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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?

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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!

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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. 

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.  

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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

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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.  

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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. 

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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.

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