Nerlens Noel Reclassifies To 2012
by Mike Rutherford on Feb 2, 2012 12:22 PM EST
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PrintTilton School big man Nerlens Noel announced on Wednesday that he would be reclassifying back to the class of 2012, making him (obviously) eligible to play college basketball next season. There's a very strong chance that the 6'11" Noel will wind up being the No. 1 player in the class.
The good news? Noel visited Louisville in December.
The bad news? Noel did not list Louisville when talking to ESPN's Dave Telep last night.
The worse news? Most seem to believe Kentucky is the team to beat for Noel's services.
I don't think there's much doubt that the reclassification hurts any chance we might have had with him, but...he did visit.
That's enough for me to (sings) hold on, for one more day.
It's the hair. It brings out the WP Inside me.
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No Doubt...
This KID is going to PLAY at Kentucky.
AMIRITE???
Aww shit.
THAT’s a good one… besides the Kentucky part, unless it’s Louisville.
ALL HAIL
by Cardinal_Pride on Feb 2, 2012 12:28 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I so badly want that hair on our team.
Ugh, if they get Shabazz and Noel in addition to Goodwin and Poythress, I’ll puke. Could be better than this year. I feel sick. What the fuck is going on?!?!
ALL HAIL
by Cardinal_Pride on Feb 2, 2012 12:27 PM EST via mobile reply actions
What going on is Cal and his "Want to go in the NBA Lottery?"
And strangely enough no mentions of World Wide Wes.
who cares
We always land solid big men,,gorgs is only a sophmore, I think we are fine in the middle for a while
by HaHaSypher on Feb 2, 2012 12:28 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Don't give up yet
Did Purvis list NC State originally? How about OJ Mayo (while illegal still) USC?
Have faith that we can get him. And if we can’t we still got Gorgs.
ButIREALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY want someone with a high top fade to play for us
Actions on you, Hendo
No way he'd get PT over Gorgs. He's better off elsewhere.
No way, not no how.
by Justin Gingey Smith on Feb 2, 2012 12:34 PM EST reply actions
gorgs is the premier big man next year.
this guy would be a good backup at best
Cal gets who he wants. That mojo is there, and it isn't stopping any time soon.
Fool's names are like their faces, often seen in public places.
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by Chick-Stratino'sUrDaddy on Feb 2, 2012 12:40 PM EST reply actions
If Kentucky's recruitiing was a tv show, it would be, "Who wants to be a millionaire?"
by Carolina Cardinal on Feb 2, 2012 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
I really feel like they aren't running clean too, BUT
we, as a fan base, should stop beating this drum. We’re basically making baseless claims that these players are getting paid. I’d rather sit back and wait for the collapse than say “They’re cheating!” and hear the response, “Prove it.” It’ll come out eventually. Sadly, it could be after they celebrate a national title. yUcK!
ALL HAIL
by Cardinal_Pride on Feb 2, 2012 2:35 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe the "payment" is an NBA lottery bonus in a year or two. Could it not be something like this.................
We put more people in the NBA than anyone and we do is faster than anyone. Come here, dedicate yourself to basketball (don’t worry too much about academics, we can take care of that, and you can have that Ferrari/supermodel/mansion/Rolex, etc. in record time. Something like that.
So maybe the “payment” is not really up front like the old days, but rather more like a short cut to riches. A quicker route to the promised land, so to speak.
by Carolina Cardinal on Feb 2, 2012 2:49 PM EST up reply actions
Don't know what happened to the rest of the reply so I'll try again.
We put more players in the NBA and do it faster than any other school. So come here, dedicate yourself to basketball, don’t worry about academics (we can take care of that for you), and you will be cashing that lottery bonus check in no time. We both know you have the talent to be a multi milionaire in no time. And we can give you a short cut to that life. Faster than anyone else.
So maybe the “payment” is not up front like the old days, but rather just a short cut to the riches of the NBA.
by Carolina Cardinal on Feb 2, 2012 2:56 PM EST up reply actions
Ah, my bad.
I thought you were pulling the cheating card. I agree with you. It’s like playing for the Lakers or Knicks. Drake, Lebron, Wall… Cal is a master recruiter. I dislike him a lot, but he’s a slick dude and “gets it.” As much as I hate to say that, it’s true.
ALL HAIL
by Cardinal_Pride on Feb 2, 2012 3:05 PM EST up reply actions
I really think this is all many of these kids want and have dreamed about for years.
Look at their declared majors, they have no interest in a formal education and I can see how many would think that our “Louisville First” philosophy would have little or no appeal by comparison.
Further, I’ll bet Calipari tells them that he only has one or two slots available and in that way gets them to actually compete for the openings against other elite level recruits, ensuring that he gets the very best. In other words, they are trying to convince him to select them, as opposed to he actually recruiting them. I can see this scenario working out very easily. Very smart and very effective.
by Carolina Cardinal on Feb 2, 2012 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
I nominate you for recruiting strategist.
Do you know how to work the twitter machine?
ALL HAIL
by Cardinal_Pride on Feb 2, 2012 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
No clue about Twitter, but.......
I just think you have to know what the top level recruits are looking for. What are their objectives? Because, they are likely to favor the programs that are most dedicated to helping them achieve those objectives. I have always thought that the “Louisville First” sounds much better to us as fans, than it plays to the majority of elite level recruits. I wish that were not the case, but I think it is.
As a businessman, i tend to look at these things from that perspective. If I had a rival.competitor whose product was much more in demand than mine, I would need to find out why? What exactly was it that made customers/recruits choose his over mine? Then I could determine what, if anything I wanted to do about it. It may sound a little crazy but if i was running the program, I would commission a sports marketing or research company to interview every elite level recruit and ask them:
1. What are your short term objectives?, Long term objectives?
2. If that is an NBA career, how long do you think it will take you to get there?
3. What are you looking for in a coach or program?
4. What programs are you considering and why?
5. What do you know about Louisville and Coach Pitino?
Every great consumer products company does this because they understand that they must know what the customer wants. Pretty simple really, but you better know what your customers/recruits are looking for, what they value, if you are going to compete at the highest level. This is what Cal is doing and why it works.
by Carolina Cardinal on Feb 2, 2012 4:00 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Louisville's chances
are very slim….to non-existent. If Noel was staying in the 2013 class, I’d think we’d be in his top 3 for certain. However, as a 2012, Kentucky is probably his best choice. They’ve got a center in the ‘12 class already, but he’s not considered a game changer, nor a lock for one-and-done. Davis will be gone, so they have room for such a superstar.
He’s also considering Cuse, Gtwon, Florida and visited Providence. Most of those schools have solid centers for next year that he’d have to share clock with; but I personally think it’d be awesome if he went to Providence with Dunn and Ledo. Providence would be a young and dynamic team and would get a lot of press.
It doesn't seem like that big a deal that he isn't coming to the Ville
The part that sucks is that he is likely going to UK and that this means they will have just as good or an even better class next year as this year.
by LouisvilleSklardinalFAN02 on Feb 2, 2012 1:15 PM EST reply actions
UK would make sense. He’d be their only center and he would then be drafted in the top 5.
Yes, that is Mike Marra.
by TheRealSlimShady on Feb 2, 2012 1:17 PM EST reply actions
The fact that his alleged top 3 is UK, Syracuse and Providence
means we are going to see that hair at least once next year. Maybe 3 times
WTF is going on at Providence?
When did they become recruiting monsters? Reminds me of Baylor coming out of nowhere/
I'm with you. What is the incentive to choose Providence?
by Carolina Cardinal on Feb 2, 2012 1:46 PM EST up reply actions
Ever Since Cotton went there
Everyone wants to go there. He’s a trend setter.
by REALISTICCARDSFAN on Feb 2, 2012 5:25 PM EST up reply actions
Some day somebody's going to make you want to turn around and say goodbye
Until then, baby, are you going to let them hold you down and make you cry?
Don’t you know things can change?
Thing will go your way
….Take it, Mike!
If He Were to Come to Louisville
he wouldn’t even start next season (Chane, Dieng). This one’s all about timing. Too bad he’s not next year’s class, we’d have a better shot. Love the do.
by FrankensteinsJacket on Feb 2, 2012 3:57 PM EST reply actions
maybe like Wales
we have so many awesome people already, he can’t start, so he thinks he has no time. It’s cool. We the VILLE
by GOCARDSATTITUDE on Feb 2, 2012 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
I have a very good feeling that we will still go after one more big man next year
The word I hear is that Buckles may never come back from this injury. Not only is he going to be out all of next year, due to the complications of rehabbing 2 ACLs he may not be able to play without risking permament damage.
If true, its terrible for him, obviously, but I would assume that Rick wouldn’t waste his scholly on a player that can’t play and would move him over to a student assistant like Clarence Holloway or something. That could open aonther scholarship as soon as next year. Hmmmm. who knows?
of course he is not considering us,
Our coach tends to take 5 star talent look like walk ons!
I don’t care how long they stay as long as they play good basketball with “Louisville” on their chest.! I’m so tired of getting text from UK fans saying “Cal lands another 5 star talent,” or “UK has 7 first round picks in 2 years more than any Louisville players have in the league,”
Even tho with the classes UK has been getting with their freshman talent hasn’t won any championship yet, they seem to get further than OUR experienced squad in March.!
They play good basketball and put UK on the map and get the most national attention, WE don’t,!!
Something’s got to give, Pitino has been coaching way longer than Cal, has coached NBA ,has a NC so why doesn’t he have the connections if not more than Cal?
He has got to have better pitches when it comes to recruiting 5 star talent.!
Sit Ubu sit, good dog!
by Austin Montgomery on Feb 2, 2012 5:11 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Boom goes Austin M....
"Winning gets you where you want to go"
-CS5-
I have a picture of him
holding up an L when he came and stood by me in the student section … May come in handy later.
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