Ben Lammers

[ATWizJr]

Willie....do you want to know the truth?

Brew mentioned it above.  After Lammers visited, Buzz did not go visit him in-home the next week.  But he visited, or will visit, with everyone else who is either committed or who we are zeroing in on.  Why do you think that is?

Willie can think only negative thoughts.  Thanks mods for the ignore button.

[MuMark]

Here is something to make Willie happy.....just so he knows Buzz/staff is not only looking at switchables and guards
Corey Evans ‏@coreyevans_10 41s
Marquette will be in today to see Kiski School (PA) 2014 big man Satchel Pierce

[thehammock]

Buzz is still allowed in Pennsylvania?!

[Marqus Howard]

Here is something to make Willie happy.....just so he knows Buzz/staff is not only looking at switchables and guards
Corey Evans ‏@coreyevans_10 41s
Marquette will be in today to see Kiski School (PA) 2014 big man Satchel Pierce

Looks like a project, but he's 7 feet tall, so there's that.

http://247sports.com/Player/Satchel-Pierce-31850

[Nukem2]

Here is something to make Willie happy.....just so he knows Buzz/staff is not only looking at switchables and guards
Corey Evans ‏@coreyevans_10 41s
Marquette will be in today to see Kiski School (PA) 2014 big man Satchel Pierce

Satchel says: "Never look back, something might be gaining on you."   

[MU82]

If Blammers had decided to join the MU family, we'd have embraced him.

He went elsewhere, so we move on to the next (whomever that might be).

That's college basketball.

Next!

[4everwarriors]

Here is something to make Willie happy.....just so he knows Buzz/staff is not only looking at switchables and guards
Corey Evans ‏@coreyevans_10 41s
Marquette will be in today to see Kiski School (PA) 2014 big man Satchel Pierce

Next man up. Thank you Mike McCarthy.

[jesmu84]

Yeah, I know, the truth hurts. Unlike drinking the Kool Aid.

WTF?! seriously, is there anyone on this board who doesn't want a stud big?! do you really believe that?? what 'kool-aid' is there to drink? no one wants only 6'5" guys. no one wants only guards or switchables. and it's pretty obvious buzz/this coaching staff wants a big as well. do you think the whole world is against your idea of getting a stud post player? jeez!

[tower912]

Just like Crean before him, Buzz is recruiting bigs.    Like Crean before him, he is having difficulty getting his first choices to say yes.    But a year from now, assuming no transfers, there will already be two 6'9 players and two 6'7 players.   As well as a plethora of big guards.  A big would be welcome, but it isn't like returning to 09-10.

[BCHoopster]

I think MU gets one because of one thing, potential playing time, JC kid, transfer, anything is possible.  If Tory Miller does not see the opportunity or Jabari Craig then I am missing
something.  Kids want to start.

[wadesworld]

Looks like a project, but he's 7 feet tall, so there's that.

http://247sports.com/Player/Satchel-Pierce-31850

Not tall enough.

Buzz is still allowed in Pennsylvania?!

??

[willie warrior]

WTF?! seriously, is there anyone on this board who doesn't want a stud big?! do you really believe that?? what 'kool-aid' is there to drink? no one wants only 6'5" guys. no one wants only guards or switchables. and it's pretty obvious buzz/this coaching staff wants a big as well. do you think the whole world is against your idea of getting a stud post player? jeez!

Glad to hear you feel that way. If you read some of the posts, every time we lose out on a big, there are comments that we did not really want the guy, he really is not a switchable and other excuses--and those people know who they are. And if anybody offers any concerns/comments/criticisms about that, that person is crucified. So, yeah, there is plenty of Kool Aid slurping that goes on. Do not register any concerns/criticism or you are drawn and quartered. Such tolerance.

[We R Final Four]

When we lose out on a big, no one has ever suggested that the reason was because he was 'not a switchable.'   But, whatever feeds the agenda.

[ChicosBailBonds]

When he put on the Georgia Tech hat it turned out to be a banner day for MU.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Buzz is still allowed in Pennsylvania?!

Mostly to bring kids in for a few weeks or sometimes not at all.....cuz they didn't complete their application....or something, sort of like that story.

[Dawson Rental]

Mostly to 1) bring kids in for a few weeks or 2) sometimes not at all.....cuz they didn't complete their application....or something, sort of like that story.

For those who may still be confused;

  1) Roseboro,
  2) Newbill.

[Jay Bee]

Mostly to bring kids in for a few weeks or sometimes not at all.....cuz they didn't complete their application....or something, sort of like that story.

Next thing you know schools will start implementing "new, unpublished standards" for summer school and boot kids in August if their grades "aren't good enough" for a scholarship that isn't available.

[ChicosBailBonds]

For those who may still be confused;

  1) Roseboro,
  2) Newbill.

You can't give the recipe to the secret sauce man.  Those are references and easter egss for veterans around here.

[Lennys Tap]

Next thing you know schools will start implementing "new, unpublished standards" for summer school and boot kids in August if their grades "aren't good enough" for a scholarship that isn't available.

Fred Glass would never allow such shenanigans!

[brewcity77]

Glad to hear you feel that way. If you read some of the posts, every time we lose out on a big, there are comments that we did not really want the guy, he really is not a switchable and other excuses--and those people know who they are. And if anybody offers any concerns/comments/criticisms about that, that person is crucified. So, yeah, there is plenty of Kool Aid slurping that goes on. Do not register any concerns/criticism or you are drawn and quartered. Such tolerance.

willie, the Lammers situation is actually the best case you will ever find of Marquette choosing not to pursue a recruit. Let's break down the timeline:

• August 31: Lammers visits Marquette
  
• September 9: In-home visits begin. Buzz visits with Cassell, Cohen, Stone, and Tory Miller among others.
  
• September 18: Lammers trims list to MU, Miami, and GT, showing Lammers is obviously still interested in Marquette.
  
• September 19: Marquette has still not visited Lammers. Buzz has been to Florida (Cassell), Georgia (Hill), Canada (Shayok), and Missouri (Miller).
  
• September 25: Lammers commits to Georgia Tech.

If Marquette was still interested in Lammers after the visit, wouldn't Buzz have visited? He was all over the country. And Lammers still had interest, since he cut his list and kept us on it. I won't pretend to know what happened or why MU lost interest, but if this isn't a clear-cut case of a school losing interest, I don't know what is. That said, we need to land Craig, Miller, or at least one of the other bigs we're in on. Letting Lammers get away could bite us.

[keefe]

Satchel says: "Never look back, something might be gaining on you."   

"Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines."

Satchel Paige

[ChicosBailBonds]

"Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines."

Satchel Paige

When chemists die

Ba  (Barium)

[ResidentBrown]

You could've embraced him. I'd have only watched him on TV and rooted for him to succeed. Then again, I don't really come from a hugging family. Stern father.

If Blammers had decided to join the MU family, we'd have embraced him.

He went elsewhere, so we move on to the next (whomever that might be).

That's college basketball.

Next!

[keefe]

When chemists die

Ba  (Barium)

Helium walks into a bar. The barkeep says, "We don't serve noble gasses in here!" Helium doesn't react.

[wadesworld]

Where's the blue man group to bash the 17 year old on Twitter because his dad is important and he's been on ESPN, SI, and the jumbotron?