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re: Better basketball job Mizzou or Tennessee?
Posted on 4/17/14 at 9:08 pm to KCM0Tiger
Posted on 4/17/14 at 9:08 pm to KCM0Tiger
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UT definitely has great recruiting grounds, especially Memphis. Missouri has Kansas City and St. Louis. The problem is they Mizzou has trouble recruiting St. Louis for some reason. If a coach felt he could break into St. Louis, Mizzou is a good place to recruit.
I hear ya. Everybody thinks Memphis and Atlanta when thinking UT and we do draw a lot from there but I tell you Knoxville is soooo close to Cincy (only 30 mins farther than ATL and probably less when Atlanta's traffic is factored in), Indianapolis, the DC area and much more that a real recruiter could have a field day and never want for our share of top shelf talent in basketball. There are a lot of talent pools nearby, it's just that Memphis and Atlanta 'feel' closer because they're in the South but when you pull out the map or start googling distances we're just as close to other places.
How hard do you think it would be for Mizzou to cultivate St. Louis? I figured you had it already but I guess not.
This post was edited on 4/17/14 at 9:11 pm
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Posted on 4/17/14 at 9:10 pm to Prof
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How hard do you think it would be for Mizzou to cultivate St. Louis? I figured you had it already but I guess not.
St. Louis is a pay to play town. There's "community" "servants" who need a cut to steer a recruit. We've never done that.
In St. Louis.
Other places, sure.
Eta: I think some people thought hiring a black coach or two would win over St. Louis. Lolololol
This post was edited on 4/17/14 at 9:12 pm
Posted on 4/17/14 at 9:14 pm to Prof
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Everybody thinks Memphis and Atlanta when thinking UT and we do draw a lot from there but I tell you Knoxville is soooo close to Cincy (only 30 mins farther than ATL and probably less when Atlanta's traffic is factored in)
Takes me about 4 hours to get to Cincy and 2 hrs 40 mins to ATL.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 9:38 pm to Prof
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here are a lot of talent pools nearby, it's just that Memphis and Atlanta 'feel' closer because they're in the South
Yeah a lot of people don't realize Knoxville is 6 hours from Memphis. I've had to explain to some people that Tuscaloosa is actually closer that Knoxville
Plus it is hard to recruit Memphis when these kids are raised on Tiger basketball. Outside of Jarnell, who had an odd situation, I can't think of many Memphis products at Tennessee. I thought Austin Nichols was a lock for Tennessee though.Every time I talked to the kid he said he loved it there.
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