(2018) SG Romeo Langford - INDIANA HOOSIERS

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,189]

13 minutes ago, Walking Boot of Doom said:

I was nervous about Romeo’s recruitment from the beginning because of the schools involved. Still am


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No reason to be. Great family, great kid, great coach. 

[Aaron 4,293]

I know I am going to get flack for this but I am OK with doing something a little dirty to get Romeo to get back on track if needed. l'd like to win clean moving forward but for this time to get it going we may need to throw a little under the table money just this once.

I am willing to bet PU did a little something dirty to get Swanigan just to get going again but have otherwise recruited clean with the next level of kids and won pretty big doing it. I hate praising PU and I feel dirty but following their model may be successful moving forward.

[MikeRoberts 7,021]

You don't know the inner workings of the Langford family and those connected so don't pretend to. Not a knock but you don't. I don't care if you are a Neighbor or have a kid in school with Romeo, you still don't know either way, you don't, period

 

 

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[AKHoosier 6,931]

Obviously the big news is that he visited on his own dime and time, which is awesome.

But does anyone know who he visited with?  It wasn't his parents who accompanied him.  

[mdn82 25,510]

Obviously the big news is that he visited on his own dime and time, which is awesome.
But does anyone know who he visited with?  It wasn't his parents who accompanied him.  

Phinisee was there so I am sure he met up with him.


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[WayneFleekHoosier 48,390]

Fascinating dialogue......and hope at least!


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[Me So Hornsby 2,747]

Gonna be a fun week on the boards with Romeo on espn on Friday an hour and a half before we take on MSU. Buckle up everyone


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[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,189]

9 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

You don't know the inner workings of the Langford family and those connected so don't pretend to. Not a knock but you don't. I don't care if you are a Neighbor or have a kid in school with Romeo, you still don't know either way, you don't, period

 

 

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Again.. he isn't dirty. Neither is anyone around him. 

[ElectricBoogaloo 4,307]

Is Romeo interested in a 2008 Honda Accord? I’ll be the booster behind the scenes in this recruitment. 

(Just don’t crash it on campus)

[MikeRoberts 7,021]

Again.. he isn't dirty. Neither is anyone around him. 

Again, you aren't him nor his inner circle so you don't know.

He may not be but he brought doubt on himself with who he chose to dance with so you have your opinion and that is what it is, an opinion, you certainly don't know and neither do I nor anyone here.

Again, he has flirted with dirty birds throughout so to question is only obvious and normal and you cannot definitely end that with your outside opinion


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[Aaron 4,293]

19 minutes ago, Fkfootball1 said:

Nah. Not me. With this coach, we don't need to cheat. If we have to pay Romeo to come here, I don't want him. We didn't have to pay the 4 good incoming recruits(At least to my knowledge) to come here.

There is absolutely no way we need anything dirty to get the 4 recruits we did this year. Certainly no one pays borderline top 100 players and even a fringe top 50 player like Hunter is unlikely to involve cash. Generally shadiness is reserved for the 5 stars and top 25-30 players sometimes but other times not (there is almost zero chance Yogi or Zeller took any money to come here).

I hope we can get Romeo clean but I am just saying I am OK just this once to funnel money to him just get the program going and then after that winning clean with mostly solid 4 star players moving forward as PU, Michigan Wisconsin etc have done. 

[HoosierAloha 30,068]

There is absolutely no way we need anything dirty to get the 4 recruits we did this year. Certainly no one pays borderline top 100 players and even a fringe top 50 player like Hunter is unlikely to involve cash. Generally shadiness is reserved for the 5 stars and top 25-30 players sometimes but other times not (there is almost zero chance Yogi or Zeller took any money to come here).
I hope we can get Romeo clean but I am just saying I am OK just this once to funnel money to him just get the program going and then after that winning clean with mostly solid 4 star players moving forward as PU, Michigan Wisconsin etc have done. 

Tom Izzo put it at 20% (or 4) of the top 20 kids get something. He then went on to get good, not great, classes for the next few years. He's had some really good recruits since that blew over. Although, I would bet MSU gives a little extra to players that return. Just a hunch.

I don't think you can call every top recruit dirty. However, whether people like it or not if your finalist are shady programs there'll always be doubt.

Romeo is an excellent player. I'd love for him and his family to join Hoosier nation. He's the type of recruit that could put a jolt in your program.


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[IUrocker 2,185]

I saw on another site that there's a rumor on Peegs saying Romeo is going to announce on ESPN on Friday and him being at the game was to inform Archie of his decision. ...not sure whether there's truth, just sharing. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,390]

I saw on another site that there's a rumor on Peegs saying Romeo is going to announce on ESPN on Friday and him being at the game was to inform Archie of his decision. ...not sure whether there's truth, just sharing. 

Makes a lot of sense really! I actually believe it.

 

I hope it's true then I can start dreaming up my lineups for next season, with or without him. Haha

 

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[Brass Cannon 24,814]

If he is announcing Friday I like our chances. Would really stink to announce for Vandy when we play on National TV that night

[HoosierAloha 30,068]

If he is announcing Friday I like our chances. Would really stink to announce for Vandy when we play on National TV that night

Not this again..

I would like to know one way or the other.

Could KU sending an assistant be a sign? (Speculation is fun)


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[MikeRoberts 7,021]

I would love for him to be in candy stripes but not holding my breathe. He is an amazing talent and would solve a lot for us and while he might be a great kid, that doesn't mean his needs meet ours in every way and I won't hold that against Archie if we don't get him. Us missing on him doesn't mean the recruitment was dirty at all but based on the competition I will never rule it out

 

 

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[WayneFleekHoosier 48,390]

Definitely could be the dreaded courtesy visit to inform Miller of his decision or it could be the victory lap. if he announces Friday as is being forecasted today makes sense for one or the other. Seems we might find out soon.


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[IUHAHN81 2,184]

Let's just hope the Vandy train wreck this season makes it a "victory lap" :)  In all honesty we do have some great young talent coming in that hopefully is appealing to Romeo.  Our luck HAS to change eventually.  

[LamarCheeks 18,957]

1 hour ago, IUrocker said:

I saw on another site that there's a rumor on Peegs saying Romeo is going to announce on ESPN on Friday and him being at the game was to inform Archie of his decision. ...not sure whether there's truth, just sharing. 

Not killing the messenger here, but am a little skeptical about the message. My take on this is if he were at AH tonight to tell Archie yay or nay, then was planning to announce on Friday -- there's no way that info doesn't get out until then. Because Archie's gonna tell his assistants that Romeo is or isn't coming. The assistant will tell someone else. Then someone else will tell someone else. And so on and so on. ... Same thing with telling Vandy or Kansas yes or no. If he has made a decision and has told anyone other than family, it will get out. And even then ...