I'm assuming the bolded part is addressed to me. Well in the case of Offutt he came out and said he would have committed to IU in the first place if our coaching situation would have been more stable when he was being recruited. He said Mike Davis "somewhat" recruited him and at that time the writing was kind of on the wall for Mike anyways. So I really don't doubt his sincerity all that much and like you say, he is just a walk on so the risk is low. Anything at all he can add to our team, it is better than nothing. Negedu...........well, I think you are right about Crean bringing on Jobe to try and land Negedu too. Although I think another aspect to the Jobe recruitment was the fact he is a great student and our APR was just getting hammered from the end of the Davis era and the Sampson teams. So if you have to suck for a couple years, it doesn't hurt to add a kid who can help your APR in the meantime. At least that is my theory, lol. I think in the case of both players had IU basketball been in a stable position, they would have been here to begin with. But whatever, in the case of Negedu I think he has enough talent to be a positive addition to next year's team if he can get the NCAA to waive sitting out a year.