Cool story on former hoops player Koang Doluony

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Chief_Quabachi said:
Here's a novel idea......has Lansing thought about establishing a relationship with Doluony?
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Did he have a "positive" relationship w/ GL for the final two seasons before returning to Omaha ('10 -'12)? Curious...is the AROP kid any kin to ex-ISU player MANNY AROP, a S. Sudan/Edmonton, AB native?
 
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First, this is an amazing story. Very compelling and well-written. For those that haven't read it yet, I highly recommend it. Doluony is really making a difference in a lot of kids' lives.

Second, I highly doubt this will become some kind of recruiting pipeline for us. If you read the article a lot of these kids help support their family and are very tight with their community. Asking a kid from that situation/background to come from Omaha, the largest Sudanese community in America, to Terre Haute is a BIG ask. Just don't see it happening with any regularity if at all.

Lastly, Arop is a very common Sudanese name. It's like asking if two people named Smith are related.
 
BrokerZ said:
First, this is an amazing story. Very compelling and well-written. For those that haven't read it yet, I highly recommend it. Doluony is really making a difference in a lot of kids' lives.

Second, I highly doubt this will become some kind of recruiting pipeline for us. If you read the article a lot of these kids help support their family and are very tight with their community. Asking a kid from that situation/background to come from Omaha, the largest Sudanese community in America, to Terre Haute is a BIG ask. Just don't see it happening with any regularity if at all.

Lastly, Arop is a very common Sudanese name. It's like asking if two people named Smith are related.
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As a retired social studies teacher, I was firmly aware of the "commonality" of the AROP name among the Sudanese. But to think that the Sudanese people are NOT highly mobile (wasn't Manny from originally from Sudan, then moved to EDMONTON, AB CANADA, then to Spokane, WA (Gonzaga), then to TH?) Like "normal" Americans, they're attracted to OPPORTUNITY.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/14/african-immigrant-population-in-u-s-steadily-climbs/
 
BrokerZ said:
First, this is an amazing story. Very compelling and well-written. For those that haven't read it yet, I highly recommend it. Doluony is really making a difference in a lot of kids' lives.

Second, I highly doubt this will become some kind of recruiting pipeline for us. If you read the article a lot of these kids help support their family and are very tight with their community. Asking a kid from that situation/background to come from Omaha, the largest Sudanese community in America, to Terre Haute is a BIG ask. Just don't see it happening with any regularity if at all.

Lastly, Arop is a very common Sudanese name. It's like asking if two people named Smith are related.
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We can use all the talent we can find, terre haute may be a tough palace to recruit to but omaha isn't shang-ri-la. That being said, I doubt there's a substantial Sudanese population or South Sudanese population in the Haute.
 
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