Gator Country

diamondted13 · 11-13-2012, 11:37 AM

Guys, Kansas is one of the Top 5 traditional basketball programs in America. I don't have much knowledge of this kid's recruitment, but I am assuming he is fairly new to the state/area, and not a lifelong Gainesville resident. There should be nothing remotely strange or "sketchy" about him choosing to play B-Ball at Kansas (barring some insider info I am not privy to). Let's not be petty like some are with football recruiting, not fathoming how a kid doesn't want to be a Gator.

gatordd · 11-13-2012, 12:11 PM

I wasn't referring to it being sketchy that he didn't pick UF...

tupacbiff · 11-13-2012, 01:43 PM

A really dumb decision by this kid. We have enough of a sample size of Self to realize that he does not have a good track record developing highly ranked bigs. Where as Billy has a good track record of improving bigs for the Nba.

If you even look at nba success it's a no brainier. I guess this is just another example of
A kid makin a poor decision that will greatly impact the rest of his life. It's sad and I feel for this kid because it seems he trusted te wrong people due to his naive understanding of college hoops.

gatordd · 11-13-2012, 02:10 PM

Spot on Tupac

Jaggator · 11-13-2012, 02:45 PM

Here's the article and reason...

http://www.gatorsports.com/article/2...r-picks-Kansas

**Osiris_DPM** · 11-13-2012, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaggator

Here's the article and reason...

http://www.gatorsports.com/article/2...r-picks-Kansas

You have to love the comment from a supposed "Gator fan" lol

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Good choice for the big guy. Billy does not use big men properly and it would be a waist of talent to have him play for the Gators. I know a lot of you are going to be mad at me for saying it but you know it's true. That's why we hardly ever get elite big men.

gatordd · 11-13-2012, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Osiris_DPM

You have to love the comment from a supposed "Gator fan" lol

Wow how ignorant

swampgas44 · 11-13-2012, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Osiris_DPM

You have to love the comment from a supposed "Gator fan" lol

He's from California. What do you expect? He can't even log into his account without his wife's help.

**regurgigator** · 11-13-2012, 04:03 PM

"waist of talent"?

Well, we know he didn't attend UF.

StrangeGator · 11-13-2012, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by phideltdj

They are definitely not considering academics...a girl I went to school with got into KU with a 6 on the ACT.

Why did she even tell people what her score was? Good thing she wasn't an athlete.

FWIW, the president of our local Gator club grew up in Lawrence, attended KU for a year, then transferred to UF because of academics.

**Osiris_DPM** · 11-13-2012, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by swampgas44

He's from California. What do you expect? He can't even log into his account without his wife's help.

Apparently he isn't able to catch the NBA draft out in California to see the numerous UF big men that have been 1st round draft picks over the past few years, lol.

But I guess that doesn't compare to Bill Self's record of putting bigs in the NBA . . . oh wait