Billikids Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 I have no issues plugging my own articles here. Interested to know what the rest of you think: https://crossoverreport.com/2016/04/14/how-slu-lost-top-recruit-jayson-tatums-commitment-hurts-my-soul/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayne's_World Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Damn Jim Crews. Damn that man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbj14 Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Interesting, but not groundbreaking for anyone here necessarily. I've heard a couple similar things from more of a fe degrees of separation than being able to ask a player myself. Though I've heard there was more to it than just the PG offer. Not a long list of "demands" though from what I've been told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 If it's true its fitting that Crews could have saved his job with Jason. He paid the price . Shows how out of touch he really was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billikids Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 Interesting, but not groundbreaking for anyone here necessarily. I've heard a couple similar things from more of a fe degrees of separation than being able to ask a player myself. Though I've heard there was more to it than just the PG offer. Not a long list of "demands" though from what I've been told. Right, that's what I generally understood from the guy. That there may have been more, but that whatever it was, Crews wasn't willing to give it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheChosenOne Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 If there is any truth to Jayson telling Crews he would likely be a Billiken if he offered Barnes and Crews not immediately getting Barnes on the phone, he should have been fired the day Jayson committed to Duke. Barnes certainly would not have been a wasted scholarship regardless. I somewhat question the validity of this, but I am positive there was more we could have done to get Jayson to SLU, but did Crews and his staff win any recruiting battles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basketbill Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Jayson who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbj14 Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Jayson who? Heyward probably Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Barnes not getting an offer at the time was always baffling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 I hope Jordan Barnes has a Blake Ahearn type career and we can all remember just how bad the last two years have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For-DaLove Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 I have no issues plugging my own articles here. Interested to know what the rest of you think: https://crossoverreport.com/2016/04/14/how-slu-lost-top-recruit-jayson-tatums-commitment-hurts-my-soul/ That is simply not true. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Jordan Barnes should have been offered regardless of Tatum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouthBilliken Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Whether true or not, Crews is a terrible coach stuck in his old school ways, showed no emotion or passion, and was flat out terrible for this program in the long run. Good riddance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billikenswin Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 I hope Jordan Barnes has a Blake Ahearn type career and we can all remember just how bad the last two years have been. Barnes goes to CBC not Chaminade! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billikenswin Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 That is simply not true. Sorry. You are absolutely correct. This is completely false. But there is a background story that will never be told and it proves Coach Crews to be a man of honor and integrity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmart23 Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Barnes goes to CBC not Chaminade! Correct. Jordan Barnes was Tatum's starting point guard for the St. Louis Eagles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FromDaEastSide Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Yeah, remember this at the semis of the Peach Jam. After the shot I heard Jordan winked at Crews/Platt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 In some ways, I'm glad we didn't get Tatum. Crews was a horrible basketball coach. It would have been one solid year and then back to what we saw the last two years. Now we get the chance to move on to a new coach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayne's_World Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 In some ways, I'm glad we didn't get Tatum. Crews was a horrible basketball coach. It would have been one solid year and then back to what we saw the last two years. Now we get the chance to move on to a new coach But I wonder if they would have still pulled the trigger on firing Crews (even with a Tatum commitment) after this shiit show of a season... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 i assume Barnes ain't off to Duke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmbilliken Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 You are absolutely correct. This is completely false. But there is a background story that will never be told and it proves Coach Crews to be a man of honor and integrity. Why won't the story be told? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Jordan Barnes should have been offered regardless of Tatum. Jordan Barnes ended up at Indiana State. No, we did not and do not need Jordan Barnes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastBilliken Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 You are absolutely correct. This is completely false. But there is a background story that will never be told and it proves Coach Crews to be a man of honor and integrity. And that story is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Jordan Barnes ended up at Indiana State. No, we did not and do not need Jordan Barnes. the Indiana State that finished 60 or so spots ahead of SLU in kenpom and 40 in the RPI? He's local. He played for the Eagles. He could have helped away Tatum. He could have helped with other Eagles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 You are absolutely correct. This is completely false. But there is a background story that will never be told and it proves Coach Crews to be a man of honor and integrity. I appreciate very much that Jim Crews is a man of honor and integrity, but in his position he was expected even more to be a coach who could sustain and/or build a high-level basketball program. I don't think those are mutually exclusive, either. But he proved to be incapable of fulfilling his primary responsibility. Thanks to Mr. Crews for his participation in three very good years of SLU basketball history; now here's hoping that Travis Ford can check both boxes: build and sustain a high-level hoops program while exuding class, honor, and integrity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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