With Ole Roy "under fire" for not getting every available recruit out there, the announcement of Tyler Zeller on Monday took on extra importance in the ephemeral world of "making too much of things". Ole Roy was once again parachuting into a distant state and trying to steal one of their very best.
The three Indiana schools were poised to put up a fight, all three of them on the uptick, despite the PhoneGate scandal by Kelvin Sampson and a Duke emissary running Notre Dame after the UNC emissary bolted after a year and headed into career self-destruct.
But just like Ole Roy "stole" Tyler Hansbro out of Mizzoura (Missouri), he managed to "steal" Tyler Zeller out of Indiana, even though his younger brother played for a Dookie, Mike Brie (oops Brey) and the Notre Dame Hunchbacks. Zeller's profile at CSTV's Hodge Report.
Here's Ole Roy's secret: It's the name. If your name is Tyler, just go ahead and commit to North Carolina, it's inevitable ;-)
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Ole Roy strikes back!
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I always knew that the biggest winner in the coaching carousel that occured a few years ago would be Williams. I am an Illini fan but live in Indiana, so this subject is near and dear to me. Let's just say that I have always felt through media reports that Zeller, although he looked at Notre Dame, Indiana, and Purdue, that the only real player besides UNC was the Hoosiers, and I really think that the recent negative publicity with Sampson may have been the kicker. Not to say that Williams won by default, but for this to be a "coup" to me wasn't all that...
I agree, I was writing this from the angle of how exaggerated the reactions to every single commit can become in high-stakes recruiting, and even someone like Roy Williams can be "in trouble" if he loses 3 or 4 in a row out of dozens and dozens.
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