bill_idaflls said:
I' m really excited about Sam Dowd coming to ISU. I think this is the first NIC recruit that I can ever recall. They've had a successful program for years. I remember the years of Coach Rollie Williams from Kellogg, Idaho. My son-in-law played for him many years ago. I never heard anyone here at ISU recruiting at NIC. Same with CSI in Twin Falls, another successful program from the early days of Coach Eddie Sutton. Maybe someone can correct me about our not recruiting in those basketball towns in Idaho, but it's always puzzled me about why we would not try at least. But, we now welcome Sam as a Bengal. Glad to have you, Sam. Welcome aboard.
I don't know about NIC, but I know CSI has traditionally been a stash away program for bigger schools. They "place" highly talented non-qualifiers there with the understanding that CSI would deliver them back to that school after they got academically eligible. ISU has recruited a few second tier kids from CSI over the years, kids that weren't starters or were role players, but none were really impact players at the Big Sky level.
One major "fail" in this area was Nick Hansen of Poky High. Nick was a three-point specialist at CSI who really wanted to come to ISU but Joe O'Brien was looking for a PG at the time and wouldn't recruit Nick. He went on to a very productive career at Weber State.
This year ISU offered Casdine Jardine, a 6-7 F from Twin Falls, but he signed with BSU. In comparing numbers, the Truman kid that ISU signed out of Snow College this year actually was more productive than Jardine, and Truman was a first-team all SWAC selection, while Jardine was not a full time starter at CSI. We'll see who has the better collegiate career.
