Doug to Creighton

[Newsbreaker]

Re: Doug to Creighton

Is it really in UNIs best interest to have a player whose heart may not be fully invested in UNI and for whom an opposing coach has the worlds most detailed scouting report?

He's not coming to UNI either way, but UNI can protect itself, take the proper stance and ensure the proper repercussions follow, and they should.

[Panther789]

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If I'm Troy Dannen, with no emotional ties to Greg McDermott, I'm furious that Greg is on TV telling everyone that Doug is going to go play for him before the LOI release has even been requested. In terms of a "tampering" charge (if indeed one exists) the fact that the announcement was made before the release was even requested is damning evidence.

I doubt anything will come of any sort of tampering charge, but I agree with your general point.

If UNI has not been contacted, Greg has no business announcing that his son is following him at this point. Even if he is 100% sure it will happen, he should be waiting until the formalities are taken care of.

[06panther10]

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The guy is the DAD and the best recruit is the SON. Totally different ball game. I don't have a problem with it at all. So if Doug picked the clones over UNI you would have been pissed?

Absolutely not. The point is he chose UNI. We had a great recruit, and now we are left without a player for next season really late in the recruiting game, btw. AND he is going to a conference rival.

[Coachdags]

Re: Doug to Creighton

Wow, I remember when Doug was not good enough to play at UNI.....?

[Newsbreaker]

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I doubt anything will come of any sort of tampering charge, but I agree with your general point.

If UNI has not been contacted, Greg has no business announcing that his son is following him at this point. Even if he is 100% sure it will happen, he should be waiting until the formalities are taken care of.

I agree on the tampering charge, but it is worth pursuing.

If Sportstalkmatt on KXNO is to be believed (and he was reporting that Doug had been released from his LOI, which is not true, so who knows what he has right and what he doesn't) then part of Greg taking the job was figuring out the logistics on Creighton's end for Doug following. In fact, it sounded very much like Greg may not have taken the job without these assurances from Creighton.

That is another league school working on how to enroll and play another school's recruits. That isn't allowed, and Creighton needs to be dealt with appropriately.

[AmesPanther]

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You can't tamper with your own son. Mac went to games where he couldn't be there to recruit, but he could watch and talk to his son.

I'd say Mac it taking Doug to CU no matter what. Even if he has to pay for it himself and Doug has to sit.

[9YRPLAN]

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The isu coach can root for uni when that game is over. It has little effect on their program.

UNI's success DIRECTLY AFFECTS creighton and vice versa.

Surely you guys can comprehend this.

[Newsbreaker]

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You can't tamper with your own son. Mac went to games where he couldn't be there to recruit, but he could watch and talk to his son.

I'd say Mac it taking Doug to CU no matter what. Even if he has to pay for it himself and Doug has to sit.

Link to the source that says you can't tamper with your own kid?

Mac went to those games in his role as father. This is all happening because of his role as coach.

[06panther10]

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The isu coach can root for uni when that game is over. It has little effect on their program.

UNI's success DIRECTLY AFFECTS creighton and vice versa.
Surely you guys can comprehend this.

You are EXACTLY right. And that is precisely why we cannot let our best recruit go to CU without ANY ramifications.

[UNIMIS2001]

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I will lose respect for our Athletic Dept. if they release his LOI without the MVC mandated 2 year period.

[Newsbreaker]

Re: Doug to Creighton

I will lose respect for our Athletic Dept. if they release his LOI without the MVC mandated 2 year period.

There is a chance that:

*UNI can't waive the 2-year period. It's a league mandated rule, not a school mandated rule, and

*The McDermotts don't know about that rule and have made decisions accordingly.

[Panther789]

Re: Doug to Creighton

I will lose respect for our Athletic Dept. if they release his LOI without the MVC mandated 2 year period.

I doubt you will.

[9YRPLAN]

Re: Doug to Creighton

hes gone, per member of bb staff. not sure what the deal behind dannens statement is. i hope mac did this in the proper manner.

[9YRPLAN]

Re: Doug to Creighton

we dont know if the MVC treats signed recruits as transfers, like the bigt ten, do we?

[Newsbreaker]

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hes gone, per member of bb staff. not sure what the deal behind dannens statement is. i hope mac did this in the proper manner.

It is also possible, as I don't remember us dealing with this in the past, that Jake doesn't even know what it takes to release someone from an LOI. That may well be the "deal" on Dannen's statement.

We all know Doug isn't coming to UNI. The important question is what happens because of that.