Romeo Weems to DePaul?
https://247sports.com/Season/2019-Basketball/TargetPredictions
A bunch of DePaul CBs just went in today for 4* Romeo Weems including CBs from top 247 analysts, and DePaul now has 42% of the CBs compared to a day ago when Michigan St had 100%. Weems announces tomorrow, but it seems he may be heading out of the B1G
if he does go there, that's a huge get for DePaul. Being from the Chicagoland are, I remember the days of Quentin Richardson and how much fun it is to have good players/teams at the city colleges. The run by Loyola was a big deal around the city, but DePaul getting really god players and being tournament-caliber again would be even bigger.
Pun intended
They had some really good (or god) players in the 70s and 80s, but they also had Ray Meyer. As we all know a great coach goes a long way. DePaul went in the dumps when his kid Joey took over. Nepotism doesn't always work out in coaching.
Mark Aguirre's Blue Demons lost to Larry Bird's Sycamores in the Final Four as I recall.
"Nepotism doesn't always work out in coaching."
Has it ever?
seems all right so far
Joey won 20 games or more each of his first 8 years, and went to the NCAA 7 times. He was over .500 each of his first 11 years. He was under .500 his final two years (including bottoming out at 3-24 in his final year). He wasn't a great coach, but he was hardly a disaster.
ray got them. joey didn't. joey didn't play "the recruitin game". the chicago coaches locked joey out. and i would wager that joey was the true coach of those successful depaul teams late in ray's tenure.
DePaul played in Alumni Hall (which was on-campus in the heart Lincoln Park) thru the 1979-80 season, at which point they moved their home games all the way out to Rosemont. Which absolutely *crushed* their recruiting.
Why did they move?
Alumni Hall only sat 5,500-ish. Rosemont sat 17,000-ish... which quickly turned into 12,000-ish empty seats every game.
God Shammgod went to Providence.
Speaking of Loyola.....I met Sister Jean last week. She was awesome. Asked to take a selfie with me and then asked me to push her across campus in her wheel chair. Great memory !
DePaul is actually the largest Catholic university in the country, with over 14k undergrads and 23k students overall.
This is good news! I wish him luck. Chicago has good food
Nathin like a guhd Chircargo Hart Darg or some Chircargo Deep Dash frash out the arven.
I'm confused by this, is this an attempt at a Chicago accent?? As for Chicago style pizza, not many Chicagoans like the stuff.
Chicago expats won't shut up about Chicago style pizza anytime they spot a pie. So, I'm not sure what you're trying to say.
Also confused.
Also Chicagoan, and don't eat Chicago style pizza.
I love both Chicago dogs and a good Lou Malnati’s, not knocking them.
That's without question. If you insist on the deep dish Peqoud's is the only way to go.
Pequods is kind of Chicago/Detroit style hybrid. And it is glorious.
I've lived in the Chicago area 2/3 of my life, and rarely have deep dish. I'm not exactly opposed to it, but I don't crave it. However, there are some simple junk food things I like:
- Vienna Beef or David Berg hot dogs, Chicago style, (onions, relish, mustard, celery salt, sport peppers, with a poppy seed bun.
- Italian beef sandwich, crusty roll, extra juice, sweet peppers on top. Portillos is good, so is Buono beef, but there are plenty of mom and pop stands. Portillos got it's start at one about 5 miles from where I live (Villa Park.)
- Thin crust pizza with sausage. Caputos makes italian sausage fresh daily. Drips with cheese and grease. Not healthy. But tasty.
- Gyros sandwiches. Of course these are all over the country. But Kronos here in Chicago supplies tons of the meat.
I mean there are tons of great ethnic restaurants, but I do have a soft spot for Chicago fast food.
As a former born & raised Chicagoan, I know it's not as good as some of the smaller spots, but Portillo's is my first stop when I get back. A dog, an Italian beef wet, cheese fries, and a vanilla shake. Probably 4,000 calories, but don't care.
Pizza-wise, Chicago deep dish is good, but as a current New Yorker, I much prefer a slice here.
There's a Portillos down the street about a half mile from my office. Had lunch there yesterday, in fact. My go to healthy meal is a grilled tuna steak sandwich or tuna Caesar. But yeah, a good Ital beef, or couple of dogs with fries just hits the spot. And Portillos has some very very good chocolate cake.
You're in New York? I was in Manhattan a couple years ago, and saw a curry hot dog. Never had it, but was intriguing.
is the secret to the chocolate cake
Can we get a rich alum or a Kickstarter to fund a Portillo's location in Ann Arbor? There are enough students from the Chicago area alone to support a location.
high class whopper. The chocolate cake is also a must.
Both have exceptional pickles.
I just looked at yesterdog's menu. Definitely more of a coney style dog, with all choices on the menu having either chili or kraut. Mind you, I like both, but they affect the flavor of everything. With a good enough dog (Vienna or David Berg,) you can really taste and enjoy the dog itself, through the onion and mustard. Adding kraut or chili muddies the dog flavor.
Having said that, i think Portillo's is a bit overpriced for what you get. I'll go there with the fam or for a meeting. But the reality is I can get just as good (or better!) Ital beef or hot dog at a little place a couple blocks from where I'm sitting. Some of those little places have a lot more character.
The cake is extremely chocolatey, moist, hi-cal. I haven't had it for years, but love it.
I haven't been there in 6 years, but Yesterdog offers coneys (not as good as a Detroit coney, but you're in GR) AND Chicago dogs. I don't choose Chicago dogs, per se, but they sell plenty of them.
I've lived in VP for 12 years and didn't know this about Portillos. Where exactly did it start?
^^
What he said
The first Portillo's hot dog stand known as "The Dog House" opened in 1963 on North Avenue in Villa Park. Owner and founder Dick Portillo invested $1,100 into a 6' x 12' trailer without a bathroom or running water.
with the current real estate in town
Plenty of Chicagoans love Chicago style deep-dish pizza. It's just that it's more of a special occasion treat than your weekly order. Chicago style thin crust (not cracker, not as chewy as NY slices) with sausage in a box cut is where it's at for take-out for pizza night.
from a very reliable source yesterday, but I haven't talked to Romeo/his camp personally in the last few days so I'm not 100% sold.
a Sparty melt down as a bonus!
and thank you! :-)
has the draw?
Call it the Ben Carter effect.
and would be good for him to pick a non-B1G school if Michigan is out of the picture.
However, out of per curiosity since DePaul would be an out of the box choice, any chance there is some shenanigans happening here? Or is DePaul a good fit for some reason?
Again, no insinuation- just curious.
They did get a commitment from Tyger Campbell before he flipped to UCLA last year, so they're able to sorta get top tier guys (even if they flip) without much actual success on court, so there could be some weird stuff going on
"Any chance" of something being a little innaproriate, immoral, or illegal in college basketball ? No, no chance.
He wants to be a bigger fish in a smaller pond. More minutes sooner, etc
Im going to guess he said some things to people to deviate everyone from the obvious choice so there will be some drama tomorow.
If he does indeed pick DePaul, im completely shocked, and extremely happy though. First thing that would come to mind is that something shady happened.
I heard it from Joey Meyer himself
If he’s not coming to Michigan then DePaul is the next best place good luck
Both my sons go to Depaul, they need it. Should be a great basketball school with a nice facility too damn far away. Must have got the checkbook out after Loyola did so well this year.
Why would this kid choose Depaul? Does he have an amazing relationship with a coach there? Otherwise makes no sense (other than straight Cash homie).
So a kid chooses a school that is not one of those known to be paying players and we assume it’s because he got paid? WTH?