I guess it would have to be him, Aguirre, or Strickland (as you suggested). Strickland seems to be the best bet since it looks like he's really trying to move up the coaching ranks.

Yeah, Dildy was on Kennedy's staff, wasn't he? I'm not sure he was the guy behind bringing those guys in though. Kennedy had a lot going on.

Tracy Dildy was the guy behind all of their recruitment. Four of the guys he recruited (Richardson) (Simmons) (Paul McPherson) and (Andre Brown) each made it to the NBA. Depaul during those yrs had some of the best better recruiting classes in the country. Dildy was among the higher paid assistants at the time and he def. was responsible for delivering those players.

Didn't Dildy recruit Stephen Hunter, too? He was a lottery pick.

Lance Williams and even Imari Sawyer was good his freshman yr. Dildy was able to provide access for Kennedy. His public league connections were well established. That is important if you are going to recruit in Chicago. You need guys that will be able to get in the gym. You have to have guys that have established relationships. Dildy was that guy for Depaul. The yr. They came out of high school was one the best yrs. ever in terms of Illinois high school talent.

Yeah, but times are different now. AAU coaches have more power than the high school coaches and the shoe companies have input into where the really big guys wind up.

Yeah, but times are different now. AAU coaches have more power than the high school coaches and the shoe companies have input into where the really big guys wind up.

They just have proxies now. Coach K or anyone never speaks/emails/texts the guy that pays the AAU coach and parent.

They are definitely looking the other way. I love when college analysts say this guy or that guy is "doing it the right way". They all cheat. You're not going to consistently get #1 or top 5 type players without cheating. The same 3 teams always appear on the top guys list. That isn't by accident.

Yep. That goes all the way back to St. John Wooden who didn't want to know about all the grease Sam Gilbert was rolling around in with his players.

Coaches from lesser programs do not believe that they will be protected like Coach K or Calipari. Thus they are reluctant.

This is one of the major reasons that DePaul has no shot to be good by recruiting Chicago. Even if it works, they'll get slapped down so fast the players likely wouldn't be there by the tournament.

If I'm DePaul, I concentrate on the areas from Chicago to Indianapolis to St. Louis. There are plenty of kids from those areas that would love to go to Chicago and they don't have the same systems you have to control. I'll simply bring up Purdue because it is what I know but they pretty much avoid Chicago unless there is a major connection to the school like Kendall Stephens. They seem more interested in Ohio than Chicago even though it's only a 2 hour drive away. If a close Big Ten school thought they could build a winner with Chicago kids they'd be doing it.

It's just like Illinois. They worry way too much about Chicago. They should dominate from south of I-80 to St. Louis. Instead, they chase the next Cliff Alexander because the fans want every coach to act like Chicago is the golden goose. Target kids with an Illinois connection in Chicago but get the best non-Chicago players in the state and I think you'll do pretty well.

I was just having this conversation Sunday night. DePaul does everything ass backward. They built the program on Chicago kids in the 70s and then somewhat abandoned Chicago to "go national", alienating Cox and Hambric. And now when they should abandon Chicago they chase pipedreams like Jabari Parker.

That's not what happened.

CPS coaches were very unhappy about how Teddy Grubbs was handled.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997 ... bbs-depaul


According to former DePaul assistant coach Robert Collins, a onetime Public League coach, the school was unfairly blamed for Grubbs' problems.

"DePaul has always been very protective of its young men," said Collins, currently Northern Illinois' associate athletic director. "The school was actually the first one to understand Grubbs' problems and to try to help him. Teddy Grubbs' problems did not begin when he went to DePaul."

But the perception remained, along with a change in the mind-set of the high school stars. More and more started going away to school.

This is one of the major reasons that DePaul has no shot to be good by recruiting Chicago. Even if it works, they'll get slapped down so fast the players likely wouldn't be there by the tournament.

If I'm DePaul, I concentrate on the areas from Chicago to Indianapolis to St. Louis. There are plenty of kids from those areas that would love to go to Chicago and they don't have the same systems you have to control. I'll simply bring up Purdue because it is what I know but they pretty much avoid Chicago unless there is a major connection to the school like Kendall Stephens. They seem more interested in Ohio than Chicago even though it's only a 2 hour drive away. If a close Big Ten school thought they could build a winner with Chicago kids they'd be doing it.

It's just like Illinois. They worry way too much about Chicago. They should dominate from south of I-80 to St. Louis. Instead, they chase the next Cliff Alexander because the fans want every coach to act like Chicago is the golden goose. Target kids with an Illinois connection in Chicago but get the best non-Chicago players in the state and I think you'll do pretty well.

What evidence do you have to support this statement? Why would a kid want to come to DePaul when the facilities are bad, the student body is largely comprised of commuters, and the program lacks visibility? Changing recruitment strategies won't make much of an impact DePaul makes some significant changes within and beyond the Athletic Department--or goes dirty a la Pat Kennedy.

My guess is a kid who can shoot from Peoria is ready for big city living.

Your criticisms are fair. I'm not saying those are the same for all kids. I think you'd find it easier and less of a hassle to get a kid from Bloomington-Normal.