(2019) SF Trendon Watford to LSU

[Class of '66 Old Fart 95,479]

5 hours ago, MoyeNeeded said:

 

 

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I wouldn't hold my breath.  I followed this past summer's AAU circuit pretty closely and don't recall ever seeing IU mentioned in attendance at Watford's games.  Also, I follow Watford on Twitter and don't see us ever mentioned.  And FWIW, I think Trendon has a completely different personality than CWat and who knows how that could play into his recruitment.

[WayneFleekHoosier 52,225]

That's one pretty clairvoyant read-in, doc.

I know you are being a smartass as per usual, but it was one of those "you had to be there" moments to read body language.

I don't really care if you or pap or walking boot or anyone else discredits it.

It wasn't my Golden Lock Pick of the Century or anything. It was just my take based off of a personal interaction.

Fwiw my predictions and estimations on our recruiting has been more accurate or as accurate as anyone out there.

And on that note. 🏻️


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[WayneFleekHoosier 52,225]

Or idk maybe he has no idea exactly where his teenage brother who has a couple more years left of HS wants to go to college?

Pretty sensibly it's fair to assume that he and his brother has had conversations about this, regarding dream schools, best fit, etc, etc.

I bet CWat has a fair read on where things stand.


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[Stuhoo 92,847]

I AM being smart ass; but I will readily concede that message boards are a good place for tea leaf reading and speculation, and you getting a first hand reaction is WAY more than I have when I speculate!

(Ps: message boards are also an excellent place to release one's "inner smart ass".)

[mdn82 26,344]

I don't think Pap was saying otherwise Doc. He was just asking more detail on the interaction. I think Paps information stands on itself, so I don't need to stick up for him. But his information comes from a variety of places. So when someone has up close interaction he likes to learn more. Here and elsewhere.


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[Alford Bailey 13,233]

22 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Pretty sensibly it's fair to assume that he and his brother has had conversations about this, regarding dream schools, best fit, etc, etc.

I bet CWat has a fair read on where things stand.


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Cwat knows where his brother is leaning no doubt.

[Hovadipo 63,394]

Cwat knows where his brother is leaning no doubt.

That doesn't mean he's going to indicate that one way or another to a total stranger. This is so crazy lol.


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[Uspshoosier 55,165]

Fwiw I asked a national recruiting scout at southport who iu's best chance at a top level recruit was beyond 2018 and he mentioned trendon. I didnt post it earlier because I felt it's too early in process to mean anything but since there was an instance where there was bad news in the case of trendon I figured I would even it out with some positive news lol. A lot of time from now until the end of this recruitment.


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[Dalton26 17,210]

Pretty sensibly it's fair to assume that he and his brother has had conversations about this, regarding dream schools, best fit, etc, etc.

I bet CWat has a fair read on where things stand.


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I seriously doubt it. As I said his little brother still has a couple yrs left of HS I doubt either knows where he is leaning. There's no sense to read so deeply into something and spaz out about it this early.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 95,479]

49 minutes ago, Dalton26 said:

I seriously doubt it. As I said his little brother still has a couple yrs left of HS I doubt either knows where he is leaning. There's no sense to read so deeply into something and spaz out about it this early.

 

 

But it's what we do best!!

[Alford Bailey 13,233]

2 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

 

That doesn't mean he's going to indicate that one way or another to a total stranger. This is so crazy lol.


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O, I totally agree on that part.

[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

lol I wasn't even in this but aight.

Wayne, I'm not sure there is anything that CWat could have said that would of made you feel confident that we would land Trendon.

As for your recruiting predictions, that's pretty subjective. Maybe we need to get a Crystal Ball going for the board


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[MikeRoberts 8,004]

lol I wasn't even in this but aight.

Wayne, I'm not sure there is anything that CWat could have said that would of made you feel confident that we would land Trendon.

As for your recruiting predictions, that's pretty subjective. Maybe we need to get a Crystal Ball going for the board


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yes, a Crystal ball for this board would be awesome!

[mdn82 26,344]

yes, a Crystal ball for this board would be awesome!

Ha it would be like Jerry Meyer up in here. There should be a "Not IU" button and everyone would be at 100% when they can change day off.


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[HoosierAloha 30,102]

lol I wasn't even in this but aight.

Wayne, I'm not sure there is anything that CWat could have said that would of made you feel confident that we would land Trendon.

As for your recruiting predictions, that's pretty subjective. Maybe we need to get a Crystal Ball going for the board


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yes, a Crystal ball for this board would be awesome!

I don't know the algorithm they use but I'd be down to help on something like this. I'm not sure the best way to go about it. (I'm decent in excel, yay comp sci!) If we could get the support of the mods and a few others to help out I could set something up. We would probably only be able to do a recruiting cycle or two though.

[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

I don't know the algorithm they use but I'd be down to help on something like this. I'm not sure the best way to go about it. (I'm decent in excel, yay comp sci!) If we could get the support of the mods and a few others to help out I could set something up. We would probably only be able to do a recruiting cycle or two though.

Could probably keep it simple and start with IU offers? Or just have a predictions league where a few days before their announcement everyone submits picks? Might miss a few of the surprise pops, but we're not going for perfection here

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[HoosierAloha 30,102]

Could probably keep it simple and start with IU offers? Or just have a predictions league where a few days before their announcement everyone submits picks? Might miss a few of the surprise pops, but we're not going for perfection here

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It would be a fun exercise to see how well BTBers guess. We could do something like 50% is based on right/wrong and the other 50% is number of days right? I'm not sure the scope of it though. Maybe top 50 and IU targets?

[hoosierpap 14,300]

On 12/18/2016 at 9:22 AM, WayneFleekHoosier said:

I told him to we need to get his brother to IU. His reaction didn't convince me. He said, I don't know about that and chuckled. Said, we'll see. It was his look when saying this.

Could have said a lot of things. Anything to inspire hope.

Things didn't turn out the way CWat hoped professionally. It's not IUs fault, but Trendon will go to a NBA factory if he can. Same is true with most of the higher rated kids.


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That has you convinced about a kid who is 20-30 months from a decision? 

IU and the Watfords are plenty close and this is being handled the correct way, imo, on both ends from what I've been told. Trendon knows nearly everything about the Indiana program and Tom Crean. It'll come down to if he wants to carve his own path or follow on with his brothers legacy. I would expect to see Trendon focus on other programs for the next year + and that's exactly what I'd be telling him if I were advising. 

[Stuhoo 92,847]

Considering he is a 25-year-old man who plays basketball for a living and is constantly hounded with questions about his 16-year-old little brother, the fact that he was polite is probably the biggest plus and the most information anyone was going to get.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 95,479]

2019 forward Trendon Watford 22 points, 20 rebs, 5 blocks to lead Mountain Brook to a 7A Alabama state semifinal win, 52-41.