The way you phrased it made it sound that way. No biggie. It's easy to misunderstand a post.
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The way you phrased it made it sound that way. No biggie. It's easy to misunderstand a post.
Curious...what would be the mindset of someone to take an unofficial visit to a school a little less than a week before they have scheduled an announcement, and that visit to not have any effect? Is it that he said he would before he made up his mind and since then has made it up but still has that visit lingering in the background? Is it just to say goodbye?
Not sure what his mind set is...He has done everything he said he would up until this point. Why would he change now?
He's at the practice facility 3 times a week...How much of an impact can an exhibition game make?
First task as a Blue Devil fleeb...
Steal ISU's playbook for the January matchup in Chicago.....
I'm sorry I miss understood your prior post when you said he was not coming to ISU to mean he wasn't making the unofficial visit.
I do agree that the visit won't be a game changer, but I still have hope that he is undecided. I hope the coaches can sell him on the fact that at ISU he can do something that has never been accomplished whereas the other school don't present that opportunity.
If he's as much of a competitor as I think he is, I would think the opportunity to do something at ISU that has never been done before would be fairly compelling. That's what I would be selling him on if I was part of ISU's coaching staff.
Take ISU to its first ever final four/national championship and your legacy will live forever.
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No, what I'm saying is, most likely the only way HB commits is if he believes Craig or Gilstrap thinks about returning. He wants to win Championships, and without those two guys we won't compete for a Big XII Championship. Maybe, with one of them, plus HB, we have a shot at a Conference Championship.
This late in his recruitment...No chance...Always bothered me about saying everybody is equal. Just simply, isn't the case...When in life is anybody given six choices and they don't narrow the list almost immediately?
Haha, thanks for the reply...:yes: Really is pointless to hypothesize about this kind of thing, just wanted to know your take on it. I'd say if Harrison is spending 3 times a week at the practice facility then I hope the coaching staff is getting the job done.
Like I said, they know more than they are letting on...Good or Bad, just have to wait and see.
Somebody should run a DNA check on HB and see if he is predisposed to a preference for blue-ish colors over red-ish colors. It kind of sounds that way (KU, UNC, Dook, UCLA)...
Wow, is he really at the practice facility that much? I don't want to start a sour tone but if he chooses a conference foe...that is messed up.
This recruitment just puzzles me...being a kid that grew up worshipping college basketball in this state it would have been an honor to tell the big boys no. Guess I'm not and never have been in HB's shoes but it still puzzles me. I think that is the main theme I hear from people..they just can't see how he CAN'T pick ISU.
I actually agree with you on this. In fact, I'm a bit surprised that the NCAA allows it.
But I can easily see how HB would choose a traditional power over ISU.
1944 doesn't count.
The Final Four in the modern era is a different beast with all the TV/money/exposure/recruiting implications.
I agree. You would think that a honest kid like him would feel bad about using ISU's facilities if he knew all along there was no chance he was going to play for us. It's things like this that still give me a glimmer of hope that he may be a Cyclone yet. Then again, maybe he has us all fooled. I guess we'll find out soon.
My first ever post on the HB situation but he possibly had an upfront understanding with the coaches that there was no promises of commitment if he practiced with the team and they were ok with that. If that is the case I see nothing wrong with using the facilities and not commiting.