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GRR Spartan · 03-25-2008, 09:03 PM

Okay '86 I'll type very slowly so you get it.

1. World Wide Wes was involved. He has a good track record of "helping" recruits make choices.

2. IZZO has a track record of telling recruits what they have to do academically to stay on MSU's active list. If a player doesn't show he is working to get accepted by MSU's admissions office with grades and test scores IZZO backs off. The Benton Harbor kid who ended up at DePaul falls into that category.

3.There are only so many scholarships and at some point in time the staff sits down and decides who they have a LEGITIMATE chance of signing (Joseph/Neitzel) and who is playing the waiting game(Horford) and who is playing real games (Kaun who was waiting for Kansas to hire his prep school coach as an assistant) or players who are hooked up with World Wide Wes types and are getting someone paid (AAU coach/HS coach/street agent/family member.)

03-25-2008, 09:03 PM	#12 (permalink)
GRR Spartan 10,000+ posts Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: West MI Posts: 16,549 Dan Enos	Okay '86 I'll type very slowly so you get it. 1. World Wide Wes was involved. He has a good track record of "helping" recruits make choices. 2. IZZO has a track record of telling recruits what they have to do academically to stay on MSU's active list. If a player doesn't show he is working to get accepted by MSU's admissions office with grades and test scores IZZO backs off. The Benton Harbor kid who ended up at DePaul falls into that category. 3.There are only so many scholarships and at some point in time the staff sits down and decides who they have a LEGITIMATE chance of signing (Joseph/Neitzel) and who is playing the waiting game(Horford) and who is playing real games (Kaun who was waiting for Kansas to hire his prep school coach as an assistant) or players who are hooked up with World Wide Wes types and are getting someone paid (AAU coach/HS coach/street agent/family member.) __________________ : One National Championship, 4 trips to the Final Four, Seven Sweet Sixteens, 11 straight trips to NCAA Tournament, 4 Big Ten Championships. Yeah, we'll keep him.