RECRUITING: Elijah Brown to Oregon

[Sigmapolis]

A Doctor Ponsetti at U of I developed a new procedure to treat club foot in the 40's or 50's and changed the fate of thousands of kids around the world. It is a treatment that has to be done when the child is young. I think the treatment is still the same which consists of recasting the foot multiple times to gently turn it outward. He practiced until he hit his upper 80's or 90 and just passed away within 5 years I think. I kept track of the guy because I went to U of I children's hospital in the late 1950's to be treated for legg perthes (hip) disease and he was my doctor.

For those curious... sounds like he had a fascinating life...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacio_Ponseti

Born one month before the Great War started, died in 2009.

Grew up on a Mediterranean island, a medic in the Spanish Civil War, fleeing the ravages of the World War, and doing so much good for children and humanity as a doctor in Iowa.

I mean, wow.

The world needs more souls like that one.

 

[Beyerball]

Good luck at DR's..

I get the gonzaga thing but ISU or Zaga he's going to start and play a ton..Gonazaga has lost a ton too. As Shakur...its been said multiple times that he really wants to win..if that is truly the case then going to Depaul would be a massive career mistake...again if that's what is driving him.

 

[IASTATE07]

Zags are entering Blue Blood territory with recent tradition of NCAA success. Much higher national profile than ISU currently. Can't blame Brown if he goes there since he has indicated a winning program is important to him. Let's hope he doesn't connect with their staff/team as he did with ISU.

Blue Blood Territory? C'mon now.

 

[JP4CY]

Blue Blood Territory? C'mon now.

It's not a stretch to me.

 

[FinalFourCy]

It's not a stretch to me.

That takes decades and at least one national title.

 

[NetflixAndClone]

Zags are entering Blue Blood territory with recent tradition of NCAA success. Much higher national profile than ISU currently. Can't blame Brown if he goes there since he has indicated a winning program is important to him. Let's hope he doesn't connect with their staff/team as he did with ISU.

18 good years and one final four doesn't mean they are entering blue blood status. A lot of schools are way closer to BB status than GU. UConn, Louisville, Arizona, Syracuse

 

[Clonefan32]

Gonzaga is not a "blue blood". It's not even close. They've had a good run, but many of their accolades are a byproudct of playing in a weak conference. This year they were a legitimate Top 3 team in the country. Years past, I don't think so.

 

[jcyclonee]

Can't wait until we finalize the class and we can start looking forward to endless line up threads!

I know. These theoretical line-up threads just aren't the same.

 

[IASTATE07]

It's not a stretch to me.

I would like to hear your reasons.

 

[jsb]

It's not a stretch to me.

Maybe, maybe not. But gonzaga isn't light years ahead of Iowa state.

 

[WastedTalent]

It's impossible for Gonzaga to be a blue blood in the conference they're in. Besides a few games, they virtually disappear for January and February. It's hard enough to be relevant on the west coast. Damn near impossible when they're playing in a mid major conference.

 

[cyclones12321]

18 good years and one final four doesn't mean they are entering blue blood status. A lot of schools are way closer to BB status than GU. UConn, Louisville, Arizona, Syracuse

I guess I considered Louisville and Arizona blue bloods

 

[State43]

Maybe, maybe not. But gonzaga isn't light years ahead of Iowa state.

Blue blood talk is silly, but their program in regards to national respect, recruitment and over basketball success is way ahead of us at the moment. Hell, they accomplished something this last season ISU has never accomplished and that was just one year. They have had much more tournament success in recent decades as well. It's very possible to bridge the gap but ISU needs to be better than just 3rd or so best in the league. ISU needs a conference championship and a final 4 run before we can be in the conversation with Gonzaga or even a top 25 program nationally imo.

 

[jsb]

Blue blood talk is silly, but their program in regards to national respect, recruitment and over basketball success is way ahead of us at the moment. Hell, they accomplished something this last season ISU has never accomplished and that was just one year. They have had much more tournament success in recent decades as well. It's very possible to bridge the gap but ISU needs to be better than just 3rd or so best in the league. ISU needs a conference championship and a final 4 run before we can be in the conversation with Gonzaga or even a top 25 program nationally imo.

I'd be curious what 25 programs are better than us right now.

 

[srjclone]

I guess I considered Louisville and Arizona blue bloods

Louisville doesn't have Blue in their team colors = Not a blue blood

 

[heitclone]

Gonzaga has a great program but they aren't anywhere near blueblood, their success gets exaggerated, the last 3 years, they've been great but prior to that, they had 3 sweet 16's in 14 years. Not bad for a mid major but nothing to live up the media hype they get year after year, especially when you consider they . It took Few 15 years to make it past the Sweet 16.

 

[cychase_]

I pretty much group Arizona in with the blue bloods at this point, always seems like they're in the top 10 with some elite talent on the floor each and every year

 

[LLCoolCY]

Zags are entering Blue Blood territory with recent tradition of NCAA success. Much higher national profile than ISU currently. Can't blame Brown if he goes there since he has indicated a winning program is important to him. Let's hope he doesn't connect with their staff/team as he did with ISU.

Zags isn't a blue blood and won't be imo. Their coach is excellent but their small conference affiliation and small school in the NW location won't allow for the exposure. They are extremely lucky that Few has stayed and rejected more prestigious jobs to build their name. Actually much like WSU going to AAC this would be the time to jump up a conference (MWC?) to continue their rise it is capped now. Let's remember they had one loss and a lot of experts wanted them dropped from a 1 seed due to their weak schedule.

The Zags are a very respectable team and totally understand Elijah going to play for Few. I'd still argue that if he wants to best enhance his pro prospects ISU is a better fit. Much easier to get scouts to evaluate your game playing against KU/OU/WV's rather than St.Mary's/Pacific/SFU. Also an underrated selling point is Prohm's development of PG and getting them into the NBA. Few doesn't have that track record.

 

[Rabbuk]

I pretty much group Arizona in with the blue bloods at this point, always seems like they're in the top 10 with some elite talent on the floor each and every year

Always elite talent, never do well in the tourney.

 

[ZB4CY]

Let's change the name of the thread to "Gonzaga, BlueBlood?"