Is gaslighting your favorite term for when proven wrong over and over? Do you have real thinking capabilities, or original thoughts or is regurgitating from links the way you live your life?Quote:
Originally Posted by XU_Lou
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Is gaslighting your favorite term for when proven wrong over and over? Do you have real thinking capabilities, or original thoughts or is regurgitating from links the way you live your life?Quote:
Originally Posted by XU_Lou
Plain and simple.... EXPOSING 'Ville as a complete charlatan. Kinda in a WEIRD lazy way .....straight out of the Al Sharpton playbook....but on a fan Basketball site. He is toxic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jumpin_Jamal_Forever
But honestly, for some time now, I wanted Paul IV to possibly be the next B Lark. You know....hometown legend suits up for X and becomes the next big thing.
Toxic because I don’t have the love affair with McMillan that you have? Or the love affair that you had with Steele before the season began while the ones who actually know basketball told you how mediocre he was? Get a grip.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xuperman
Sorry I don’t throw sunshine up peoples butts that don’t deserve it.
Big deal. I like the kid because he grew up in MY neighborhood..... and ended up the ALL TIME CPS scoring leader.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xville
Ooops.....his TROLL power is almost unavoidable...It's like the "Jedi Mind Trick"
I decided to edit some of my previous posts on this thread. I should be more respectful when posting in disagreement.
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Originally Posted by Xuperman
I'm trying to follow your reasoning here......you maintain that Paul is a high major D1 talent. And now you're suggesting that the reason he didn't have any D1 offers essentially is because he doesn't want basketball to be his future after college. So when all the major D1 coaches came calling he made a point of telling them he didn't intend to play professionally after graduation and because of THAT they didn't offer?
I’ve kinda stayed out of this whole thread, although it’s been fun to watch from afar. I’ve really no opinion on either his abilities or his motives. I don’t see it as a huge loss for X, nor a major coup for NJIT. I’ve only an opinion on recruiting as a whole, as far as it is from a kid’s and his families point of view……
I don’t buy the idea that ALL of these kids really believe that they are going to be all Americans and high draft picks. I believe that 90% of them realize that the chances of that happening are really slim. Sure they all SAY that’s their goal and that they want a program that will help them get there, but I think a lot of that is merely lip service. I mean, what else are they going to say when asked? Would anyone really expect them to say that they choose a school because of its Biology department? So I take comments like “I want a school that will help get me to my goal of being in the pros.”, with a grain of salt. I believe that most of them realize that even if they can get a couple of years of playing in a foreign league after graduation, that they still need an education and a degree to fall back on after that is over. Like the general student population, there are going to be college athletes that thrive in college and there are going to be ones that fail. Some fail on the court and thrive in the classroom. For others it’s the complete opposite. I wonder how many of the kids in the transfer portal are there because of academic reasons? I’d bet that it’s more than a few.
One more point…..some kids jump early at an offer and take one that they regret later on. The Kiner kid from Roger Bacon comes to mind. Ohio player of the year (I believe he’s from the same area of the city as McMillian) who took an offer to LSU without ever visiting the school. Spent one year there, got good playing time as a freshman, but found he missed Cincinnati and transfers back to UC as soon as spring practice at LSU is over. McMillian played the waiting game. Perhaps some of the schools he might have been real interested in, and offers from, changed their minds after they signed others. Perhaps they changed their minds after seeing him play against some others. Perhaps HE changed his mind after visiting or watching them play. We may never know.
But as I said in an earlier post, freshman recruiting doesn’t mean near what it used to mean. With the new transfer rules a kid is really going to be recruited almost every year. He could go the NJIT for a year, have a great year, and be re-recruited by X or any other school all over again. I know that there are rules designed to stop this from happening, but it’s still going to happen. All it takes is a 3rd party contact, or an NIL offer. He’s really only been recruited to NJIT for ONE year. Who knows what happens after that?
XUPERMAN, you called me "either terribly misinformed or totally ignorant regarding McMillan" when I told you a couple months ago that neither Xavier nor UC were actively recruiting McMillan, which was 100% accurate. Now that he has committed to NJIT, it looks like you are doubling down. You have proven to be misinformed and totally ignorant regarding this topic. Lets all move on and wish McMillan the best.