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

Roy S. Lamberton rstetson at capps-assoc.com
Thu Mar 8 21:54:27 CST 2012 

I seem to remember one year, Tex Winter got commits from 5 of the top players in Chicago.

Only 2 of them could get in.

Like it or not, it takes a special kind of roundballer to come play at NU. It takes a kid
who is willing to both shoot hoops for hours a day, AND spend another 3 or 4 hours doing
homework. 

A kid who comes to NU to play basketball has to be a true student athlete, and anyone who
hangs around top high school athletes know that you are lucky to have one of that kind of
kid in each of the sports.

Illinois had some of the best talent in the state this year, and they couldn't win tonight
either. 

NU has had a problem winning this year when the frosh point guard didn't get his shots to
fall, and tonight, nobody could buy a layup, or so it seemed.

Now comes the big argument over BC - I refer you all to Kevin O'Neil's comments about BC
and the NU job from the Trib, Carmody's a Survivor.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-spt-0308-northwestern-big-ten-tournament--
20120308,0,720608.story

NU has now tried a new coach every 3 years, and one who sticks it out for 12. Can any of
you argue that the teams of the rotating staff years were any better than the last 4?

(please try not to be personal or stoop to ad hominum attacks)

rsl

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-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Aaron
Ament
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 10:40 PM
To: hakirsch at aol.com
Cc: NU Sports List; nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Trying to make s**t taste like ice cream

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...

Sent from my iPad

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
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Ament <aaronsament at gmail.com>
> Sender: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
> 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..
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> 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: 
>> 
>>> 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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