3star_recruit Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 3star_reruit, who is Ra Kpedi and what position does he play? How tall is he? I ask because this is the first time I've seen his name. He's a 6'8 195lb power forward who was a 6th man for Lawrence North, one of the top basketball programs in Indiana. Doesn't turn 16 until September. Quick leaper, good fundamentals in the post. Being watched by a number of high major programs but only has the IUPUI offer so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doowop Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 He's a 6'8 195lb power forward who was a 6th man for Lawrence North, one of the top basketball programs in Indiana. Doesn't turn 16 until September. Quick leaper, good fundamentals in the post. Being watched by a number of high major programs but only has the IUPUI offer so far.Thank you and thetorch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgeldmacher Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Goodwin retweeted this: @EricBraasch: @NormSanders @jGoodwin1123 @scottybscout @UIHoopsRecruits SLU is waiting too long on this kid. Need to offer soon Just the fact that he retweeted it says to me that he has high interest in being a Billiken. A much less likely possibility is that he wants to be an offer collector and is soliciting offers so that he can brag to all his friends about how many schools are interested (I doubt this is true). If he is as interested as he appears, I hope the staff is making it clear to him, offer or not, that they are interested. That is, of course, assuming that they are. Just because a kid is ranked doesn't mean the staff automatically has to believe that he is a good fit at SLU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Just because a kid is ranked doesn't mean the staff automatically has to believe that he is a good fit at SLU. If there is a Top 100 guy in the STL metro area and the staff can't find a "fit" for that player, it is probably time to find a new staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 If there is a Top 100 guy in the STL metro area and the staff can't find a "fit" for that player, it is probably time to find a new staff. Every top 100 guy pans out right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Every top 100 guy pans out right? When was the last time SLU had a local top 100 recruit to worry about panning out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayne's_World Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 But are Crews and staff so sure that this Pierre guy will pan out? I don't think it's about whether or not they think Goodwin will pan out, I actually have no idea what the issue is. I just hope Crews knows what he's doing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 For all intents and purposes, no 2017 kids have been offered. Pierre-Louis's dad played in the USBL with Jayson's dad back in the day but Jayson isn't going to be here when Nate is a freshman. Maybe the staff is selling him on the idea that he can be "the man" at point guard after Jayson leaves. It's a longshot offer at best. Historically, the staff begins offering rising juniors in the Midwest starting in mid/late July. Hang tight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishdude Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 So, Yess has not been offered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Yess has been offered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 So, Yess has not been offered? I tried to contextualize my statement by limiting the offer period (in my own mind at least) to this year. Yess, of course, was offered last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Illinois stands as Goodwin's #1 choice as of now http://www.scout.com/college/illinois/story/1558813-illinois-emerging-early-for-goodwin But as of right now, one school is standing out above the rest, and Illinois fans will like Where the Illini stand in his recruitment right now. “Number 1," he said. "Just something about the coaches I like.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Illinois stands as Goodwin's #1 choice as of now http://www.scout.com/college/illinois/story/1558813-illinois-emerging-early-for-goodwin But as of right now, one school is standing out above the rest, and Illinois fans will like Where the Illini stand in his recruitment right now. “Number 1," he said. "Just something about the coaches I like.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Maybe we can get back into the discussion after Groce is fired next season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeBsTa03 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Groce will not get fired next year. That is like saying Crews should have gotten fired for last years awful season. I grew up an Illini fan, but went to SLU for undergrad and grad. I follow both SLU and Illinois fairly closely. Groce had a rough year with guys getting injured, suspended or kicked off the team. It's hard to win without a full deck. We should all know that being slu fans. I agree that we might have lost Goodwin and offering him now only seem like we were doing it because everyone else is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills_06 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Do people honestly think that because we haven't offered we don't stand chance with him? He has mentioned that SLU is one of the schools that was recruiting him hardest. Shoot after watching the video interview with him earlier this month and asked what he likes about his Illinois offer he said, "It's good, it's my state" and basically didn't seem to know much else about them at the time, I would've said it didn't look like they were in great standing. I just can't imagine if SLU offers in mid to late July and over a year from now with several visits to different schools done, he will say, "Well Illinois did offer in April but SLU was 3 months later so they are out even though they were recruiting me before that." I don't see how offering him now would seem like we are only doing when everybody else is since we were recruiting him before that. If I had to guess, most of the time right after a visit, the school jumps up on the kids list. Coaches that can't impress a kid when he visits probably don't keep big jobs for long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 The problem with schools like the Illini offering is that SLU can't offer what they offer. Big 10, constant national TV, etc. What we could offer was a chance to stay home, to build something and to play for the program he wanted to play for at one time. The longer the kid feels snubbed by SLU the less attractive the sentimental stuff surrounding SLU becomes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 The problem is things have drastically changed since a month ago in terms of how you're allowed to contact Class of 2017 recruits. I have no idea how hard we're recruiting him now, but if I do know that what we did a month ago means nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Do people honestly think that because we haven't offered we don't stand chance with him? He has mentioned that SLU is one of the schools that was recruiting him hardest. Shoot after watching the video interview with him earlier this month and asked what he likes about his Illinois offer he said, "It's good, it's my state" and basically didn't seem to know much else about them at the time, I would've said it didn't look like they were in great standing. I just can't imagine if SLU offers in mid to late July and over a year from now with several visits to different schools done, he will say, "Well Illinois did offer in April but SLU was 3 months later so they are out even though they were recruiting me before that." I don't see how offering him now would seem like we are only doing when everybody else is since we were recruiting him before that. If I had to guess, most of the time right after a visit, the school jumps up on the kids list. Coaches that can't impress a kid when he visits probably don't keep big jobs for long. -my biggest take from the Scout article was his comment on the relationship with coaches Groce and Walker, can he say that same thing about JCrews and XXX from SLU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Groce will not get fired next year. That is like saying Crews should have gotten fired for last years awful season. I grew up an Illini fan, but went to SLU for undergrad and grad. I follow both SLU and Illinois fairly closely. Groce had a rough year with guys getting injured, suspended or kicked off the team. It's hard to win without a full deck. We should all know that being slu fans. I agree that we might have lost Goodwin and offering him now only seem like we were doing it because everyone else is. I don't understand why coaches are given passes when players get suspended or booted. They recruited these kids and if their character sucks that's on the coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franchise_08 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Signing Tatum is priority one...we will deal with Goodwin as soon as we seal the deal. Goodwin is good but I only care about one recruit for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeBsTa03 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I don't understand why coaches are given passes when players get suspended or booted. They recruited these kids and if their character sucks that's on the coach. I am not giving them a pass, but you have to take that into consideration. Some of those things were well beyond the coaches control. Should majerus have been fired when the "incident happened," which included two of his star players? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I am not giving them a pass, but you have to take that into consideration. Some of those things were well beyond the coaches control. Should majerus have been fired when the "incident happened," which included two of his star players? I'm not saying he should have been fired but it should be a strike against him.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 @Future150: 2017 PG P.J. Pipes (IL) picks up SLU interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Cloverdale junior-to-be Cooper Neese plans to visit Iowa on Oct. 31. Neese, a 6-3 guard who averaged 17.1 points as a sophomore, is receiving interest from a number of other schools, including Indiana State, Cornell, UNC-Greensboro, Lipscomb, Belmont, Kent State, Saint Louis, Denver, IUPUI, Western Illinois and Southern Illinois. http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2015/07/08/eron-gordon-says-will-look-lsu/29895025/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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