8th grader commits to Kentucky...

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

You really do not know that. I know if I was a certain kind of player in this day and age, I would have decided where I was going long before the Letter of Intent was signed. And my choice would have been supported by my parents because that is a place my parents attended and a couple of my siblings also attended. Unless you really know the kid's family or situation, you have no idea why he picked that school. It is possible that is the same place his parents attended or once lived.

I had a cousin that lived in Texas and went to FSU to play football. It was pretty obvious that he was going to FSU all the way (Texas was not very good either) because he had family that attended FSU and FAMU (in the same town). He was born in Florida and his father had an old class mate that that was an assistant coach on the FSU team at the time. If you did not know anything about the situation, you would wonder why he left Texas where he went to high school to attend a school in Florida. Of course his decision was not as early as 8th grade, but his decision was made with more factors as to just playing football.

Peace

Uhmmmm, did you read the article? You make some really nice points, but none of them fit this situation or what the father had to say in the article.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Uhmmmm, did you read the article? You make some really nice points, but none of them fit this situation or what the father had to say in the article.

I did not read anything in the article that dismisses what I said. It did say he had a grandmother that lived in Indianapolis. And if you know anything about Indiana, there are people that have affection or interest in Kentucky basketball. Then again in this age of 300 games on TV in a month and satellite TV, I am sure kids today have affections for school and they have no direct ties to those schools by family members or where they live.

There were two kids recently that committed to Illinois as freshman. I am sure the only reason those decisions were made was because they lived in the State and got to watch Illini in the Final Four recently, with a lot of former IHSA players on the squad. Their decision was certainly controversial to many in this state, but if that is where they want to go, that is where they want to go.

Peace

[Coltdoggs]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

It did say he had a grandmother that lived in Indianapolis.


Peace

I live on the far northside of Indy and this has me cracking up because the HS that Greg Oden and Mike Conley went to on the north side of Indy (Lawrence North)...they won 3 state titles in a row with Greg and Mike from 2003-2006. They also won it back in '89 with another 7' player (Eric Montross) and they had a another 7' (John Stewart) who committed to UK in the mid 90's but died of heart arithmia during a sectional or regional game....

Anyway...Their HC (Jack Keefer) has been there for like 30 years and people around here are ALWAYS throwing the recruiting card out with this program because of all the talent that they "land".

So this kid has a grandparent that lives here eh...and they are trying to find a HS for him AND he played with the Indy Elite AAU team (which has ties to former and probably current LN players!) Let me keep an eye on this one!