I doubt anyone disagrees with that, but it is irrelevant for the point at hand. He is going to start no matter what.
You very well may be right, and as far as I'm concerned if Castle comes in and is the best player in the damn country that will be great. But Kemba didn't start as a freshman, Shabazz didn't start as a freshman, Kevin Ollie didn't start as a freshman, Marcus Williams didn't start as a freshman and AJ Price didn't start as a freshman. To be fair, Taliek Brown did and so did Khalid El-Amin.
It's a different time. With the "one and done" nature of the game, top ten recruits expect to come in and start immediately to showcase themselves for the draft. Not saying that this is necessarily the case with Castle -- but the top freshmen in the country generally expect to start (and do start).
Because we live in a different times were McDonald All-Americans pretty much start from the get go. Shabazz wasn't a top 10 recruit and burger boy and Kemba was behind AJ Price when he was playing as a Freshman and was small. Newton isn't really an ideal PG and I think Hurley would have no issue playing him off the ball. There are no guarantees in life but with the College game is nowadays these type of players start especially in an area of need. Right now there is no great shooter to pair with him but Newton would give UCONN the 2 PG look and the ability to knock down the long 3 playing off the ball will make it easier. I have seen Newton play and he is more athletic and even bigger than Newton. He just has to work on his outside shot to become truly elite. He is coming in as a 1 and done type player due to his size and playmaking ability. I hope that he isn't a one and done and he will play 2 years but either way college basketball is different from even when Shabazz was around. He will start the year at PG and unless he really struggles will stay there. The game is evolving especially with the transfer portal around. There is more pressure on coaches to give their recruit chances especially when they come in as Burger Boys.
Is Castle going to get a chance to start? Of course he is. But anyone who thinks that Danny Hurley isn't going to start the guys who give him the best chance to repeat, as opposed to doing what Calipari does and picking lineups not to win but to help him recruit in the future, doesn't know Danny Hurley.
Would we be able to get a shot off with so much movement? Lol
I'm saying a lineup of Castle, Newton, Jackson, Karaban and Clingan is a much better shooting lineup than what we ran out there in 2022.
I don’t watch high school tapes, so as to #1 you very well may be right. I hope you are. But as true freshmen Kemba played a role in getting us to the Final Four and Shabazz a role in our natty. I have seen tons of McDonalds AAs come into college ball and not been at the level that Kemba and Shabazz were.
Jordan Hawkins might question that.
I think he means the year before with RJ Cole , Whaley and T-mart.
He's talking about the starting lineup in 2021-2022 of Cole, Jackson, Martin, Whaley, Sanogo vs. a proposed lineup next season of Castle, Newton, Jackson, Karaban, Clingan.
That's really hard to justify.
He's not saying it's a better shooting team than 2022-2023, he's saying it's a better shooting team than 2021-2022 (if I'm understanding correctly).
Read post #65. He's comparing it to 2021-2022 starting lineup.
And another aspect(s) to remember is that Castle signed when he was a four star recruit so he didn't have the burger boy type status at that point AND more importantly he and his family realize that hard work is required before guaranteed success. He will be an absolute great match for Hurley's program culture.
My bad.
I haven't seen anywhere that Hurley has stated he thinks Castle will be a starter in 23, let me know where I can find it or when you had the discussion with Hurley. Did Dan mention whether Castle would start regardless of Alleyne and/or Tristen returning; is he planning on starting Castle game one or just expecting him to earn a starting spot during the season?
This is why some lawyers are just insufferable to have conversation with.
AJ Price almost died going into that season and he redshirted. Then he was suspended another year. His first year—which was technically called his sophomore year—he started all but one game.
