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Eli Kasberg commits

HelenaHandBasket said:
That concept seems to be just too much for billings to grasp.
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And my view is that the narrative on the bad or weak approach is not true, or pretty much not true. Green never operated like that, nor did other Griz coaches. I highly doubt that Bobby did either. I know lots of very positive experiences regarding Bobby over the years, including recruits with Cat parents.
 
mthoopsfan said:
And my view is that the narrative on the bad or weak approach is not true, or pretty much not true. Green never operated like that, nor did other Griz coaches. I highly doubt that Bobby did either. I know lots of very positive experiences regarding Bobby over the years, including recruits with Cat parents.
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So are you suggesting that the Griz coaches did more to recruit these kids but still lost them to MSU?
 
grizjumps45 said:
He wasn't interested in coming here when BH was the head coach. The guy wouldn't make the drive across town.
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at least according to people around him. (his sisters friend) so it could be bs. But like I can't imagine shed of just said that when I brought up him going to the griz in Oct.
 
ElrodGrizzly said:
I try to never say anything negative about players or their families, because that is uncouth and just not who I want to be. That being said, the narrative that Adam Jones and his family have put out over the last couple of years is absolutely bullshit. Sometimes people say things so many times they start to believe it.

The actual facts of the situation were that Adam Jones was posting online about how much he was loving the recruiting from the Griz, great visits he had, etc. Then the Crews situation happens, who was his friend and teammate, and Jones chooses the Cats. Now his parents are telling people that he grew up wanting to be a Griz, his bedroom was full of Griz stuff, but the Griz staff didn't recruit him or even really try to get him.

How do we know that is a lie? Because ADAM JONES HIMSELF posted online at the time about loving his visit and the love he was getting from the Griz coaching staff. Yea, the Griz had Eli and probably weren't as desperately going after him as if he was water and the team was dying of thirst, but at the time he was very positive about the Griz recruiting him. Crews happened, and everything changed. Now the family has one hell of a narrative that they spread around.

It is dumb, and quite honestly bugged me over the last couple of years when I even hear from my family members about how one of his parents told them the Griz didn't even offer him or recruit him, which is probably not what they said but is how the game of telephone works in a town the size of Missoula.

I am glad for the CLEAR improvement in local attention from Coach BK and the staff, and I'm sure they will be at a lot more high school events locally this year, but the narrative put out by the Jones family has kept evolving to the point that it is just not honest.

Lets take a little trip back through memory lane and we can see if the Griz were putting effort into recruiting Jones....

https://twitter.com/x/status/1507839921020579842

https://twitter.com/x/status/1554504207897571333

https://twitter.com/x/status/1525172486484025345

https://twitter.com/x/status/1502084681587519490

https://twitter.com/x/status/1501762522507997185


I wish his family would just say that a lot of people locally were upset about Zac Crews' situation, and the MSU Bobcats were doing a hell of a job recruiting. But to spin it into "The Griz didn't even really try to recruit our son" is just factually wrong.
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He didn’t say they didn’t try to recruit him….it was obvious they were talking to him and gave him an offer. He said it was “night and day” how the Griz compared to the Cats approach in that recruitment. It was an absolute full court press by the cats and their staff versus a ho hum you should want to be here by the Griz.
 
HookedonGriz said:
He didn’t say they didn’t try to recruit him….it was obvious they were talking to him and gave him an offer. He said it was “night and day” how the Griz compared to the Cats approach in that recruitment. It was an absolute full court press by the cats and their staff versus a ho hum you should want to be here by the Griz.
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I have been told multiple times on this here board that this is false...
 
grizjumps45 said:
He wasn't interested in coming here when BH was the head coach. The guy wouldn't make the drive across town.
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I would base my decision on what was said by coaches and how they said it. Not on whether someone would drive across town. I would base my decision more on what the position coach and recruiting coordinator said. If this is how recruits are now, I can see why Bobby didn’t want to be a head coach.

Life and jobs aren’t going to be like some of these recruits apparently want. I hope their football careers are going to be nice, but his isn’t going to train and guide them for life.
 
mthoopsfan said:
Yes. But like you, I don’t know the facts. Recruits often make decisions for reasons other than how hard or well they were recruited. Had you played college ball or had kids who did, you would probably know that.
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Well unlike you, I don't think this makes it better. To outwork them and continually losing isn't any better than getting outworked in the first place.
 
mthoopsfan said:
I would base my decision on what was said by coaches and how they said it. Not on whether someone would drive across town. I would base my decision more on what the position coach and recruiting coordinator said. If this is how recruits are now, I can see why Bobby didn’t want to be a head coach.

Life and jobs aren’t going to be like some of these recruits apparently want. I hope their football careers are going to be nice, but his isn’t going to train and guide them for life.
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I I just think it's that going the extra mile thing (quite literally, it’s a mile across town). Like for a kid like Eli that knows he can go D1, the little things like having a coach pull you out of class, and yes, send you a personal graphic they took 5 minutes out of their day to make, will make a slight difference in how they perceive which school wants them more. But alas, it doesn't really matter anymore. I'd rather not argue about BH and embrace the BK era. He has really grown on me. I see him walking around campus all the time and in a different way than BH ever did. He is so kind, friendly, and approachable. He thanks every worker in the lodge when he goes to eat. He eats every meal with his staff and players. Well, I believe BH is a helluva coach and wish him the best at Illinois. It’s a nice, fresh start for the Montana Grizzlies and certainly a welcome one.
 
markson161 said:
Adam Jones said in an interview that one of things that impressed him the most was Bobby Daly coming over to Missoula to watch his Legion Baseball games and visit with him.
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this is something the cats have always done better. I've seen vigen and his football staff at a lot of highschool track meets doubling down on their guys.
 
grizjumps45 said:
I I just think it's that going the extra mile thing (quite literally, it’s a mile across town). Like for a kid like Eli that knows he can go D1, the little things like having a coach pull you out of class, and yes, send you a personal graphic they took 5 minutes out of their day to make, will make a slight difference in how they perceive which school wants them more. But alas, it doesn't really matter anymore. I'd rather not argue about BH and embrace the BK era. He has really grown on me. I see him walking around campus all the time and in a different way than BH ever did. He is so kind, friendly, and approachable. He thanks every worker in the lodge when he goes to eat. He eats every meal with his staff and players. Well, I believe BH is a helluva coach and wish him the best at Illinois. It’s a nice, fresh start for the Montana Grizzlies and certainly a welcome one.
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What position will Eli play?
 
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