Jason Crowe Jr Commitment

[KCKUKFan]

Rather lose him to Mizzou than somebody good.

Nice to see you've crawled out from under your slimy swamp rock, crazzed.

[DA#23]

Joe Tipton writes that Missouri is in the driver’s seat and we’re “not really in the picture”.

Ouch. Wonder what happened ?

[WeWant9]

Joe Tipton writes that Missouri is in the driver’s seat and we’re “not really in the picture”.

Ouch. Wonder what happened ?

I don’t think Pope’s pitch sells well with the top HS talent and their handlers. He’s pretty open with how many minutes and their role. They aren’t going get a guarantee of 35+ mins and a never ending green light to shoot. If a kid can’t buy into that model, best they go elsewhere; especially if it’s somewhere like Mizzou.

I’m not too worried missing on these type of recruits. I got nothing against ond, but the staff has shown they can do a solid job of recruiting out of the portal. I think onds are slowly losing their luster/appeal in the overall scheme of today’s game.

[DA#23]

With the game becoming older and more experienced, I think they represent less value. Unless it’s a John Wall / AD etc. can’t miss talent, maybe the money is better spent on portal players .

[Supafuzz]

Joe Tipton writes that Missouri is in the driver’s seat and we’re “not really in the picture”.

Ouch. Wonder what happened ?

Missouri hiring his dad,, supposedly..

[DA#23]

Missouri hiring his dad,, supposedly..

Hard to overcome that.

[Irishcat1965]

Missouri hiring his dad,, supposedly..

I was getting ready to post that. There are plenty of great options at guard available. Pope will do just fine. To be honest, the portal may be in our best interest anyway. Freshmen are a luxury not a necessity in the NIL age.

[OldBlueFart]

Can anyone explain something to me about all this? Players getting paid, NIL is all about players getting their fair share; I get that but with players being paid, then why are they being treated differently then the rest of the real world when it comes to something like this, hiring a players dad to get the kid to attend your school?
In a real world situation, if you as a mayor, state rep, etc, hired someone to get something in return, it is called "quid pro quo" and often it is seen as illegal.

Why does the powers to be turn their heads to such actions as this? It seems to me players in both college and pros are in a class by themselves these days.

[Matt Dillon]

Can anyone explain something to me about all this? Players getting paid, NIL is all about players getting their fair share; I get that but with players being paid, then why are they being treated differently then the rest of the real world when it comes to something like this, hiring a players dad to get the kid to attend your school?
In a real world situation, if you as a mayor, state rep, etc, hired someone to get something in return, it is called "quid pro quo" and often it is seen as illegal.

Why does the powers to be turn their heads to such actions as this? It seems to me players in both college and pros are in a class by themselves these days.

This has been going on for decades and apparently no one in a position of authority cares. Back in the late 90's UK hired Alvis Johnson and his sons Dennis and Derrick signed to play fb for UK. Coincidence or not?

[GOCAT15]

Missouri hiring his dad,, supposedly..

This seems to be the only way Mizzou can land top recruits, same reason Porter Jr. committed there. I would be a lot more disappointed in this miss if it was still like the old days with transfer restrictions.

[Supafuzz]

This has been going on for decades and apparently no one in a position of authority cares. Back in the late 90's UK hired Alvis Johnson and his sons Dennis and Derrick signed to play fb for UK. Coincidence or not?

How UK got Jamal magloire also.. Hired his coach for something..

[bucsrule8872]

I could not care any less about HS recruiting now. It is pretty much irrelevant thanks to the portal, at least when it comes to the high profile guys.

I’d rather get a Braydon Hawthorne type out of HS than a guy like Crowe. Get some developmental pieces every year. I would be fine if we don’t have any Freshmen in the 10 man rotation.

I want our top 10 guys to be retention guys and portal guys.

The key to winning in this era is retention, IMHO. Freshmen phenoms will only get you so far. You need veterans to win big games.

[bucsrule8872]

How UK got Jamal magloire also.. Hired his coach for something..

Simeon Mars, I believe.

[DA#23]

Simeon Mars, I believe.

Whoa, there’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time.

[iamtrueblue]

I could not care any less about HS recruiting now. It is pretty much irrelevant thanks to the portal, at least when it comes to the high profile guys.

I’d rather get a Braydon Hawthorne type out of HS than a guy like Crowe. Get some developmental pieces every year. I would be fine if we don’t have any Freshmen in the 10 man rotation.

I want our top 10 guys to be retention guys and portal guys.

The key to winning in this era is retention, IMHO. Freshmen phenoms will only get you so far. You need veterans to win big games.

Agreed. Rutgers had two top 6 picks last year and didn’t even make the tournament. Let the OAD go to smaller schools and be the star and make big bucks. We’re about winning and you can’t do that in today’s game with a young team, regardless how talented.