blueblood wrote:Husker Hoops board wanted him bad and had an entire thread dedicated to him singing their praises.
Quotes like;
he's very high on Nebraska. His mother actually knows Coach Miles
This is another one of those "underrated, sleeper" prospects.
was also named the Gatorade South Dakota Player of the Year and is also a very good student as well
This is a guy Miles needs to get.
BUT then things changed this afternoon;
Must have wanted to play mid-major
sometimes smaller area players want to stay in a small environment. Creighton, though a good D1 program, is a very much like a high school feel when it comes to the school setting.
Wonder how badly Miles wanted him, if badly at all. Pretty nice get for a mediocre conference team in any case.
Ahhhh Good times.
I read all that earlier today. It made me chuckle. It's amazing how every target Nebraska fans see is either someone they have no shot of getting but think they can land (Jabari Parker, Agau, etc) or someone who "wasn't that great to begin with" as soon as they commit anywhere else...especially if they commit to Creighton. Expect to see a lot more of this since Miles is going after the same guys as Coach Mac (Hanson, Hegner, Harris, Fullter, etc). Every time we beat them out for a recruit we will have to hear how the kid wasn't a high major talent, they weren't seriously interested in him, how the kid "wants to be a big fish in a small pond" blah blah blah
How many times can Husker fans harp on the MVC's "inferior competition"? Yes, we all know it isn't as good as the Big 10. But its an asinine argument because if CU was in the Big 10, we'd have a Big 10 budget, go after Big 10-caliber athletes, and be more heavily recruiting Big 10 areas. And vice versa for UNL in the MVC. Plus the fact that Nebraska would've been lucky to finish in the top 4 in the MVC last year with all their high-major talent
