Nojel Eastern
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Sounds like Purdue or DePaul. I grew up a DePaul fan, but what does DePaul bring to the table that NU doesn't - they are about as irrelevant on the Chicago sports scene as you can get.
Every indicator points to DePaul or Purdue. He visited those two, plus Ohio State, Michigan State and Seton Hall (that's the biggest surprise to me).
We will see tomorrow.
Give me a break. If DePaul is paying players they are doing a terrible job at it
Think he was referencing Purdue, although that's a stretch. The kid probably wants to be an engineer and see the world. Well DePaul is taking lots of tax payer dollars for their new court, so maybe there is cash available.
Heard there were some extra classes or coursework that would be needed for NE to try to get to NU. Those never got completed, and both sides agreed to go in different directions.
This would be consistent about what I had heard about the situation and why I was really surprised his name was ever associated with NU. I kept hoping what I had heard was wrong. Still its become an odd recruitment.
I don't know if it's odd, just very low profile. He didn't want to talk to recruiting sites, so we didn't know a lot about what was going on. The only real outlier to me in the process is Seton Hall.
FWIW, there were some academic issues in play, so NU has been out of the picture for quite some time.
If there are academic issues at play, that would explain Seton Hall. As long as you can sign your name you are admitted to the student population.
Odd because he has not made his recruitment a big deal. I give him credit for that and hope he ends up in a great place because by all accounts he's a good kid.
I know... I know.... Academic issues.... Bummer. Well, at least there's academic integrity alive and well...
Lou and friends: Thanks so much for all that you guys add to my Northwestern-loving life. Allow me to politely suggest that I am really uncomfortable with external parties being aware of an 18-year old, High School senior's academic success or lack thereof. Please don't take offense, but this just rubbed me the wrong way.
I don't think suggesting that Eastern couldn't get into Northwestern is a reflection of a "lack of academic success." He's probably like about 80 percent of most high school seniors.
Yeah, I had the same thought. According to College Navigator, 13% of applicants were accepted in 2015. You gotta figure that no more than 10% of all high school grads applied to NU, so something like 1.3% of high school students are admittable (?) to NU.
I appreciate the comment, but two notes:
1) The academic standards for scholarship athletes in revenue sports are different from the rest of the student body (which is OK by me).
2) It wouldn't matter to me if it were Chicago State or Northwestern. Publicizing the commentary that a specific 18-year old high school is not academically qualified to enter a school does not seem to be any of our business. If I were their family, I would not appreciate it. For we are talking about individuals who have not received anything from Northwestern. No scholarship. No classes. It is hard not to wonder where the line gets drawn anymore. Just my opinion.
I think the comment I read was that he didn't take some required classes and rather than take the extra classes he and NU agreed to part ways. That is hardly a critique of his academic abilities. If he decided he didn't want to take AP Bio or calculus, it is a free country and he will get a darn good education at Purdue. Another example of "safe spaces?"......
On the one hand, your thought is totally valid.
On the other hand, ALL COVERAGE OF 14-18
YEAR OLDS' COLLEGE DECISIONS IS INHERENTLY CREEPY AND UNFAIR TO THOSE KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
(Should've done italics. I'm sorry.)
No it is not another example of Safe Spaces. That comment is an insult to him and to Purdue.