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Jody Demling just reported on his radio show that the brother of John Wall’s AAU Coach has been hired by the Baylor Bears as the new Director of Basketball Operations. It has long been thought that whichever school hired him would likely gain Wall’s services very soon after. Looks like Baylor could end up being the surprise home for Mr. Wall…..
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July 31st, 2008 at 2:34 pm
First.
Baylor, always remembered as the home for loads of NBA talent…oh, wait, no it isn’t
July 31st, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Yeah, MM reported it last night. I guess Wall will get to do his thing for a year and then hit the league. Probably a good fit for him and his handlers.
July 31st, 2008 at 2:38 pm
He just wants to be THE man, and Baylor gives him that opportunity; i still think he may follow Jenning’s lead & opt for Euro ball instead of the NCAA. But if he does go to Baylor, i doubt the Cats will ever have to face him.
July 31st, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Kind of sounds like Oral Roberts hiring Rotnei Clarke’s Dad… This stuff happens all the time, and it doesn’t always work out the way the school thinks it might (Rotnei now at Arkansas). Remember even Magliore’s Coach got a job at UK, and was miraculously gone after Magliore’s Senior season.
July 31st, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Insane. I thought he was a sure-bet for UK last year but things change I guess..
July 31st, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Let’s see, not UK, then had I rather he go to a real basketball school or Baylor? Ok, Baylor in a landslide.
July 31st, 2008 at 2:53 pm
yeah it was reported on Ink about 9am this morning that Baylor had hired him last night. Looks like they’ll end up with a hell of a PG. I was really hoping Ford would get him at OSU, but oh well.
July 31st, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Some of these posts, should have their own jingle.
July 31st, 2008 at 3:13 pm
so someone gives his coach’s brother’s friend’s neighbor a job and he goes to schol there? i just don’t get that.
July 31st, 2008 at 3:21 pm
It doesn’t seem right that the business of hiring coaches to get recruits but can’t see a way around it. It is thought that Miller coming to UK had a lot to do with hiring the assistant from Illini away…
July 31st, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Oh Mr. Blue
I’m here to stay with you
And no matter what you do
When your lonely,
I’ll be lonely too.
July 31st, 2008 at 3:41 pm
it kind of sounds like the same way we got Dennis Johnson
July 31st, 2008 at 3:43 pm
U guys must have forgot Baylor was good last year! This is the same as Beasley going to K state, it doesnt matter where u go , its how u perform! I could care less we got Liggins who is awesome!
July 31st, 2008 at 3:44 pm
10 - hiring a qualified D1 assistant coach that has connections to top recruits through recruiting is much different than hiring some recruit’s handler. Hopefully it works out for all involved and this guy won’t be leeching off Wall for his entire career.
July 31st, 2008 at 3:47 pm
You know what..
These recruits love to BS.
They love that attention - they are the lowest of the low.
I’d rather have someone who’s not attention starved in the first place.
Orton is dope
July 31st, 2008 at 3:47 pm
10, big difference with Coach Webster and Miller. Webster is a critical part of BCG’s staff and he will be there after Miller is done. It may have been the catalyst but Webster is probably the best recruiter on the staff. I am guessing Wall’s AAU coach’s brother was hired solely to land Wall.
July 31st, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Baylor has an up and coming team with Jerrals and some other dudes. I dont care where he goes. I just hope UK gets Orton and some other studs. I am afraid Wall will be Ed Cota, not that tahts bad, he was a good 4 year player, but not the stud people thought.
July 31st, 2008 at 4:28 pm
its true about dennis johnson, i was an 8th grader at the same school and all everybody talked about was the package deal with the cats gettin his dad and brother before he even got there. his dad was a heck of a coach i wish he would have stayed.
July 31st, 2008 at 5:37 pm
IF wall ends up at baylor that’s fine with me (we have liggins..maybe. plus u can’t land every top player). I just hope his decsion doesn’t hurt our chances with Orton and Boyd (since they are good friends).
and if we still need a lead guard in the ‘09 class, we could go after darius morris. morris isn’t jon wall, but he’s still a GREAT player, and he’s interested in UK.
July 31st, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Wall’s jersey should One & Done.
July 31st, 2008 at 7:02 pm
i’m glad he isnt going to mempiss.
July 31st, 2008 at 7:03 pm
I’ll start some sh*t in 3-2-1: Sounds like Lexington Catholic or Scott Co. recruiting tactics?
July 31st, 2008 at 9:42 pm
I’d say it happens less in basketball than it does in football.
July 31st, 2008 at 9:52 pm
#22 - If it is a private school then they should be able to recruit students as well as student athletes. If it’s public, it’s where you live but then again millions of kids in this country go to school outside of their district. My kid doesn’t go to the school we are zoned for because there is a school that is actually closer to our house and we like it better, but it is still out of our zone.