idhoya
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Post by idhoya on Oct 24, 2007 17:31:55 GMT -5
snipet from rivals:
Hairston has been to Georgetown multiple times for games and was on the Big East campus two weeks ago when the Hoyas officially tipped off the season.
"Midnight Madness was crazy. I got to meet Greg Monroe and he was a real great guy," Hairston said. "Coach (John) Thompson and all of his coaching staff are all really great people. I got to meet Roy Hibbert. I've met him before but it was good to see and talk to him again."
The two Final Four teams are in the mix with Hairston heading into his sophomore year.
"Right now Georgetown and Ohio State are the ones that I'm really considering choosing," Hairston said. "They are both great schools and have great coaches. Coach (Thad) Matta and coach Thompson are really great people. Both of those schools are really high on my list right now."
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balla
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Post by balla on Oct 24, 2007 17:37:15 GMT -5
I like how highly he speaks of Monroe. Getting a great person/player like Monroe will really pay big dividends in future recruiting.
Hairston and his partner Thorton would be great pick-ups for the '10 class.
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idhoya
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Post by idhoya on Oct 24, 2007 17:42:56 GMT -5
like I've said before good players generally like to play with other good players. Plus, most of these kids know each other from summer ball.
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hoyaLS05
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Post by hoyaLS05 on Oct 24, 2007 17:44:13 GMT -5
Is EVERYONE in the class of 2010 trying to go to Ohio State?
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PDRHoya99
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Post by PDRHoya99 on Oct 24, 2007 17:49:52 GMT -5
Is EVERYONE in the class of 2010 trying to go to Ohio State? They must be paying the best starting salary these days. |
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balla
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Post by balla on Oct 24, 2007 17:54:46 GMT -5
I just like the type of kid GU is recruiting, Monroe, Lil Thompson, Clark, Riley... These kids are all great student athletes.
Funny, OSU already has 2010 commits from players like Hairston.
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MCIGuy
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Post by MCIGuy on Oct 24, 2007 19:42:36 GMT -5
Matta is ridiculous. Its one thing to gte commits from sophs or frosh who are in state. Even if the player doesn't pan out you keep a strong hold over your backyard in terms of recruiting. But getting or trying to get commitments from a bunch of underclassmen, a few of whom are not from Ohio is ridiculous IMO.
Matta is a good coach but anyone who caught that WSJ article and read how much money the OSU athletic department generates suggests to me that Matta wouldn't be half the recruiter he is if he didn not have the huge finances that allowed him to spend any amount he wanted to fly scores of players in and out of Columbus.
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Post by PDRHoya99 on Oct 24, 2007 20:06:41 GMT -5
Matta is a good coach but anyone who caught that WSJ article and read how much money the OSU athletic department generates suggests to me that Matta wouldn't be half the recruiter he is if he didn not have the huge finances that allowed him to spend any amount he wanted to fly scores of players in and out of Columbus. You'd think one visit to Port Columbus International (they must have one flight to Canada) would be enough to turn off most recruits. |
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Post by HoyaDestroya02 on Oct 24, 2007 21:25:48 GMT -5
i fly to columbus once a month... have to say it's second only to chicago in terms of places i would spend a wknd of vaca in the midwest
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Post by DoubleOhHoya on Oct 24, 2007 21:41:22 GMT -5
i fly to columbus once a month... have to say it's second only to chicago in terms of places i would spend a wknd of vaca in the midwest That may be, but there's not much else in the midwest: Detroit, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Des Moines, Indianapolis....your decision says a lot more about the competition than it does Columbus. |
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MCIGuy
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Post by MCIGuy on Oct 24, 2007 21:51:27 GMT -5
My sister's husband is from Columbus. She hates visiting there because she feels its a dump; a total wasteland.
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vcjack
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Post by vcjack on Oct 24, 2007 21:58:14 GMT -5
Like any paid job, if its location is undesirable, the employer just has to add extra insentives.
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Post by The Stig on Oct 24, 2007 22:00:05 GMT -5
Matta is a good coach but anyone who caught that WSJ article and read how much money the OSU athletic department generates suggests to me that Matta wouldn't be half the recruiter he is if he didn not have the huge finances that allowed him to spend any amount he wanted to fly scores of players in and out of Columbus. You'd think one visit to Port Columbus International (they must have one flight to Canada) would be enough to turn off most recruits. Especially if the fly in on that abomination known as Skybus.  |
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Post by TheCashew05 on Oct 25, 2007 3:11:11 GMT -5
Don't hate on the Midwest. If you can't have a good time in Milwaukee or Cleveland, you're the problem. Motown is also slowly getting itself together.
Aside from Cleveland, the rest of ohio blows.
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DudeSlade
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Post by DudeSlade on Oct 25, 2007 3:12:38 GMT -5
Wait...I thought I just read vacation to the midwest...hahaha...that is awesome...you guys crack me up.
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Post by AvantGuardHoya on Oct 25, 2007 5:19:58 GMT -5
Hairston attends Courtland HS, which is not far from me, and has been a hot topic of conversation among basketball enthusiasts I know. One of them coached Harvey Thomas @ James Monroe HS here before HT began his basketball “odyssey”. In comparing them he has some glowing comments about Josh: says he is a much better player than HT at this stage. What really resonated for me was his remark that Hairston is a bright kid who has his head screwed on straight, with a strong, supportive family around him. He emphasized what he sees as Josh’s high basketball I.Q. – says the kid really gets it, i.e. he doesn’t have to be repeatedly told what to do on the floor and improvises appropriately when a game situation requires an adjustment. Calls him a very good inside/outside forward with sound fundamentals and ball handling skills. Though I know there are no guarantees, everyone in the area I’ve spoken with says Hairston's extremely high on Georgetown and that he’s a Hoya lock, if we still want him when the time comes.
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idhoya
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Post by idhoya on Oct 25, 2007 9:53:46 GMT -5
May want an early verbal.
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Post by DallasHoya on Oct 25, 2007 12:59:29 GMT -5
"fly to columbus once a month... have to say it's second only to chicago in terms of places i would spend a wknd of vaca in the midwest"
This is the tallest midget analogy.
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Post by TBird41 on Oct 25, 2007 13:09:26 GMT -5
So when did the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul get kicked out of the Midwest?
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vcjack
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Post by vcjack on Oct 25, 2007 14:33:20 GMT -5
So when did the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul get kicked out of the Midwest? The Cities are the most underatted place in the US IMO, and they definately kick Columbus's ass in all categories Only minus has to be the inhuman temperatures |
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