes sense in this. Also say he truly did want to commit after HH but didnt how does that mean it was never happening? I know plenty of kids that have done the same and not even put them in their final schools lol. That is why families sit down and talk after visits if they can. None of it bothers me anymore, just confused and find all this as weird. Like others have said maybe it is to derail Romeo from going to IU. The thing is, as much as I think they wanna play together, Romeo was gonna play at U of L before any of this. He isn't automatically gonna follow him. He may still, but we aren't out of it. I still like Garland and think he has done nothing wrong. Winston now is a different story. Who knows though. I'm focused on our team this year, our 4 commits and anyone who is interested in becoming a Hoosier in the future. Darius is going to Vandy.

I agree and this and DG's recruitment have opened my eyes very wide. It's a tough world out there if you follow recruiting closely. I get invested in them, but I have too much going on in my own life to worry about what a teenager is going to do. At the end of the day only the kid knows. Garland family has soured on me the last few hours, but Romeo I will follow regardless of Vandy, IU or KU. I do think more people got invested that normally don't and it has hurt the perception on here. Honestly, I've moved on already. Hope Garland does GREAT at Vandy, but unless it is UK, UF or any big game in NC for them I probably ain't paying attention. Romeo is the focus from here and out and he should be.

People on here are getting ridiculous. I made one last ditch effort to look at how things are going now and wow. What I said earlier looks to be exactly true. Rabjohns was misled and so was Evan Daniels and many others. The info regarding this recruitment doesn't mean none of those guys know what they're talking about. If you don't wanna pay attention to them, fine I'm guessing they won't miss ya because this one has taken a weird turn. Now UCLA was 2nd lol? No just no. IDC who questions me but that wasn't reported by a single source on the whole internet so if myself or any guy gets attacked, attack the whole business. It is teenagers lol. Anything can happen. Literally anything. Anything can be said and taken wrong ways. I guarantee you Archie himself thought they were at least 2nd at least so is his a fake source haha? I was mad earlier because I thought it was someone I work with feeding me lies, but seeing how it could have happened to a bunch of people IDC. I'm moving on, but all these people attacking "insiders" is stupid. All recruiting is, is educated guesses. You have a good number of kids who will tell you who leads and what not but not that many. It becomes guessing after that. Definitely an agenda going on with IU and the Garland family out of literally no where, but I do wish the kid the best. I hope he does well, but unless Romeo follows suit I probably won't watch him until he gets to the NBA.

I will say no matter if Vandy got the top 10 players in the country, IU will have a legit shot at Romeo. Legit shot. I just can't be positive right now lol. Give ot a few days and everything will be okay. My expectations are we have a great shot at Romeo, but won't be earth shattering news if he does play w DG. '19 will be the class that gives us multiple top 50 guys though. I expect us to go after a few grad guys and other kids before it is all said and done though.

Honestly just think everyone needs a break for a few days. If we can't pull the season together and we lose out on Romeo optimism will be hard to find until next year. I am very excited for our class and think mixed in with what we have we will be a tourney team but until we get there....it's gonna feel like years have gone by lol.

That is why I didn't really think winning a title was as big of a deal to him as he has made it out. 2 of his 3 schools probably don't have a shot next year though Vandy is definitely a tourney team next year with all 3. I would take a junior Davis over Shittu though. Shittu more of an NBA prospect but Davis will be trouble next year. At this point though nothing will surprise me.

I was hearing Garland to IU this morning lol. I had seen what others were saying so I did lose confidence, but I believed Romeo and Darius wanted to play together and IU was the best shot at that. Darius had his home school but only for the last cpl years. I figured Romeo being a Indiana kid his whole life would matter more in their decision. I really hope I'm wrong though.

No worries man. I said awhile ago I truly believe they play together and that hasn't changed. Good news is I knew for a fact that there was a better chance of Romeo making his own decision than Garland. We just don't have the team to make IU desirable right now. Class of '19 will be Archie's shot to turn the tide.

Yeaaaah, I'm done getting my hopes up. Obviously will still cover his recruitment, but probably gonna take more of a fan route on this one so I don't get too invested.

Just sharing.

Deep down I was really hoping I was wrong when I said those 2 were an unofficial package deal awhile back and now Romeo to Vandy is gonna pick up some steam. I have been worried this was gonna happen, but it is FAR from over. Btw Romeo will not come out and say he wants to play with DG unless he committed. It would give up where he was going obviously. I still think IU has a shot but it's hard to be confident now. Yesterday gave me some confidence but family is gonna tell me and others what they wanna hear. I really hope Archie can get this team to at least show some signs of competing next year.

Year 3 we will be competing at a high level. We will get at least one of TJD, Brooks, Hurt, Watford, Anthony and all the other kids we are in a great spot with at the moment. No need to think we're gonna suck for the next few years. I expect us to make the tourney next year. Our 4 man class is underrated because they all committed months ago so the excitement over each has went away, but it will go right back up once they hit B Town. These 4 are awesome kids and players. Be patient. Honestly if ANY kid isn't fully committed to being a Hoosier than I don't want them. Archie won't go after scrubs so whoever we get, will make a impact for us at some point.

Good to know lol. Don't blame them. I was just naming some guys out there still. I'm sure some reclasses will happen as well.