Max Murrell commits to Stanford
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And Hoiberg and Pitino and many others. Hard to be too pissed as he is an out-of-state Top 100 player that is going to Stanford.
Honestly if I had a kid that was a good athlete and a good enough student to go to Stanford... I'd tell him to go to Stanford. Can't get bent out of shape about this one.
Good luck to Max. If Max cares as much about academics as basketball, you can't knock him for choosing Stanford, which is as good as it gets. It is also a beautiful campus with lots of really nice scenery...
What a stupid decision ... picking a school like Stanford ... Might as well have taken the juco route ... 
Same for me. If my son is a good student and develops into a highly recruited athlete, I would counsel him to accept the scholarship offer from Princeton, Stanford, Harvard, or other elite academic institution. Graduate. Set for life.
...… chances are currently low that I will be having that conversation
.….I am glad that I established a 529 fund when he was 3 years old
Same for me. If my son is a good student and develops into a highly recruited athlete, I would counsel him to accept the scholarship offer from Princeton, Stanford, Harvard, or other elite academic institution. Graduate. Set for life.
...… chances are currently low that I will be having that conversation
Maybe he can one day tackle someone from across the court in an attempt to get in the paper though! Aim high!
Maybe he can one day tackle someone from across the court in an attempt to get in the paper though! Aim high!
My wife and I got a good laugh out of that one. I lettered in basketball at McKinley Junior High in CR and was the 6th man on the team and we were undefeated!! My father was a long time H.S. basketball coach in Iowa. I didn't really become a basketball whiz until I was teaching at Lincoln H.S. in Des Moines and became a minor star in the YMCA skins and shirts 3:30 pm league. (humor)
I met Fran twice briefly and didn't think he had any social charm. Met Brad Banks at the golf course and met Kirk at a Big Ten luncheon, and met Chuck Long in West Des Moines and they all were 5 Star ***** gentlemen - Hawkeyes.
That being said, I think Fran and THIS team will be awesome - both the veterans and the newcomers. GO HAWKS -
If you want a real laugh you should search around the guy I replied to's (nu2u) message history. I was referencing a story of his.
Also that's a great story! And I too like Fran and the entire Iowa program all around. Barta is a little slow and VERY frustrating at times, but we've got great people who are the face of all of our programs and our athletes/students are almost exclusively stand up human beings.
I read that story by nu2u about his basketball exploits. My wife and I had a good chuckle over that one. Coming off the bench and fouling on purpose to make the newspaper's stat sheet. Can't make that stuff up.
As a parent, this is a really easy choice.
Multi generational U of I grad family. Including a daughter recently. We love the U of I.
If she would have been athletically elite and Stanford was offering a free ride you can bet I'd have done everything I could to get her to go there.
Multi generational U of I grad family. Including a daughter recently. We love the U of I.
If she would have been athletically elite and Stanford was offering a free ride you can bet I'd have done everything I could to get her to go there.
