Billingsley99 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Just now, dwtaylor1055 said: Thanks for the info, how about a quick weekend trip to see us against Sparty would be nice. Get the crowd to start a "We want Trendon" chant and hopefully another W in the spotlight at AH. Wont happen has a game Saturday I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlinedavid Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 If distance/parents being able to watch is important, why isn't the same concern there for LSU? Birmingham to Baton Rouge is roughly 5 hours, Birmingham to B-town is 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Just now, Zlinedavid said: If distance/parents being able to watch is important, why isn't the same concern there for LSU? Birmingham to Baton Rouge is roughly 5 hours, Birmingham to B-town is 6. Was a concern well before LSU became an serious option. For a long time it was Bama or Memphis. LSU took the lead and you bring up a great point. Maybe parents asked the same thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefftheref Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 27 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: I received a text yesterday from a number I did not recognized and asked if I wanted to talk Indiana basketball recruiting? Of course I said yes and expected it to be a member of HSN. I received a call a few minutes later and it was the guy that told me the Big Fish and lots of other info but it has always come through a mutual friend. He said I see that you post a lot of what I say so i am just going to come straight to you. Told us all to relax KB is still good. I posted what I was told about him in the KB thread. He said we have to go back to get full picture. Several months ago CAM reached out to a group of recruits and told them the time is now, or there may not be enough space for you. 1 week later AF was ours and Newman, Booknight and Ramsey were off looking for their school. KB and TJD were told that no matter when they wanted to commit, they had a spot. This was not given to Watford though. Throughout the whole process it has been a 4 man class and there was a time in which the staff felt positive the RL would return so that last spot needed to fill a need not a luxury. CAM and staff have been doing a great job on the recruiting trail and parents are pleased because he is being honest and not telling everyone that they are a starter from day 1. Things cooled between us and TW and a big reason is TW did not feel prioritized and wanted to be sure parents could see him play. At some point his parents and brother assured him that if he wanted to go to IU they would love it. They are not in any way pushing it on him, just not excluding it. AS chemistry issues have come along and imminent realization that RL is gone we may have plenty of spots and 1 may be a spot that TW could step into right away. In the mean time those other schools have made him a priority and promised things that they may or may not be able to deliver. Ed has taken a big role in this recruitment and has really won over the family and TW. In fact this guy believes that a month ago had we said TW has a starting spot next year he would have pulled the trigger. Recently he has been a big target for us and he have not closed the gap completely but we are for sure in the mix. The thought of KB, TJD and TW has been discussed and talked amongst them quite a bit. Distance is still a concern but will not be the determining factor. The recent LSU issue has raised even more concern. Memphis has a lot of tools that may help the NBA route but not sure if they offer anything else that will improve his game or put him in national spotlight. Making the McDonalds team was big, not just becasue KB did not but some feel there was some concern on why KB had a spot and not TW if he were to wait. Staff did a great job of handling that issue. Recently Lester Quiones has said that he wanted to play with TW, no way that this is a package deal but it does help us if we may be losing a couple of guards on our current roster. (speculation) We have ramped up that recruitment a lot. He summed everything up with this. CAM is the right guy and it killing it on the recruiting trail with parents, players AAU coaches high school coaches etc... if TW comes for an official he is ours. The only way that he will is if it is to commit. Could happen on the visit. Feels that it would be hard to turn down Indiana after getting another up close look and he already knows how our fans are and what we all meant to his brother and wants to make the decision on what is best for him not an emotional pick. If we get him here that would be huge. This is all from 1 person and I have not heard this from anyone else. I feel that he has been right on everything he has told me so I wanted to share it with you. Some of this may be common knowledge but I wanted to include as much of the convo as possible. Now we have to get him back to campus!!!!! CoachSS Iuwins MIle, anyone that has info that this jives with or does not please share. I don't care about being right or wrong just want info. Thanks. Thank you for the information. HSN is the best because it has the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 12 minutes ago, jefftheref said: Thank you for the information. HSN is the best because it has the best! I cant take any credit. I do agree HSN is the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CauseThatsMyDJ Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Should be noted that Trendon was targeting Wisconsin to visit and that obviously didn't happen. Doesn't mean he won't visit later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierJax Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 7 minutes ago, CauseThatsMyDJ said: Should be noted that Trendon was targeting Wisconsin to visit and that obviously didn't happen. Doesn't mean he won't visit later. He was also going to be at the Louisville game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlinedavid Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 9 minutes ago, CauseThatsMyDJ said: Should be noted that Trendon was targeting Wisconsin to visit and that obviously didn't happen. Doesn't mean he won't visit later. And, it's not like he hasn't been here before. Yes, I know, it's different when he's the one being recruited, but it's not a mystery either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Billingsley99 said: I cant take any credit. I do agree HSN is the best Great stuff. I assume you know who the unknown number is? Member here? No reason other than my personal curiosity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 4 minutes ago, FKIM01 said: Great stuff. I assume you know who the unknown number is? Member here? No reason other than my personal curiosity. You would think so but no. An observer on here and golf buddy of my friends golf buddy. In the Indy area from the number and my guess 60's . My friend would not tell me because he said that if i knew I would be told not to post. I am sure I could do some detective work, but I like getting the scope so as they say curiosity killed the cat and I not sure how many of the 9 lives I still have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDenizen Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 minute ago, Billingsley99 said: You would think so but no. An observer on here and golf buddy of my friends golf buddy. In the Indy area from the number and my guess 60's . My friend would not tell me because he said that if i knew I would be told not to post. I am sure I could do some detective work, but I like getting the scope so as they say curiosity killed the cat and I not sure how many of the 9 lives I still have. Ignorance is bliss. 😊 I'd rather you stay that way and bring what you can to the board. Fun to read! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierinbham Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 3 hours ago, Zlinedavid said: If distance/parents being able to watch is important, why isn't the same concern there for LSU? Birmingham to Baton Rouge is roughly 5 hours, Birmingham to B-town is 6. Bham to Baton Rouge is more like 6. You're exactly right for home games. Road games would obviously be much more accessible down here. Hopefully it doesn't matter. Ernest and Christian know that drive well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macomb hoosier Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Billingsley99 said: You would think so but no. An observer on here and golf buddy of my friends golf buddy. In the Indy area from the number and my guess 60's . My friend would not tell me because he said that if i knew I would be told not to post. I am sure I could do some detective work, but I like getting the scope so as they say curiosity killed the cat and I not sure how many of the 9 lives I still have. I enjoy the cloak and dagger stuff as much as the info itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlinedavid Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 58 minutes ago, Hoosierinbham said: Bham to Baton Rouge is more like 6. You're exactly right for home games. Road games would obviously be much more accessible down here. Hopefully it doesn't matter. Ernest and Christian know that drive well. I defer to local knowledge. Driven through Birmingham a few times, but never to Baton Rouge. Just went with the Google Maps time. And hadn't considered the road games issue. Valid point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUDan93 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Any program would be nuts not to take a player like Christian Watford. He was a class act and became a really good player for us. I know Trendon is his own man, and is different player than his brother, but I have faith that he is coming from a family that has things right. If you want good team chemistry you would be wrong to think that Trendon would be a huge asset. I wish he had been a priority from us all along, but maybe the "inside out" strategy by CAM made it hard to focus such attention on a kid from Alabama, but I think he is an Indiana kid who just happens to live in Alabama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 12 minutes ago, IUDan93 said: Any program would be nuts not to take a player like Christian Watford. He was a class act and became a really good player for us. I know Trendon is his own man, and is different player than his brother, but I have faith that he is coming from a family that has things right. If you want good team chemistry you would be wrong to think that Trendon would be a huge asset. I wish he had been a priority from us all along, but maybe the "inside out" strategy by CAM made it hard to focus such attention on a kid from Alabama, but I think he is an Indiana kid who just happens to live in Alabama. I think that a big part nut I find it interesting that maybe staff hoped and expected much more from JS and the Hunter injury. Maybe we just could not promise enough PT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 5 hours ago, Billingsley99 said: and there was a time in which the staff felt positive the RL would return so that last spot needed to fill a need not a luxury. I found this to be the most interesting piece of your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 39 minutes ago, 5fouls said: I found this to be the most interesting piece of your post. For those that said 100 percent no chance he would stay I say unless you are RL I don't believe you. We were building a championship caliber team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 minute ago, Billingsley99 said: For those that said 100 percent no chance he would stay I say unless you are RL I don't believe you. We were building a championship caliber team I was saying all along that he could be back, and people thought I was making it up and/or pulling it out of my butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cohete15 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Just now, 5fouls said: I was saying all along that he could be back, and people thought I was making it up and/or pulling it out of my butt. I agreed with you, but seems now he’s gone. Hopefully we finish strong and these guys develop a special bond and Romeo comes back for a championship run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwtaylor1055 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 4 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: For those that said 100 percent no chance he would stay I say unless you are RL I don't believe you. We were building a championship caliber team So the staff still believes Romeo could return for one more year? Or was this something they believed earlier in the season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 16 minutes ago, 5fouls said: I was saying all along that he could be back, and people thought I was making it up and/or pulling it out of my butt. There was a time when there was some hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Just now, cohete15 said: I agreed with you, but seems now he’s gone. Hopefully we finish strong and these guys develop a special bond and Romeo comes back for a championship run. I agree that, at this point, I think he's gone. He had a very close knit team at New Albany, and loved every minute of it. I believe he expected the same at IU. As we've seen, it's not turned out that way. I'm hoping for a special run at the end of the season, not that I think it will bring him back, but I would like him to leave IU with some positive memories, and IU fans to have some positive memories of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 14 minutes ago, dwtaylor1055 said: So the staff still believes Romeo could return for one more year? Or was this something they believed earlier in the season? No. That was pre conference time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Just now, Billingsley99 said: There was a time when there was some hope. It was more than hope. It's my belief that the mindset of the Langford's going in was to have a second year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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