Podcast Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Jake Forrester joins the show to talk about his decision to grad transfer, his recruitment, and playing against his former coach Archie Miller this coming season. We talk about his time playing with premier high school players at Westtown School, becoming a father and where to really get your cheesesteaks when you hit Philly. Men's Basketball new updates including scheduling and outgoing transfers. We recap our interview with Rebecca Tillett and her latest staff addition. Baseball finishes A10 Tournament a disappointing 1-2. View the full article kberry1992 and Pistol like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midtown Madness Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Peter said it best on the show, "I keep waiting to just not vibe with one of these recruits, but they all just seem like character guys" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/midtown-madness-podcast/id1552953967?i=1000565375432 majerus mojo, RiseOfTheBillikens, Pistol and 1 other like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Yet another incoming player who seems like a great dude. If you're used to just listening, might be worth pulling up YouTube for the part where we ask him about playing Archie/URI this season. We couldn't even finish the question before he reacted. Not sure how it plays on audio, though. Safe to say Jake will be ready for that game. thetorch likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 I love this Forrester kid. He said all the right things. RiseOfTheBillikens, Pistol and Young Charles like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 5 hours ago, Pistol said: Yet another incoming player who seems like a great dude. If you're used to just listening, might be worth pulling up YouTube for the part where we ask him about playing Archie/URI this season. We couldn't even finish the question before he reacted. Not sure how it plays on audio, though. Safe to say Jake will be ready for that game. 14:55 mark Pistol likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 3 hours ago, thetorch said: I love this Forrester kid. He said all the right things. My read is that Indiana was a bad fit (except for the strength and conditioning side), and that Temple was a combination of underwhelming and marred by the pandemic. He seems locked in now - excited, focused, determined, and in a good headspace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills By 40 Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 In the 20 minute mark Jake mentions he's been working hard on his three point shooting - think I speak for everyone when I say him around the 30% mark would be a nice surprise, and anything better is a god send. That'd be enough to give him run alongside Okoro at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midtown Madness Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 I'm shamelessly bumping this thread. The further away from this interview I get, the more fondly I look back on it. It's lowkey one of my favorites, though Kramer will be 1A interview of this class for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Midtown Madness said: I'm shamelessly bumping this thread. The further away from this interview I get, the more fondly I look back on it. It's lowkey one of my favorites, though Kramer will be 1A interview of this class for me. I was surprised you guys didn't ask about his illness or whatever last season that cost him a number of games & may have sapped his production. I understand it is a private topic & maybe something Forrester wasn't interested in discussing. If it was brought up ahead of time & avoided intentionally, I totally get that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midtown Madness Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 58 minutes ago, RUBillsFan said: I was surprised you guys didn't ask about his illness or whatever last season that cost him a number of games & may have sapped his production. I understand it is a private topic & maybe something Forrester wasn't interested in discussing. If it was brought up ahead of time & avoided intentionally, I totally get that. It was unintentional, but the interview came together pretty quickly Sunday. RUBillsFan likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 I had thought about it, but looking back at the 4 (total) tweets about it at the time along with the one time he addressed it publicly, I didn't think there was a whole lot to mine there. He was dealing with a physical illness that kept him off the floor and then it was reported (again, briefly) that he took some time to focus on his mental health. In his only quote about it he only referred to his "health" and said he'd be back soon. I didn't see a lot more to be gained by asking directly about it - either we wouldn't get much more of an answer than that or he'd be put off by it. We did ask about the frustration of all three Temple seasons being shortened, as well as playing for Aaron McKie. My takeaway is that it didn't quite work out how he wanted it to, obviously playing in frustrating circumstances, seeming a little underwhelmed by his experience there. Also, he told us his son is due in mid-July. He played on 12/22, then again on 1/12, and not again until 3/6. He got some big news somewhere in there, maybe on the earlier side as he was starting to deal with illness/injury. I think when you combine these factors together, taking a few extra weeks to get your mind right makes sense to me. Again, just my read on it and if we left anything on the table, sorry for that. FromDaEastSide, BuiltFordBills, RUBillsFan and 1 other like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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