Jay Bilas on PTI: UNI "Real Deal"

[Cap'n Cat]

Podcast from yesterday's ESPN show. Fast forward to about 15:30.

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=12344744

[buster69]

Re: Jay Bilas on PTI: UNI "Real Deal"

That is a great find. Finally getting the love from the ESPN prognosticators has to help us a bit come selection Sunday. I will say though this is Jake's team, unlike the 2010 team, which one could say Mac had a hand in, this is entirely Jake's team. Enough of the the Mac mention, we have a great coach now who deserves some recognition in his own right.

[Khan4Cats]

Re: Jay Bilas on PTI: UNI "Real Deal"

That is a great find. Finally getting the love from the ESPN prognosticators has to help us a bit come selection Sunday. I will say though this is Jake's team, unlike the 2010 team, which one could say Mac had a hand in, this is entirely Jake's team. Enough of the the Mac mention, we have a great coach now who deserves some recognition in his own right.

Only 1 player on the 08-09 NCAA Tourney team played for McDermott (Travis Brown), nobody on the 09-10 played one collegiate minute for Greg.

Bilas' point was that we would have been heard from in the NCAA's the previous 4 years had Doug honored his commitment.

[unipanthers8907]

Re: Jay Bilas on PTI: UNI "Real Deal"

That is a great find. Finally getting the love from the ESPN prognosticators has to help us a bit come selection Sunday. I will say though this is Jake's team, unlike the 2010 team, which one could say Mac had a hand in, this is entirely Jake's team. Enough of the the Mac mention, we have a great coach now who deserves some recognition in his own right.

I hadn't thought about that yet. It always drove me crazy when people (usually Iowa and ISU fans) tried to downplay Jacobson's coaching/recruiting ability by saying that we only made the Sweet 16 because of McDermott's recruits like Adam Koch, Jordan Eglseder, and Kwadzo Ahelegbe.

Hopefully this team can finally shut them up.

[buster69]

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Only 1 player on the 08-09 NCAA Tourney team played for McDermott (Travis Brown), nobody on the 09-10 played one collegiate minute for Greg.

Bilas' point was that we would have been heard from in the NCAA's the previous 4 years had Doug honored his commitment.

Mac did recruit those players though. He told Eggs to stay put at UNI and not to follow him to ISU.

[Cat Scratch Fever]

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I hadn't thought about that yet. It always drove me crazy when people (usually Iowa and ISU fans) tried to downplay Jacobson's coaching/recruiting ability by saying that we only made the Sweet 16 because of McDermott's recruits like Adam Koch, Jordan Eglseder, and Kwadzo Ahelegbe.

Hopefully this team can finally shut them up.

Didn't Jacobson recruit most of those kids himself, though, as McDermott's right-hand man? I know they were technically signed on McDermott's watch, but I'm pretty sure Jacobson was the man behind the curtain and did most of the heavy lifting on the recruiting trail for McDermott.

[BCPanther]

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Mac did recruit those players though. He told Eggs to stay put at UNI and not to follow him to ISU.

That's cute, he knew Eglseder wasn't anywhere near ready to play in the Big XII. Funny he didn't make the same request to Koch and Ahelegbe...

[jegbomb52]

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there were a couple of players that made inquiries to transferring with coach mac after he left....particularly a few of the upper class men that didn't take to coach Jake's "business like" model...

[unipanthers8907]

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there were a couple of players that made inquiries to transferring with coach mac after he left....particularly a few of the upper class men that didn't take to coach Jake's "business like" model...

*cough* Eric Coleman *cough*

[Purrrrrfect]

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*cough* Eric Coleman *cough*

proof? source?

[ilovecats]

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proof? source?

I don't have proof but I remember Jake kind of making comments about how he finally had the right group of guys that were all on board with what he wanted to do during the 08-09 year. The year after Coleman was gone. Also when he made him come off the bench his senior year. It was pretty clear they didn't see eye to eye about Jakes philosophy.

[BCPanther]

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proof? source?

My eyes.

Dude could have had 1800 points and 1100 rebounds if he wouldn't have pouted his way through his senior year.

[SteinPizza]

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Didn't Jacobson recruit most of those kids himself, though, as McDermott's right-hand man? I know they were technically signed on McDermott's watch, but I'm pretty sure Jacobson was the man behind the curtain and did most of the heavy lifting on the recruiting trail for McDermott.

I doubt that. Since basketball's such a small roster, Mac as head coach would've had huge say in who they brought in to fit his system. Mac then was very much like Jake now, a system guy who tries to find players who can excel in it that also aren't getting offers from B1G and Big 12 teams. For every guy we've had who had a BCS offer (Morgan, A Koch, etc.), we've had 10 recruits who weren't deemed good enough by the upper tier schools, but brought skill sets that fit our system really well.

Plus, just because someone did the visits, made the calls, etc., it's the head coach who's who has ultimate say, and who's ultimately judged.

[TravelingPanther]

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Based on Mc$'s performance since leaving, I think it could at least be plausible that Ben was a huge part of his recruiting.

[06panther10]

Mac's record since leaving UNI, minus the 4 dumb luck Doug years, is remarkably terrible. Awful.