aj_arete Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Is there any truth to the possibility of many of the current members of the St. Louis Eagles, including Tatum, going to SLU as a package deal? Wouldn't that be exciting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Al Michaels; "Do you believe in miracles?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 That's essentially what happened when we got Hughes, Tatum, Baniak and Redden, right? Not sure who else was on the Eagles that year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 That's essentially what happened when we got Hughes, Tatum, Baniak and Redden, right? Not sure who else was on the Eagles that year. Core of Johnnie Parker, Hughes, Baniak, Brian Grawer, Tatum. I believe Mo Baker played there and John Redden. Right now we have scholarships for a fab 2. Who is supposed to comprise this fab 5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Core of Johnnie Parker, Hughes, Baniak, Brian Grawer, Tatum. I believe Mo Baker played there and John Redden. Right now we have scholarships for a fab 2. Who is supposed to comprise this fab 5? AJ is in Georgia, so he's not in the loop to know that SLU doesn't have enough open slots for a Fab 5 (in one class). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj_arete Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 Core of Johnnie Parker, Hughes, Baniak, Brian Grawer, Tatum. I believe Mo Baker played there and John Redden. Right now we have scholarships for a fab 2. Who is supposed to comprise this fab 5? As THicks said I'm in Georgia and certainly not as tuned in to SLU. Only games that I get to see are the rare ESPN appearances. I wasn't aware of SLU's scholarship picture in 2016, but got this rumor from a poster on PowerMizzou, who's supposedly a local coach on the AAU scene. I have no idea whether he's credible or not, but he was saying that SLU was pitching the idea of 4 players from the Eagles joining the team in 2016. Even if there are only 2 spots, there's so much turnover in college basketball today that you could find two more slots if that's what it takes to land Tatum. As we know, college scholarships are renewed year to year. The names mentioned were Tatum, Cook, Sneed, and Barnes with Tilmon coming the following year. Wouldn't that be great if it came to fruition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouthBilliken Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 As THicks said I'm in Georgia and certainly not as tuned in to SLU. Only games that I get to see are the rare ESPN appearances. I wasn't aware of SLU's scholarship picture in 2016, but got this rumor from a poster on PowerMizzou, who's supposedly a local coach on the AAU scene. I have no idea whether he's credible or not, but he was saying that SLU was pitching the idea of 4 players from the Eagles joining the team in 2016. Even if there are only 2 spots, there's so much turnover in college basketball today that you could find two more slots if that's what it takes to land Tatum. As we know, college scholarships are renewed year to year. The names mentioned were Tatum, Cook, Sneed, and Barnes with Tilmon coming the following year. Wouldn't that be great if it came to fruition.Better chance of winning the lotto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 As THicks said I'm in Georgia and certainly not as tuned in to SLU. Only games that I get to see are the rare ESPN appearances. I wasn't aware of SLU's scholarship picture in 2016, but got this rumor from a poster on PowerMizzou, who's supposedly a local coach on the AAU scene. I have no idea whether he's credible or not, but he was saying that SLU was pitching the idea of 4 players from the Eagles joining the team in 2016. Even if there are only 2 spots, there's so much turnover in college basketball today that you could find two more slots if that's what it takes to land Tatum. As we know, college scholarships are renewed year to year. The names mentioned were Tatum, Cook, Sneed, and Barnes with Tilmon coming the following year. Wouldn't that be great if it came to fruition. Without taking into the implausibility of the matter - that's a national title contender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 What if we get Dennis Smith Jr and Harry Giles to also come to SLU to join the Eagles since Tatum is talking about a package deal. Then we could have a Fab 6! That would be awesome! Too bad we only have 2 scholarships to give otherwise this surely would have happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobillsgo Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 What if we get Dennis Smith Jr and Harry Giles to also come to SLU to join the Eagles since Tatum is talking about a package deal. Then we could have a Fab 6! That would be awesome! Too bad we only have 2 scholarships to give otherwise this surely would have happened. Haven't you heard the entire team is transferring out and we are recruiting a 13 man package deal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 If SLU could get a package deal of those Eagles, the scholarship spots would become available and the program would over sign. It won't happen, but lack of open scholarship slots is not the reason it won't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayne's_World Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I could see Crews and Cheaney going to these guys and pitching the idea. However, it's not gonna happen unless Tatum decides to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I could see Crews and Cheaney going to these guys and pitching the idea. However, it's not gonna happen unless Tatum decides to come. I am sure they are pitching the idea. Even if you don't get them all maybe you sell a couple on the idea of building something special together in their hometown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I know that just thinking about getting a deal like this is enormously satisfying to many members. However, realistically, we have to think of such a deal as we think of winning the power ball or something similar. Very nice thing to think and daydream about, very unlikely it will actually happen. I would be very happy if we get JT, or any of the other kids we have mentioned by themselves, not in a package. Any one of these kids would be a welcome addition to our team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayne's_World Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I am sure they are pitching the idea. Even if you don't get them all maybe you sell a couple on the idea of building something special together in their hometown. I have a hunch about Sneed coming to SLU. If we could lock up at least one of the guys from that Eagles team then I would feel pretty confident about being able to snag another player or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Order of probability: Tatum Barnes Sneed Cook Tillmann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 The Fab 6 are coming. It's my 10* lock of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 We need to save one of the scholarships for Grandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Gonna be a long off season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 We need to save one of the scholarships for Grandy I'd save both, just to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 This thread was started by a guy who has no idea how many scholarships we have because he is in Georgia. It has got to be very tough to keep track of SLU down there. Hopefully some day in the future it will be possible for Billiken fans throughout the country to be able to watch games or gather news about the team through the computer. Until then, at least for now, he still has PowerMizzou as a good source for SLU rumors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I have a hunch about Sneed coming to SLU. If we could lock up at least one of the guys from that Eagles team then I would feel pretty confident about being able to snag another player or two. I feel that landing Sneed could have a similar Pied Piper effect, whether Tatum comes or not. His energetic plays fires the other kids up and they know he'll be around for four years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 This thread was started by a guy who has no idea how many scholarships we have because he is in Georgia. It has got to be very tough to keep track of SLU down there. Hopefully some day in the future it will be possible for Billiken fans throughout the country to be able to watch games or gather news about the team through the computer. Until then, at least for now, he still has PowerMizzou as a good source for SLU rumors. It's possible that when Mizzou bought those billboards in Atlanta/Georgia a couple years ago it included a ban on all SLU related content from being allowed in that state (unless we happen to be playing on ESPN). Kind of like the internet censorship you see in Iran and China. That would definitely explain why SLU information is only able to filter through via PowerMizzou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishdude Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 We need to save one of the scholarships for Grandy Grandy is not coming back. We don't need him and that would only muddy the water. Hopefully you had your tongue in your cheek when you wrote that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 We have a much better chance of landing Tatum than we do of landing Cook. Would Cook change his mind if we could do a Fab 5? Maybe, but as others have said, we don't have the scholarships. U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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