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Joslyn Tinkle

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Dammit, I wish I would have went and watched her. Sounds like little or no chance for her to play for the LG? Duke and Maryland were here to see her.


http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/12/18/sports/local/22-preptinkle.txt



Those who missed Tinkle missed out
By MIKE SCHERTING
Of The Gazette Staff

The Missoula schools roll through Billings only every other year, which is probably a good thing for the Magic City's girls basketball coaches who have to design schemes to defend Joslyn Tinkle, but an unfortunate thing for fans.

So those who weren't in attendance at Billings West on Friday or Billings Senior on Saturday missed out on seeing Tinkle, one of the state's premier players.

Tinkle, a junior at Missoula Big Sky, has averaged a double-double for her career. As a freshman, she broke into the Class AA ranks and led the state in scoring and rebounding with 15.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. She duplicated that feat last season as a sophomore with numbers of 20.2 and 11.2.

For her career, Tinkle was averaging 17.8 points and 10.6 rebounds per game going into this season. Tinkle, the daughter of Montana men's basketball coach Wayne Tinkle and former Lady Griz standout Lisa McLeod, didn't do anything to hurt those numbers over the weekend, scoring 18 points in a win over West and scoring 23 points to go with 12 rebounds in a victory over Senior.

"She is just such a presence," said Senior coach Amy Pfeifle, who watched Tinkle get her points on 11 of 18 shooting. "She can do about everything for you."

The first inclination is to think the 6-foot-3 Tinkle sits on the block, waits for an entry pass, turns and shoots over her opponent. Or you could think she just sits under the basket and waits to gobble up garbage points on offensive rebounds. Saturday she showed many more skills than that.

Twice she went the length of the court for layups and she also showed accuracy on her midrange jumper. And, yes, she showed she has good post-up moves, using both quickness and power to get points in the paint.

Officials at Billings West said representatives from Maryland and Duke were in attendance for Friday's game. Word out of Missoula is that Stanford and several Ivy League schools have shown interest as well. There will likely be many, many more hoping to get Tinkle's signature on a national letter of intent eventually.

"She's got all the tools," Big Sky coach Marti Leibenguth said. "She can dribble the ball when I need her to and she can post and she can shoot the three. She's a very tough kid to defend. And she can dish the ball when other kids are open.
 
PlayerRep said:
Heard she has offers from most of the major/top 10 programs and interest from those who have not offered.
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No shame in losing Tinkle to either Maryland or Duke! I hope she chooses the Lady Griz, but if not, would be great to see a Missoula player at a top 10 team. Good Luck this season Joslyn! :clap:
 
grizband said:
PlayerRep said:
Heard she has offers from most of the major/top 10 programs and interest from those who have not offered.
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No shame in losing Tinkle to either Maryland or Duke! I hope she chooses the Lady Griz, but if not, would be great to see a Missoula player at a top 10 team. Good Luck this season Joslyn! :clap:
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I agree, but someone should tell her she should play where her folks did. :thumb: :laugh:


(wishful thinkin)
 
naive to think the big schools won't be coming after her because there's now big money at stake in college athletics, even in the women's game.

but there are several factors on our side, including the fact that selvig has run such a great program, and the disparity between the lady griz and the national powers in terms of attendance and level of play is far less than on the men's side. also that ali hurley has committed, meaning joslyn would get to play with at least one of her aau chums, and also that her folks would get to see her play. in looking at the competition, never overlook your own assets!
 
If she is strong academically I am not sure how you could turn down a free Stanford or Duke education and the doors those degree open. Montana and many other Universities cannot compete on academics with those schools.

Crazy not to take advantage of that frankly


What an opportunity
 
Tinkle may want to go somewhere else to play. Mandy Morales did. But, something may come up and make Tinkle decide to come here. I know something big (and not so nice in a sad way) came up in Mandy's family to come here instead of ASU (luckily Charli Turner was nice or this would be Mandy's last season).
 
Wayne said he wont let her go to Stanford *personal reasons* and Jos doesnt want to go where her dad is but thats just what she is saying now. UM has very very slim chances but i think if Jos has something to hold her here it couldnt hurt. Academically i think she does very well at least over a 3.5 so most big schools shouldnt have a problem with that.
 
She is a very good student, and will get in whereever she wants (without even bending the rules).

She is an impact player, who could potentially help make UM a top 25 team for 4 years, if we could convince her to come. We already have part of her AAU team here. Get another 1 or 2 roll players, and it could be something very special.
 
And someone from Oklahoma State was at her game yesterday (12/18/2007). So, she definitely can go where she wants to go. With so many schools vying for her services, it just has to be a very tough decision for her.
 
We all hope and pray Joslyn will be a LG. The last time the state had the talents the likes of Tinkle were Deden and Cate in the 80's. One stayed in state the other off to UW. We have many built in advantages others do not. My hope is she will take advantage of Deden, Cate, and Mandy being available to her to 2 of the 3 can chime in on the disadvantages of being away from home. Cate can give her insight on choosing the GRIZ and being home from the get go. We all know her parents, family, and friends would love her to stay home. As to how that plays into the decision will depend on her personality. If she follows after Dad and Mom, that will be huge. If she wants to set her on personality, it will be a disadvantage.

However, with as much as the U of M has contributed in terms of coaching, gym time, etc for her AAU team, it would be hard to not appreciate that. Without those things, her and all her AAU teammates would not be as good as they are. Ally Hurley heavily considered that, and her heart was the deciding factor. Speaking of Ally, I have seen her AAU team interact with eachother on and off the court. They are a very close, tight knit group, and I know they would like to play together collegiately if all possible. Montana is the most likely program to accomodate as many of them as possible.

Right now the LG are not a top 10 program yet. With Selvig at the helm and additions like Tinkle, they could become Top 10. AAU ball also brings bonds with players from all ove the USA. Who is to say a commitment from Tinkle would not lead to commits from other players that want to play ball with her? If those players are regional the LG would be a good choice. Sell her on the Challenge of doing something no other LG has ever done, a top 10, maybe final 4 program with her.

Under normal circumstance, we would have next to no chance. This is not normal conditions though. Her parents are former GRIZ and as involved in the community as any family. The whole community knows her, supports her, and cheer for her already. That for an average person is hard to leave, let alone a top level athlete. Montana has argueably one of the TOP collegiate coaches in recent history, there are not many names you can put ahead of him not from TN, Stanford, or UConn. To the major schools she is just another piece to the puzzle. For the LG, she is the biggest piece to the puzzle, just like Morales and Cate.

If we truely want to her to be a LG, when you see her in the community, just say something simple like "hope to see you in maroon and silver in the near future. " I jokingly said that along with a few others to Ally Hurley, she smile and said something like "hearing things like that is what makes the decision so tough, and why the LG are in the running." As it turns out it helped in her decision. :thumb:

FWIW, Joselyn, This GRIZ fan would love to see you as a Lady Griz! :thumb: (not that she will see it, but will tell her that when I get back home for a few BSC games, or see Tinkle at No Colorado. )
 
love 'ya, mtgrizrule. you really do bleed, sweat, root and brood maroon.

but as to joslyn, i really think this is out of our control. kids are kids, and they quickly develop likes and dislikes and individual personalities, and the minute you tell them to do or not do something, they're likey to do just the opposite. and remember gertrude stein's observation: all people are pretty much the same but each generation sees differently. joslyn will wind up doing just as her heart and judgment dictate, and that is just as it should be.

i will also say, i went away to a prestige eastern school for graduate work, but nothing in that experience ever replaced the education i got at montana, or frayed the bond i yet feel with the state. there's another famous poster on these here boards who went even farther and higher, across the pond, to a really honestly truly high-prestige school, and to this day is yearning to get back to montana. i think the value of a prestige education is sometimes overrated...as at....duke?? so. be. it.
 
Here is one other thing that might keep Joslyn from going to school at UM.

Let's suppose, just for a minute that the men aren't contending for / winning the BSC championship the next 2 years. Let's just suppose that some of the Griz fans are slightly "vocal" about the coaching that Wayne is doing.

Think she would want to get away from that for a while and just concentrate on her own basketball?

Coach's wives aren't the only ones who hear people bitching about things. The kids do too.
 
grizpack said:
Here is one other thing that might keep Joslyn from going to school at UM.

Let's suppose, just for a minute that the men aren't contending for / winning the BSC championship the next 2 years. Let's just suppose that some of the Griz fans are slightly "vocal" about the coaching that Wayne is doing.

Think she would want to get away from that for a while and just concentrate on her own basketball?

Coach's wives aren't the only ones who hear people bitching about things. The kids do too.
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As for Wayne, being his family bleed GRIZ and he continues to run a clean program (he will), he is safe as long as the GRIZ are competitive. The public outcry on W/L's is not even 1/4 of what it is for football. I for one, despite W/L's will never call for Tinkles job as long as he continues to run a clean program and treat the fans with the respect he does.

If by small chance the above happens, yes then she will definitely go elsewhere. When it comes to basketball "City, you are right, I bleed maroon and silver!" As well as football, but not as much, being there is way too many bandwagon/fairweathered football fans. See how many will drop like flies when the program ever does not make the playoffs.
 
It's probably a long shot, but I sure would love to see her as a Griz.

Two things that could work in our favor:

1. Marti. High school coaches can have a big impact on impressionable 17 year olds, and I would hope that Marti would be trumpeting the positives of UM.

2. Mandy Morales. Jos should certainly see that if you are good enough, you'll get rewarded for national awards even at a remote place like Montana.

That said, with Duke, Stanford and other top programs knocking on the door, it will be tough to keep her. But man, she'd look good in Griz maroon....
 
I wanted to get far enough away so they couldn't see me or hear what I was up to, but close enough so that I could have Mom do some laundry and get a good home cooked meal every few weekends
 
grizpack said:
I wanted to get far enough away so they couldn't see me or hear what I was up to, but close enough so that I could have Mom do some laundry and get a good home cooked meal every few weekends
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Amen to that. If that is the case with Jos, then lets hope the best for Wayne too. The GRIZ dominate rest of this year. We get to sweet 16. The team from Spokane and Pullman totally dominate in the NCAAA tourney. Bennett or Few get a new job. Tinks replaces either, and JOS chooses the LG!!! :thumb:
 
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