Go look in his original thread, there was interest from other schools after he was released from his LOI, including Iowa.
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Go look in his original thread, there was interest from other schools after he was released from his LOI, including Iowa.
Neither am I.
I am confused why people use a guy who is a Custer level recruit to prop up a recruiting class and use it as a reason why we only need to sign role players for the next two years.
And he was released from his LOI in February. 3 months and we have no competition for him?
And we stopped recruiting him 15 months ago only to start within the last month.
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There were 4 open scholarships this spring, three now, and there will be between 4-6, minimum, open at this time next year. I really don't think taking a chance on this kid is gunna make or break anything.
What do you mean? That's why nobody but we wanted him? Or that's why we gained interest again?
It is a little odd, but I see no downside to taking him. We don't have a lot of big name transfers looking to come here this year. If it doesn't work out Fred has shown repeatedly that he's willing to move on from guys quickly.
Because he's from Marquette and every other team pretty much sees our roster is 20% former Marquette right now so why waste the time. That and we came really really close to landing him last time. Plus there are a lot of teams that just don't look at transfers..plus almost all other teams have zero relationship with the kid...we do.
what do you think Purdue is just going to call the kid up and say "Hey, I realize u almost signed with Isu last time and you are looking at them again, and I also realize we've never even talked before but would u want to visit us?
Recruitiing is a weird game and it's rare for a school to just call a transfer out of the blue who you've never met and try to recruit him in no time.
Nobody said anything about not taking him. I simply am wondering why we can't sell 16/17 to a couple higher profile transfers so we are reloading and not rebuilding.
When I say that, I get a chorus of "We have NN, he's a 4 star!"
Which makes me want to think a little bit more critically about why it was so insanely easy for us to get him, and why nobody else even seemed to try. It's a fair question, and nobody has an answer, they just want to act like I don't want NN to come here or that I think he's terrible.
I'd just like to think critically a little bit here and not just blindly assume everything is going to be amazing no matter what because that's what is happening.
I'm not talking about Purdue. I'm talking about Kentucky, Florida, MSU, Duke, Texas, ect. There can not be more than 10 teams (if that) who couldn't use a top 100 player on their roster. Doesn't that raise questions for anyone else?
Neither. I'm sure a lot of schools had filled their PG needs by March and schools probably had to take their time in figuring out if Noskowiak is in the right place mentally and physically. With 4 open scholarships and no incoming freshman yet, ISU can take some risks. Other schools aren't in that position.
He also committed to Marquette pretty early on so no one was recruiting him or building new relationships while he was going to Marquette.
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I don't think it seems feasible that ISU was the only school in the country in the right position to take a risk on a top 80-100 player who was once in the top 60. It's just a stretch to me. Schools take huge risks on plenty of talented guys, and almost every school has a scholarship open for a combo guard, especially one that talented.
And I get that we landed him, but only USC even tried? Can you think of any other recruits that we got this easily with no competition?
This kid isn't gonna be a star right away, and a lot of teams are looking for stars this time of year
We get it, you think he's going to suck because only Fred wants him. The rest of us don't care, so you can drop it now.
So the explanation is that there just isn't demand for a top 80-100 recruit?
Isn't this late enough in the process that a ton of schools who missed their #1 guy or even #2 guy would want to at least try to jump in?