Rasir Bolton Visiting
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Prohm took a commitment from Bowie a few years ago knowing he was going to run Hallice Cooke off.
First we shouldn't assume Bolton would want to commit right now. He may have interest from other teams with who have players w/ NBA decisions.
Bolton and his family may to wait for LW to officially be in the NBA draft. Lindell still hasn't made it official and has 8 days to do so. I assume he is reviewing his feed back and probably working out for some additional teams and could ultimately get the feed back and decide to come back. He waited to the last day last year to announce after all.
If we assume Bolton wants to come to ISU (and get major minutes next year), why not wait a week to have the roster set your role defined. I am sure the Staff is aware if that is his intention, and there is no reason to pressure/choose either to make their decisions today. That would be the best possible scenario, they get either LW or RB by June 1st.
"I plan to hire and agent and test with the full intent of straying in." This coupled with conversations stat Steve and Lindell probably had behind closed doors screams time to move on.
At some point in the next week Lindell will confirm that he's staying in the draft, then a day or two after that Bolton will announce his commitment.
Move on? no decision needs to be made today, until there is (May 29th) why make one.
Just be cause Fanantic's want clarity today doesn't mean that is in either Bolton or Wigginton best interests.
We have no indication the staff is holding off on as supposed Bolton commitment waiting only speculation on this board that is the case.
Just as LW has said he intends to stay in the draft, CSP has also said he'd hold a scholarship for LW or THT to return. I don't think he'd go against that unless the door was completely shut on both of them. Obviously THT is gone, but LW isn't 100% clear with how he's performed this year. At the same time, CSP isn't going to sit on his hands. My guess is that he's worked something out with Bolton to wait until the 29th, knowing that there is a slim chance that LW comes back, which if he did Bolton would probably fall back to his second option or reopen his recruiting.
Is it a dead period right now? Could be the reason there has been no news about Bolton. He may be looking to visit other schools but can't right now.
Does the dead period apply to transfers? I didn’t think so.
So it is a dead period right now but transfers are still visiting.
https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/el...calendars/2018-19DIMBB_RecruitingCalendar.pdf
Example:
My guess is he got the visit in before the dead period unless rules have changed.
https://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/kyle-allen-houston-texas-am-oklahoma-010516
"Because of timing of Allen's transfer occurring during an NCAA dead period, he wasn't able to visit any of the colleges before making his choice."
Think there was a story earlier this year about the Miami WR Cager that talked about ISU waiting for dead period to end to visit him.
Here you go: https://www.tamiu.edu/athleticcompliance/documents/18-19-4-year-transfers-guide.pdf
"Once permission to contact or notification of transfer is in place and your information is entered in the national transfer database, all applicable NCAA recruiting rules will continue to apply (e.g., tryout rules, official visit rules, etc.)"
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This sounds like me before walking in to a bar at 2:00pm and then not leaving until 2:00am.
“Im going in to only meet one friend with the full intent of only having one beer”
I do not see why the silence and holding off could not be for the benefit of both.
Bolton might really want to commit to Iowa State, but he is scared that Wigginton returning -- however unlikely -- robs him of a starting spot and much of his playing time. Waiting to see how that chip falls is a prudent choice on his part, and he can surely find a good home elsewhere after May 29 if Wigginton ends up coming back. He is being smart.
For Prohm, he definitely wants Bolton, but I think he (1.) knows Wigginton would simply be better, if he were to return, if however unlikely and (2.) does not want to have to run somebody if he does not have to do it. Not going to name names, but Prohm seems the type who would prefer not to do it, even though he would if he has to to make the roster better.
Either way, we have to wait out Wigginton.
If these theories hold true, though, the "worst" we get is Bolton.
Grill, Johnson, and Bolton is a pretty awesome spring.
Bolton might really want to commit to Iowa State, but he is scared that Wigginton returning -- however unlikely -- robs him of a starting spot and much of his playing time. Waiting to see how that chip falls is a prudent choice on his part, and he can surely find a good home elsewhere after May 29 if Wigginton ends up coming back. He is being smart.
For Prohm, he definitely wants Bolton, but I think he (1.) knows Wigginton would simply be better, if he were to return, if however unlikely and (2.) does not want to have to run somebody if he does not have to do it. Not going to name names, but Prohm seems the type who would prefer not to do it, even though he would if he has to to make the roster better.
Either way, we have to wait out Wigginton.
If these theories hold true, though, the "worst" we get is Bolton.
Grill, Johnson, and Bolton is a pretty awesome spring.
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They have G-League All-Americans?
An eligible Bolton probably makes it a better spring that we could've imagined. I was wanting a HS, sit out and GT. Bolton may not be as good as Tucker but having him for 3 years makes him a bigger get IMO. What i really like is, no one else left the program and there is still some quality PT leftover for the Lewis, Griffin and the freshman to battle over. We realistically need 2 of those 6 guard/wings/Anderson (as a potential stretch 4) to step up.
You figure these guard starters...
(6'5") Haliburton
(6'2") Bolton
(6'2") Nixon
Not ideal size, but Haliburton gives you some flexibility to guard the opposing 3. Hopefully Bolton and Nixon can overcome their size by just being bulldogs on defense.
And then 2/3 starters and one bench guy of...
Jacobson (senior, so starter)
Young
Conditt
That is a six man rotation. So you need two more of...
Jackson, Grill, Lewis, Griffin, Leech
...the other guards/wings to emerge, or at least one of them, as a rotational guy.
If Anderson is much ahead of the guards, then maybe we lock into 3/2 all the time.
And that equals a pretty good team.
It might not make a Final Four run, but they should challenge for the NCAA tournament.
I just hope we land this guy (I think we will) and that he’s as good as the last transfer we had from Penn State. That guy turned out okay for us.
FYI, Bolton is not known as a plus defender.
I saw one of the college basketball guru's on twitter call him more of a high floor 2 guard as transfer. The pros are he can really heat up as a scorer and can create his own shot to some degree. The cons are he can be turnover prone and not a good defender.
Obviously another pro would be he has multiple years to improve his game/body and has already flashed high upside in year 1. This is just one guy's scouting report but thought I'd share. If I can track it down on twitter i'll link.
