Jacob Pullen

[StLouBlue]

Wendell Faines out of Lincoln, NE also just committed to Drake. This spring we were mentioned in his list of schools recruiting him. I would guess that when we picked up Dixon, Faines and Harrelson no longer became primary recruits. Hoopmasters has the article, but I don't have a subscription, if anyone is interested.

[bluecrewfinance]

hasn't Tatum picked up a DUI (or maybe more)? I could be way off base here, and please, someone correct me if I am, but how badly would the program be beaten-up here if we had a player cited for drunken driving?

[VTIME]

>I don't know how good of a team DT will have at Western, but

>it is sure to be Vtime's favorite area team.

You got that right. With a possible all-area 2008 starting lineup of

C 6'8 265 FR Josh Harrellson

F 6'7 215 Lorenzo Taylor

G/F 6'4 Xavier Price

G 6'4 Mo Smith

G 5'10 James Washington

Zo needs the most work.

[VTIME]

>.. what are you saying, that getting a whole bunch of

>"early" commitments is now the key? Western doesn't even

>compete at its Mid-Con level, finishing last year at 3 and

>13 while being 7 and 21 overall. As Bill Parcells used to

>say something about baking the cake and controlling the

>ingredients, maybe the roster is full of substandard

>ingredients. If this is the best Josh can do, what does

>that say about his talent level???? I know there is more to

>it than just that but some pundits on here, including

>he-who-posts-here-no-more, have trumped up Josh and then

>this is the best he can do? Forgive me but I'm banking on

>us having better thing on line than this because if we are

>losing recruits to Illinois State and Western Illinois

>straight up, then BS does deserved to be canned. I am

>hoping on better things and those better be early signings

>provided they meet the overall goals and objectives. Not

>knowing what those goals and objectives are means I have to

>wait for end product and final results to see if it works.

>

>My thoughts are that with Obi, Knollmeyer and Dixon in the

>fold and all young, does it really make sense to recruit

>another player in that vein? According to my Vee file,

>Harrelson's only other offer was from SEMO. SEMO and

>Western would seem to be in that "under250 RPI" level that

>we talk about avoiding. If these kids are only on those

>under 250 radars, can they take us to levels where we want

>to go? I don't know the answer to that and again in Brad I

>will have to trust.

>

>This signing, while a pat on DT's back, is more an

>indictment on Harrelson's talent level in my book. Over

>time, that may change but it also seems to suggest that some

>of the junior talent scouts on here are short in evaluating

>talent themselves. My take.

I see you mentioned Illinois State. I think they are doing a pretty good job recruiting. Their 2006 class is comprised of the #1 and #4 incoming freshman in the MVC according to scout.com. Is the A-10 better than the MVC?