Three hour drive from WL

[TheBoris]

FYI that includes Milwaukee, Chicago and all suburbs, Toledo, Cincinnati, Louisville and the entire state of Indiana.

By far and away our biggest shortcoming in recent years is the failure to recruit Chicagoland. All of Chicagoland probably has the same population as the rest of that area combined.

On the fringe, say 3.5 hour drive: Detroit, Columbus OH, Lexington KY and St. Louis.

Another recruiting shortcoming: walk-ons. Hate to say it but the worse your team is, the better chance a walk-on has to earn a scholie. And how many teams are worse than us right now?

 

[Gemini95]

I routinely made it from Columbus to WL in 3 hours in my years at Purdue.

 

[BoilerInChiTown]

Definitely Chicagoland. I remember we used to do okay in this area. We got Mike Alstott from that area. Mount Carmel (Chicago), Wheaton-Warrenville South, Joliet Catholic Academy, Lincoln-Way East, Providence Catholic, Morris, Montini are absolutely loaded each and every year. Some of the best in the country.

 

[Bippus33]

FYI that includes Milwaukee, Chicago and all suburbs, Toledo, Cincinnati, Louisville and the entire state of Indiana.

By far and away our biggest shortcoming in recent years is the failure to recruit Chicagoland. All of Chicagoland probably has the same population as the rest of that area combined.

On the fringe, say 3.5 hour drive: Detroit, Columbus OH, Lexington KY and St. Louis.

Another recruiting shortcoming: walk-ons. Hate to say it but the worse your team is, the better chance a walk-on has to earn a scholie. And how many teams are worse than us right now?

Let's play the tape on this forum a few years ago when this topic was covered and so many were totally ok with DH over looking the Chicago land area....We all know that Indiana is not the hot bed of four star talent but Purdue has to make a strong recruiting case to keep the Power five talent coming to Purdue when all possible.

 

[Folically Challenged]

There's no shortage of talent round Cincinnati. St. Xavier & LaSalle just won state championships. Moeller, Elder, & Colerain churn out some great players. Even our local school (3 hrs to WL) has been improving as of late. This kid [http://www.scout.com/player/202694-jack-carman/videos?year=2017] only has offers from 7 B1G schools so far. Plus Alabama, Clemson, USC, Auburn, Florida, ND, Oregon... Not too bad for an '18 graduate.

Hopefully CJB and his minions can go right up to guys like this and say, "For the past 3 years, I've run offenses that have been in the nation's top 10. Now, I have the Big Ten's leading passer, and I want you to stand in front of him. You could go ride the pine for a year or more somewhere else, or you can join Kentucky's Mr. Football, and Indiana's Mr. Football, and start from day 1 building something special."

 

[goodboiler]

Definitely Chicagoland. I remember we used to do okay in this area. We got Mike Alstott from that area. Mount Carmel (Chicago), Wheaton-Warrenville South, Joliet Catholic Academy, Lincoln-Way East, Providence Catholic, Morris, Montini are absolutely loaded each and every year. Some of the best in the country.

It takes being committed to relationships with coaches/players. We have not had that since Tiller. The previous two coaches didn't couldn't tell you where Montini was or Nazerath. We had people calling them telling them where to go (to get recruits) and they never were interested in following up. I hope the new ball coach makes inroads into Chicago again if and when he does he will find great kids who are playing a the major 5 conferences and a few at the Mac level who can help us. We don't have the talent right now but good coaching can close the talent gap until we can get a few 3 and 4 star kids coming to purdue again. West Lafayette will become a destination of choice under our new ball coach. Best of luck

 

[Bippus33]

There's no shortage of talent round Cincinnati. St. Xavier & LaSalle just won state championships. Moeller, Elder, & Colerain churn out some great players. Even our local school (3 hrs to WL) has been improving as of late. This kid [http://www.scout.com/player/202694-jack-carman/videos?year=2017] only has offers from 7 B1G schools so far. Plus Alabama, Clemson, USC, Auburn, Florida, ND, Oregon... Not too bad for an '18 graduate.

Hopefully CJB and his minions can go right up to guys like this and say, "For the past 3 years, I've run offenses that have been in the nation's top 10. Now, I have the Big Ten's leading passer, and I want you to stand in front of him. You could go ride the pine for a year or more somewhere else, or you can join Kentucky's Mr. Football, and Indiana's Mr. Football, and start from day 1 building something special."

Where do I sign up!!!!
The problem is that as Purdue...we are not suppose to get that 4 star kid or that's the attitude and that has to come to an end!!!!!!

 

[Gemini95]

Let's play the tape on this forum a few years ago when this topic was covered and so many were totally ok with DH over looking the Chicago land area....We all know that Indiana is not the hot bed of four star talent but Purdue has to make a strong recruiting case to keep the Power five talent coming to Purdue when all possible.

who in the hell would even try to make a case for ignoring recruiting Chicago in ANY sport?

 

[JohnnyDoeBoiler]

who in the hell would even try to make a case for ignoring recruiting Chicago in ANY sport?

I remember going to the Proviso West Holiday Basketball Tourney with my dad growing up and seeing some absolute studs playing there for Faragut (Ronnie Fields & Kevin Garnett), King, Proviso East, Proviso West, etc. Ronnie Fields is probably the best high school player I ever saw but had his troubles after high school and broke his neck at one point in a car crash as well. Watching K.G., at 6'10, as a senior in high school was something else. There are some real gems in the Chicagoland area...which makes DePaul struggling so much over the last 10-15 years so confusing.

 

[TheBoris]

I remember going to the Proviso West Holiday Basketball Tourney with my dad growing up and seeing some absolute studs playing there for Faragut (Ronnie Fields & Kevin Garnett), King, Proviso East, Proviso West, etc. Ronnie Fields is probably the best high school player I ever saw but had his troubles after high school and broke his neck at one point in a car crash as well. Watching K.G., at 6'10, as a senior in high school was something else. There are some real gems in the Chicagoland area...which makes DePaul struggling so much over the last 10-15 years so confusing.

My brother was the hoops HC at a school on Chicago's south side for 21 years - Bloom Trail HS. The coaches' network up there is really tight to include AAU. These guys know who is good and who can and can't make the grades academically.

That's how you recruit Chicagoland - get in bed with those HS coaches.

 

[JohnnyDoeBoiler]

My brother was the hoops HC at a school on Chicago's south side for 21 years - Bloom Trail HS. The coaches' network up there is really tight to include AAU. These guys know who is good and who can and can't make the grades academically.

That's how you recruit Chicagoland - get in bed with those HS coaches.

My dad was 15-20 years removed from his time in the Chicagoland area and when he took me back for that tourney for the first time, he was welcomed back by that same network. A high number of great athletes that, with a good coaching staff with support staff able to check in with those students, can create a good pipeline to Purdue.

 

[Bigohh]

My dad was 15-20 years removed from his time in the Chicagoland area and when he took me back for that tourney for the first time, he was welcomed back by that same network. A high number of great athletes that, with a good coaching staff with support staff able to check in with those students, can create a good pipeline to Purdue.

Interesting in that I was reading in the Chicago Trib over the weekend that the Chicago kids want to get out of there before they get shot and are looking for safe places where they can play and get a good education. Also of note is that many of their all-state players are uncommitted.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

FYI that includes Milwaukee, Chicago and all suburbs, Toledo, Cincinnati, Louisville and the entire state of Indiana.

By far and away our biggest shortcoming in recent years is the failure to recruit Chicagoland. All of Chicagoland probably has the same population as the rest of that area combined.

On the fringe, say 3.5 hour drive: Detroit, Columbus OH, Lexington KY and St. Louis.

Another recruiting shortcoming: walk-ons. Hate to say it but the worse your team is, the better chance a walk-on has to earn a scholie. And how many teams are worse than us right now?

West Lafayette to Detroit in 3.5 hours? Damn, TheBoris, I wish I had known you in school to ride back to Detroit with you -- would have gotten home a lot faster!

 

[TheBoris]

My dad was 15-20 years removed from his time in the Chicagoland area and when he took me back for that tourney for the first time, he was welcomed back by that same network. A high number of great athletes that, with a good coaching staff with support staff able to check in with those students, can create a good pipeline to Purdue.

My bro had a hoops center who was 6'4", 260 and he literally could not make a layup. Kid also played football and ended up the starting center on Hayden Fry's Iowa football team for three years. That's how Hayden Fry turned around an Iowa football team that had been a laughingstock for decades - he started recruited Chicagoland.

 

[Davey]

Don't forget "da region" in recruiting. Purdue used to own it going all the way back to my era- Don Brumm out of Hammond. The mentions of Purdue there today in the high schools is zero.