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8 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

Leland Walker as at the Blue Bird last night with Leal and Galloway fwiw

realllllllyyyyy... wow. 

I mean, I don't blame Leland for wanting to party, that's wild, though. 

[ap2345]

3 minutes ago, btownqb said:

realllllllyyyyy... wow. 

I mean, I don't blame Leland for wanting to party, that's wild, though. 

I know. He's not visiting until next week but I thought that was some funny timing lol

[IUc2016]

10 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

Not to mention he's 6'10 with a 7'4 wingspan and will dunk everything he can

The fact that he only has one year of eligibility left does scare me a bit. Usually takes guys a year to adjust to competition when they make a huge jump.

But since he will be in a reserve role prob not a huge deal.

[Demo]

5 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

Not to mention he's 6'10 with a 7'4 wingspan and will dunk everything he can

Yup. And 4 months with Marshall would certainly impact his strength and explosiveness. My concern would be, and there’s no way to know this from highlight reels, does he mentally process at the speed you need? A lot of otherwise good players don’t. Banks didn’t. If they think he does then he makes a lot of sense. If you’re not sure,  that’s a tougher call.

[IUCrazy2]

18 minutes ago, btownqb said:

realllllllyyyyy... wow. 

I mean, I don't blame Leland for wanting to party, that's wild, though. 

Ok, so old guy yelling at clouds now and also someone that handed a former player in the late 90's a vodka bottle at my apartment the night after they beat Kentucky (IIRC), our recruiting visits are a little more "bar centric" than I would want if I was the staff.

I know the guys go out and do stuff and have some fun and they can't be basketball and school 100% all the time, but....I don't know, just seems like not the type of message I want to send out to attract real winners.  That's just me and I know I am going to get raked over the coals because college kids should have fun and all that.  And I don't necessarily disagree with that, but I would worry that the bait I am using isn't catching the exact fish I want.

[RaceToTheTop]

34 minutes ago, IH8PU said:

I am thinking "along with" ... Walker shot 35% from 3 last year hitting 36 of them.

I would not think that it is 'along with'.  Also, is there even anything saying that Walker was on an official visit?  With the little 5 this weekend, he could simply be there for the show.

Assumption is that Carlyle is committing this weekend.  Assuming that is the case, I can't see that both Essegian AND Walker would be on the roster.  That would mean that IU would have Rice, Carlyle, Galloway, Leal, Cupps, Newton, Essegian or Walker.  Obviously you can play some three guard lineups but if you have both Essegian and Walker, that's 8 guards.

[eddy4iu]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

I went through it a few times. Went to Edinburgh, then back through to Salt Creek.

Timbergate?

[ap2345]

1 minute ago, RaceToTheTop said:

I would not think that it is 'along with'.  Also, is there even anything saying that Walker was on an official visit?  With the little 5 this weekend, he could simply be there for the show.

Assumption is that Carlyle is committing this weekend.  Assuming that is the case, I can't see that both Essegian AND Walker would be on the roster.  That would mean that IU would have Rice, Carlyle, Galloway, Leal, Cupps, Newton, Essegian or Walker.  Obviously you can play some three guard lineups but if you have both Essegian and Walker, that's 8 guards.

He's not on a visit. He does have one scheduled for the 22nd

[RaceToTheTop]

26 minutes ago, IUc2016 said:

The fact that he only has one year of eligibility left does scare me a bit. Usually takes guys a year to adjust to competition when they make a huge jump.

But since he will be in a reserve role prob not a huge deal.

True, but Riley Monix of Morehead State was an NAIA player of the year I believe in 23 and he was a stud at Morehead State last year.  I think it's a bigger issue if a player is simply more athletic than his NAIA counterparts which is how they score.  Malone certainly was bigger, but the fact that he can shoot it as well IMO says he also did it with some skills.

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13 minutes ago, IUCrazy2 said:

Ok, so old guy yelling at clouds now and also someone that handed a former player in the late 90's a vodka bottle at my apartment the night after they beat Kentucky (IIRC), our recruiting visits are a little more "bar centric" than I would want if I was the staff.

I know the guys go out and do stuff and have some fun and they can't be basketball and school 100% all the time, but....I don't know, just seems like not the type of message I want to send out to attract real winners.  That's just me and I know I am going to get raked over the coals because college kids should have fun and all that.  And I don't necessarily disagree with that, but I would worry that the bait I am using isn't catching the exact fish I want.

I'm not here to judge them. It's also NOT a visit and it's LITTLE 5. 

But, I'll be honest--- I wouldn't want to go to battle with a bunch of teetotalers. 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

Connor >>>>

[Hoosierfanyuh]

Just now, RaceToTheTop said:

True, but Riley Monix of Morehead State was an NAIA player of the year I believe in 23 and he was a stud at Morehead State last year.  I think it's a bigger issue if a player is simply more athletic than his NAIA counterparts which is how they score.  Malone certainly was bigger, but the fact that he can shoot it as well IMO says he also did it with some skills.

I’m game for him simply because he can hit his free throws, sparks couldnt at all lol

[IH8PU]

16 minutes ago, IUCrazy2 said:

Ok, so old guy yelling at clouds now and also someone that handed a former player in the late 90's a vodka bottle at my apartment the night after they beat Kentucky (IIRC), our recruiting visits are a little more "bar centric" than I would want if I was the staff.

I know the guys go out and do stuff and have some fun and they can't be basketball and school 100% all the time, but....I don't know, just seems like not the type of message I want to send out to attract real winners.  That's just me and I know I am going to get raked over the coals because college kids should have fun and all that.  And I don't necessarily disagree with that, but I would worry that the bait I am using isn't catching the exact fish I want.

On Twitter Dakich has always claimed his IU sources have told him, the team last year did not hesitate getting out in town after a loss or a win.

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Just now, IH8PU said:

On Twitter Dakich has always claimed his IU sources have told him, the team last year did not hesitate getting out in town after a loss or a win.

Oh man... Dakich as the source here is fantastic. 

[IH8PU]

9 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

I would not think that it is 'along with'.  Also, is there even anything saying that Walker was on an official visit?  With the little 5 this weekend, he could simply be there for the show.

Assumption is that Carlyle is committing this weekend.  Assuming that is the case, I can't see that both Essegian AND Walker would be on the roster.  That would mean that IU would have Rice, Carlyle, Galloway, Leal, Cupps, Newton, Essegian or Walker.  Obviously you can play some three guard lineups but if you have both Essegian and Walker, that's 8 guards.

I am not sure what I was thinking. There are only 3 scholly's available. One for Essegian, which I think signs, a backup center and one left for someone unexpected. Thanks for pointing that out to me. 8 guards is too many in my book but I'm old school.

[Home Jersey]

4 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Oh man... Dakich as the source here is fantastic. 

Interestingly, a lot of the accounts on Twitter defending Woodson now, were also complaining about Gallo (allegedly) hitting the bars frequently during the season 

[RaceToTheTop]

Don't know what's going on with Tyme's account -- he had mentioned some time yesterday that he made tweets in the morning and they were deleted, not by him.  He had some tweets yesterday as well, mostly in regard to Essegian that looked to be deleted now as well.  Have no reason to believe that he is deleting them himself but it looks like someone is reporting his tweets and they are getting blocked.

While I don't like his harping on other 'media' not knowing what is really going at IU, I certainly haven't seen anything he has tweeted that is ban worthy.

[IH8PU]

4 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Oh man... Dakich as the source here is fantastic. 

I don't like Dakich any more than the next guy. But ... too much of what he says turns out to be true. I don't listen to his radio shows anymore, that lasted about two weeks before I couldn't stand any more. Now if I take out Dakich from what I said, people I know personally in Bloomington say the same thing but they are not sources and I am not an expert.  LOL

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1 minute ago, Home Jersey said:

Interestingly, a lot of the accounts on Twitter defending Woodson now, were also complaining about Gallo (allegedly) hitting the bars frequently during the season 

I can't possibly have any energy towards this. lol 

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Just now, IH8PU said:

I don't like Dakich any more than the next guy. But ... too much of what he says turns out to be true. I don't listen to his radio shows anymore, that lasted about two weeks before I couldn't stand any more. Now if I take out Dakich from what I said, people I know personally in Bloomington say the same thing but they are not sources and I am not an expert.  LOL

Respectfully, I don't care what Trey Galloway does in his free time, assuming he stays within the law. I am not his judge or parent, nor do I know him.