I don't know if MU is still in play because I am not an insider.
http://iowa.scout.com/a.z?s=8&p=2&c=972094&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2fiowa.scout.com%2f2%2f972094.html
No need to be an insider. It has been posted that Noreen is not an option for MU.
Posted here? If so, I must have missed it.
Holy sh*t Kevin, might be time to send Scout a new picture of yourself. Goodness
Quote from: The Sultan of South Wayne on May 24, 2010, 03:21:58 PM
Posted here? If so, I must have missed it.
On the other free board, open to all. Just look for the thread labeled Noreen.
Quote from: Nukem2 on May 24, 2010, 04:07:16 PM
On the other free board, open to all. Just look for the thread labeled Noreen.
Thanks...I take it that "IWB" is some sort of bma-like insider.
Quote from: The Sultan of South Wayne on May 24, 2010, 04:11:28 PM
Thanks...I take it that "IWB" is some sort of bma-like insider.
More like the Ultimate I Gotta Secret schister. He will tell you that you don't know the real story but then fails to enlighten or inform. A lot like the whiny kid in 3rd grade who would go on about having a secret but refuse to to divulge anything.
According to IBW on the other board, Marquette did not make a take it or leave it offer to Noreen when he visited as was reported by the Minneapolis Star Tribune on May 9th. But, IBW also states that Noreen is no longer an option for MU, and Buzz is still recruiting. IBW works somewhere in Wisconsin as a sports reporter, I believe. When Vander signed with MU, IBW did a video interview with Vander at his school after the signing which got linked into a thread here at MUScoop.
In his radio interview from May 20th, Noreen mentions MU along with Northwestern as the two schools he has visited "informally". He said that he has gone on formal visits to Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Providence. He doesn't mention any favorites.
For some reason the date May 28th holds some significance. I believe that that may be when Noreen gets an answer from the ACC on his appeal to be allowed to get a scholarship from another ACC institution. Most people who know the criteria don't think that his appeal will fly because he has to show substantial hardship to himself as a result of the ban.
On the radio, Noreen mentions that Minnesota has not made an offer. Tubby has a scholarship to use, but depending on who you believe, he's either holding it in case Royce White gets readmitted, or he doesn't think that Noreen can cut it in the Big Ten.
IWB is good people.
Doesn't seem as plugged in as he was during Crean era, but he's one of few guys with reliable information on the basketball program.
Quote from: Stone Cold on May 24, 2010, 04:51:37 PM
IWB is good people.
Doesn't seem as plugged in as he was during Crean era, but he's one of few guys with reliable information on the basketball program.
He is not a reporter, at least not in the traditonal sense. He does run a website so I suppose he might be considered a "journalist" though his pronounced lack of objectivity undermines his credibility in that regard. I understand he is very good friends with Crean which gave him access. Crean's departure has left him quite a few "Bausch & Lombe contacts" short
Quote from: esotericmindguy on May 24, 2010, 03:50:38 PM
Holy sh*t Kevin, might be time to send Scout a new picture of yourself. Goodness
I agree. I don't want a guy who looks like he just came out of middle school.
Quote from: C.HestonsLoincloth on May 24, 2010, 05:21:54 PM
He is not a reporter, at least not in the traditonal sense. He does run a website so I suppose he might be considered a "journalist" though his pronounced lack of objectivity undermines his credibility in that regard. I understand he is very good friends with Crean which gave him access. Crean's departure has left him quite a few "Bausch & Lombe contacts" short
True but it could be worse.
He could be a career Bo Ryan fluffer like Rob Shultz and Jeff Potrykus.
maybe they are re-checking his age? spread yer cheeks and lift yer sac-remember the dude that played prep b-ball for a florida school and then did an encore with a team in texas.
Quote from: Stone Cold on May 24, 2010, 05:49:41 PM
True but it could be worse.
He could be a career Bo Ryan fluffer like Rob Shultz and Jeff Potrykus.
Potrykus is the worst, in every possible way. Guy needs to stop depositing his paycheck at Taco Bell and KFC and buy some proper threads. Wasn't it Seinfeld who said guys who wear sweats in public have given up on life? That's only part right. They also have given up on shaking that nagging extra 75 pounds.
Potrykus is one ugly dude...Bo must have him wear a Sendik bag over that mug.
Quote from: C.HestonsLoincloth on May 24, 2010, 05:21:54 PM
He is not a reporter, at least not in the traditonal sense. He does run a website so I suppose he might be considered a "journalist" though his pronounced lack of objectivity undermines his credibility in that regard. I understand he is very good friends with Crean which gave him access. Crean's departure has left him quite a few "Bausch & Lombe contacts" short
Some facts on IWB. He doesn't admit to being a traditional journalist, he doesn't run a website and still has as good or likely better recruiting contacts than anyone on the MU message boards.
Quote from: TedBaxter on May 24, 2010, 07:16:06 PM
Some facts on IWB. He doesn't admit to being a traditional journalist, he doesn't run a website and still has as good or likely better recruiting contacts than anyone on the MU message boards.
+100
IWB just does not feel the need to burn every source he has by posting everything he hears on the board. All the info I have ever heard from him has been very accurate. He is also very considerate to the player's and the recruits which is another reason he does not post everything.
OK, if IWB is accurate, he has also stated that we are still actively recruiting for 2010. I have no idea whom at this point...
Quote from: The Sultan of South Wayne on May 25, 2010, 07:54:00 AM
OK, if IWB is accurate, he has also stated that we are still actively recruiting for 2010. I have no idea whom at this point...
I'm sure Buzz has a pretty good idea.
Quote from: GOMU1104 on May 25, 2010, 08:05:04 AM
I'm sure Buzz has a pretty good idea.
I would hope so. There is just no chatter about it here...
IWB is a true poser. When he was working for Dodds and pimping memberships for his recruiting insider board he would occasionally attend a recruiting event. Rarely ever though if it was located outside Milwaukee County. He did not go see recruits, but he did occasioanlly call them and get an interview that you could read for a fee. 99% of the crap was recycled junk from Scout. Additionally his journalism was junior high quality at best. He had a school girl crush on Crean and Crean knows how to use a situation like that as well as anyone, using him as an unoffical mouth piece. Crean "made" dods and IWB "who they are today" and they will forever stand by their man for it. My guess is Crean never even gave them the pleasure of a reach around. A wink here and there was probably all that was neded to keep the flames of their man crush going.
Quote from: Canadian Dimes on May 25, 2010, 10:18:33 AM
IWB is a true poser. When he was working for Dodds and pimping memberships for his recruiting insider board he would occasionally attend a recruiting event. Rarely ever though if it was located outside Milwaukee County. He did not go see recruits, but he did occasioanlly call them and get an interview that you could read for a fee. 99% of the crap was recycled junk from Scout. Additionally his journalism was junior high quality at best. He had a school girl crush on Crean and Crean knows how to use a situation like that as well as anyone, using him as an unoffical mouth piece. Crean "made" dods and IWB "who they are today" and they will forever stand by their man for it. My guess is Crean never even gave them the pleasure of a reach around. A wink here and there was probably all that was neded to keep the flames of their man crush going.
hmmm please tell us how you really feel about Tom Crean.
Quote from: TedBaxter on May 24, 2010, 07:16:06 PM
Some facts on IWB. he doesn't run a website
This correct. The statement should read, "he once ran a webite"
Looks like the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel pulled the plug on his "Sports Bubbler" site
http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/marquette_internet_forum_history
Wow - with all of the kind words, I'm a bit choked up.
Nukem – You are correct, Noreen is no longer an option.
CHestonLoins - No matter what board, great to see guys with a handful of posts lifetime taking shots at me. Sorry, but there are a lot of things that don't belong on public message boards when talking about recruits and college athletes - it can have a negative impact.
LIttle MURs - IBW? Cute
Stone Cold - Thanks
CHeston - No, I do not consider myself a "tradional reporter". However, over the past two years I have interviewed more athletes and coaches from a combined mix of high school, college and pros than any other sports journalist in the state. You can throw former athletes into that mix as well. Lack of objectivity? Wow - ok, so you are a Badger fan, no other reason for you to say that. So, working on the assumtion that you are a Badger fan, I assume that lack of objectivity showed through on all of my video interviews from Badger football and basketball media days, Big Ten football & basketball media days as well as my interviews with Bo Ryan, Bret Bielema, Barry Alvarez, Greg Gard, Lisa Stone and Mike Eaves? Or did you never watch those?
Oh, and Crean's departure has had no affect on me, my contacts are stronger than ever. If anything, it has helped in expanding my list of contacts.
TedBaxter - Thanks
MUUWUWM - Thanks
kmwtrucksks - Thanks
Sultan - Correct
Canadian Dimes - You could not be more wrong. AAU events, maybe, I like to spend weekends with my kids. I was working in medical sales at the time and traveled all over the nation with an emphasis on the Midwest. I used to drop in and watch Dominic James' practices while in Richmond, IN meeting with Reed Hospital. Watched the ToC when meeting with the Duke Medical Center. Watched guys like Amo & Fitzgerald when in Minneapolis, McNeal in Chicago. The list goes on...
I have appeared on local and national TV and radio. My contacts go beyond recruiting analysts, TV hoops analysts, college, high school and AAU coaches. I had a kid down South call me last week out of the blue as he felt bad that we hadn't talked since he committed. There was a kid a year ago in the Southwest part of the country. Called me every week to talk to me about who he was going to see and who had come to see him. I had a kid out East who called me to tell me he was going to commit, even before he called the school, because he wanted me to be the first to know.
So, don't ever give me that crap about being a pretend journalist, a poser and any of the rest of the crap you've spewed about me. You want to take me on? Fine. Put your real name out there and we will compare notes....that is....if you have any notes to compare.
Sorry to the Scoop posters from my brief appearance and rant, before long I will give everyone something to be excited about.
As you can tell, I'm Irritated, I'm a White Boy, and people who rip me while hiding behind fake screen names are my irritation of the day.
Don't sweat some of these "characters".
I've followed IWB since the Rivals.com days...I'll take his word over guys like Loincloth, etc. any and every day.
He's earned that much.
Quote from: LittleMurs on May 24, 2010, 04:39:40 PM
According to IBW on the other board, Marquette did not make a take it or leave it offer to Noreen when he visited as was reported by the Minneapolis Star Tribune on May 9th.
Are you saying that the greatest sports reporter of all time, Sid Hartman, is wrong?
That is what I am saying
Quote from: IWB on May 25, 2010, 11:47:37 AM
Sorry to the Scoop posters from my brief appearance and rant, before long I will give everyone something to be excited about.
I believe this is what the professionals refer to as a tease! ;)
Keep up the great work IWB... the long-time Ahoya posters appreciate your insight!
Quote from: IWB on May 25, 2010, 12:10:50 PM
That is what I am saying
I believe you...My teal is a way of saying what a stiff Sid is.
Quote from: LastWarrior on May 25, 2010, 12:12:41 PM
I believe this is what the professionals refer to as a tease! ;)
Keep up the great work IWB... the long-time Ahoya posters appreciate your insight!
Nah, he's going to tell us J.P. is giving Buzz a verbal. Either that or Crean got canned.
Wow! The ignorance and sense of entitlement in this thread is amazing to me.
IWB does a great job of providing info for the Scout board, to claim otherwise is ignorant.
From following his posts and reaching out to him via PM, I have always received the impression that when IWB does not share some information that some of the above posters feel entitled to, it is for 1 of 3 reasons:
He is protecting a source
He is protecting a recruit
He is protecting the program
Some of the posts in this thread were completely out of line. How about instead of spewing venom on the message boards because you didn't get your way some time in the past, some of you actually reach out and PM the guy asking why he isn't sharing something specific? Guess what? He will probably answer you directly and logically! Wow, thats dangerous thinking there Paul, you best stick to your work.
For those who love MU Hoops, you should realize that IWB, Mark Miller, and BMA are the best posters around, period. To claim otherwise is baffling to me...and all the Crean bashing of Dodds and IWB - sigh...same old crap.
Quote from: IWB on May 25, 2010, 11:47:37 AM
Wow - with all of the kind words, I'm a bit choked up.
Nukem – You are correct, Noreen is no longer an option.
CHestonLoins - No matter what board, great to see guys with a handful of posts lifetime taking shots at me. Sorry, but there are a lot of things that don't belong on public message boards when talking about recruits and college athletes - it can have a negative impact.
LIttle MURs - IBW? Cute
Stone Cold - Thanks
CHeston - No, I do not consider myself a "tradional reporter". However, over the past two years I have interviewed more athletes and coaches from a combined mix of high school, college and pros than any other sports journalist in the state. You can throw former athletes into that mix as well. Lack of objectivity? Wow - ok, so you are a Badger fan, no other reason for you to say that. So, working on the assumtion that you are a Badger fan, I assume that lack of objectivity showed through on all of my video interviews from Badger football and basketball media days, Big Ten football & basketball media days as well as my interviews with Bo Ryan, Bret Bielema, Barry Alvarez, Greg Gard, Lisa Stone and Mike Eaves? Or did you never watch those?
Oh, and Crean's departure has had no affect on me, my contacts are stronger than ever. If anything, it has helped in expanding my list of contacts.
TedBaxter - Thanks
MUUWUWM - Thanks
kmwtrucksks - Thanks
Sultan - Correct
Canadian Dimes - You could not be more wrong. AAU events, maybe, I like to spend weekends with my kids. I was working in medical sales at the time and traveled all over the nation with an emphasis on the Midwest. I used to drop in and watch Dominic James' practices while in Richmond, IN meeting with Reed Hospital. Watched the ToC when meeting with the Duke Medical Center. Watched guys like Amo & Fitzgerald when in Minneapolis, McNeal in Chicago. The list goes on...
I have appeared on local and national TV and radio. My contacts go beyond recruiting analysts, TV hoops analysts, college, high school and AAU coaches. I had a kid down South call me last week out of the blue as he felt bad that we hadn't talked since he committed. There was a kid a year ago in the Southwest part of the country. Called me every week to talk to me about who he was going to see and who had come to see him. I had a kid out East who called me to tell me he was going to commit, even before he called the school, because he wanted me to be the first to know.
So, don't ever give me that crap about being a pretend journalist, a poser and any of the rest of the crap you've spewed about me. You want to take me on? Fine. Put your real name out there and we will compare notes....that is....if you have any notes to compare.
Sorry to the Scoop posters from my brief appearance and rant, before long I will give everyone something to be excited about.
As you can tell, I'm Irritated, I'm a White Boy, and people who rip me while hiding behind fake screen names are my irritation of the day.
Well put, IWB.
Quote from: IWB on May 25, 2010, 11:47:37 AM
LIttle MURs - IBW? Cute
IWB - LIttle MURs? Cute (NO capitol I, no space, no capitol U, no capitol R)
But, hey, why not take my typo as an inspiration, and form the IBIWB?
The International Brotherhood of Irritated White BoysIf you had done this a decade ago; who knows you might have been buried under the concrete foundation of the Al McGuire Center! Much better than the Meadowlands where Hoffa ended up.
Quote from: C.HestonsLoincloth on May 25, 2010, 10:33:44 AM
This correct. The statement should read, "he once ran a webite"
Looks like the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel pulled the plug on his "Sports Bubbler" site
Rest in Peace "Morning Coffee"
JG and I have had our disagreements from time to time, but he knows his stuff. Good family man, well respected and good for MU fans.
Glad to see he has Canadian Dimes nailed to a tee like everyone else does.
Take away IWB, BMA and John Dodds on his board and you have the Milwaukee Journal.
The Journal does nothing for me, Todd Rosiak is OK on jsonline but in the paper he does
not get enough PT time. Murf sees it like he sees it, can be brutally honest about a player.
Loves to have arguments which keeps the board going, so everybody can call him an idiot
but really he is very knowledgeable about hoops, not sure why everytime he wants to start
a battle, nothing else to do I guess in retirement.
Quote from: IWB on May 25, 2010, 11:47:37 AM
...Wow - ok, so you are a Badger fan, no other reason for you to say that.
Bunch of godless pederasts, those lot.