Isackson Commits to U

nickel slots · Post by **nickel slots** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:51 pm

Isackson Commits to the Gophers

Congrats Christian! Nice addition for the Gophs.

wbmd · Post by **wbmd** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:49 pm

nickel slots wrote:Isackson Commits to the Gophers

Congrats Christian! Nice addition for the Gophs.

Your link doesn't work

nickel slots · Post by **nickel slots** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:32 pm

Should work now.

Its Reality · Post by **Its Reality** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:59 pm

It works, thank you.

Congrats to mr. Isackson

gunnerstahl · Post by **gunnerstahl** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:42 pm

congratulations to christian, i played against him in the xposure tournament this past spring and he looked very good for a young kid. he should have a good junior year.

GR3343 · Post by **GR3343** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:48 pm

Could somebody explain the recruiting rules again? How is there a recruiting battle for kids that haven't played their junior seasons yet? I thought contact couldn't be made from coaches until right before their senior year in high school. I thought the high school junior player had to contact a coach directly in order to express interest. If that's the case, how would their be a recruiting battle?

Papa Bergundy · Post by **Papa Bergundy** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:20 pm

It's a verbal commitment my dood

IamLegend · Post by **IamLegend** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:32 pm

Verbals are where it's at until they are done with their junior season?

Bash Brother · Post by **Bash Brother** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:33 pm

IamLegend wrote:Verbals are where it's at until they are done with their junior season?

You are correct sir.

GR3343 · Post by **GR3343** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:20 am

Still doesn't explain the "recruiting battle".

hockeyboys · Post by **hockeyboys** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:25 am

maybe it wasn't really a battle? Mabe just a skirmish

Gopher Blog · Post by **Gopher Blog** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:45 am

By the time you hit September 1st of a player’s junior year, a college coach can mail and Email you as much material as they wish. They will make optimum use of that channel to get their points across.

You can also consider it a battle in the sense that one school offered him a scholarship and the other one countered it soon afterward.

I am not sure what the point is in getting caught up too much in terminology. Use whatever term you wish to describe it. It doesn’t change the fact that one school outdid the other.

Another example happened yesterday with Max Gardiner committing to the Gophers rather than Wisconsin.

The Exiled One · Post by **The Exiled One** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:26 am

GR3343 wrote:Could somebody explain the recruiting rules again? How is there a recruiting battle for kids that haven't played their junior seasons yet? I thought contact couldn't be made from coaches until right before their senior year in high school. I thought the high school junior player had to contact a coach directly in order to express interest. If that's the case, how would their be a recruiting battle?

It's really not that big of a mystery. Colleges are limited in how much they can contact the kids and the kid's family directly, but they can talk to the coaches all they want.

Illustration...

Greg Vannelli: "Hey Christian, Dave Hakstol wants you to come up to visit this weekend, Mike Eaves wants you to visit next weekend, and Don Lucia wants you to visit the weekend after that. They all told me that they think you're a great player and I think they'll all probably offer you scholarships."

See... it's pretty easy to get around the NCAA rules.

thiscrazygame · Post by **thiscrazygame** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:06 pm

Greg Vannelli: "Hey Christian, Dave Hakstol wants you to come up to visit this weekend, Mike Eaves wants you to visit next weekend, and Don Lucia wants you to visit the weekend after that. They all told me that they think you're a great player and I think they'll all probably offer you scholarships."[/i]

See... it's pretty easy to get around the NCAA rules.[/quote]

I know for a fact that Tom Vanelli took Christian on one of his visits. Tom was very influential in his decision. I don't think he ever went on a visit to North Dakota.

sachishi4 · Post by **sachishi4** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:12 pm

sounds good for the gophs lately. Isackson, Gardiner, and possibly Marshall.

MnPride2 · Post by **MnPride2** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:00 am

sachishi4 wrote:sounds good for the gophs lately. Isackson, Gardiner, and possibly Marshall.

Lets not forget Nick Bjugstad,also a verbal commitment to the Gophers...

High_Plains_Dangler · Post by **High_Plains_Dangler** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 2:36 pm

Congrats to Isackson! I finally got to meet him about two weeks ago and he seems like a great kid, the gophers are lucky to have him.

HShockeywatcher · Post by **HShockeywatcher** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 12:14 am

"This past spring, he was one of a number of Minnesotan kids that tried out for the USA NTDP. He impressed enough to gain an invite to the program but eventually declined the opportunity."

That's crazy. How often do players get invited to the NTDP and decline?

Iceburg · Post by **Iceburg** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:11 am

HShockeywatcher wrote:That's crazy. How often do players get invited to the NTDP and decline?

Quite a bit more often than you would expect.

captaincrunch · Post by **captaincrunch** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:56 pm

possibly marshall????

marshall committed before isacson

gmoola89 · Post by **gmoola89** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:29 pm

marshall committed before isacson

no he didnt.

wild4hockey9 · Post by **wild4hockey9** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:14 pm

Congrats to him!
should be fun to watch him this year and years to come

crocket · Post by **crocket** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:01 pm

Is this the Christian Isackson that played in the Pine City system?

hockeyboys · Post by **hockeyboys** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:31 pm

started in Pine City - but mostly played for WI Fire - and then St. Thomas.

Lucia4President · Post by **Lucia4President** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:50 pm

thiscrazygame wrote:I know for a fact that Tom Vanelli took Christian on one of his visits. Tom was very influential in his decision. I don't think he ever went on a visit to North Dakota.

I wouldn't go visit North Dakota either.

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