I know that this is going to be written down and that this prediction will be thrown in my face if it turns out to be incorrect: I believe that the B1G is very different from HS and that Romeo will experience adjustment issues that will cause him not to be a OAD. I suspect strongly that he will not achieve the first year expectations being placed upon him. That does not mean that he will not be a good player. What it does mean is that the expectations being placed upon him are so high that it is unlikely that he can achieve them. You can be good and not meet expectations. I predict two years in Bloomington for him.
IU fans want to brag about one-and-dones because they would give their firstborn child to be like Kentucky.
It wasn't that long ago when they were bragging that Hanner Perea was a one-and-done.
Please allow me to vent for a moment. My apologies in advance, to those I will offend here.
IMHO, and I speak for myself when I say:
I came to this thread, because I was excited to see Coach picked up another piece of the puzzle, that is to become our Boiler team in the coming year(s). I come here to read about said player, and about his strengths, abilities, and for insight on how fans think he'll fit in with the team.
I did not come to this thread to read almost two of the four pages being IU hyperbole, "Romeo is better..." and/or the "We could have had Gillis, but we only target top 20 kids..." B.S.
I didn't come here to read about IU fan being delusional enough to say he picked Purdue, only because IU didn't offer him last weekend.
I also don't care that Peegs doesn't have insightful, intelligent basketball talk, or meaningful discussions about recruiting, B1G teams, etc.
Not my problem.
The IU board is still the IU board, and if I want to read about that shit, I'll go there and read about it all there. That's why I've never been to Peggs, and instead, I come to the Purdue message board, to read about all things Purdue.
IU fans: I don't give a rat's ass about Romeo, and the hype surrounding him. You got a "highly rated" high school prospect; good for your team. With that being said, I don't want/need to see it here in the "Gillis commits" thread. There's a proper place for that, and this isn't it.
I've seen more IU posters, and more posts talking about IU recruits here, than about the OP Gillis (ok, not really, but it definitely was a solid "Hijacked thread" attempt).
Go back to your own board, if you want to keep up the discussion about Romeo, and how the rest of the NCAA should just bow down now, because he's the best thing since sliced bread. AGAIN: I don't care. In my mind, he sealed his fate, when he committed to IU.
Sorry to all if this seems brash, or unwarranted. I just get tired of ignorant, uninformed or misguided IU dolts injecting themselves into every meaningful, thoughtful or realistic conversation, and then trying to turn it into some sort of pissing match.
This is a Purdue forum, so either come correct, or go back to where that kind of crap is appreciated (and expected).