Langford
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@BShark ya for one we had mustache boy that was a waste of our time ran like a stripped ass ape when found out things wasn’t going his way, - -Pretty funny though - -Grad transfer from Albany -Romeo - New Albany High School love the connection - and yes I know they are not the same - juast saying
I’m still on board with there is nothing wrong with holding on the scholarship other then passing it out to a average Grad player for one year. - -Ya Romeo is a one and done - but not even close to the same - giving that out to an Elite OAD or if you miss handing it out to a good or slightly above average Grad Transfer. - Like so many of others have said it is NOTA a must that we use the scholarship - were going be fine without feeling we need to use it - I’ll go to my grave feeling if it isn’t that perfect fit then don’t use it - some people here act like were desperate to fill that 13th spot that’s crazy
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I actually think IU has the worst chance of the three. Romeo has shown he wants to play with a good PG, which is smart since he wants to be able to showcase his skills as a 2 guard. Indiana has the worst PG situation among the three finalists.
Garland and Dotson are both better than what Indiana has. Langford played with a very good HS backcourt mate (another D1 recruit, although to a midmajor). Once you have played with a talented PG as a wing guy, you don’t want to give that up. The quality of shots he will get at KU or Vandy will be better because of Garland or Dotson than what he will get at Indiana. That’s a huge factor from a “business decision” standpoint.
He can take Malik Newman’s situation as an example. Newman went to Mississippi State with a poor PG situation. He shot poor percentages and was too often asked to shoulder a lot of the burden both from a scoring and from a playmaking standpoint. Newman comes to KU, and once he figures out he doesn’t have to make every play on the offensive end, explodes and turns right back into the player he was coming out of HS.
Langford is faced with a similar situation (albeit, Indiana is in slightly better shape than MSU was). Still, he doesn’t have the PG help at IU that he would have at either KU or Vandy. I think that swings the decision, but whether that means KU or Vandy is beyond me.
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He’s from my neck of the woods so I feel confident in my evaluation of him. Seen him play a ton over the past 3 years. He never went through the recruiting process so this is all new for him and from everything I’ve read locally he’s got a ton of support wherever he goes.
Can really shoot the basketball, at times lights out. That’s a trait lacking on this upcoming team.
Will be interesting to see how he views his role. If he’s looking for 30 minutes a night its not happening. He would have a distinct role though and could absolutely help us win some games
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@justanotherfan I like your reasoning, but I’m afraid emotions will play a bigger factor. I want him at KU and can put him there with my brain, but I don’t know what he wants in his heart.
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Certainly could. It’s a personal decision for him, so all sorts of factors (ones we can see and ones we can’t) could be in play.
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BeddieKU23 said:
He’s from my neck of the woods so I feel confident in my evaluation of him. Seen him play a ton over the past 3 years. He never went through the recruiting process so this is all new for him and from everything I’ve read locally he’s got a ton of support wherever he goes.
Can really shoot the basketball, at times lights out. That’s a trait lacking on this upcoming team.
Will be interesting to see how he views his role. If he’s looking for 30 minutes a night its not happening. He would have a distinct role though and could absolutely help us win some games
I’d trust your overall eval on it, I haven’t watched a single game of his.
You know my thoughts on Moore already. I’d think Cremo would instantly slot in ahead of Moore.
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BShark said:
BeddieKU23 said:
He’s from my neck of the woods so I feel confident in my evaluation of him. Seen him play a ton over the past 3 years. He never went through the recruiting process so this is all new for him and from everything I’ve read locally he’s got a ton of support wherever he goes.
Can really shoot the basketball, at times lights out. That’s a trait lacking on this upcoming team.
Will be interesting to see how he views his role. If he’s looking for 30 minutes a night its not happening. He would have a distinct role though and could absolutely help us win some games
I’d trust your overall eval on it, I haven’t watched a single game of his.
You know my thoughts on Moore already. I’d think Cremo would instantly slot in ahead of Moore.
I would agree with that. I see Cremo (if he comes here) as someone who instantly joins the rotation. Duke even kicked the tires on him so you know that even the elite schools see his value.
Moore will be interesting. Hope he surprises me
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Romeo to Joliet (JC) …probably a doomed union.
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BShark said:
Matt Scott just changed his CB to Indiana. IT’S DONE FOLKS.
Matt Scott doesn’t know. I doubt that Langford called up Scott to tell him to change his prediction. None of these guys have any real info, only hearsay.
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Langford and those close to him have done a really good job of keeping things under wraps. This decision will be a surprise to everyone.
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This decision is not going to be a surprise to everyone.
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Statmachine said:
BShark said:
Matt Scott just changed his CB to Indiana. IT’S DONE FOLKS.
Matt Scott doesn’t know. I doubt that Langford called up Scott to tell him to change his prediction. None of these guys have any real info, only hearsay.
Want to bet?
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@BShark so did you see the sighting of coach Self, at the Kc airport, on the phog? Was it a joke? I know there was a flight on sw to Indianapolis about that time.
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I believe Coach Self uses the KU plane which is based in Lawrence for all recruiting. This is the quiet period and cannot meet with the family. Also, if he was going to see Langford he would most likely fly to Louisville which is 15 minutes away and not to Indianapolis which is 2 hours away.
Now, if he is going on a personal trip then he would fly commercial.
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@JayHawkFanToo The quiet period isn’t 100% hands off. The calendar is weird with scattered dates with recruiting possible. The day that Self was supposedly there was the last day to make legal face to face contct off campus (for awhile).
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He can meet in the gym. Just what I read.
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@JayHawkFanToo You think Self ever flies commercial?! Come on now. He has multiple jets at his disposal. In his contract he gets up to so many hours for personal use a year.
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Incognito?
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@Crimsonorblue22 - someone dressed as Bill Self to hide his true travel plans?
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Crimsonorblue22 said:
@BShark so did you see the sighting of coach Self, at the Kc airport, on the phog? Was it a joke? I know there was a flight on sw to Indianapolis about that time.
No idea.
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@Gorilla72 rumors!
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@BShark Unless you were on a 3 way call with Scott and Langford then you don’t know either.
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@Statmachine I know Langford is going to Indiana. That’s about it.
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Then why are you on this thread waiting to see where he goes?
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@Statmachine I’m not waiting for anything nor will I be watching his announcement to Indiana. I’m just on the site anyway so I will reply when someone posts talking to me.
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Now, I would listen to arguments that I am on this site too much. My work productivity would like me to ban myself.
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Watching the “announcement”. Everyone wants their 15 minutes of fame. Just name the school!
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Gorilla72 said:
Watching the “announcement”. Everyone wants their 15 minutes of fame. Just name the school!
After watching the Grimes and Dotson’s announcements, I’ve had enough. lol
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@BShark - yep. His kick ball coach is up next…
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Announcement fantasy match-up: Romeo Langford vs Tony Parker.
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He has committed to Indiana
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After that self-serving announcement circus, I believe Archie is going to have his hands full…
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He may be humble, but he didn’t get it from his dad!
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@Crimsonorblue22 - certainly more well-spoken than is dad “ya know”.
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He actually is a good kid, stayed for hours after each game to sign autographs for kids. I’m not so sure that most of this crap was his idea.
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Well I was wrong. My goodness I should be on 247 sports! My predictions are just as good as any lol! Matt Scott changed his prediction yesterday just to keep his % higher rather than sticking to his guns. BOOOOOOO!
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@BShark my kids would kill me.
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Jeff Borzello Verified account @jeffborzello 7m7 minutes ago
This is the first time since 2007 that Indiana has landed the top-ranked senior from the state.
Wow…
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Crimsonorblue22 said:
@BShark my kids would kill me.
Apparently his dad said something about doing the announcment “his way” but I wasn’t watching so I can’t verify that. Makes sense though.
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There is a lot more accountability and scrutiny nowadays and coaches are a lot more careful on what they can and cannot do. If he is going somewhere on personal business I would not be surprised if he flies commercial. With all the investigations going on and the limelight on KU the last thing he or KU need is the Star doing a story on his use of KU planes for personal business.
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Trae Young should call with hints on how RL should handle the defensive pressure that is sure to come his way. This ain’t AAU Ball!
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Well I can’t say that I’m really mad at the kid - I mean if he feels that’s where he will be happy then so be it. Probably not as mad as maybe in the past cause had been fairly sure just quite AS SURE these past few days , wavered a bit.
Bottom line like I have said maybe not here I can’t remember but Were still fine - -we were fine before Romeo - -were fine after Romeo. Would it of been cool with him here - - hell ya , but it’s not like this is the first top flight player we lost out on - - - won’t be the last. Sun still comes up in the East - -Still sits in the West
The one FOR SURE thing I will say - I’m just glad this is finally over - these long drawn recruitments have become way to big of a media specticale - - -just announce and be done with it. - -Seems like these kids are in competition with one another on who can come up with the most piazzzz for their announcements. - I’m just glad it’s over - -time to move on to NEXT years 2019 recruits now - -Let’s do this - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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According to his dad KU finished third behind Vandy. Blah.
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@BShark the FBI “scandal” is going to be a hurdle for Self and staff. The quote I saw was his Dad basically saying having the schools name associated with the FBI case eliminated them.
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Woodrow said:
@BShark the FBI “scandal” is going to be a hurdle for Self and staff. The quote I saw was his Dad basically saying having the schools name associated with the FBI case eliminated them.
Yep.
They lied beforehand and said it wasn’t a factor too… Bad look.
Here is the full quote: “Kansas, it pushed it out for me. Just having that name on your school. I didn’t take them out of the three verbally, we just didn’t want him going there and anybody asking him that type of question. So we don’t want him going to school there, we don’t care how good the basketball is.”
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@Woodrow so hes a lier then cuz he said it didnt
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@BShark post the link from that
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@BShark yea that’s the quote I saw. Not good at all.
As far as the Dad I assume he didn’t come out and eliminate KU because then there would be no suspense if there really was any today. I agree it’s a bad look. Obviously the family / Romeo like some attention. So it makes sense to go the Trae Young route.
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Eh. No big loss. Sr. Garrett should benefit from the increased minutes next year.
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@dylans he better be able to hit the broad side of the barn!
