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Wisconsin Recruiting Vol. IV - It's all coming together
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Re: Wisconsin Recruiting Vol. IV - It's all coming together
Losing a player like Sampo falls on the coaches and these coaches are getting paid a lot of money. These kind of mistakes can’t happen and then have him going to the Gophers is a killer. If Tony is in charge of the program then it falls with him but it’s most likely on the assistant coaches. We know Oz is in charge of the D and the fishing expeditions. So what does Strobel do? Not the D or Forwards, so I would assume the Academics fall with him. Looks very bad but I’m optimistic for the season.
Losing a player like Sampo falls on the coaches and these coaches are getting paid a lot of money. These kind of mistakes can’t happen and then have him going to the Gophers is a killer. If Tony is in charge of the program then it falls with him but it’s most likely on the assistant coaches. We know Oz is in charge of the D and the fishing expeditions. So what does Strobel do? Not the D or Forwards, so I would assume the Academics fall with him. Looks very bad but I’m optimistic for the season.
Rabid Gopher
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Re: Wisconsin Recruiting Vol. IV - It's all coming together
Wassup BADges!?!?!?
How recruiting going?
Wassup BADges!?!?!?
How recruiting going?
solovsfett
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Re: Wisconsin Recruiting Vol. IV - It's all coming together
Jesus...could be worse I guess.
Quentin Cepheus and Danny Davis...unpucking real!
Jesus...could be worse I guess.
Quentin Cepheus and Danny Davis...unpucking real!
MadCityRich
20 Years and Counting
Re: Wisconsin Recruiting Vol. IV - It's all coming together
Time to go upstairs, *****. You're mother is calling you for dinner. She prepared your favorite...Cheetos.
Spellcheck is your friend.Wassup BADges!?!?!?
How recruiting going?
Time to go upstairs, *****. You're mother is calling you for dinner. She prepared your favorite...Cheetos.
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MadCityRich
20 Years and Counting
He's 15, as we know a lot can happen these days. Wake me up in 3 years when he makes a decision.
I put him on the sheet. Maybe I should call it the tentative sheet for now?
Wisko McBadgerton
Teaching you how to Bucky.
Re: Wisconsin Recruiting Vol. IV - It's all coming together
I think you have him a year too early. He's 15 so the earliest is '21-'22 when he'll be 18.
FWIW and I know it's been speculated on otherwise, but I can hardly imagine a scenario where Lindmark isn't a Badger next year. He's going to be a fairly high draft pick.
Lastly I agree that commit news, now with 14-15 year olds, isn't as fun to follow as it used to be. Sure, a kid might be fantastic, but it's so far off and so much can happen that it's just not as exciting as when they were generally only a year away. Even one year away players aren't as fun as they used to be back when a commit was pretty iron clad. Now it just makes you nervous all year. I'm reminded that Turcotte was picked in the 2nd round of the OHL draft by Saginaw, for example... That's a pretty high spot for a guy that's "for sure" going NCAA.
I think you have him a year too early. He's 15 so the earliest is '21-'22 when he'll be 18.
FWIW and I know it's been speculated on otherwise, but I can hardly imagine a scenario where Lindmark isn't a Badger next year. He's going to be a fairly high draft pick.
Lastly I agree that commit news, now with 14-15 year olds, isn't as fun to follow as it used to be. Sure, a kid might be fantastic, but it's so far off and so much can happen that it's just not as exciting as when they were generally only a year away. Even one year away players aren't as fun as they used to be back when a commit was pretty iron clad. Now it just makes you nervous all year. I'm reminded that Turcotte was picked in the 2nd round of the OHL draft by Saginaw, for example... That's a pretty high spot for a guy that's "for sure" going NCAA.
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Updated. My math was poor on that one. You're right on the '21-'22.
Updated. My math was poor on that one. You're right on the '21-'22.
WiscTJK
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Re: Wisconsin Recruiting Vol. IV - It's all coming together
from the Monsignor over at Buckyville....
"I complained about this (Ranta situation) to a good friend of mine who is an Assistant Dean in L&S. She is not in admissions, but she is familiar with the standards. She was a little skeptical. She said that if the guy can speak English, the only way he could have failed the UW standard on the TOEFL was if he essentially could not read English at all. She speculates, without having any knowledge, that something else is involved here.
She has worked with athletes to keep them eligible (even got some kudos from CPC on one of the football players she helped) so she knows what is going on. She also was not surprised that a student who could not get into UW immediately got admitted at Minnesota, especially a hockey player."
from the Monsignor over at Buckyville....
"I complained about this (Ranta situation) to a good friend of mine who is an Assistant Dean in L&S. She is not in admissions, but she is familiar with the standards. She was a little skeptical. She said that if the guy can speak English, the only way he could have failed the UW standard on the TOEFL was if he essentially could not read English at all. She speculates, without having any knowledge, that something else is involved here.
She has worked with athletes to keep them eligible (even got some kudos from CPC on one of the football players she helped) so she knows what is going on. She also was not surprised that a student who could not get into UW immediately got admitted at Minnesota, especially a hockey player."
Re: Wisconsin Recruiting Vol. IV - It's all coming together
My daughter had the opposite happen - admitted right away to Wisconsin (and also Michigan) but was wait listed at Minnesota. No sports involved...
Timothy A
Let's go RED!
Re: Wisconsin Recruiting Vol. IV - It's all coming together
So in other words, the TOEFL issue is purely fake news that gave Sampo the narrative that he could justifiably go to MN in the public eye, when in fact it was a lie and Motzco simply pulled him from UW in the 11th hr, which if true is a total pile a steaming crap. All pure speculation, what other plausible reasons are there? TG needs to tell the tale.
So in other words, the TOEFL issue is purely fake news that gave Sampo the narrative that he could justifiably go to MN in the public eye, when in fact it was a lie and Motzco simply pulled him from UW in the 11th hr, which if true is a total pile a steaming crap. All pure speculation, what other plausible reasons are there? TG needs to tell the tale.
Re: Wisconsin Recruiting Vol. IV - It's all coming together
He never will. Not a chance.
This is all part of the business now, and they'll keep these tales inside the family of coaches.
He never will. Not a chance.
This is all part of the business now, and they'll keep these tales inside the family of coaches.
LordofBrewtown
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Re: Wisconsin Recruiting Vol. IV - It's all coming together
I'd be interested on her thoughts on the timing...shouldn't all results/admissions criteria have been settled long ago, or does it really come down to the last week like this?
If something else were involved, that could make a little bit more sense - although would the coaches really be so quick to let him transfer if it was something else? I'm generally of the mindset that the student athlete should be allowed to go where they want/transfers be less restrictive - but this would be an example of why maybe they shouldn't be 100% open if they are signing letters of intent and then going elsewhere without ever being on campus. Kids/young adults need to learn there are some consequences to decisions they make.
I'd be interested on her thoughts on the timing...shouldn't all results/admissions criteria have been settled long ago, or does it really come down to the last week like this?
If something else were involved, that could make a little bit more sense - although would the coaches really be so quick to let him transfer if it was something else? I'm generally of the mindset that the student athlete should be allowed to go where they want/transfers be less restrictive - but this would be an example of why maybe they shouldn't be 100% open if they are signing letters of intent and then going elsewhere without ever being on campus. Kids/young adults need to learn there are some consequences to decisions they make.
MadCityRich
20 Years and Counting
Not to put a feather in my cap, but I've been saying here and Buckyville that there MUST be something else going on and I stand by it.
The kid speaks almost perfect English, barely has an accent, and has been in Sioux City for 2 years.
I'm not pointing fingers yet.
The kid speaks almost perfect English, barely has an accent, and has been in Sioux City for 2 years.
I'm not pointing fingers yet.
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MadCityRich
20 Years and Counting
"Well, the world needs ditch diggers, too."
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Timothy A
Let's go RED!
Re: Wisconsin Recruiting Vol. IV - It's all coming together
So what other answer is there other than he changed his mind then and asked to be released?
So what other answer is there other than he changed his mind then and asked to be released?
Re: Wisconsin Recruiting Vol. IV - It's all coming together
I really don't think there is any.
At the end of the day, they're all very young people who are trying to make decisions about their future. They get advise from lots of different people and get pulled in various different directions. Who knows if an advisor said to him that he should look somewhere else? Things like that seem a good deal more common and, more often than not, the athlete just wants to play their sport so they can be swayed from one thing to another.
I really don't think there is any.
At the end of the day, they're all very young people who are trying to make decisions about their future. They get advise from lots of different people and get pulled in various different directions. Who knows if an advisor said to him that he should look somewhere else? Things like that seem a good deal more common and, more often than not, the athlete just wants to play their sport so they can be swayed from one thing to another.
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