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hahaha! Another example why courtside calls footsie a troll. A link was provided showing that kevin didn't even think the SLU head coaching job could land a top assistant coach. Then after he was proven wrong, he creates a lie to try to save face. Kevin's been given an opportunity to provide a link where I supposedly said Majerus could be hired for "Soderberg money." He's STILL been unable to do it, because it doesn't exist. Come on kev, you can find it!

True, but Majerus could still land a transfer or late qualifier this year, plus fab 5 just sounds better.

Who is everybody's ideal local Fab 5 recruiting class for 08? (V, you gotta limit it to 5)

Good info there, V. There are some new names to keep an eye on.

Just as I thought. You couldn't prove I said Majerus could be hired for "Brad money." That's because I didn't say it and never would have.

kshoe, I can't wait to read kevin's next lecture to SLU fans. He's really keeping us all in line.

http://www.billikens.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/d...ewmode=threaded kevin, this thread is one of your lectures to SLU fans where you said "There's no way Majerus or Tubby Smith is coming." And then this beauty "Expecting a top assistant to be interested is a stretch." There's your evidence. Now, it's your turn to produce some "evidence" where I said RM could be had for "Brad money." Good luck. haha!!!

kshoe, kevin has gone to the well before with this SLU fans blame the refs and media stuff. check out this little gem. kevin starts a thread addressed to a Mizzou fan in which he rips SLU fans. In that same thread a Mizzou fan says the media is out to get MU. kevin doesn't scold the Mizzou fan, he only saves up his lectures for the SLU fans. This is a classic. http://www.billikens.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/d...orum=DCForumID3

Majerus will rattle off all the big guys he's helped get in the NBA.

I can't wait to see what our new staff can do with the class of `08. Can they contact high school juniors now? Is July the peak of the AAU circuit? I think we'll see some interesting names now interested in SLU.

>First ace tried to tell everyone on the board that RM would >come to SLU for what Brad was being paid. Then he tells us >that SLU could get a "top" assistant for even less money. > Please provide a link where I said this? You can't. You were backed into a corner again and now you're lying. courtside was right for calling you a troll.

>"Sight unseen, I would go with the high school player as >opposed to a juco who didn't do much" > >That would have been my answer in the Soderberg tenure. >However, I don't know what RM's plan is with recruiting. >Does he think he will get some high major players? >Brandenburg, Thompson, Griffey? Who knows. But if that is >the case, I'd rather have the JUCO. Therefore we don't have >to take up 4 years with a player who may be below the new >recruiting standard. I see what you're saying. I should clarify my point. If they can another juco who can contribute like Eberhardt appears to be, I would go with the juco player. If it is a player like Carter who averaged 5 ppg in juco, I would rather go with a high school player.

Sight unseen, I would go with the high school player as opposed to a juco who didn't do much. We could definitely use one more big.

>Cause SLU fans are the only ones that blame the refs and the >media!!! Haha! kshoe, don't you know that kevin loves to lecture SLU fans. Painting us all with a broad brush and always in the most negative light. He scolded those SLU fans who dare dreamed of hiring Majerus. He didn't even think a top assistant coach would want the SLU job.

Look in the back at the guy in the grey shirt. Majerus was there! This must have been from the press conference where they named him coach.

Roy, in the big picture there clearly was a problem with Soderberg's recruiting. That's why he's out of a job. You can quibble all you want about this player or that player, but if Nate was sometimes "negative" about Soderberg's recruiting, it was with good reason. A lot of people shared that same view. Even Tdell alluded to not being overly impressed with some things during Tommie's recruitment. The bottom line is that Nate has generally been a good source of high school info. He offers a different perspective and it usually seems to be pretty well informed. He doesn't have an anti-Billiken agenda like the Mizlosers or the Valley lovers.

SLU with RM as coach is a much different place than SLU with Soderberg. We immediately become a more attractive program. Roundtree didn't sign on the dotted line, so if he wants to take a fresh look at SLU with our new coach and the new staff asks him to take a look at us, I don't see anything wrong with that. Especially if the kid said he has wanted to play at SLU as Nate says.

I also think entering the spring period with 5 open scholarships highlighted Soderberg's recent past recruiting failures.

>Torres Roundtree has always wanted to go to St. Louis U. > >That's what he said when he committed to Southern Illinois >earlier this spring. > >Now that there's been a coaching change, Roundtree is still >interested in the Billikens. > >- Nate Thanks. That's good to hear. Do you think the final straw for Soderberg was not making progress with the class of 08?

Nate, don't let Roy sour you on the board. He's been wrong about a bunch of stuff and won't admit it. His blind loyalty to Soderberg is bizarre. Please share what Roundtree said. The vast majority of us appreciate your insights.

>I'm more in the camp with "Even a blind squirrel stumbles >across a nut every now and then." Cheer up sunshine. It's ok to be a little excited about this and give credit where it is due.

Soderberg was still our coach. There were no rumblings that his job was in danger. We were all focused on how Soderberg was going to fill out the recruiting class and if he was going to save 1 scholarship. Wow! It's amazing how quickly things have changed. Now SLU is all over the national sports media because of this move.

Pettigrew is going to Western Kentucky.

At this point, I think we only have three lock starters: TL, KL and Luke. The positions they will be playing is also up in the air. They can play at the 1, 2, 3 or 2, 3, 4 (which would require Luke to be the under-sized four). The key to our season will be who the other two starters are. Will it be current players like Dwayne and Husak? Maybe even Relphorde? Or can we land two starting caliber players this late in the game? In a perfect world, I would like to see us add a point, a four and a five. I think we still need to get one new starter out of these three open scholarships and getting two would be a miracle!

http://www.billikens.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/d...ewmode=threaded There's no way SLU could get Majerus and of course, SLU couldn't even get a top assistant.