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A Whole lot of not Players Reaction

AZHuskiePop said:
If it’s Carlton that’s a huge loss .
We already lost a desperately needed PG recruit .
One post grad. is fine but after that you become post grad U with these one and dones.
I don’t want to be rebuilding every year and that’s the downside of postgrads. That was Ollie undoing.
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No more post grads. They are like one and dones. A disruption to team chemistry. They take playing time away from guys who stay four years.
 
UConnRock said:
A team can do well without a true big man, but you can't have 5 or 6 roster spots taken up by big men that marginally contribute.
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But we have no clue yet as to how much our apparent problem with big man coaching made our crop of bigs so marginal the last few years. We have to assume that whatever changes Dan Hurley makes to the coaching staff will include something to attack that shortcoming.

The lack of playing time for those that showed promise, while over using the proven-to-be-limited Onourah , and to a lesser extent (until the discipline thing) Cobb.

Whalley, Carlton, Diarra and even Williams showed more promise, but found fewer minutes. You can't learn how to limit your fouls from the bench!
 
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Kenny11 said:
Exactly...but we should only go after grad transfers that have real talent.
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Yes. Just because we had subpar ones this past season doesn't mean they are all like that. There are plenty of grad transfers out there with the ability to compete at our level when placed in the appropriate role.
 
Mokum said:
No more post grads. They are like one and dones. A disruption to team chemistry. They take playing time away from guys who stay four years.
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We don't win the 2014 National Championship without Kromah. Taking post grads on a selective basis can be very good, it just shouldn't be a recruiting mainstay.
 
LIuconn said:
Where is Vital gonna go? Seriously
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The LIU Blackbirds to play for the revered Derek Kellogg.

Seriously, though, a lot of teams would take him but I'm not sure he'd find a better fit than UConn. He brings a lot to the floor and I'm happy he's here. Maybe he's not Ben Gordon but he can play effective minutes for us with the right cast of characters.
 
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None of the incoming URI recruits will be coming with. Harris, Adams and Martin were heavily recruited by Cox (the probably new URI HC) and the 4th guy Tate already tweeted out he's committed to URI.

Frankly, I can't really see any player leaving on the current squad. I feel like unlike KO, Hurley can actually develop guys and there is new hope. Sure one or two still might leave, but some of the core guys (JA, CV, Sid, Diarra) were all recruited by Hurley to come to URI so imagine they have some sort of relationship already. Plus, it's not like playing time will be that big of an issue for the current guys -- feel like there's plenty of that to go around.

Emmitt Matthews just got injured so I doubt he wants to re-open anything. I'm super high on Kisunas but I would imagine we would have heard otherwise if he was going to leave (like Akinjo). Besides, can't imagine a big man having a connection to KO like a guard would :)
 
Vital isn’t going to go anywhere better than UConn and still get these minutes.

He’s an undersized shooting guard who isn’t a great shooter, isn’t a great athlete and doesn’t seem overly aware of either limitation.
 
Fishy said:
Vital isn’t going to go anywhere better than UConn and still get these minutes.

He’s an undersized shooting guard who isn’t a great shooter, isn’t a great athlete and doesn’t seem overly aware of either limitation.
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Hopefully a better coach can yank him and teach him that his gunner mentality won't cut it. If he learns to take good 3s within the offense, play hard D and get to the line (which he was great at), he could be a solid contributor. I think he has a lot of college upside.

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Is Dan Hurley expected to force any players out? I wouldn't be surprised if that happened with 2 of our bigs. I'll leave it at that, though.
 
husky429 said:
Hopefully a better coach can yank him and teach him that his gunner mentality won't cut it. If he learns to take good 3s within the offense, play hard D and get to the line (which he was great at), he could be a solid contributor. I think he has a lot of college upside.

Side note:

Is Dan Hurley expected to force any players out? I wouldn't be surprised if that happened with 2 of our bigs. I'll leave it at that, though.
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Hopefully a better coach will have 1-2 more guards on the roster, making that actually feasible.
 
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Fishy said:
Vital isn’t going to go anywhere better than UConn and still get these minutes.

He’s an undersized shooting guard who isn’t a great shooter, isn’t a great athlete and doesn’t seem overly aware of either limitation.
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Yet is a 4 year player that scored 30 as a SOPHOMORE more than once. Please... he’d get attention from most schools
 
Fishy said:
Vital isn’t going to go anywhere better than UConn and still get these minutes.

He’s an undersized shooting guard who isn’t a great shooter, isn’t a great athlete and doesn’t seem overly aware of either limitation.
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I don’t get the Vital slander. Yes he’s undersized but so are most UConn guards. He didn’t shoot a great percentage and needs to work on shot selection but there’s plenty to like.
 
JimOllie said:
I don’t get the Vital slander. Yes he’s undersized but so are most UConn guards. He didn’t shoot a great percentage and needs to work on shot selection but there’s plenty to like.
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I love the fact that Vital isn't that athletic and is undersized. He plays with heart and chip on his shoulder. With a NYC attitude. Plus I feel like the kid loves UCONN
 
I think it is fair to assume that:
1) our Frosh will be better as Sophs;
2) the addition of a true point guard (hopefully Gilbert, and maybe James Akinjo) makes us better;
3) Adams will be a better player with a little more rest and without the drag of bring up the ball, running the offense, and looking for his shots;
4) Vital looks better when he's not feeling pressure to carry us;
5) we'll see less open three pt attempts by opponents; and
6) we'll see a less chaotic offense.
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We should be a better team next year, even just with our existing personal.
 
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husky429 said:
Hopefully a better coach can yank him and teach him that his gunner mentality won't cut it. If he learns to take good 3s within the offense, play hard D and get to the line (which he was great at), he could be a solid contributor. I think he has a lot of college upside.

Side note:

Is Dan Hurley expected to force any players out? I wouldn't be surprised if that happened with 2 of our bigs. I'll leave it at that, though.
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No reason he can't become a Brian Fair off the bench.
 
Mokum said:
No more post grads. They are like one and dones. A disruption to team chemistry. They take playing time away from guys who stay four years.
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Fairly laughable post. We don't win national championship #4 without Evans coming in the year before and showing Boat and Bazz mental toughness and discipline, nor do we win it without Kromah's contribution that year. And we don't get to the NCAA's the last time we went without Miller and Gibbs.

Filling in holes during an offseason is fine. It's relying on grad students as opposed to recruiting frosh that is the problem.
 
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