Why is jp tokoto announcing at ten at night?

[Silkk the Shaka]

I predict a grand total of zero boos and zero fistfulls of popcorn thrown.

[wadesworld]

Hope you're watching this, 84.  Not a single boo out there.  A TON of cheering for him.  A lot of excitement.  Absolutely foolish to think anything else would have happened.  And absolutely how it should be.

Congratulations to JP.  Make the state of Wisconsin proud down there in North Carolina.

He's going to be a stud for them.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Hope you're watching this, 84.  Not a single boo out there.  A TON of cheering for him.  A lot of excitement.  Absolutely foolish to think anything else would have happened.  And absolutely how it should be.

Congratulations to JP.  Make the state of Wisconsin proud down there in North Carolina.

He's going to be a stud for them.

+1

Good for the kid.  He made the right decision.  Hoping he transfers to MU is an odd approach as well.  We have a fine program, one of the top 40 in the nation.  Some years, top 25....but we are not UNC.

[Warriors10]

If anybody here wishes he fails because he didn't pick MU; you're stupid.

[brewcity77]

If anybody here wishes he fails because he didn't pick MU; you're stupid.

Did I miss someone saying that, or have you just been reading the Badger Scout board and expected he'd get the same treatment from us?

[Tugg Speedman]

Hope you're watching this, 84.  Not a single boo out there.  A TON of cheering for him.  A lot of excitement.  Absolutely foolish to think anything else would have happened.  And absolutely how it should be.

Congratulations to JP.  Make the state of Wisconsin proud down there in North Carolina.

He's going to be a stud for them.

I was held in a banquet room in front of 200 hand-picked friends.  I said if it was held  as a "public event" that he risked a PR disaster.  He was smart enough not to do that.

If you want to see the public disaster I was talking about, go read what the badger boards are saying about him.

[Tugg Speedman]

Good for the kid.  He made the right decision.  Hoping he transfers to MU is an odd approach as well.  We have a fine program, one of the top 40 in the nation.  Some years, top 25....but we are not UNC.

Not so odd, 40% of Freshman Transfer.  Many of the biggest recruits from Wisc. have transferred ... Maymon, Wilson, Phillips, Luscious, Lacy etc.

I give him a 40% chance of transferring ... I give all recruits a 40% chance of transferring.

[TallTitan34]

If you want to see the public disaster I was talking about, go read what the badger boards are saying about him.

I think aside from JP picking UW, there was no way the Badger fans weren't going to crap all over this kid no matter how he handled it.  They just don't understand there are many places better than UW.

[NavinRJohnson]

I was held in a banquet room in front of 200 hand-picked friends. 

As I and others told you it would be.

I'm happy for the kid. I think he made a good choice, but these college choice announcement events are so stupid. Nobody cares. I had an interest in it as an MU fan and I didn't care (perhaps because I knew he wasn't picking MU). Nobody in NC saw it live. If you are one of the 90% of the people watching that newscast who has never heard of the kid, you have to be sitting there saying, WTF is this?

[Tugg Speedman]

As I and others told you it would be.

I doubted this because at $10/head, who shelled out the $2000+ to do this?  I did not think Tokoto's family wanted a bill like this.  So, I thought it would be open to attract customers and in return D&B would not charge for it.

[BrewCity83]

Firstly, I am and my boys will be there. I stated in earlier post that I heard from reliable source that J.P. was MU bound. Again, my source is not super inside the program, but someone I trust a great deal.

Goose, what happened with this reliable source?

[Tugg Speedman]

In Sports Commentary
Friday Scorecard: An unnecessary circus

http://www.onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/scorecard030411.html

Published March 4, 2011 at 1:09 p.m.
By Andrew Wagner
Senior Staff Writer

A packed banquet room watches as J.P. Tokoto announces his decision to play at North Carolina.

Jim Gray was nowhere to be found but there was just as much of a circus atmosphere Thursday night when Menomonee Falls High School junior J.P. Tokoto announced his decision to play college basketball at the University of North Carolina.

It was a low-budget version of LeBron James' infamous "Decision," complete with a live, "exclusive," television broadcast but was just as absurd and even more inappropriate, considering Tokoto is 17 years old.

Forget for a second that Tokoto chose North Carolina over Wisconsin and Marquette, that's completely beside the point. Who wouldn't want the chance to play for the Tar Heels? But aside from all of the frenzy, the biggest nagging question is this: why in the world was a 17-year-old holding such a major announcement at 10:15 p.m., on a school night in a bar/restaurant?

His teammates and classmates were still milling about as the clock approached 11 p.m. while Tokoto remained in the banquet room taking questions, along with his family. How many of those kids were in their seats the next morning when the bell rang to mark the start of first period?

Yes, it was a big day in the young man's life and something he will remember forever -- he deserves to enjoy it. But the way it was staged was over the top and a little absurd. Tokoto should have been standing with his teammates, coaches, classmates in the Menomonee Falls High School gym, not in the banquet room of a Wauwatosa bar.

[GGGG]

So essentially the author was upset that high school kids were out late on a school night?  C'mon...  My son, who played high school basketball, was regularly coming home at 11:00 after long road trips, and then had a couple hours of homework to finish up.

And this guy gets mad because they get to experience the once in a lifetime opportunity of their teammate announcing that he's signing with North Carolina???

[Silkk the Shaka]

So essentially the author was upset that high school kids were out late on a school night?  C'mon...  My son, who played high school basketball, was regularly coming home at 11:00 after long road trips, and then had a couple hours of homework to finish up.

And this guy gets mad because they get to experience the once in a lifetime opportunity of their teammate announcing that he's signing with North Carolina???

Plus I'm almost positive I read somewhere they didn't have school today.  Regardless, that article was ridiculous.

[Doris Burkes Thong]

That guy must be an upset Badger fan who was munching on some sour grapes as he wrote that article.

[GGGG]

Plus I'm almost positive I read somewhere they didn't have school today. 

Just looked it up.  They did not have school today.  But my guess is that they would have been in bed at 10:00 anyway.  ;-)

[Doris Burkes Thong]

Just looked it up.  They did not have school today.  But my guess is that they would have been in bed at 10:00 anyway.  ;-)

Andrew Wagner say hello to egg on your face.