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cybadger81	How Does Bollant's Move Affect Wisconsin Recruiting?		Lead	[-]
Posts: 88 March 29, 2012 4:58 PM	Remove this ad With the news that Matt Bollant is leaving for Illinois it got me to thinking how this would affect the Badgers in terms of recruiting. Does it have any affect at all or are the GB recruits not ladies that Wisconsin would be after anyway?
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Ulbian		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7315 March 29, 2012 8:01 PM The Bishop of Bonduel	Fair question. The same one was asked when Borseth left for Ann Arbor. I think Raddad would be better qualified to answer this since he's a little more tapped in with the girls game in Wisconsin but I don't know if it will make a huge impact other than slowing down and maybe even stopping the momentum that the UWGB program had in recruiting. They had one girl choose GB instead of Minnesota. The way I see the talent in the girls game in Wisconsin is that it definitely is there. Maybe even more overall talent in girls hoops statewide than there is in boys hoops. The boys might have guys like Dekker, Tokoto, Stone, Showalter, who are or will be headed to high D1 programs but the girls have a ton of that mid-major type talent that is extremely coachable. That's been how UWGB has been able to make hay. They pull in those girls that aren't quite a high D1 prospect but put together a squad of unselfish coachable kids who have that chip on their shoulder.
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Posts: 5539 March 29, 2012 10:46 PM	there are so few high level D1 recruits in WI that I'm not sure it matters. Now if Bollant can make inroads in places UW often has recruited, that could matter, but Kelsey so far has drawn kids from Texas, Canada, Indiana (I think) of of course Baumann form New Berlin while renegging on an offer and letting Bowe go to the SEC. That mistake could cause a backlash that Bollant could capitalize on potentially if a high level Wisconsin recruit emerges. Bollant had also inked a player from the Twin Cities that he felt could start as a frosh at GB. That is an area the Badgers have successfully recruited in the past, but I haven't heard that Kelsey is pursuing any players from there either. My guess is minimal impact, much like Borseth had none when he went to Michigan (though he wound up with Nicole Elmblad who the Badgers had signed, then cut loose last summer. She played huge minutes for the Wolverines this, her frosh season). Little to none is my guess.
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Posts: 1511 April 3, 2012 8:00 PM	What was it about Bowe's game that Kelsey didn't like?
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Posts: 5539 April 3, 2012 9:30 PM	Remove this ad If you listen to the apologists, they have too many players at her position (though not one of them comes nearly as highly regarded as Bowe, hence her SEC offer) and she'll have to work on her handle to play the 3 position. The coaching staff stated in an article I linked in another thread that they just need athletes, regardless of position, so dumping Bowe (who wanted all her life to go to UW and was crushed when Kelsey called her at 10:00 PM on July 3rd to renege) would fly in the face of those statements. I don't know what motivated her to dump Bowe, but people are certainly bewildered by that whole scenario, esp. after seeing Baumann, who got Bowe's scholie, play at state.
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Posts: 1511 April 4, 2012 10:54 AM	I hate to see Kelsey's tenure at UW defined by this act but that will depend on whether or not she is a success. If she is this unfortunate incident will be forgotten. If not, then it will be a milstone around here neck with a racial angle thrown in as well (at least how some people will see it). I know there will be some who will point out Bollant for what could have been but it's not like Kelsey was utterly unqualified for the UW given her experiences at Stanford. Like all thing in life, we'll have to wait and see how it plays out.
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Posts: 56 April 7, 2012 12:00 AM	Regarding Elmblad, where are you getting the info that the Badgers "cut her loose"? Coverage at the time made it sound like Elmblad backed out. Let's see, what's the opposite of "apologist?" How about "relentlessly negative and hypercritical"?
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cybadger81		#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 88 April 12, 2012 9:40 PM	RadDad2005 wrote: there are so few high level D1 recruits in WI that I'm not sure it matters. Now if Bollant can make inroads in places UW often has recruited, that could matter, but Kelsey so far has drawn kids from Texas, Canada, Indiana (I think) of of course Baumann form New Berlin while renegging on an offer and letting Bowe go to the SEC. That mistake could cause a backlash that Bollant could capitalize on potentially if a high level Wisconsin recruit emerges. Bollant had also inked a player from the Twin Cities that he felt could start as a frosh at GB. That is an area the Badgers have successfully recruited in the past, but I haven't heard that Kelsey is pursuing any players from there either. My guess is minimal impact, much like Borseth had none when he went to Michigan (though he wound up with Nicole Elmblad who the Badgers had signed, then cut loose last summer. She played huge minutes for the Wolverines this, her frosh season). Little to none is my guess. Thanks for the update and it's all great information. We're a bit devoid of it from time to time up here in GB with the Phoenix taking a lot more attention away from the UW program. Really interested to hear what you have to say now that Borseth is back at GB with all the connections he made while at Michigan. Gotta think that experience could make for some interesting battles in the state recruiting wise. Managing Editor - MadTownBadgers & The B1G Time bringing the best of the Badgers & the Big Ten
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RadDad2005		#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 5539 May 9, 2012 4:17 PM	Remove this ad http://www.greenbaypressg...ant-Illinois?odyssey=mod\|newswell\|text\|FRONTPAGE\|p 2013-14 GB recruit following Bollant to Illini.
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