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It seems even longer
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IMO the 2 are different. I would imagine the financial situation for Altman has improved by taking another job. If all the BCS schools were pursuing JW I could understand his changing his mind. But also IMO if the BCS schools aren't chasing him, Bradley is his best bet.Originally posted by shaunguth View PostI agree as well......kinda like people jumping on Wilkins for changing his mind 2 years later when it comes to a life-changing decision.
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I'm just saying I would hate be blamed or ridiculed for making a decision, have that decision fall through due to circumstances beyond my control, and then two years later change my original decision due to new choices that may be available now.Originally posted by Chico View Post???People say, ???Forget last year', but I want our guys to remember that one, because that will not happen again. We will be much better.??? Geno Ford, 9/22/12Comment
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University of oregon held a press conference at 1 pm PDT to announce the hiring of Dana Altman. Base salary was reported to be $1.8 million per year, plus potential performance bonuses.
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The decision hasn't falled through. As far as I know there is still a scholarship available at the school he committed to. I agree, the NCAA is the cause of this, but I'm sure he had to know there were other schools that may have been available when he committed to the Braves. It wasn't Bradley's fault.Originally posted by shaunguth View PostWhat part of illegal don't you understand?Comment
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I realize it wasn't Bradley's fault, but the decision he made two years ago DID fall through, otherwise he would have been here at that point. Things can change in two years. Again, I hope nobody holds me to a decision I made two years ago when the result of that decision was "postponed" due to things that were out of my control. I would certainly hope to be given the chance to re-evaluate that decision two years later when other options were included that may not have been there before.Originally posted by Chico View Post???People say, ???Forget last year', but I want our guys to remember that one, because that will not happen again. We will be much better.??? Geno Ford, 9/22/12Comment
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It was a one year ago, not 2! Where do you get 2? It feels like 2.Originally posted by shaunguth View Post
I do not have a problem with him in reality unless he ends up at ISU red. Then I'd have to question his IQ.
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
??” Thomas Jefferson
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John Wilkins originally verballed to Bradley almost exactly 20 months ago. Maybe not exactly 2 years, but closer to 2 years than it is to 1 year.Originally posted by SFP View PostIt was a one year ago, not 2! Where do you get 2? It feels like 2. I do not have a problem with him in reality unless he ends up at ISU red. Then I'd have to question his IQ.
I believe I got the information that he verballed from this very website.???People say, ???Forget last year', but I want our guys to remember that one, because that will not happen again. We will be much better.??? Geno Ford, 9/22/12Comment
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John Wilkins came to the US in June of 2008 and played AAU ball in July 2008...Originally posted by SFP View Post
he received plenty of offers but verballed to Bradley in mid-August of 2008..and tried to enroll, being thwarted by NCAA at every turn...
By January of 2009, it was clear NCAA was not going to clear him for initial eligibility -- claiming deficiencies in transcrptis that never appear to be problems
for all the other obscure European and African kids who end up at places like Indiana or UConn! -- and so John enrolled in junior college.
But I have it on pretty good authority, that shortly after he arrived in the US in June of 2008, he made a verbal pledge to come to BU but of course couldn't sign anything....
He still went through the process of playing AAU and fielding offers, but all along he knew where he wanted to be and never really wavered.
So the statement that he pledged to BU two years ago is pretty close to being precise......he made the public verbal more than 20 months ago.
(many of the early threads we had on John Wilkins have been removed, but John had verbally said he was interested in coming to BU before he was here for the Tailgate in Sept. 2008 )
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I should have typed "20 months" instead of "2 years".Originally posted by tornado View Post
Anyways.....when in doubt, consult the scholarship grid......
08-28-2008, 06:01 AM
Version 4.0 (added John Wilkins)???People say, ???Forget last year', but I want our guys to remember that one, because that will not happen again. We will be much better.??? Geno Ford, 9/22/12Comment
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sg -- hope you didn't take my response as arguing against you -- as I was in fact standing with you in saying it was a "pretty precise statement!!"Comment
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Not at all.Originally posted by tornado View Post???People say, ???Forget last year', but I want our guys to remember that one, because that will not happen again. We will be much better.??? Geno Ford, 9/22/12Comment
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Well 2 years and all we got was?????
My bad, it is definitely a relationship that appears to be dysfunctional. I've moved on from JW as a bunch of smarter guys then me did a lot earlier. We do have a special program and I see no reason to grovel to anyone."Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
??” Thomas Jefferson
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hey - so looks like we miss on JW - but we also missed on others -- Buycks, Brust, Shumpert, etc...
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Don't believe all those names you mentioned agreed to go on a date like JW did.Originally posted by tornado View PostWhat part of illegal don't you understand?Comment
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