2023 SF/PF Mackenzie Mgbako to Texas A&M via Portal

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

14 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

Well that and in their last college season, Jimmy Butler averaged 15.7 pts, 6.1 reb, and 2.3 assts at age 22 while Miller Kopp averaged 8.1 pts, 2.5 reb, and 1.2 assts at age 24. But hey hard work!!!!

Well... Yea. Hard work. Can get someone places. Who would have thought.

[Brass Cannon]

Well hopefully we get him on Friday. Either way Zelda is coming out that day and thus I have deemed it to be a good day 

[wirenuts]

6 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Well hopefully we get him on Friday. Either way Zelda is coming out that day and thus I have deemed it to be a good day 

Hell yes. If it is even close to as good as BOTW it will be an absolute classic. 

[Uspshoosier]

10 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Well hopefully we get him on Friday. Either way Zelda is coming out that day and thus I have deemed it to be a good day 

Going to be a good day.   Not many things can make a recruitment announcement for an IU player on the back burner but Zelda does.   Been running through BOTW again to get ready (and did the tedious chore of finding all 900 seeds).    I’m guessing Mgbako is a Zelda fan as well.   Only reason he planned announcement for Friday.   Sorry for the OT talk 

[IUFAN1976]

3 minutes ago, Schreckbagger said:

Just a thought.....why wait until Friday, the day after the portal closes? Maybe CMW asked him to wait until after Thursday to keep Banks or Gunn from jumping ship.

Just a silly thought....

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He wouldn’t do that be Self might to keep others from jumping!

[Stuhoo]

6 minutes ago, Schreckbagger said:

Just a thought.....why wait until Friday, the day after the portal closes? Maybe CMW asked him to wait until after Thursday to keep Banks or Gunn from jumping ship.

Just a silly thought....

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I could see either teams coach having arranged for exactly that.

[go iu bb]

10 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Going to be a good day.   Not many things can make a recruitment announcement for an IU player on the back burner but Zelda does.   Been running through BOTW again to get ready (and did the tedious chore of finding all 900 seeds).    I’m guessing Mgbako is a Zelda fan as well.   Only reason he planned announcement for Friday.   Sorry for the OT talk 

I'm excited for that release. Made sure I have space on my Switch for it. Lucky for me Friday is one of my off Fridays (9-80 work schedule) and my last final is tomorrow. So ready for it.

[Brass Cannon]

2 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

I'm excited for that release. Made sure I have space on my Switch for it.

Will be running to the store right after I drop my daughter off at school. Took the day off because I can never find time to game on a day to day basis. 

[cthomas]

6 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

I could see either teams coach having arranged for exactly that.

I wouldn't think that reasoning would be very up front to guys who were already in the program. Doesn't feel like a commitment to your guys.

[Home Jersey]

I think its far more likely Mgbako chose Friday so the family can get through this week - do their due diligence, go about their routines, etc. Then make the announcement on Friday, celebrate over the weekend, and relax knowing the decision has been made

[Home Jersey]

 

After watching the first 5 minutes of this, I think the positive impact of having Dad on the visit to IU can't be overstated  

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

Y'all playing Zelda and I'm just over here running a franchise on NBA 2K17 LOL.

[cthomas]

4 minutes ago, Schreckbagger said:

It happens all the time. And it goes both ways. Some players can handle being recruited over, and some can't. All's fair in love and NIL recruiting.

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Either way, it feels kinda sleazy.

[Home Jersey]

6 minutes ago, Schreckbagger said:

It happens all the time. And it goes both ways. Some players can handle being recruited over, and some can't. All's fair in love and NIL recruiting.

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I can't think of a worse way to do business in this era of college basketball than manipulating a kid into a situation they don't want to be in by not clearly communicating that plans are changing and expectations need to be reset. 

It will kill your team chemistry for the entire year before they grumpily transfer and dissuade their network from joining your program.

Recruiting over happens all the time, but players need to know where they stand. That's fair.

Misleading them into believing it will be a certain way only until they no longer have other options would be worse than a bad look.

[Stromboli]

Glad I’m not the only one more excited about TOTK! It’s been a looooong wait. 
 

And yaaay Mgbako :) 

[BGleas]

7 minutes ago, cthomas said:

Either way, it feels kinda sleazy.

Why? Those players know IU is recruiting Mgbako. They knew we were recruiting Ledlum and others. They know Woodson is trying to fill at least one, if not both, open scholarships with wings/guards. 

They've known filling those spots was not only possible, but probable, and they've had 6'ish weeks to enter the portal. 

These aren't secrets. 

[Tasmanian Devil]

5 minutes ago, BGleas said:

Why? Those players know IU is recruiting Mgbako. They knew we were recruiting Ledlum and others. They know Woodson is trying to fill at least one, if not both, open scholarships with wings/guards. 

They've known filling those spots was not only possible, but probable, and they've had 6'ish weeks to enter the portal. 

These aren't secrets. 

THIS^^^^

[coonhounds]

Why? Those players know IU is recruiting Mgbako. They knew we were recruiting Ledlum and others. They know Woodson is trying to fill at least one, if not both, open scholarships with wings/guards. 
They've known filling those spots was not only possible, but probable, and they've had 6'ish weeks to enter the portal. 
These aren't secrets. 

Lol exactly. Inside the hall posts on Facebook daily on what the staff is doing these guys have to know who were recruiting and what the staff is doing.

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[Home Jersey]

10 minutes ago, BGleas said:

Why? Those players know IU is recruiting Mgbako. They knew we were recruiting Ledlum and others. They know Woodson is trying to fill at least one, if not both, open scholarships with wings/guards. 

They've known filling those spots was not only possible, but probable, and they've had 6'ish weeks to enter the portal. 

These aren't secrets. 

Yes they are aware of MM's recruitment. I think the distinction is in whether the coaching staff specifically goes out of their way to ask a recruit not to announce a decision - that has already been made - until after the transfer deadline, for the explicit purpose of stopping players from leaving. Withholding that info from them until it's too late... the adjectives for that behavior are not flattering.

Knowing something is a possibility is different than knowing something is for a fact going to happen (which it would be, withholding, if he informed a staff about a decision and they asked him to not announce until later).

It is a big decision to leave a university and transfer, uproot your whole life. You wouldn't want to do that unless the situation materially changed... which bringing in this kind of player would do. Staff should operate with transparency with these young men. 

And I believe Woodson and team do.

[RaceToTheTop]

27 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Y'all playing Zelda and I'm just over here running a franchise on NBA 2K17 LOL.

NCAA 2K13 football here.  Coaching East Carolina.  Should be moving up next season.