If you had to make a choice.....

**EYEoftheSTORM** · 07-14-2009, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by mplscyclone

If you had to make a choice:

Harrison Barnes to Iowa, playing there 4 years, and going to a Final Four

OR

Going winless in football for the next 4 years?

Dont you dare even think about it!!!!!

But hey it would be good for all the Pollard bashers on here, as it might be a start to getting him out of here

**swarthmoreCY** · 07-14-2009, 11:18 PM

Originally Posted by EYEoftheSTORM

and choice D. is.....

Craig comes back for senior year, HB comes to the good guys, Gilstrap gets 6th year, Colvin is nothing short of spectacular, Ejim decides to commit with the Clones as well and........ the Cyclones win the National Championship!!!!!

I have had my Kool-aid before bed and it tastes pretty good!

Lets go with choice D.

I could handle option D, but we would be out of scholly's...Gilstrap as a 6th year senior > Ejim as a freshman.
How about option E: same as D, but Boozer and Pomlee decide to walk-on for a year (along with Bubu, Dorr, and Doug McD), and we sign Ejim and Phillips.

**IcSyU** · 07-14-2009, 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by EYEoftheSTORM

and choice D. is.....

Craig comes back for senior year, HB comes to the good guys, Gilstrap gets 6th year, Colvin is nothing short of spectacular, Ejim decides to commit with the Clones as well and........ the Cyclones win the National Championship!!!!!

I have had my Kool-aid before bed and it tastes pretty good!

Lets go with choice D.

Bartender! Give me what he's drinkin'!

**gocubs2118** · 07-14-2009, 11:19 PM

You can't go wrong with either one of those. If I had to pick one it would be the one that gives us more pub but I can't think of which one that would be. Probably Barnes picking ISU but I'm not sure.

**mplscyclone** · 07-14-2009, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by gocubs2118

You can't go wrong with either one of those. If I had to pick one it would be the one that gives us more pub but I can't think of which one that would be. Probably Barnes picking ISU but I'm not sure.

Barnes would be more pub. #1 (or #2 depending) guy committing to ISU vs. another year of guys saying Brackins made a mistake by coming back to ISU for another year...

**EYEoftheSTORM** · 07-14-2009, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by swarthmoreCY

I could handle option D, but Gilstrap as a 6th year senior > Ejim as a freshman.
How about option E: same as C, but Boozer and Pomlee decide to walk-on for a year (along with Bubu, Dorr, and Doug McD), and we sign Ejim and Phillips.

wait wait and......

the women make it to the title game as well and knock off an undefeated UConn team....

wait what choice would that be?

**swarthmoreCY** · 07-14-2009, 11:30 PM

Originally Posted by EYEoftheSTORM

wait wait and......

the women make it to the title game as well and knock off an undefeated UConn team....

wait what choice would that be?

...and Cassie Rochel, Greenfield, Christofferson, all become Cyclones

**smittyclone** · 07-14-2009, 11:35 PM

How about this...CB gets hurt and HB goes to Duke.

**tigershoops31** · 07-14-2009, 11:37 PM

Originally Posted by smittyclone

How about this...CB gets hurt and HB goes to Duke.

Smitty sucks a dinger

**WeBeJ** · 07-15-2009, 12:53 PM

I have to go with HB picking ISU. My hopes would be others would follow him to ISU.

**DaddyMac** · 07-15-2009, 01:01 PM

Probably keeping CB. Have to think a 4th year CB > than a true frosh HB for that single season.

**HOTDON** · 07-15-2009, 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by EYEoftheSTORM

ohh tough choice, i would probably choose HB simply because it would not only mean the publicity and future recruits seeing success here from Craig, but also the huge publicity to ISU with the arrival of Harrison and him going to the NBA, just thinking of the Cyclones in the "Big Picture" here

That's my pick too. You get two names associated with us. Having two straight seasons of placing someone in the NBA would open some doors for us after they were gone.

**candg4ever** · 07-15-2009, 01:13 PM

I'd have to go with Harrison. Mainly because I don't think he'll be one-and-done no matter where he plays. It seems to me that he's got both feet firmly on the the ground and his head isn't in the clouds, either. Education is high priority to him, so I'm betting wherever he goes they'll get 2-3 seasons before he turns pro.

I could be wrong, it has happened before.

**CycloneWarning** · 07-15-2009, 01:14 PM

I would take HB for one year over CB returning another year. The HB commitment would be huge and might lead to other great players putting ISU on their radar.

Plus, the way you wrote the choice, KU would benefit under the first scenario, so it is not really apples to apples comparison.

**TedKumsher** · 07-15-2009, 04:21 PM

Between those 2 strict choices, I think HB would be better for the future of ISU and so I choose HB.

Besides -- only 2 things are worse than HB going to Kansas -- HB going to Michigan State or Iowa. Minnesota would be 4th on that list (it would feel like a slap in the face).