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16 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said:

Lunch??? 

That or Someone could have alerted the team and Fife/Marshall happened to be closest to Kirkwood and were hoping to deescalate the situation.

Frankly just hoping it’s nothing serious and if it is, he’s back by that St.Johns game. 

May be a blessing in disguise, Woody has proven he can land quality players from the transfer portal and we may need an immediate impact player more than a long term player after TJD leaves this year.

Confusing pick to go Bama IMO. Less playing time potential and was the school least interested in him out of his top choices. Not to mention they are basically recruiting over him with Miller and Walker…

I don’t like scrutinizing these interviews too much but it did stick out to me that the only school he “loves the coaching staff and their experience” was IU.

Awesome to see Tamar’s family joining in on this recruitment. 

Really enjoying the enthusiasm and optimism surrounding the direction Woodson is taking this team. 

As the saying goes, “Mother knows best.”

1 hour ago, FKIM01 said:

Hopefully he looked bored. 😂

I think this would qualify as looking bored LOL. At the very least, palpable indifference 

Oh wow yea I got my weeks mixed up, OV to Bama is next week.

Hopefully I was just foreshadowing!

Well, his Bama official visit has likely wrapped and no posts from him at all this weekend.

Did see his mom liked this post though. Go Hoosiers!

Well people did say when he commits, it wasn’t going to be a big production. Probably won’t see many/any CB predictions for his recruitment 

Rivals and 247 had updates on him today but i didn’t get to see what it was.

3 hours ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Looks like Alabama is focusing more on other players than Clowney now. Expecting this one to pop soon (under my own judgement)

Did they cancel his visit or something? I know they have a 5-star PF on campus this weekend too. I noticed someone on Twitter said Clowney hasn’t rescheduled yet but maybe that’s changed since then. 

40 minutes ago, NY hoosier said:

Does anyone know the timing of this decision 

He told a reporter 2-3 weeks after his Bama visit but potentially sooner. 

I have no intel but I haven’t felt this confident about someone ending up at IU since Leal.

I know IU media can get our hopes up since they cover basketball and recruiting far more than Bama/Florida/Va Tech but I just sense a very palpable difference in the way he talks about and posts about IU in comparison to the rest. He said post -visit he usually wants to go home after an official but didn’t feel that way with IU. 

also, weird move to (allegedly) be chatting with an IU staffer during your Va Tech visit saying it’s boring af and then committing potentially 4 years of your life there..

Didn’t post anything about his trip to Bama, guess he was underwhelmed there too. 

2 predictions for Louisville today, one from a Louisville insider. Bummer. 

Not to get too cocky, but I think we’ve set him up to be underwhelmed with the rest of his visits.

Hes already completed his Florida visit and hasn’t posted anything on social media outside of a quick clip of him at their football game on Saturday.

Fans are definitely showing the love this weekend, almost more likes for his IU official tweet than his “Top 4” one. 

No inside info but I think he’s ours to lose. IU and Va Tech have prioritized him the longest but his relationship with Coach Ya/potential for lots of playing time with TJD going pro I think seals the deal.

Anyone hearing anything similar lol?

It’s nice to have a staff that can identify the holes in our roster and then actually get a player to fill it. 

This program rn feels like a complete 180 from a couple months ago. 

The more I read into Rosemond, the more I like. Some of my favorite quotes from the CWat and Moye interviews:

“I love Yasir. He’s so knowledgeable. He really knows how to run a team from the point guard position. He’s a wizard with point guards. He’s a great recruiter. He’s a phenomenal human being”

“He didn’t have to make time for me, but he’s one of the guys I can call anytime. For me and him, it’s something deeper than basketball.”

*Article also mentioned him leaving Bama was a big reason why Trendon didn’t go/big reason why Colin Sexton went to Bama. 

10 minutes ago, HoobieDoobie said:

You guys getting mad about this are hilarious.  He was cleared of wrongdoing, he has connections, he's young, and from his podcasts sounds like he would connect really well with recruits and understands the game of recruiting.   I'm glad to have Yasir on board.

Exactly. Not gonna care more than the FBI and NCAA on this matter if they said he’s fine. Also not gonna sit here and pretend like there aren’t plenty more people involved in pay for play that just so happened to be lucky enough not to have the authorities listening in.

He apparently has good recruiting connections in areas Hunter/Fife are less familiar with, works with guards, and can help with shooting mechanics. Sounds like a win to me.

17 minutes ago, ephul said:

But aren't you sort of assuming "potential character issues"?

Fife was on that list of people this agent reached out to, whether or not they spoke or not we may never know. I know they have Rosemond on wiretap saying he do whatever to get recruits but sometimes people do distasteful things to move up in their industry, it’s not just a college basketball thing...

Don’t forget, they have an agent saying Tom Crean hugged him once (also had Kenny Johnson as his assistant who went on to get caught bribing for Pitino), Tom Ostrom was interested in the Silvia De Sousa recruitment. 

Idk much about qualifications for a 3rd assistant but he seems to be a likeable guy and specializes in guard play which we definitely need.

If he has a way to bring not a top ten, but a consensus top 5 national recruit with him, I will not complain whatsoever.