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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: MuMark on October 22, 2014, 01:48:12 PM

Title: Sharma
Post by: MuMark on October 22, 2014, 01:48:12 PM
Best of luck to him in the Pac 12........


Guess he wasn't a "stone cold lock" for the badgers..... ;)

Eric Hampford ‏@3ricHampford  7m7 minutes ago
Stanford strikes with 2015 Northfield Mount Hermon (NH) 7-footer Josh Sharma, according to @AdamFinkelstein. Athletic big is a gazelle.
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: The Process on October 22, 2014, 01:49:34 PM
Best of luck to him in the Pac 12........


Guess he wasn't a "stone cold lock" for the badgers..... ;)

Eric Hampford ‏@3ricHampford  7m7 minutes ago
Stanford strikes with 2015 Northfield Mount Hermon (NH) 7-footer Josh Sharma, according to @AdamFinkelstein. Athletic big is a gazelle.

Bo cooled on him.
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: Pakuni on October 22, 2014, 01:51:08 PM
Bo cooled on him.

And his parents are awful to deal with.
Plus, he couldn't handle the UW academics, and thus chose a third-tier school like Stanford.
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: 🏀 on October 22, 2014, 01:51:59 PM
Making sure there is room for Stone...
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: wadesworld on October 22, 2014, 02:05:35 PM
Making sure there is room for Stone...

That's a mistake on their part.
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: ChitownSpaceForRent on October 22, 2014, 02:09:23 PM
Regrettably I went over to their scout board and of course theres no bashing of Sharma. But of course there were some "lost interest in him" posts and even a "this probably means were going to get Stone" post. I would love for a #donedeal situation to happen to Bucky.
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: Windyplayer on October 22, 2014, 02:53:48 PM
And his parents are awful to deal with.
Plus, he couldn't handle the UW academics, and thus chose a third-tier school like Stanford.
Harvard of the West doesn't hold a candle to the Harvard of the Midwest. Poor kid.
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: Lennys Tap on October 22, 2014, 03:00:39 PM
Best of luck to him in the Pac 12........


Guess he wasn't a "stone cold lock" for the badgers..... ;)

Eric Hampford ‏@3ricHampford  7m7 minutes ago
Stanford strikes with 2015 Northfield Mount Hermon (NH) 7-footer Josh Sharma, according to @AdamFinkelstein. Athletic big is a gazelle.

Chico's "sources" usually give us "the sun will rise in the east" type of predictions. This time they went waaay out on a limb, calling Sharma (thought by most to be a heavy Badger lean) a "lock" for UW. Chico wanted to back up the truck and put his hard earned dough on the line. Oops...
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: ChicosBailBonds on October 22, 2014, 03:10:55 PM
Lenny, covered this September 21st.  Old news, already acknowledged. 

You might have been busy figuring out math problems of late, not sure. 
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: jjfanec on October 22, 2014, 03:46:06 PM
Regrettably I went over to their scout board and of course theres no bashing of Sharma. But of course there were some "lost interest in him" posts and even a "this probably means were going to get Stone" post. I would love for a #donedeal situation to happen to Bucky.

Can you actually find a post from a Badger fan that says the Badger's lost interest in him?  Because I looked at scout and there was nothing about that.  There was one or two posters who said they felt good about their chances with Stone (jerks).  A lot of the post go like this - I think UW is a better basketball school but it is hard to turn down Stanford since is a great academic school in a great location. 
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: Groin_pull on October 22, 2014, 03:51:48 PM
Can you actually find a post from a Badger fan that says the Badger's lost interest in him?  Because I looked at scout and there was nothing about that.  There was one or two posters who said they felt good about their chances with Stone (jerks).  A lot of the post go like this - I think UW is a better basketball school but it is hard to turn down Stanford since is a great academic school in a great location.  

Nothing outrageous here.

Yes, the Vadgers probably lost interest in Sharma because he wouldn't offer an early commit...and they are all in on Stone.

Yes, they should feel good about their chances with Stone.

Yes, UW-Madison has had more recent success than Stanford in hoops.

Yes, Stanford is vastly superior to UW-Madison in academics.

And yes, many would agree that Palo Alto is a more desirable place than Madison.
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: BCHoopster on October 22, 2014, 03:53:21 PM
He turned down MU as well.  Stanford has a lot to offer, but more importantly for his family, they are closer to him, that might be a big reason.  Wisky hopefully will get Stone.
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: GGGG on October 22, 2014, 03:55:08 PM
He turned down MU as well.  Stanford has a lot to offer, but more importantly for his family, they are closer to him, that might be a big reason.  Wisky hopefully will get Stone.


I don't think MU had an offer out to him after the HE commit.
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: tower912 on October 22, 2014, 04:02:12 PM
I wish the kid well.   While you never want to NOT take a 5 star big (it isn't too late, Diamond  ;D), with Fischer, Heldt, Henry, and STjr already in the fold, I don't feel MU has an overwhelming need for another big.  I suspect that Wojo is going to hold this schollie for spring and see who de-commits/transfers/blooms late. 
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: BCHoopster on October 22, 2014, 04:08:28 PM
In the past, you probably wanted to fill 13 spots, but with 500 players transferring every year it seems, holding back makes sense.  You might lose a transfer or you really know what you
are missing and sometimes they can step in right away, like Russell Wilson or Matt Carlino.  Shores up weaknesses.
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: Jay Bee on October 22, 2014, 04:16:05 PM
Can't be right. Chicos said - in no uncertain terms - this guy was going to uw-madison.

TAMU...Sharma is a STONE cold lock for the Badgers.  
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: tower912 on October 22, 2014, 04:22:51 PM
In the past, you probably wanted to fill 13 spots, but with 500 players transferring every year it seems, holding back makes sense.  You might lose a transfer or you really know what you
are missing and sometimes they can step in right away, like Russell Wilson or Matt Carlino.  Shores up weaknesses.

Like it or not, Wojo also has to have a contingency plan for one of MU's current players transferring out.   
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: River rat on October 22, 2014, 07:41:08 PM
Like normal, chicos bit the big one on this!
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: 77ncaachamps on October 22, 2014, 07:57:25 PM
He went to the Madison of the West Coast.
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: brandx on October 22, 2014, 08:19:03 PM
Like normal, chicos bit the big one on this!

Funny, cuz UW had been out of the picture for him for over a month.
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: ChicosBailBonds on October 23, 2014, 08:57:30 AM
Can't be right. Chicos said - in no uncertain terms - this guy was going to uw-madison.


I also said over a month ago that it changed.......reading is a lost art.

But that's ok, I trust my sources.  That's how I knew Mayo was gone long before this board did, or many of the fun activities by Bert.  Is what it is....my guys and gals have been very good with their info over the years.
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: MuMark on October 23, 2014, 10:32:47 AM
So he was a Stone cold lock until he wasn’t?

Doesn’t that mean he never was?  ;)

It’s one thing to say he would be a good fit in Madison or predict(As Mark Miller did) that he might end up there….it’s another to use the words you did to suggest that it was basically… a done deal.

It never was….they wanted him…he liked them…….he picked somebody else…..happens all the time in recruiting.
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: MU82 on October 23, 2014, 10:38:00 AM
I also said over a month ago that it changed.......reading is a lost art.

But that's ok, I trust my sources.  That's how I knew Mayo was gone long before this board did, or many of the fun activities by Bert.  Is what it is....my guys and gals have been very good with their info over the years.

If you had just said, "A real good chance Sharma is going to UW," it's a lot easier to resist throwing it back at you. But that wasn't good enough. You had to say it was all but a done deal - which is exactly what stone cold lock means.

There's no crime in being wrong. I'm wrong all the time and admit it when I am. But being VERY wrong and then trying to claim you weren't all that wrong ... well, that's just wrong!
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: Lennys Tap on October 23, 2014, 10:43:20 AM
If you had just said, "A real good chance Sharma is going to UW," it's a lot easier to resist throwing it back at you. But that wasn't good enough. You had to say it was all but a done deal - which is exactly what stone cold lock means.

There's no crime in being wrong. I'm wrong all the time and admit it when I am. But being VERY wrong and then trying to claim you weren't all that wrong ... well, that's just wrong!

Chico's "I was wrong" or apologetic moments routinely come with qualifiers. Just the way he rolls.
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: Tums Festival on October 23, 2014, 11:08:55 AM
Happy he spurned Becky, happy for Johnny Dawkins and happy Chico's swung and missed.
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: Silkk the Shaka on October 23, 2014, 03:09:26 PM
I also said over a month ago that it changed.......reading is a lost art.

But that's ok, I trust my sources.  That's how I knew Mayo was gone long before this board did, or many of the fun activities by Bert.  Is what it is....my guys and gals have been very good with their info over the years.

Chicos' #donedeal
Title: Re: Sharma
Post by: Dawson Rental on October 24, 2014, 10:24:11 AM
He went to the Madison of the West Coast.

The Pacific Ocean, the Lake Mendota of the West!