Latham out, what's next?

Evan Flood
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Gibbs may become a very important recruit with Latham now out of the mix.

Wisconsin suffered a devastating loss to their 2013 class when top rated prospect Darius Latham opted to re-open his recruitment. So what's the next move for the Badgers?

Evan Flood
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http://wisconsin.247sports.com/Article/Whats-next-for-UW-after-losing-top-recruit-Darius-Latham-96095
Wisconsin suffered a devastating loss to their 2013 class when top rated prospect Darius Latham opted to re-open his recruitment. So what's the next move for the Badgers?
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Evan, have you talked to Darius? Does he plan to even visit?
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bread tree said...
Evan, have you talked to Darius? Does he plan to even visit?

Latham? No I haven't. He's not coming back to Wisconsin. Look for him to end up at Indiana.
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Nelson from Plantation, Natter, Gibbs from Detroit and I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't someone else that might be looking to decommit .All UW has to do is keep winning and stuff will work its way out.
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Evan Flood said...
Latham? No I haven't. He's not coming back to Wisconsin. Look for him to end up at Indiana.

Is this something that you guys had heard whispers about, or is a total surprise like it is to the rest of us? Trying to look at the silver lining here, but if they can get Gibbs Cass Tech would definitely be a great school to get into. Not that it would be likely to get the highly rated kids away from Michigan and MSU, but I guess you got to get a foot in the door first.
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Is this something that you guys had heard whispers about, or is a total surprise like it is to the rest of us? Trying to look at the silver lining here, but if they can get Gibbs Cass Tech would definitely be a great school to get into. Not that it would be likely to get the highly rated kids away from Michigan and MSU, but I guess you got to get a foot in the door first.

Yesterday I heard about it. Was actually going to call Latham tonight to see what was going on. We didn't think anything was going to happen soon or at all, so it is a shock. We did know there was a chance.
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This is the way it goes. Personally I only want guys that want to be Badgers. I hope he knows what he is doing. Indiana really?
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Did he give a reason?
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Getting Gibbs would be a good way to rebound.
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$$$?
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wlowry said...
Good article with stuff from his coach on ESPN for insiders. I'm not going to throw out quotes because I pay for that just like I wouldn't give info from here to other sites. But here are a few tidbits...
His uncertainty is not about what Wisconsin is offering, but his family is playing a big role and want him close.
Latham is determined to play defense in college, but most schools want him on offense, which is creating some issues in his recruitment.
Despite some of what has been said here, it does not appear that we are out of it.

Thanks for the info.
I was hoping it was more of what Indiana could offer(close to home) than what he didn't like about UW.
Lets hope its not over.
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LOL INDIANA !!
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I'm wondering if he would have even ended up on defense here. Seems like he has the same problem a lot of the D-line has.
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$$$?

Get real.
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Idk know why he would Decommit Cause Indy's terrible! Hope he rethinks it.
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Tosborne746 said...
Idk know why he would Decommit Cause Indy's terrible! Hope he rethinks it.

Its his home school and his buddy is going there. I don't think this has anything to do with UW. I will say this, I am glad he is doing this now, when there is still people on the table and if they are looking to flip someone, they have time to do it.
Look when UW lost their coaching staff last year { or chyrst took it, whatever you want to believe} to me that was a bigger hit. It sure looks like UW recovered from that. I don't know who they will try and get, but they have a chance to go after Natter and close up the borders. They could go after Gibbs and get in at Cass, or they might look at Nelson and get another Plantation kid up here.
Yes it was a kick in your junk, but put me down as excited to see where this ends up. I think BB has shown he will be able to do something that ends up being pretty good at the end of the day.
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This post was edited by at home on 10/16/2012 at 8:37 AM
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I think the reactions on this board, and others, are funny. 20 years ago I'm sure the Michigan and Notre Dame fans of the world screamed "Wisconsin??!!!!? What a joke. Have fun losing." They still do it for us, even if less obnoxiously (ever read Mgoblog?).
Last year Wilson got Gunner to commit before they started sucking. This year they show big improvement (JUCO kids help) and he can start to sell Indiana pride (to all the kids not going to ND, which ND only takes a few each year). Wilson obviously has a gift for recruiting.
The only silver lining I can think of to losing a stud DT to a coach who can sell state pride is Indiana is not a big recruiting area for us. While we were making a big push recently, we've really only taken a few guys over BB's history.
As a side note, we must be planning for some major attrition this off-season, but I wonder if the coaches even know how many scholarships they actually have to give. A whole lot of moving parts as signing day approaches.

This post was edited by highspeed on 10/16/2012 at 9:06 AM
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High speed, are you talking about TOS board? That one is nuts. I guess some people take it personal, but if you didn't read it yet, go see it, you will get a kick out of it.
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