Cross off Marcus Paige

Donate To GopherHole






UWOle said:
It is being reported by both Scout (Dave Telep - see below link)) and the Kansas Rivals guy (link in original post). Sounds like Paige finally got the offer he was looking for. I will be very surprised if he is not a Jayhawk.

http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=9&c=2&cid=996281&nid=3849098&fhn=1
Click to expand...

Nope. Per Plinnius' standards, I don't believe an offer was real unless I was in the room and saw the coach personally handing a written scholarship offer to the player.
 



Plinnius said:
What?
Click to expand...

Virtually every time brings up a list of someone's offers, you reject it as not real. It's quite annoying, as (unless you are some type of soothsayer) you have no way of knowing the authenticity anymore than any other average schlub. To wit:

Plinnius said:
I don't think he ever committed to USC. When he committed to us, he had just taken an official visit to San Diego State, was planning a visit to Iowa, was waiting on an offer from Cal, and labeled those three schools, along with the Gophers, as his top four. That's according to a Rivals article a week before he committed.
Click to expand...

Plinnius said:
Never visited Florida, never had an offer.
Click to expand...

Plinnius said:
They didn't.
Click to expand...

Plinnius said:
No, it doesn't clear anything up. I'm saying he didn't have any of those offers when he committed to us.
Click to expand...

Plinnius said:
I wasn't being sarcastic. He really didn't have those offers. I'm fairly certain that Minnesota was his only offer.
Click to expand...

Plinnius said:
How do you know that?
Click to expand...

Plinnius said:
I don't think he had all those offers.
Click to expand...

Plinnius said:
How many of those were real offers?
Click to expand...

And that's just a small sampling from your last 150 posts or so.

(In case you hadn't noticed, I was mocking you above. So was Gold Vision.)
 



whatever, if we land tharpe he prolly wouldnt have commited anyways. Plus we can get chambers if we want and i think we will.
 

dpodoll68 said:
It's quite annoying, as (unless you are some type of soothsayer) you have no way of knowing the authenticity anymore than any other average schlub.
Click to expand...

So what you're saying is that a Texas fan wouldn't know if Texas actually offered Devoe Joseph but a Gopher fan would?
 





Plinnius said:
No. Am I to believe that the likes of yourself, Gold Vision, and FOT are?
Click to expand...

Nope. But you are clearly right about every single prospect's offer list. So you know more about recruiting and the unique situation of every single Gophers' prospect (both football and basketball) more than any other poster here, and the players themselves?

There are three possibilities:

1) You are omniscient
2) Every recruit to sign a scholarship offer ever is lying about their offer lists
3) You don't know more than anyone else about recruits' offer lists and yet have a strange false sense of superiority about it.


"What is 3), Alex?"
 

Plinnius said:
No. Am I to believe that the likes of yourself, Gold Vision, and FOT are?
Click to expand...

He handed you your @ss. You're a fraud and he outlined why. Accept it and move on.

The more you post the worse it gets.
 


dpodoll68 said:
Nope. But you are clearly right about every single prospect's offer list. So you know more about recruiting and the unique situation of every single Gophers' prospect (both football and basketball) more than any other poster here, and the players themselves?

There are three possibilities:

1) You are omniscient
2) Every recruit to sign a scholarship offer ever is lying about their offer lists
3) You don't know more than anyone else about recruits' offer lists and yet have a strange false sense of superiority about it.


"What is 3), Alex?"
Click to expand...

4) Sound logic and reasoning

Example: To my knowledge, Joseph never claimed an offer from Texas. Joseph never visited Texas. Texas fans, the ones that have actually heard of Joseph, dispute that Texas ever actually offered Joseph.

From that evidence, I infer that Joseph never received an offer from Texas.
 

Plinnius said:
4) Sound logic and reasoning

Example: To my knowledge, Joseph never claimed an offer from Texas. Joseph never visited Texas. Texas fans, the ones that have actually heard of Joseph, dispute that Texas ever actually offered Joseph.

From that evidence, I infer that Joseph never received an offer from Texas.
Click to expand...

Why do you put more stock in what fans say than what recruiting services and the players themselves say?

Do you automatically assume that players always lie?

Clearly, fans of a program have no incentive to lie about things like this. Nope, none at all.
 

Official Visits

They're a good way to tell if an offer has been extended. It's very rare to take official visit if no offer has been extended.

Joseph visited schools like Connecticut and had offer (but did not ultimately visit) Kansas. Sampson visited UK for MM in Oct 2007. Iverson visited Fla that fall. Both were offered.
 

Plinnius said:
4) Sound logic and reasoning

Example: To my knowledge, Joseph never claimed an offer from Texas. Joseph never visited Texas. Texas fans, the ones that have actually heard of Joseph, dispute that Texas ever actually offered Joseph.

From that evidence, I infer that Joseph never received an offer from Texas.
Click to expand...

http://njmg.typepad.com/zagsblog/2007/11/devoe-joseph-to.html His AAU coach said he visited Texas. His final 4 school choices were Gophers, Texas, Vandy, and Kansas.
 

Go Gophs eh? said:
whatever, if we land tharpe he prolly wouldnt have commited anyways. Plus we can get chambers if we want and i think we will.
Click to expand...

Chambers is not a Big10 pg. Sorry. I know he goes to Hopkins but if we don't land Tharp, Chambers will not be the answer to our pg worries. Paige is the real deal and it'll be difficult to turn down Kansas.
 

why not? he is years ahead of most pgs his age, he is rated a 4 star prospect by rivals, at pulley he led the team better than just about anyone not named el amin. and he hasnt even played in his junior year. dont right him off so quickly, he is almost the same size as naadir tharpe.
 

dpodoll68 said:
Why do you put more stock in what fans say than what recruiting services and the players themselves say?

Do you automatically assume that players always lie?

Clearly, fans of a program have no incentive to lie about things like this. Nope, none at all.
Click to expand...

Where do you suppose the fans get their info from? Their own recruiting sites!
 


I was going to be an ass, but I'll stop right here and take a different route.

This was bound to happen. This kid is an absolute stud, and he has no sentimental favorite. The schools who offered early never really stood a chance with Paige.

I'm not saying his recruitment is 100% over with (damn close though), but I will give the kid credit. He knew what he wanted, worked his ass off and he got it.
 



Go Gophs eh? said:
why not? he is years ahead of most pgs his age, he is rated a 4 star prospect by rivals, at pulley he led the team better than just about anyone not named el amin. and he hasnt even played in his junior year. dont right him off so quickly, he is almost the same size as naadir tharpe.
Click to expand...

I'm not going to bad mouth a kid but the bottom line is he gets an inordinate amount of coverage due to the program for which he plays. He does a lot of nice things but not enough to make up for his lack of size.
 

i beg to differ. plays good D, hes fast, great floor vision, great handles, and hes so young, hasnt even played as an upperclassman yet, we will see this year wont we
 

Chambers seems like a pretty nice prospect, but his size could hold him back. I know he's listed at 5'11", but I would be very surprised if he's taller than 5'9". He's also pretty slender, so he's not able to compensate for his lack his height with bulk and strength. It's also not that early for him either. There are lots of kids in his class with high major offers and also a good number who have already committed. If he does not grow much, I would guess that bigger programs will look at him as a bit of a back up plan in case they are not able to land their PG priorities.
 

You must log in or register to reply here.



Top Bottom