Quote Originally Posted by bluehooper View Post
It is great to have a player of this caliber coming in!!! It is unfortunate that a post like this about such an obvious great recruit by McDermott and the assistants has such little activity while posts that rip on incoming players are so active. There is something wrong there!
Actually, I think what is "unfortunate" is all of the excessive hype over these kids coming in...before they even set foot on campus.

The blunt reality is that no one knows for certain how these kids will pan out. If history is any indication, a typical recruiting class will have some kids leave ISU early, some make virtually no impact on the program and some will have an impact on the program. Yet they are all touted as "the second coming of..." on a site like this by the vast majority of over-zealous posters.

I have made it a point to not comment about incoming recruits because it is such a "crap shoot" for the most part...especially at ISU where we tend to not get many McDonald's AAs or Parade AAs. I decided to go against my own preference for not commenting on incoming recruits with the Eikmeier kid because I was incredulous over the amount and intensity of the hype he was getting. Frankly, I was just trying to put a modicum of sanity and realism into the discussion. For that I have been branded by most as public enemy number one...go figure!