(2018) SG Romeo Langford - INDIANA HOOSIERS

[HoosierSadaseci]

So I made the mistake of visiting a Kansas board,  and on top of them having an "insider" telling them their source is saying Romeo is picking Kansas, they also don't think too highly of IU, and what kind of team IU could be with Langford next season to the point of being dismissive of IU legitimately having a shot at Romeo.  The few KU posters who think he may choose IU think it's only due to pressure to be the hometown hero, and not that Romeo would actually want to play for IU otherwise. 

It's when I see things like that that I really hope Romeo Langford chooses to don the candy stripes on April 30th.

[reconmkd]

8 minutes ago, HoosierSadaseci said:

So I made the mistake of visiting a Kansas board,  and on top of them having an "insider" telling them their source is saying Romeo is picking Kansas, they also don't think too highly of IU, and what kind of team IU could be with Langford next season to the point of being dismissive of IU legitimately having a shot at Romeo.  The few KU posters who think he may choose IU think it's only due to pressure to be the hometown hero, and not that Romeo would actually want to play for IU otherwise. 

It's when I see things like that that I really hope Romeo Langford chooses to don the candy stripes on April 30th.

I read some of the Kansas boards the other day as well. SMH talk about a self-righteous bunch of a-holes! They have no respect for any team other than themselves, and there is no hiding it at all! Rational conversations were interrupted with ridicule and claims of being a "homer" for the other schools mentioned. Dollar Bill is apparently the right hand of God and can do no wrong, and IU is a washed up, has-been-never-gonna-be-again blue blood. That's what I gathered from just about 15 min of reading.

 

 

This is literally one of their topics: Why the fug would anyone go to Indiana? Started by: MountOreadJayhawk

 

Apr 11, 6:59 PM by rimrattler88

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[HoosierFan1994]

4 minutes ago, reconmkd said:

I read some of the Kansas boards the other day as well. SMH talk about a self-righteous bunch of a-holes! They have no respect for any team other than themselves, and there is no hiding it at all! Rational conversations were interrupted with ridicule and claims of being a "homer" for the other schools mentioned. Dollar Bill is apparently the right hand of God and can do no wrong, and IU is a washed up, has-been-never-gonna-be-again blue blood. That's what I gathered from just about 15 min of reading.

IU hasn't won a title in 30 plus years and we STILL have more banners than them. UK, UNC and Duke have all passed or tied IU but not them. Don't get me wrong they are a great program but for all the hype they should have more titles. Although they have won a ton of Big 12 titles in a row, that conference is equivalent to the AFC East. 

[Double Down]

There are a bunch of homers on a Kansas board?  :) :O

Look, all of us want Romeo.  He's a definitely a game changer, perhaps a program changer.  We'll all be looking at things from our own perspective probably reading way into things that are coming third, fourth and fifth hand.  It doesn't matter what fans are saying.  No one really knows.  Of course people from Kansas are going to be dismissive of us.  Truth be told, they're kind of got us on that one.  Romeo wouldn't be coming to Indiana because of what we've done in the recent past, it'll be because he'll want to be a part of remaking our future.  If he picks Kansas, he'll be another in a long line of guys who've had recent success there.  I was 10 the last time we won the NC.  I'm 41 now.   

Apr 30th it's all over and we can all move on.  Either way, us Indiana fans will move forward (not backward).  I have confidence that Archie is building the program in the right direction.  Romeo will certainly speed things up, though!  But we'll move forward either way. 

 

[cljones1979]

Any good tidbits last night or today? Everything seems to have went stale.

[Walking Boot of Doom]

On 2/4/2018 at 12:53 PM, Walking Boot of Doom said:

This is a business decision per Tim Langford. Romeo’s brand in the state of Indiana is at an all time high. He’s creating a story as the next great Hoosier to grace basketball locally and it will only continue to spread nationally. His name will be bandied about with other Hoosier greats leading up to the commitment. If he goes to Indiana, the story is cemented and becomes the focus of the entire season, and his brand sky rockets. If he goes to Vandy, he starts a completely new story, and his current brand is completely lost. He has the chance to make a new college Big 3 brand as part of one of the best recruiting classes ever, but it’s a complete reset. If I’m running a business, I stick with the brand that has a massive following and has all of the momentum. Romeo to Indiana.


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Slow day at work. I want credit in the Btown Crystalball for a February 4th pick! 

[Capt. Crimson]

8 minutes ago, cljones1979 said:

Any good tidbits last night or today? Everything seems to have went stale.

I wouldn't imagine we'll hear much between now and then. Maybe in the couple days leading up to it. We've already seen phrases like 'done deal' and most notable CB picks have flipped to us so don't know what else there is to hear/see. Just need to see what happens! 

[mdn82]

**** ‘em. Let them whine and moan. What they think and say doesn’t matter.

Gradman, I don’t agree with you often but I do here. **** them!


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[Dalton26]

38 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

IU hasn't won a title in 30 plus years and we STILL have more banners than them. UK, UNC and Duke have all passed or tied IU but not them. Don't get me wrong they are a great program but for all the hype they should have more titles. Although they have won a ton of Big 12 titles in a row, that conference is equivalent to the AFC East. 

My favorite thing is when schools that have never won bring up the 30 yrs thing. Never winning one is a lot longer than 30 years.

[wesley storlie]

Anyone care to inform me if anything has changed or happened over the past couple of days?

Edited April 17, 2018 by wesley storlie

[dallas44~]

So I made the mistake of visiting a Kansas board,  and on top of them having an "insider" telling them their source is saying Romeo is picking Kansas, they also don't think too highly of IU, and what kind of team IU could be with Langford next season to the point of being dismissive of IU legitimately having a shot at Romeo.  The few KU posters who think he may choose IU think it's only due to pressure to be the hometown hero, and not that Romeo would actually want to play for IU otherwise. 
It's when I see things like that that I really hope Romeo Langford chooses to don the candy stripes on April 30th.

Which Kansas board? Scout or 247


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[Uspshoosier]

Best guess is Indiana (but if I'm wrong blame @jeffborzello)...

I would have guessed somewhere else a week ago by the way
Adam Finkelstein
Add an ESPN scout to one jumping on the romeo to IU



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[Walking Boot of Doom]

46 minutes ago, wesley storlie said:

Anyone care to inform me if anything has changed or happened over the past couple of days?

Nope

[LamarCheeks]

Get there early. Get there often. 

 

[reconmkd]

1 minute ago, LamarCheeks said:

Get there early. Get there often. 

 

So they are opening the doors an hour early, but this is a school day. I think NA gets out at 2:30 but I wonder how early they are going to allow people to show up? I would have to think that they wouldn't allow it until after all of the kids are out of school for security reasons.

[ray]

11 minutes ago, reconmkd said:

So they are opening the doors an hour early, but this is a school day. I think NA gets out at 2:30 but I wonder how early they are going to allow people to show up? I would have to think that they wouldn't allow it until after all of the kids are out of school for security reasons.

I agree they won't allow anyone in until after the buses have left and school is out of session, but that isn't to say they'll be able to control what people do.  I imagine there will be people parking off site and walking in or waiting in cars stopped by barricades.  Who knows?  This might be a bigger turnout than anyone has even planned for.  Then again, maybe it won't be.

[reconmkd]

2 minutes ago, ray said:

I agree they won't allow anyone in until after the buses have left and school is out of session, but that isn't to say they'll be able to control what people do.  I imagine there will be people parking off site and walking in or waiting in cars stopped by barricades.  Who knows?  This might be a bigger turnout than anyone has even planned for.  Then again, maybe it won't be.

As tight of an area that it is around the school, I could see this becoming a little chaotic there.

[ray]

1 hour ago, Walking Boot of Doom said:

Slow day at work. I want credit in the Btown Crystalball for a February 4th pick! 

Considering your thoughts and vantage point on the whole "brand" is very similar to my own, I will gladly give you some credit.

[ray]

Just now, reconmkd said:

As tight of an area that it is around the school, I could see this becoming a little chaotic there.

I've never been to the school, so I'll take your word for it.

[reconmkd]

Been there a few times, I was a recruiter for the Army for a while and have lived about 20 mins away all my life. The state road out front is 2 lane and there are 2 side streets, a little parking at the school and some more parking across the street behind some businesses.