By Justin Albers
basketballss132002@yahoo.com
INDIANAPOLIS- As I walked in the door after school on Friday, I told my mom "This is the best Friday the 13th of my life". I had recently been informed the news that Eric Gordon had decommitted to Illinois, and was not going to be a Hoosier. For those of you who are out of state and have not heard of Gordon, he is arguably the top player in the nation in next year's class. He is currently a senior at North Central High School in Indianapolis.
On September 2nd I attended an IU football game with sportswriter Terry Hutchens, which just happened to be the weekend that Derrik Rose and Gordon were making unofficial visits to IU. I saw Gordon in person, but I honestly did not think that he would change his mind and come to Indiana. After talking to Terry I would have guessed that the Hoosiers had a better chance of getting Derrik Rose then Gordon because of the incident that occured with John Calipari in Memphis.
As for my opinion about the whole situation, I am extremely excited. My dad's first reaction to the situation was that IU shouldn't have continued to recruit Gordon and that EJ should have honored his committment. Bull Crap. Until Gordon had signed, IU had every right to recruit him as long as it was okay with the family. Eric Gordon Sr. had said that they wanted to hear what IU had to offer after Sampson took the job as head coach. I do not think that Kelvin or any of the IU coaching staff was at fault in this situation, and I don't think that they really did anything wrong. Bruce Weber is going to feel that way, but who really cares. This is some of the biggest news for IU sports in a long time, and could put them back on the map for a national championship.
basketballss132002@yahoo.com
INDIANAPOLIS- As I walked in the door after school on Friday, I told my mom "This is the best Friday the 13th of my life". I had recently been informed the news that Eric Gordon had decommitted to Illinois, and was not going to be a Hoosier. For those of you who are out of state and have not heard of Gordon, he is arguably the top player in the nation in next year's class. He is currently a senior at North Central High School in Indianapolis.
On September 2nd I attended an IU football game with sportswriter Terry Hutchens, which just happened to be the weekend that Derrik Rose and Gordon were making unofficial visits to IU. I saw Gordon in person, but I honestly did not think that he would change his mind and come to Indiana. After talking to Terry I would have guessed that the Hoosiers had a better chance of getting Derrik Rose then Gordon because of the incident that occured with John Calipari in Memphis.
As for my opinion about the whole situation, I am extremely excited. My dad's first reaction to the situation was that IU shouldn't have continued to recruit Gordon and that EJ should have honored his committment. Bull Crap. Until Gordon had signed, IU had every right to recruit him as long as it was okay with the family. Eric Gordon Sr. had said that they wanted to hear what IU had to offer after Sampson took the job as head coach. I do not think that Kelvin or any of the IU coaching staff was at fault in this situation, and I don't think that they really did anything wrong. Bruce Weber is going to feel that way, but who really cares. This is some of the biggest news for IU sports in a long time, and could put them back on the map for a national championship.
No comments:
Post a Comment