[NU Sports] Trying to make s**t taste like ice cream

[Aaron Ament]

How many big men are there right now in high school around Chicago who are better than Alex Olah and can get admitted to NU?  There may be several but I'm not aware of many of them...

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On Mar 8, 2012, at 10:35 PM, hakirsch at aol.com wrote:

> My standards are low having been at NU during some of their worst years.  I rejoiced a few years later when we got our first NIT bid.  And like Aaron, I  realize that we are  improved from when BC came in. But that is the problem. We compare BC to the rock bottom years that we had.  This is fine for the first few years when he was taking over a lousy program but after 12 years, it hasn't really worked. We all know it's due to our inability to recruit a handful of guys that can win. And Dennis ' assertion about big men is spot on. We can't really compete consistently without one. I think its time for  a change. Yes I know if Solo's shot goes in many of us would be singing a different tune but that isn't really the point. 
> 
> My suggestion is to  get a top high school coach from the Chicagoland area who has contacts with a bunch of his peers and their assistants to find one good big man every year or 2 who can get admitted to NU and who can be convinced that its a smart move to play in Evanston. Its a gamble saying that essentially we should be able to find one nearby,(rather than Ohio,Indiana or elsewhere) but I think we got to try something different. 
> 
> Harry
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Ament <aaronsament at gmail.com>
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> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 22:17:30 
> To: shawn.folkes at comcast.net<shawn.folkes at comcast.net>
> Cc: NU Sports List<nwu-sports at tssi.com>
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Trying to make s**t taste like ice cream
> 
> Once again I also agree that Jonathan is completely wrong.  
> 
> My freshman year we were 0-17 in the Big Ten under KO.  We are now competitive with (and in the case of Mich St, have beaten) Top 10 teams in the country.  This was the best year in school history, at least since the 1930s..
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> On Mar 8, 2012, at 9:23 PM, shawn.folkes at comcast.net wrote:
> 
>> I don't agree.  And I think there are a lot of fans out there like me. 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jonathan Hodges" <j-hodges at alumni.northwestern.edu> 
>> To: inaugurationbook at yahoo.com 
>> Cc: "NU Sports List" <nwu-sports at tssi.com> 
>> Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2012 7:12:47 PM 
>> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Trying to make s**t taste like ice cream 
>> 
>> Also, it should be clear that Carmody will be gone and NU can finally move 
>> on from an era that took 12 years where the biggest accomplishment is 4 
>> straight NITs.  If NU had somehow made it into the tourney it would have 
>> been difficult to get rid of him.  I think most everyone agrees its time 
>> for a new era in NU basketball, hopefully to take it to the next level. 
>> 
>> Jonathan 
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>> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 7:57 PM, <inaugurationbook at yahoo.com> wrote: 
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>>> If we had won today, lost tomorrow, then not gotten a bid, we would have 
>>> felt like we got screwed. 
>>> 
>>> Now, because we lost, if we don't get a bid, we'll understand why. 
>>> 
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