His jump shot is absolutely money. If he gets any taller than 6'3 and continues to get stronger that will only raise his stock. The staff has to feel like they are in as good of position as anyone if he decides to go somewhere other than UNI.
****Official Class of 2018 Recruiting Thread****
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His jump shot is absolutely money. If he gets any taller than 6'3 and continues to get stronger that will only raise his stock. The staff has to feel like they are in as good of position as anyone if he decides to go somewhere other than UNI.
His dad is putting no pressure on him to go to UNI.
Like I said when Cal hired the AAU coach of McNeil. You don't hire a coach for someone outside of the top 25. They did it all wrong. You hire the guy who is going to bring the top kids. Like Missouri did.
If that's the case we have to feel good with him coming so many times. I guess he ends up in Ames, no matter where his dad is.
Yeah, we're already in on two or three point guards better than him.
I generally agree with both of you. Isn't necessary, but being able to get in-state talent just makes life easier because you don't have to look for players in ever nook and cranny.
I agree not to take Iowa kids just because they're from Iowa. Top 100-150 talent.
I''m not going to get extremely optimistic yet about this one. A frequent poster on this board already told us blatantly "he is not coming to Iowa State". His words, not mine.
Speaking of coaching hires....didn't we have a position to fill on the staff? I could have missed an announcement or am confused. (The coach that left for a Florida juco recently)
Nate Schmidt. I was wondering same thing, when they were going to announce his replacement
Yeah I remember reading that too, but I'll take AJ's 3rd unofficial visit as more of a indicator than whoever posted that message. You don't unofficially visit a school that many times if you have no intention of going there. Also Prohm probably wouldn't even host him, if he felt his chances were slim.
I wouldn't go that far. Just because his dad isn't pushing him doesn't mean he wouldn't love playing for his dad.
I dont know how much on the court coaching or recruiting is done but it is a paid position. Couldn't find Schmidts salary but Nate Loesner held that position under Hoiberg and he made $65k in 2015.
http://iowastate.247sports.com/Arti...18-Cedar-Falls-Iowa-Top-100-point-gu-53070297
Seems encouraging for ISU. I keep hearing rumors that a few big time programs (Arizona, Gonzaga, Virginia) are involved in his recruitment, but I've never heard him mention any of those schools in an interview or seen any kind of recruiting analyst report a connection.
Seems encouraging for ISU. I keep hearing rumors that a few big time programs (Arizona, Gonzaga, Virginia) are involved in his recruitment, but I've never heard him mention any of those schools in an interview or seen any kind of recruiting analyst report a connection.
I definitely hope we get him, but man, that would be a really, really tough decision to make as a kid.
I think it's probably both easier for him and harder for him. It would be hard to turn down playing for family, but his dad is surely an invaluable source of information and advice that other recruits don't have.
Wichita State (and Creighton before them) leaving the MVC has to help our case quite a bit, as the prestige of that conference in nothing like it once was. It used to be a high end mid-major league. Now it's a low end mid-major league at best. It would be hard to blame a kid with that kind of talent for wanting to play in a high major league as an alternative.
Agree. If there was no connection to UNI, he wouldn't even think twice about them.
Something that I've found a least a little strange is that Iowa doesn't even appear to be recruiting him.
From what I have heard, he has no interest in Iowa.
That and the way it sits now, Iowa has no available rides in the 2018 class with Wieskamp already verballed.
