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Unfortunately, so is the Squid, and that is where Omoruyi ends up, IMHO.
like being some prime beef stuffed between two pieces of rotten moldy breadSure hope DH will have an opportunity to take a long, hot shower soon after leaving the company of Squid and Pearl!
Unfortunately, so is the Squid, and that is where Omoruyi ends up, IMHO.
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Thanks for reminding me that I saw this license plate in downtown Springfield last Saturday night.
Chief would love a rotation of Bigs. It would work well in addition to some scorers. Having said that, to your point, from a recruiting perspective it’s tough to sell.Curious what people think about a two center class. I don't see how that works unless one of them is clearly a developmental type project. To me that's Javonte Brown Ferguson. I don't see Cliff and Cardwell going to the same school.
The 3rd string would be Brendan Adams. It would be hard to convince a better option to get on board right now anyway unless future playing time clears itself up over the course of this coming season. We'll see how everything is projecting come March.After a center, I think we'd be crazy not to get another guard capable of handling the point in a pinch. Next year if we had just Gaffney and Cole, today's reported Gaffney sprained ankle would give us no logical replacement when Cole comes out of the game. I remember the end of the Auburn game a couple years ago where we had Purvis and 4 PF/C on the court at the same time. Not pretty. Get another guard versatile enough to play the 1 or 2.
Agreed, I think we desperately need a guard. We think Gaffney will be good but haven't seen him play yet, might take him a while to figure out the point at this level and Cole we simply don't know how good he'll be. He did great at Howard but that's the worst league in the country, we just don't know.After a center, I think we'd be crazy not to get another guard capable of handling the point in a pinch. Next year if we had just Gaffney and Cole, today's reported Gaffney sprained ankle would give us no logical replacement when Cole comes out of the game. I remember the end of the Auburn game a couple years ago where we had Purvis and 4 PF/C on the court at the same time. Not pretty. Get another guard versatile enough to play the 1 or 2.
Get another guard versatile enough to play the 1 or 2.
Agreed, I think we desperately need a guard. We think Gaffney will be good but haven't seen him play yet, might take him a while to figure out the point at this level and Cole we simply don't know how good he'll be. He did great at Howard but that's the worst league in the country, we just don't know.
You're comparing Cole, Gaffney, and Bouknight to Kemba, Bazz, and Lamb. Come on.I don't really get this. Certainly not as a "desperate" level of need. The 2010-11 roster had Kemba, Shabazz, and Donnell Beverly as the ball handlers who could play the 1. Cole, Gaffney and Adams is a similar group in that way. Lamb could dribble, and arguably Bouk is a better ball handler than Lamb. Jackson is probably a better ball handler than anybody else on that team was. I looked back at prior UConn teams and don't really see any with more than two potential lead PGs and a combo as the emergency backup. The 08-09 team was about as guard heavy as I can recall with AJ, Kemba, Austrie, Dyson and Beverly. The 05-06 team was great and only had 3 guards who played any minutes, although Brown was versatile at wing. The 04-05 team only had Taliek, Williams, Gordon and Anderson.
I see a PG as critical in the 2021 class, and indeed we have offered two already.
I don't really get this. Certainly not as a "desperate" level of need. The 2010-11 roster had Kemba, Shabazz, and Donnell Beverly as the ball handlers who could play the 1. Cole, Gaffney and Adams is a similar group in that way. Lamb could dribble, and arguably Bouk is a better ball handler than Lamb. Jackson is probably a better ball handler than anybody else on that team was. I looked back at prior UConn teams and don't really see any with more than two potential lead PGs and a combo as the emergency backup. The 08-09 team was about as guard heavy as I can recall with AJ, Kemba, Austrie, Dyson and Beverly. The 05-06 team was great and only had 3 guards who played any minutes, although Brown was versatile at wing. The 04-05 team only had Taliek, Williams, Gordon and Anderson.
I see a PG as critical in the 2021 class, and indeed we have offered two already.
The way people talk about Adams size and strength is strange and doesn't match reality. People saying he should be a college football linebacker or defensive end, he's a house, he's a physical monster, his size and strength is overwhelming...Adams may surprise people this year. His size and strength is overwhelming. Thinking he is a third stringer for his career is very premature. It may prove accurate but he certainly isn’t planning on that. He’s a physical monster in the backcourt.
Everyone forgot what a properly conditioned athlete looked like.The way people talk about Adams size and strength is strange and doesn't match reality. People saying he should be a college football linebacker or defensive end, he's a house, he's a physical monster, his size and strength is overwhelming...
You would think everyone is talking about Zion and not Brendan Adams. The kid is 6'4 200 lbs. He's not those things people are assigning to him. It's weird and unfair to him.
He’s impressive for a guard. No one is saying he’s Zion. But the kids arms are defined, and his legs are huge.The way people talk about Adams size and strength is strange and doesn't match reality. People saying he should be a college football linebacker or defensive end, he's a house, he's a physical monster, his size and strength is overwhelming...
You would think everyone is talking about Zion and not Brendan Adams. The kid is 6'4 200 lbs. He's not those things people are assigning to him. It's weird and unfair to him.