Matt Roth

[Fetz86]

Shumpert would be the biggest get for the program in a long time as far as hype and who else is looking at him. Of course it all means nothing until he does something in college. When one of these kids is a lottery pick then we can compare them with POB in terms of impact.

[houstontxbrave]

[quote="Chico"] The more local kids, the better

I have always wondered why this is so important to many BU faithful?

[Beninator]

[quote="houstontxbrave"]

The more local kids, the better

I have always wondered why this is so important to many BU faithful?

Well Houstontxbrave, I am fairly new to this board, but we have gone round and round about Matt Roth in the past. And to be honest, I agree with you. Unless we are talking about an extremely gifted local athlete, I want the best basketball player possible for BU regardless of his residence.

[BradleyBrave]

The more local kids, the better

I have always wondered why this is so important to many BU faithful?

Well Houstontxbrave, I am fairly new to this board, but we have gone round and round about Matt Roth in the past. And to be honest, I agree with you. Unless we are talking about an extremely gifted local athlete, I want the best basketball player possible for BU regardless of his residence.

Agreed 100%. Most BU fans want the best team and players possible, regardless of where they're from. I think the reason some folks were on the 'local' player kick was because of the plethera of talent in Central Illinois in the mid-90's that BU seemingly didn't make their best effort at recruiting. Couple that with the waning success BU began having, and you've got a sizeable group of fans wanting the local talent to take us back to glory. It's kind of ironic that people began feeling this way, because BU's best teams traditionally have had players from all parts of the country, and some of BU's worst teams were full of local players (see the end of the Albeck era). I am all about kids staying local and becoming stars, but I also think it's very healthy for the program to get out nationally and show people what BU and Peoria is all about.

[Chico]

I guess I meant with all the great talent coming out the Peoria area in the last 10 years it's good to get our share and hopefully keep more of them coming to the program. I would never not want to recruit nationally. Dick Versace and Jim Les have done a great job bringing great talent to the Hilltop from all over.
As far as POB is concerned, I don't think he was recruited that heavily, so you have to give Jim and his staff credit for recognizing what a talent he was.

[tornado]

with all the great talent coming out the Peoria area .....

the Peoria area is about to have a relative drought....

Right now, with the graduation at Richwoods of Bill Cole and Justin Dehm, the D-I talent is going to become scarce.
We already know about Roth at Washington, Prosser at Eureka, and DJ Richardson at Central (and going to Richwoods next year), but all of those guys were very well known even as freshmen, right?

Tell me which present freshmen are going have an impact?
I have trouble thinking of even one!
I suspect we will hear a little about Tyler Les at PND, but the rest of Central IL is short on freshman talent.

[bigdaddystuck]

I said next to POB...which would mean POB would be the best signing of JL's tenure. IMO Roth is going to be an impact player. I don't know if you have seen him play, but he can take over a game with his shooting, which would fit in nicely with BU's offensive scheme.

As for my drinking the orange kool-aid....don't think so, I am a former Potter with future Potters running around the house!

[amckillip]

I said next to POB...which would mean POB would be the best signing of JL's tenure. IMO Roth is going to be an impact player. I don't know if you have seen him play, but he can take over a game with his shooting, which would fit in nicely with BU's offensive scheme.

As for my drinking the orange kool-aid....don't think so, I am a former Potter with future Potters running around the house!

IMO I'll take this years freshman guard SamM over Roth, I would take also Buycks or West, and you have to put M Sommerville in there.

[OrangeandBlack74]

I said next to POB...which would mean POB would be the best signing of JL's tenure. IMO Roth is going to be an impact player. I don't know if you have seen him play, but he can take over a game with his shooting, which would fit in nicely with BU's offensive scheme.

As for my drinking the orange kool-aid....don't think so, I am a former Potter with future Potters running around the house!

I've seen Roth play more times than I can remember.....enough to form a fairly strong opinion on his ability to be an impact player at the next level. There's a reason that some recruiting experts consider him the best pure shooter in the '08 class.....his range is virtually limitless.

The orange kool-aid comment was tongue-in-cheek.....but I think you already knew that, right?

[bigdaddystuck]

I said next to POB...which would mean POB would be the best signing of JL's tenure. IMO Roth is going to be an impact player. I don't know if you have seen him play, but he can take over a game with his shooting, which would fit in nicely with BU's offensive scheme.

As for my drinking the orange kool-aid....don't think so, I am a former Potter with future Potters running around the house!

I've seen Roth play more times than I can remember.....enough to form a fairly strong opinion on his ability to be an impact player at the next level. There's a reason that some recruiting experts consider him the best pure shooter in the '08 class.....his range is virtually limitless.

The orange kool-aid comment was tongue-in-cheek.....but I think you already knew that, right?

Knew you were kidding...no problem....though I have to admit I have seen far more WACOHI games the past 10 years than MHS games...mostly because I teach and coach in Washington, I like to cheer on former athletes but can't seem to truly pull for the Panthers

[Chico]

Tornado, my post said "the last 10 years". I do think that Matt Roth is the best area player graduating next year and I hope he will be wearing a Bradley uniform in the 2008-09 season.