Whats wrong with SIU?

[Ryan119]

Interesting article

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/news/story?id=5140840

[TH1974]

Re: Whats wrong with SIU?

Greg McDermott's poaching there too, obviously.

[JayJ79]

Re: Whats wrong with SIU?

"Whats wrong with SIU?"

well, it's located in Carbondale, for one. That's not going to help matters.

[Trapped in California]

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[Newsbreaker]

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Everyone should be seeing how hard it is to become a meaningful mid-major program and stay there. Go back to the year we first made it to the NCAA's, and who were the league powers? Creighton and SIU. Now look at today - SIU is in shambles and CU is panicked.

This is a cautionary tale UNI would do well to study.

[Casey'sitsallgood]

Re: Whats wrong with SIU?

Everyone should be seeing how hard it is to become a meaningful mid-major program and stay there. Go back to the year we first made it to the NCAA's, and who were the league powers? Creighton and SIU. Now look at today - SIU is in shambles and CU is panicked.

This is a cautionary tale UNI would do well to study.

I think that once you get big like SIU, CU and UNI recently, you need to continue to recruit guys that fit your style. Mac definitely had trouble with it at ISU. It seems that after SIU made their Sweet 16 run and brought in that great class, they brought in guys that didn't necessarily buy into the fact that defense rules the MVC. Same with CU and a guy like Stinnet. He came, during the games I saw him play here, that he didn't completely buy into Altman's system. It's now on Coach Jake and his staff to keep getting guys that want to play his style to come here. I think Rank is the perfect example. Could have gone somewhere else, was an extremely outstanding player in HS but wants to come here and work hard to win.

[Marc Wigim]

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I think that once you get big like SIU, CU and UNI recently, you need to continue to recruit guys that fit your style. Mac definitely had trouble with it at ISU. It seems that after SIU made their Sweet 16 run and brought in that great class, they brought in guys that didn't necessarily buy into the fact that defense rules the MVC. Same with CU and a guy like Stinnet. He came, during the games I saw him play here, that he didn't completely buy into Altman's system. It's now on Coach Jake and his staff to keep getting guys that want to play his style to come here. I think Rank is the perfect example. Could have gone somewhere else, was an extremely outstanding player in HS but wants to come here and work hard to win.

BINGO.

I watched Drake play SIU in St. Louis, and was disgusted by SIU's lackadaisical defensive play. Josh Young was able to drive the lane untouched sometimes. It's easy to see why Saluki fans are getting more and more upset.

[06panther10]

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2 years ago, SIU had a top 20 recruiting class in the entire country. Now, every single one of those players is gone.

[SteinPizza]

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The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Kevin Dillard has been contacted by the following schools regarding a transfer. They include Butler, Xavier, Boston College, Tulsa, Baylor, Nebraska, Cincinnati, Arkansas, Alabama, Penn St., and Charleston.