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| Drakey (9/21/2008)
So apparently the first post was wrong and apparently Illinois did not offer. Presumably SIU, ISU and Bradley weren't interested either.
Not necessarily.....
The former ended up winning out, and when other in-state universities filled their available scholarships in the class of 2009 with commitments from other recruits
It could be that he had offers from several of the other schools....offers that were withdrawn when they no longer had any scholarships available.
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| | True. But Northern Illinois? That has to be the bottom of D1 B-Ball in Illinois isn't it? |
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| Interchangable with Western Illinois.  Watch Northern Illinois turn the corner over the next couple years. Ya never know.
None of us know the real story with any of the recruits. Maybe he really picked NIU over all the other schools. Maybe all the other schools, including Drake, back off on Nixon. Doesn't matter now and I'm sure he is a good kid with a bright future. .... and feed him beans. Good luck Mr Nixon .. unless you play anyone form the Valley. |
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| dont mean to sound negative but i have to put in my 2 cents worth. now i dont live in des moines and i dont know the details like many of you- but there isnt a bigger drake fan than me. i have been following them for over 30 years and still to this day see at least 3-4 games a year- and i am in chicago area.
so here goes- its fun to hear about all the recuits and many sound really good- and i am sure they are better than whats has been going on in the past BUT i have to say this: i see they are also looking at or commited to NIU, lehigh, yale. UW wilwaukee, SDSU, Wofford etc (you get my drift) i was hoping we were actually aiming higher because of last year because we are ine the MVC because we play better competiton and have more exposure- it just seems we ought to also be in the running for kids looking at the big 10 or simlar once in a while anyway. dont get me wrong i am also excited about the upcoming year but just wanted to say whats on my mind. |
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| ILLINOISBULLDOG (9/21/2008)
so here goes- its fun to hear about all the recuits and many sound really good- and i am sure they are better than whats has been going on in the past BUT i have to say this: i see they are also looking at or commited to NIU, lehigh, yale. UW wilwaukee, SDSU, Wofford etc (you get my drift) i was hoping we were actually aiming higher because of last year because we are ine the MVC because we play better competiton and have more exposure- it just seems we ought to also be in the running for kids looking at the big 10 or simlar once in a while anyway. dont get me wrong i am also excited about the upcoming year but just wanted to say whats on my mind.
Of the 3 commits so far for next season, Drake beat out other MVC teams for both Unhlenhopp and Van Deest. Ryan Wedel, who transfered to Drake this summer was being recruited by many MVC teams while in high school. Frank Wiseler, the kid from Luxembourg, was considered a pretty good catch, although I don't know what other American schools he was looking at.
I understand what you're saying, but Drake is beating out better schools for recruits than the ones you mentioned. Some of the kids mentioned on this board who ended up going to lower level D-1 schools were never actually offered scholarships by Drake, so I don't think you can say we're losing recruits to those schools.
Yeah, it's frustrating to lose a kid like Nixon to a school like NIU....but, it sounded like in the end he just wanted to be close to home. Also, it's possible with the commitment of Hawley, that Drake was no longer interested in the young man. We don't know all the details. And, as an FYI, NIU's coach, Ricardo Patton, is considered one helluva recruiter.....he brought some pretty good talent to Colorado, just couldn't seem to do anything with it.
From everything I've heard (and I don't have any inside information), Drake's staff is working extremely hard on finding a couple of "difference makers" for the last two scholarships. Right now, I have faith that they'll get it done.
Down from my soapbox now.
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