majerus mojo Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 You loved Tatum in Magic Mike #FactsOnly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Tatum is not a bad kid because he chose Duke. What makes him appear bad is that he dashed the dreams of a lot of people in this board. He will be fine and go wherever he will, and so will the SLU Billikens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVBilliken Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 I wish every success to Mr. Tatum. Who out there would have picked SLU over Duke? I sure would have not if I had Jason's ability and future. No brainer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FromDaEastSide Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Tarkus Ferguson (Althoff) verbaled to UIC this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishdude Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 I am hoping we get to see Duke come here and play the Billikens so we can see him play. Who knows, maybe a home court upset That would sweeten it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 I am hoping we get to see Duke come here and play the Billikens so we can see him play. Who knows, maybe a home court upset That would sweeten it. I disagree. I don't want to give these kids that go away a home game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 I wish every success to Mr. Tatum. Who out there would have picked SLU over Duke? I sure would have not if I had Jason's ability and future. No brainer. I grew up a SLU fan and I've generally hated Duke ever since Christian Laettner hit that shot against Kentucky (used to like UK too as a kid). Even with that, I would have had a hard time turning down Duke if Coach K wanted me to play there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Since Tatum's a sure fire one and doner and Dukes not our schedule this year, I don't think we'll be hosting the Devils anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clock_Tower Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 I, for one, am getting really tired of the fascination of everything Duke not only with Tatum and on this Board but also with guys like Wyatt Yess wearing a Duke t-shirt last night at Parkway West's homecoming football game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Tarkus Ferguson (Althoff) verbaled to UIC this morning tarkus is better than any guard on our roster. and the fact uic believes he is academically ok to attend that very nice academic institution i would say we cant use the excuse we didnt think he could handle slu academics. very disappointing we are going to miss on all the althoff kids. my gosh, at least go get on marvin bateman. he has the highest ceiling of all of them anyway. he would be the best outside shooter entering the program since claggett. supposedly we want long sniper's. well that's marvin. and only a high school junior so plenty of time to get involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayne's_World Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Pretty solid class locally: -Jayson Tatum (Chaminade) - Duke -Tyler Cook (Chaminade) - Iowa -Xavier Sneed (Hazelwood Central) - Kansas State -Zeke Moore (Riverview Gardens) - Saint Louis University -Jordan Barnes (CBC) - Indiana State -Mike Lewis (Chaminade) - Duquesne -Christian Willis (CBC) - Arkansas State -Brendon Gooch (Althoff) - SIU Carbondale -Tarkus Ferguson (Althoff) - UIC -Aaron Cook (Westminster) - SIU Carbondale -Duane Clark (CBC) - UMKC Everything Majerus established has pretty much been lost. The local kids have no desire whatsoever to play for Crews and SLU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majerus mojo Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 I don't care if he becomes a future hall of famer, I'd simply rather not be reminded of the recruiting debacle/run around every time I see his name. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franchise_08 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 tarkus is better than any guard on our roster. and the fact uic believes he is academically ok to attend that very nice academic institution i would say we cant use the excuse we didnt think he could handle slu academics. very disappointing we are going to miss on all the althoff kids. my gosh, at least go get on marvin bateman. he has the highest ceiling of all of them anyway. he would be the best outside shooter entering the program since claggett. supposedly we want long sniper's. well that's marvin. and only a high school junior so plenty of time to get involved. Really? Don't be a fool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crymdg2 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Really? Don't be a fool. Have you seen Althoff play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 I don hate Tatum but I really have no interest in what he does at Duke. If he is successful or not it means nothing to me one way or the other. Crews has much to do - hopefully he can do it but the odds are not in his favor but then again, that is why you have to let it play out. This is a critical year for him - if he lays another egg, then we have no other choice but to let him go but once again I guess there could be some unusual factors that could give him a reprieve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Everything Majerus established has pretty much been lost. The local kids have no desire whatsoever to play for Crews and SLU. Did they have a desire when RM was here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Have you seen Althoff play? Yes- he's not better than any guard on our roster. Would he fit in? Maybe, but he is not much better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Yes- he's not better than any guard on our roster. Would he fit in? Maybe, but he is not much better Which guard on our current roster do you think is more talented than Tarkus ferguson? I honestly can't think of a single aspect of ferguson's game that is surpassed by on of our current guards. You do know that jodair jett and kevin lisch and erwin claggett and David burns and larry hughes are no longer on our roster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samslu Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Which guard on our current roster do you think is more talented than Tarkus ferguson? I honestly can't think of a single aspect of ferguson's game that is surpassed by on of our current guards. You do know that jodair jett and kevin lisch and erwin claggett and David burns and larry hughes are no longer on our roster? If he is that good why is he going to a horrible team in a one bid league. I have watched him play and he is not better than the guards on our roster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 If he is that good why is he going to a horrible team in a one bid league. I have watched him play and he is not better than the guards on our roster. Is he better than Daniel Lisch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crymdg2 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 If he is that good why is he going to a horrible team in a one bid league. I have watched him play and he is not better than the guards on our roster. People in and close to the Althoff program have said it was an incredibly quick, almost out of nowhere, commit. They were caught off guard. At the present time, other than Roby, I'd take Ferguson over all our current guards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 People in and close to the Althoff program have said it was an incredibly quick, almost out of nowhere, commit. They were caught off guard. At the present time, other than Roby, I'd take Ferguson over all our current guards. Chin Coleman i$ on the job at UIC. $coundrelly recruiting is the name of his game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 If he is that good why is he going to a horrible team in a one bid league. I have watched him play and he is not better than the guards on our roster. not sure what games you saw of tarkus. i saw over ten and he is without a doubt a difference maker. currently only goodwin is more productive than ferguson for althoff as ferguson scored at a 14 ppg clip. last year tarkus shot 44% from the three point line and 58% from the field. He led the team in both assists and steals. He also typically guarded the opposing team's best player game in and game out and more times than not, it was ferguson that was taking the last shot. the post dispatch doesnt list "dunks" but i would say only goodwin had as many or maybe more dunks than ferguson. i.e. tarkus is quite the athlete. as to your question about why he is going to uic, according to the news democrat article he said he really enjoyed his visit. my question remains how a player of his caliber was completely ignored by our staff. and i hold strong that tarkus is better than any guard off our current roster right now. at this point it doesnt matter. we missed. again. hopefully we rectify our now regular action of ignoring local talent and go after excellent area juniors like goodwin, basteman, frederking who have not been pursued by the billiken coaches much to this point. our current roster is not very good and considering we recently had back to back ncaa teams that were highly ranked, it is very frustrating to know we have not capitalized on that good vibe and brought better players to our roster and come a little closer to maintaining that momentum. is it too late? i hope not. but honestly i fear we might already be back to 1983. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Band Legend Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Cmon Roy, 1983? We are not at ground zero- do you remember Jamie Thomas? Give these kids a chance to be better this year before you bury them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Don't knock Jamie Thomas. I went to his wedding Good kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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