Mike Shaw from Chicago...are we recruiting this kid?

[ChicosBailBonds]

I see Wisconsin-madison is.  So is DePaul, Louisville and Michigan State

http://ilprepbullseye.com/page26.html

[bma725]

We have been, but there's a lot of shall we say issues with Shaw.  He's best friends with Wayne Blackshear, and the same problems that Bullseye keeps harping on with Blackshear are at play with Shaw.  At one time they talked about going to the same school, but that seems to have faded due to the fact that the schools that want Wayne don't have as much interest in Shaw, and vice versa.

Additionally, Shaw has always been one of those kids who's image is built on what he should be rather than what he is.  Shaw has all the skills to be an inside post stud, but is more content to stay on the perimeter and shoot jumpers even when he could dominate inside.

[GOMU1104]

But Bo offered him, and we know Bo would never travel down that type of road....

[TheDawson]

I think he's interested in bigger name schools.

[thebadge10]

Shaw was at the Badger game today along with JP Tokoto (3rd game this year) and a bunch of others.

[4everwarriors]

Shaw was at the Badger game today along with JP Tokoto (3rd game this year) and a bunch of others.

Maybe Carmody had them there to see NU.

[Blackhat]

If Howard Moore gets Bo some Chicago talent that'd be pretty lethal.   


Moore seems like a very good recruiter to get visits from some of these kids, not to mention his strong relationship with Blue that he built.

Not that easy to recruit elite african american recruits to Wisconsin.

[mviale]

wonder why his HS got whupped by St Benedict's - maybe not BE talent

[ChicosBailBonds]

If Howard Moore gets Bo some Chicago talent that'd be pretty lethal.   


Moore seems like a very good recruiter to get visits from some of these kids, not to mention his strong relationship with Blue that he built.

Not that easy to recruit elite african american recruits to Wisconsin.

I don't know why you would say that?

[Blackhat]

I don't know why you would say that?

You definitely get a "Upp-er" feel when looking at their roster.... not that there's anything wrong with some fellow white homie's overachieving under bo's great tutelage. 

  It really is mind boggling Bo can get that group to shut down an MSU even if it is at the Kohl Center.

[bma725]

wonder why his HS got whupped by St Benedict's - maybe not BE talent

Wow, you really have no idea what you're talking about.  There's a reason St. Benedict's is ranked #4 in the country.  They are one of, if not the most talented high school team in the country.  They have high major players as back ups that see almost no minutes because of the talent on that team.  Shaw is a definite high major player, but De La Salle isn't a national program like St. Benedict's. 

[ChicosBailBonds]

We have been, but there's a lot of shall we say issues with Shaw.  He's best friends with Wayne Blackshear, and the same problems that Bullseye keeps harping on with Blackshear are at play with Shaw.  At one time they talked about going to the same school, but that seems to have faded due to the fact that the schools that want Wayne don't have as much interest in Shaw, and vice versa.

Additionally, Shaw has always been one of those kids who's image is built on what he should be rather than what he is.  Shaw has all the skills to be an inside post stud, but is more content to stay on the perimeter and shoot jumpers even when he could dominate inside.

This surprises me a bit.  I thought Bo and his program didn't recruit kids like this.

[PaintTouches]

Just found this

Mike Shaw ... The player and prospect
"The biggest cause for concern when it comes to ballyhooed young basketball players is accepting who they are as players. When a player comes into high school and the hype surrounding him is insurmountable, there are only two ways to go: stay right at that level or take a dip. With the hype some kids have early on, it's rarely ever possible to surpass it. Such is the case with De La Salle's Mike Shaw.

Mike Shaw does not have to be the Next Big Thing. He doesn't have to be a top 10 national player or a future McDonald's All-American. There isn't a player in the talented Class of 2011 who has been critiqued more than the 6-8 Shaw, mostly due to the early and lofty expectations. But there is nothing wrong with who he is as a player, especially after watching him grow into the player that he is over the past month. In Saturday's win over Simeon he showed what he is, which is a high-major player who was up at the rim an awful lot, extremely active and a skilled passing big man who will be a solid face-up 4-man at the college level. Shaw's performance was the best the Hoops Report has seen from him in a long time.

It's almost become blasphemy for fans to accept a player being "just" a solid high-major prospect when they've been sold by others way too early that the player is so much more. But what in the world is wrong with being a solid high-major prospect, which means you are one of the better high school basketball players out there?

I feel for the kid (and others like him) who have so little to gain after being judged, fairly or unfairly, so early in their career. Talk with Shaw or anyone who is around him, from his high school coaches to his AAU coaches to the college coaches who are recruiting him, and you'll see and hear he is a terrific kid who works hard. I'm happy for Mike" Shaw in becoming the player that he is.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/hoopsreport/

[butchbadger]

  I thought Bo and his program didn't recruit kids like this..


Kids like what?  Does he attend a Christian Nike Life Skills Academy with 12 other students?  Is he heading for the Clearinghouse?  Has he played on a pro team? Is he getting bad grades reversed by taking online classes? Headed for Junior College?


Please clarify.

[LON]

  I thought Bo and his program didn't recruit kids like this..


Kids like what?  Does he attend a Christian Nike Life Skills Academy with 12 other students?  Is he heading for the Clearinghouse?  Has he played on a pro team? Is he getting bad grades reversed by taking online classes? Headed for Junior College?


Please clarify.

Get a life

[GOMU1104]

  I thought Bo and his program didn't recruit kids like this..


Kids like what?  Does he attend a Christian Nike Life Skills Academy with 12 other students?  Is he heading for the Clearinghouse?  Has he played on a pro team? Is he getting bad grades reversed by taking online classes? Headed for Junior College?


Please clarify.

Get a life

More like...Get a clue.

[damuts222]

Please clarify.

Vander Blue anyone

[NersEllenson]

  I thought Bo and his program didn't recruit kids like this..


Kids like what?  Does he attend a Christian Nike Life Skills Academy with 12 other students?  Is he heading for the Clearinghouse?  Has he played on a pro team? Is he getting bad grades reversed by taking online classes? Headed for Junior College?


Please clarify.

I wish Buzz Williams would only recruit white kids from Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota who are high school players that haven't had to endure challenged childhoods, fractured homes, multiple moves to different school districts, etc.  Only then could we satisfy our elite UW fan base.

The reality is it is only going to get scarier for UW fans with regard to recruiting against MU for high school kids.  Buzz is getting this program stabilized quite well with the JUCO's, but based on who he has signed out of High Schools, he seems to be pretty capable of landing consistent Top 100 High School talent.

[WhereisGeraldPosey]

As long as he is not related to Dick Shaw

[Bob "Big Daddy" Wild]

bma,

Have you seen/heard anything on our current level of interest in Shaw?  Seems like we haven't been on him as much the past few months or so...?

[Skatastrophy]

  I thought Bo and his program didn't recruit kids like this..


Kids like what?  Does he attend a Christian Nike Life Skills Academy with 12 other students?  Is he heading for the Clearinghouse?  Has he played on a pro team? Is he getting bad grades reversed by taking online classes? Headed for Junior College?


Please clarify.

If you're looking for a real answer then read this regarding Blackshear and Shaw.  Two peas in a pod.

[ChicosBailBonds]

  I thought Bo and his program didn't recruit kids like this..




Please clarify.

According to your boards, you don't recruit kids like Mike Shaw.  Why the change now?

[Pakuni]

  I thought Bo and his program didn't recruit kids like this..


Kids like what?  Does he attend a Christian Nike Life Skills Academy with 12 other students?  Is he heading for the Clearinghouse?  Has he played on a pro team? Is he getting bad grades reversed by taking online classes? Headed for Junior College?


Please clarify.

I think what he meant was kids who become burglars (Diamond Taylor, Jeremy Glover), rapists (Marcetteaus McGee) and woman beaters (Boo Wade).
I mean, sure, they steal and abuse women, but at least they never went to (shriek!) junior college or (gasp!) had to improve their grades.

For people who live in glass houses, you guys sure love tossing stones.

[creek]

More from bullseye:

We also find it interesting that sources close to the recruitment of 6'7 class of 2011 forward Mike Shaw from De LaSalle Institute in Chicago have told us that Shaw's family, particularly his older brother, is trying to take more control of his recruitment.  Consequently, a definite power struggle exists between the family and those who are currently the most influential powers behind Shaw's recruitment (the same powers who are in charge of Blackshear's recruitment).  Shaw plays on the same traveling team as Blackshear and is also one of the top ranked prospects in the state from the 2011 class.  Assuming that the handlers don't get what they are looking for when it comes to either Blackshear or Shaw, don't be surprised if Blackshear remains a Louisville recruit when the dust clears.  That is why we continue to stand by our belief that the alleged package deal that is being sought for Blackshear and Shaw will not take place.

[reinko]

Vander Blue anyone

Bo cooled on him.