New Walk-on

**ripvdub** · 05-23-2009, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by Clones85'

No offense but who cares? They are walk ons! Neither are good enough to play.

That's like 2 people arguing over who is fatter. A guy that weighs 400 and a guy that weighs 350. Who cares? Their both fat

If they arent good enough or you dont care, then why did you waste your time putting 5 or 6 posts in this thread?

**Dryburn** · 05-23-2009, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by Clones85'

No offense but who cares? They are walk ons! Neither are good enough to play.

That's like 2 people arguing over who is fatter. A guy that weighs 400 and a guy that weighs 350. Who cares? Their both fat

I remember back in 1982 a walk-on for the Cyclones.....name was Jeff Hornacek or something like that. He worked out pretty well. You just never know.

**mplscyclone** · 05-24-2009, 09:04 PM

Originally Posted by Dryburn

I remember back in 1982 a walk-on for the Cyclones.....name was Jeff Hornacek or something like that. He worked out pretty well. You just never know.

LOL. I was going to make a joke about expecting him to be as good as Hornacek....

**CrossCyed** · 05-24-2009, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by Dryburn

I remember back in 1982 a walk-on for the Cyclones.....name was Jeff Hornacek or something like that. He worked out pretty well. You just never know.

Yeah, but the thing is, generally you do.

**SBMcDunk** · 05-25-2009, 02:33 AM

wasnt sean haluska and petey both walk ons? not saying they were the best isu has ever had but they both provided valuable minutes on defense and played their hearts out

**Stormin** · 05-25-2009, 06:03 AM

Bubu has some skills. I am not sure if he has the talents to play at a Big XII level. But since he is just walking on we are not risking anything by giving him a shot. At the very least he provides competition at practice. And also gives our starters a chance to practice against a player that is more of a jitterbug. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain by giving Bubu a shot.

**Clones85'** · 05-25-2009, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by ripvdub

If they arent good enough or you dont care, then why did you waste your time putting 5 or 6 posts in this thread?

Read my post. Two people were arguing over who was better, Lickliter or Bubu. Honestly who cares? Neither will play anyway

I am glad we got Bubu to walk on. You need quality walk ons to help push the guys that play during practice. But basketball is different than football. Walk on's typically only play 2% of the time for big D1 teams.

Iowa State fans think it is more common b/c what has taken place here the past 5 years. But it is not common and if we want to get back to being a solid program, we are going to have to stop relying on walk ons to play significant minutes

**Wingback** · 05-25-2009, 09:41 AM

I'm not sure whether or not a Junior College Letter of Intent is binding if a player changes his mind and decides to go to an NCAA school, but I had noticed on the NJCAA website a few weeks ago that Palu had signed a letter of intent to play for Ellsworth Community College this year. I checked this morning and he is still listed as an Ellsworth signee. I tried to paste the link, but for some reason it doesn't want to paste properly. Just go to www.njcaa.org and click on sports, then click on Men's Basketball. There is an option towards the top that you can click on National Letter of Intent Signees. When that page opens, enter in Ellsworth Community College and their signees will show up. I would assume that a Juco Letter of Intent isn't binding when an NCAA school becomes involved?

**Clones85'** · 05-25-2009, 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by Wingback

I'm not sure whether or not a Junior College Letter of Intent is binding if a player changes his mind and intends to go to an NCAA school, but I had noticed this on the National Junior College Athletic Association web site a couple of weeks ago. I just checked this morning to see if he was still listed:

NJCAA | Sports | National Sports | Home

I dont think it is binding. I remember when I was being recruited and a coach told me I could back out and go to a different school

**Cydkar** · 05-25-2009, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by Dryburn

I remember back in 1982 a walk-on for the Cyclones.....name was Jeff Hornacek or something like that. He worked out pretty well. You just never know.

Hornacek wasn't a typical walk-on situation. Walk-ons being compared to him isn't apples to apples.

**cyismydog** · 05-25-2009, 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by Clones85'

Read my post. Two people were arguing over who was better, Lickliter or Bubu. Honestly who cares? Neither will play anyway

I am glad we got Bubu to walk on. You need quality walk ons to help push the guys that play during practice. But basketball is different than football. Walk on's typically only play 2% of the time for big D1 teams.

Iowa State fans think it is more common b/c what has taken place here the past 5 years. But it is not common and if we want to get back to being a solid program, we are going to have to stop relying on walk ons to play significant minutes

Please provide statistical corroboration, as that isn't a believable amount...

**Clones85'** · 05-25-2009, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by cyismydog

Please provide statistical corroboration, as that isn't a believable amount...

It probably isn't believable b/c I made it up as I wasn't trying to be factual but rather make a point.

And the point is the same. For GOOD D1 programs, walk ons don't play. Period. And nobody can argue with that

So 2% is actually a very believable amount

**cyismydog** · 05-25-2009, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by Clones85'

It probably isn't believable b/c I made it up as I wasn't trying to be factual but rather make a point.

And the point is the same. For GOOD D1 programs, walk ons don't play. Period. And nobody can argue with that

So 2% is actually a very believable amount

Maybe I should have included this:

Get it now?