DEVON DOTSON WHOSE COMMITMENT TO KANSAS WE NEVER DOUBTED
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@jayballer54 Yep, definitely. In part it’s because of lower tier schools heavily targeting and prioritizing kids early. It has forced the blue bloods to adapt as well. Used to be you could wait and hope to see more development, but not if other schools are pressing hard early on.
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Eric Ayala will announce Saturday at 5pm. Guessing Dotson announces before that.
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@BShark Lotta KU love in the comments (including HEM sticking up for the ladies of KU). I don’t know that it means anything, but Devon’s ego should be properly stroked.
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BShark said:
Eric Ayala will announce Saturday at 5pm. Guessing Dotson announces before that.
Eric Ayala picking up all kinds of CB’S for Maryland. - -I just got to believe he knows something - -his camp - -something has leaked I feel. Keeping fingers Crossed for my boy - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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I like that Dotson had the 2 teams in person to tell them their decision. Follows with what they have done the whole recruitment which is be transparent with the schools they were considering. The one thing that would suck for KU is to fly in and be told we’re not coming to KU…Fly thousands of miles for a big pile of the fat lady’s dooo doo @jayballer54
So far no CB action, really seems like nobody knows. Look for Maryland’s guys to put in for Maryland today because they have nothing to lose at this point. He’s doing it at his school so unlikely its a video announcement which became all the rage yesterday with that twitter follow.
I wish I felt better about this. I really want him but I’m used to the disappointment that recruiting is. There is nothing for finishing 2nd for these kids.
We’ll see
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So is that An6el to be believed?
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BeddieKU23 said:
So is that An6el to be believed?
I want to believe.
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BeddieKU23 said:
So is that An6el to be believed?
What? - - lo - -what is an An6el? - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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jayballer54 said:
BeddieKU23 said:
So is that An6el to be believed?
What? - - lo - -what is an An6el? - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
It’s the fat lady claiming KU to Dotson
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Well holy crap. - -Looks like the Daily Kansan trying to screw up our recruiting royal - -saying the FBI has file/documents on KU and Adidas. Whether true or not couldn’t of come at a worse time with Grimes and Dotson. - -The Kansas asking to see reports or something to that effect. FBI saying they couldn’t release because of on going investigation.
I truly hope there is nothing to this and that the Coaches make sure these recruits are fully confident that nothing going to happen - like others have said this could screw our recruiting BIG TIME. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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BeddieKU23 said:
jayballer54 said:
BeddieKU23 said:
So is that An6el to be believed?
What? - - lo - -what is an An6el? - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
It’s the fat lady claiming KU to Dotson
Well Damn , After reading posts off the Phog , the fat lady might be stepping up on the stage for KU. - -I swear to GOD if the Daily Kansan screws up things with our recruiting because of some lame bullshit story - -heads need to roll. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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The way I understand it, if any adidas school asked the FBI, maybe any school or paper, they would get the same answer.
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How in the world did the UDK editors let that get published? It is a non story for right now. They got a general document back that basically said we don’t have to give you anything right now. UDK students trying to get people using “Gotcha” journalism tactics by saying this stupid letter somehow contradicts what the school has been saying. So dumb. So so so dumb. This is damn near High School level journalism and we are supposed to be a top Journalism school in the country.
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Crimsonorblue22 said:
Later in the letter, FBI Section Chief David M. Hardy states, “This is a standard notification that is given to all our requesters and should not be taken as an indication that excluded records do, or do not, exist.”
This is a big nothingburger. Its a shame though because the people spreading the “story” are doing damage regardless of the fact that there is no reason to fear implications towards KU in the “story.” Fake news at its finest.
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@RockkChalkk Stupid college kids trying to make a name for themselves. I hope that the adviser who oversees them at the very least told them the backlash that SHOULD come from publishing something that really has no merit.
This, if it was anything, was a small clue to a bigger story and shouldn’t have ever been published on it’s own. The had to decide whether they should publish this big nothingbuger now and get a few thousand reads or if they should follow this down into the rabbit hole and potentially get nothing. They took the easy way out. Just a poor, sad job done by the UDK.
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The Kansan asked for “all documents and communications within this investigation related to the University of Kansas and any of its sponsorship deals with Adidas or any investigation of Kansas basketball coaches.”
What were they expecting?
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Literally any school, especially Adidas schools right now could have their paper make the same request and get the same standard “no” that the UDK just got.
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@BShark I’m honestly embarrassed that they published it. Like embarrassed for them. And now the Journalism school as a whole. Must have started a new class, Fake News 101. Where we teach you how to take an official document that really means nothing, and spin it into a major conspiracy.
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@Kcmatt7 This is brutal for the kid. Like, what was he doing? I get reporting news but literally they asked for ALL DOCUMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS or bits on investigation of coaches within an ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. Again, what were they hoping for? Never going to get it. Even if some documents were available, this is the government we are talking about here. What’s easier to do? Go dig up a document or use literally any excuse to give a 99% boilerplate response. Then to top it off they got rock hard that the FBI acknowledged them with a boilerplate response so they slanted the story to look like they had something.
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Ayala never visited Oregon so he’s a Terp!
So his decision has to be good news for us right? That he’s going to Maryland no matter what happens Friday
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BeddieKU23 said:
Ayala never visited Oregon so he’s a Terp!
So his decision has to be good news for us right? That he’s going to Maryland no matter what happens Friday
Yeah I saw this too. It’s definitely not a bad thing.
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@BShark Exactly what I was thinking. This is one of those investigations that will literally never close because it is so massive that they can say it is just always ongoing and not have to bother with doing anything besides sending a letter to anyone who inquires.
I want someone to do this for each individual school now and see what comes back. It is just an online form on the FBI website. I may try to when I get home from work.
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@Kcmatt7 let it go, don’t be them?
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@BeddieKU23 Rumour mill time
So, my Team Takeover guy, who couldn’t care less about Md recruiting, just says to me, “Yall got a point guard”. I was like, who? He says “Dotson”. I’m not taking it to the bank, but just another log on the fire.
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@Crimsonorblue22 Well it would be really funny if you inquired about UK, and got the same letter right? I just want someone to discredit their story, but not by just saying nothing. By shoving it in their face. These kids/future “journalists” need to know that clickbait articles are lazy bullsh*t. And they should be punished and ridiculed for it.
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@Kcmatt7 go to their website
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Shoot. ESPN is running the same crap that the UDK stirred up as a headline. Poor timing. I hope this crap as it pertains to KU gets cleared up fast (the way I want it to go).
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BShark said:
@BeddieKU23 Rumour mill time
So, my Team Takeover guy, who couldn’t care less about Md recruiting, just says to me, “Yall got a point guard”. I was like, who? He says “Dotson”. I’m not taking it to the bank, but just another log on the fire.
Saw it, should hear about 30 more
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If Dotson has made up his mind, only he and the family know. They’re not talking to anyone until tomorrow night. I’m sticking with KU because I haven’t seen or heard anything that suggests Maryland passed KU.
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BeddieKU23 said:
BShark said:
@BeddieKU23 Rumour mill time
So, my Team Takeover guy, who couldn’t care less about Md recruiting, just says to me, “Yall got a point guard”. I was like, who? He says “Dotson”. I’m not taking it to the bank, but just another log on the fire.
Saw it, should hear about 30 more
Same guy followed up on it, doubled down.
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BShark said:
BeddieKU23 said:
BShark said:
@BeddieKU23 Rumour mill time
So, my Team Takeover guy, who couldn’t care less about Md recruiting, just says to me, “Yall got a point guard”. I was like, who? He says “Dotson”. I’m not taking it to the bank, but just another log on the fire.
Saw it, should hear about 30 more
Same guy followed up on it, doubled down.
I’m waiting for his triple double
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BShark said:
BeddieKU23 said:
Ayala never visited Oregon so he’s a Terp!
So his decision has to be good news for us right? That he’s going to Maryland no matter what happens Friday
Yeah I saw this too. It’s definitely not a bad thing.
This whole thing written from our wonderful little paper and the FBI whole investigation going on - -whether we are actually involved in anything or not couldn’t have come a possible worse time. - -You know how people take these things and just run wild like a stripped ass ape with them if they think they can drag us/ or any school other then their own.
I worry that my boys folks are going to have some big questions - -2nd/3rd/4th thoughts - -this might just kill any recruiting we have going whether truth or not. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer54 The crappy thing is if the evidence exonerates KU they still can’t release it. Sucks hearing it every 15 minutes on ESPN radio though. Slanderous without more info.Implicated and investigated are two different things.
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@Crimsonorblue22 what do you mean? I’ve been on the website. And that story is the front page top line.
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@Kcmatt7 make a comment on their twitter page
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@dylans “Slanderous without more info.” Exactly. It is the news media, it is ESPN. And the issue is not reporting it. The issue as with nearly all other one sided media accounts, including ESPN’s not stop slobbering over the national anthem stuff, is reporting and providing only one side of the story, or giving a cursory, limited, or unintelligible reference to the other side. And not providing a reasonable explanation (in this case) of what their sensationalistic reporting means.
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The lazy and biased media now appears to be in a state of publishing anything to get clicks regardless of whether the story has any foundation. It is the proverbial …it is easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission…or in this case…it is easier to publish a story with no facts to back it up and then issue a retraction on the back pages at a later date than to get the story right in the first place. It seems to be the current status of most main stream media and now extended to minor publications. The old style journalism is now a thing of the past.
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their BS makes me worry about my boy’s decision tomorrow now - -not getting a good feeling now - -this can change everything for him and his folks. Might be the kiss of death for us and Grimes also. GREAT.- - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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jayballer54 said:
their BS makes me worry about my boy’s decision tomorrow now - -not getting a good feeling now - -this can change everything for him and his folks. Might be the kiss of death for us and Grimes also. GREAT.- - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
Grimes is a super smart kid. Just fyi.
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@BeddieKU23 Not sure if you saw this yet. Quiiiiite the back track after the double down!
So now my guy says “Ayala”. I’m like, no shit, what about Dotson? He says, “I heard his name too, but definitely Ayala”.
Personally, I find it hard to believe both would come. There must be buzz about Dotson to Md cause otherwise this dude never would’ve brought it up, but don’t know if I trust what he’s hearing is fact or kids talking. I’m sure Jeff and Josh have heard all kinds of stuff from their local sources and are better at separating fact from rumor than rest of us.
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BShark said:
jayballer54 said:
their BS makes me worry about my boy’s decision tomorrow now - -not getting a good feeling now - -this can change everything for him and his folks. Might be the kiss of death for us and Grimes also. GREAT.- - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
Grimes is a super smart kid. Just fyi.
Boy you got that right. - -It took me one interview , listening to him talk and I could just tell - - -this kid sounds like a bright bright kid, also seems like a very polite respectful type of kid not that means squat but still - - just saying you can just see he is a very smart kid. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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BShark said:
@BeddieKU23 Not sure if you saw this yet. Quiiiiite the back track after the double down!
So now my guy says “Ayala”. I’m like, no shit, what about Dotson? He says, “I heard his name too, but definitely Ayala”.
Personally, I find it hard to believe both would come. There must be buzz about Dotson to Md cause otherwise this dude never would’ve brought it up, but don’t know if I trust what he’s hearing is fact or kids talking. I’m sure Jeff and Josh have heard all kinds of stuff from their local sources and are better at separating fact from rumor than rest of us.
Thanks. The person knows absolutely nothing
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@jayballer54 My main point is that he and his mom are smart enough to see that the article means nothing. Don’t think it impacts him.
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BeddieKU23 said:
BShark said:
@BeddieKU23 Not sure if you saw this yet. Quiiiiite the back track after the double down!
So now my guy says “Ayala”. I’m like, no shit, what about Dotson? He says, “I heard his name too, but definitely Ayala”.
Personally, I find it hard to believe both would come. There must be buzz about Dotson to Md cause otherwise this dude never would’ve brought it up, but don’t know if I trust what he’s hearing is fact or kids talking. I’m sure Jeff and Josh have heard all kinds of stuff from their local sources and are better at separating fact from rumor than rest of us.
Thanks. The person knows absolutely nothing
Yeah…had me worried for a second but LOL.
Supposedly fwiw the coaches do not know yet. They should be called tomorrow apparently. This is according to Ermann.
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Well it’s close to - - - -T - minus 24 hours to decision day. - - This is my boy - -we all know I’ve been on the Dotson train from practically day 1 - -I’m gonna keep riding the Dotson train till we get to the depot. - -Well maybe with just a lil bit of teensy weensie bit of hesitancy - -just in case got my bag in my hand - Na I’m gonna ride it out till the end " BRING IT HOME " - -Devon - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Well I’m starting to waver, seems like a lot of things pointing to Maryland true or not. - - People saying Devon starting to follow Anthony Cowan the present Maryland PG now - -plus the video dude - - plus his dad liking of Devon following the Maryland point guard.
On top of his parents or mom wanting him to stay close to home - -plus the crap with the FBI - -Plus Turgeon saying they will take both Ayala & Dotson - -As much as I want to believe - -I’m just close to the edge of the cliff. this is going to suck - BUT if it does then time goes on - -KU goes on - -BUT it also enhances what people say why can’t we close on elite Guards - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
