Reibe Announcement 10/16
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Nobody knows anything about this one or Mullins. It's just cool for some to post silliness.
wish I could believe you. He picked up another CB for UConn and no one is pointing at IU. I think this ship has sailed.
No reason to believe me, I have no idea about either. And I have not spent time to understand what goes into the magic of "crystal balls". Perhaps an antibiotic would help?
I'd say it's definitely Reibe, if not it's even worse news for us.....
Never really thought we were a major player for Reibe. Maybe we were? Just didn't feel like we were, to me.
This one isn't a huge loss. Mullins is a bigger deal, for a number of reasons.
We'll get a portal big that will be better than Reibe, in pretty much every way, I'm sure. If he surprises, and picks IU, I still hope we get a portal big, that would make a bigger impact next year than he would.
This one isn't a huge loss. Mullins is a bigger deal, for a number of reasons.
We'll get a portal big that will be better than Reibe, in pretty much every way, I'm sure. If he surprises, and picks IU, I still hope we get a portal big, that would make a bigger impact next year than he would.
I'm really having a hard time understanding exactly what our very highly-paid assistants really do. They were hyped as crack recruiters. That's clearly not true and obvious to all at this point. They certainly aren't gameday strategists or technicians. Are they good in drills at practice? Our fundamentals and smart play have been lacking too, so I'm starting to wonder if they all are simply in charge of cigars and wine?
Valid questions.
My belief has been that the Head Coach is often times the "closer" in most recruitments. Assistant coaches are the ones that drum up all the potential prospects, get them interested, keep the relationships strong, keep them on the hook...all that. But its the head coach that actually lands them and pulls them in the boat.
If that's in any way true, a lot of these recruitments ending how they are...could be just as much, if not more, of an indictment on Woody not closing them out...no?
As for the other stuff...if any of them are good coaches of the game, our teams very inconsistent play since Woody arrived indicates they're not focusing on that all that much at IU.
The comp the Sleeper guy used (Greg) was Donovan Clingan coming out of high school with a jumper. That's pretty high praise. I don't recall where Clingan was rated, but I think a 4 or 5 star.
Mullins is a bigger deal just because of the intangibles of being an IN kid that we were in on very early (well before any of the other finalists), but if Reibe has that sort of potential, that's hard to ignore especially with losing Ballo. I'm not even sure Mullins would start for us if Carlyle returns.
I'm not a recruitnik and don't watch video, so my only opinion on Mullins is based off what I read, the little bit of highlights I've seen and, admittedly probably unfairly, that one AAU showcase game in Rock Hill, but he was really thrown off his game by physical play of the team that Darryn Peterson was on (did he announce yet: I know he picked a date?). Maybe it was because it was a showcase game and IN Elite wasn't trying as hard, but they were very physical with him and it definitely affected his game. Guessing he was like 2-9/10 from 3 and under 50% overall. Probably scored 10-12. Great looking shot, good elevation and gets it off quickly, but he didn't look like a guy ready to step in and star on a really good power 5 team that day to me. With time, he may be great, but I'll be surprised if it's next year at UConn, IU or UNC. I think Hurley talking about a 10 month plan was just strategy/smoke-talk to get him there and then help develop him over a 2-3 year period. If the other kid they got recently is a 2, I would be surprised if he'd start at UConn next year. I'm really hoping all the mentions of distance means he does value staying closer to home, but it feels to me like he's a UConn lean... maybe on the order of 3:1.
No one, and I repeat no one has ever called Morton a shooter--last year he was 23% overall and 21% from 3. They will miss his D, but he was in no way shape of form a shooter. The only "shooter" he was better than from 3 on the IU roster last year was Anthony Walker. He was 5% worse than Gallo
I wasn't following that either. I finally assumed he was talking about Gillis, and just kind of cross talked between the 2. Gillis I thought was a pretty decent 3 pt (set) shooter. Morton, I always hoped would shoot.
Mgbakos mom called Woody and Tuckers dad called Woody. Two pretty miraculous 5☆ recruitments. Reneau followed JHS. JHS was a nice get and I think he was ranked in the 20's. We aren't one of those schools yet. We shouldn't lose Mullins, but we should recruit in circles that our name has some cache'. We're on par right now with Kansas State. Reach out, be visible, and make connections but land some bedrock players.
UCONN
September 20th we may have had a recruiting visit for Hurley. Reibe and Mullins only co-visit. Things are going to get hateful around here next week.
September 20th we may have had a recruiting visit for Hurley. Reibe and Mullins only co-visit. Things are going to get hateful around here next week.
Seems like everyone already expects Mullins to go to UConn and they know that shifts things to the portal, which there is generally some confidence in after last spring.
I think it sounds like where he's headed, but still think we have a shot at that one. Just based on guessing, but I thought Reibe was very unlikely, and it sounds like Kansas may have even been his second choice, but with all the noise I thought it was over 90% he was going to UConn. I'd rate Mullins 65/35% as I think IU is a draw and there seems to have been a preference to play closer to home. Still a week... Woody's got some work to do!
The brilliant UConn assistant Luke Murray is huge. Did you know he was Bill Murray's son. That explains everything. Bill Murray is closing these recruitments.
Yea. When I see no positive chatter from any of the usual sources on Mullins it seems grim.
Ha touché… I always viewed him as a three and D guy, but I admittedly would just as well be kicked in the shins than watch Purdue on a consistent basis. My very poor assessment aside, he was still a guy that operated as a valuable depth piece of the last few years.
If Mullins also calls for UConn, an argument could be made that Woody is Hurley’s best closer.
That would be a weird coincidence...dynamic...whatever you want to call it. On the flip side, if Hurley is everyone's gold standard right now, then it means Woody's judgement on the types of players he's going after is pretty sound. Just needs to close a few of them now.
I see it as just the opposite. Why would you target players that UCONN is also recruiting as you probably can't beat them? We should be going after players that fit our system who we believe we have a good chance to land.
Very Purdue ish of you.
IU shouldn't worry about who else would target the guys they want. They should establish a list of who they want, recruit them ernestly, and react accordingly when they do or don't get them. If UConn, or Kentucky, or UNC, or whoever else is also recruiting them, or starts recruiting them afterwards (Mullins as an example)...obviously IU shouldn't just not recruit those players, or stop recruiting those players.
Figure out why they've lost a couple to UConn, and if the reason is fixable, AND something they're willing to fix...fix it.
We know the issue. It's up to Dolson and the BOT to fix it.
System is an issue. Our old system hasn’t yielded good results, and it seems to have been an issue with some recruits. The staff is signaling changes/fixes coming this year, not what you want in year 4, but is what it is.
