2020 Recruiting: Alan Griffin

[pj]

Science is still emerging on this, but it seems like it would be terrible for biorhythms if you're playing 7-8pm games.

This is not emerging, it is well established science. If you play evening games, you ought to have a 4-hour shifted circadian rhythm such that an evening 7-9 pm game feels to your body like 3-5 pm. That means no significant physical activity or blue light exposure before noon.

5 am weightlifting would be catastrophically bad scheduling. Players ought to wear blue blocking glasses for morning classes and have bright 5000K white light bulbs in the evening in their dorms. Practice in afternoons or evenings.

 

[HobokenHusky]

Any proof we have actually reached out/are recruiting him?

 

[millertime7774]

Have a feeling this is Duke unfortunately, fills the O'Connell transfer.

 

[Bonk]

Have a feeling this is Duke unfortunately, fills the O'Connell transfer.

It makes sense with his brother going there but this kid can actually start and be a very effective player at 95% of other schools, he'd be a backup at Duke

 

[navery12]

Any proof we have actually reached out/are recruiting him?

None at all so far

 

[UconnU]

None at all so far

That kid Jake on Twitter, of Cardwell fame, tweeted a list of the schools involved then deleted all the tweets 15 minutes later. Strange.

 

[businesslawyer]

Any proof we have actually reached out/are recruiting him?

If there was even a reason to think we were reaching out to him, we'd be at 10 pages already. So probably not.

 

[UConnDad]

That kid Jake on Twitter, of Cardwell fame, tweeted a list of the schools involved then deleted all the tweets 15 minutes later. Strange.

From State Farm?

 

[nadavtheman]

That kid Jake on Twitter, of Cardwell fame, tweeted a list of the schools involved then deleted all the tweets 15 minutes later. Strange.

Jake doesn't know squat, ever

 

[the Q]

This is not emerging, it is well established science. If you play evening games, you ought to have a 4-hour shifted circadian rhythm such that an evening 7-9 pm game feels to your body like 3-5 pm. That means no significant physical activity or blue light exposure before noon.

5 am weightlifting would be catastrophically bad scheduling. Players ought to wear blue blocking glasses for morning classes and have bright 5000K white light bulbs in the evening in their dorms. Practice in afternoons or evenings.

the problem is classes start at 8am.
Fine for preparing regular students for the real world.

terrible for The young athletes whose core classes are probably in those early morning time slots

 

[aburks41]

His brother is AJ Griffin (Duke Commit 2021)...hopefully he likes his sister better

 

[BackAftaThis]

Word on the Illinois board is that his mom never wanted him at Illinois and finally got her way and he’s transferring. His family wants him to be “the guy” at a school.

 

[UconnU]

Word on the Illinois board is that his mom never wanted him at Illinois and finally got her way and he’s transferring. His family wants him to be “the guy” at a school.

He can be “the guy” here on a very good team. Our pitch should center around him taking over the CV role. 30+ minutes, 3, D, and boards. Cole, Bouk, Griffin starting back court.

 

[the Q]

He can be “the guy” here on a very good team. Our pitch should center around him taking over the CV role. 30+ minutes, 3, D, and boards. Cole, Bouk, Griffin starting back court.

imagine having him and bouk to close out games....I love vital and AG, but both these guys are way better off the bounce in iso situations.

 

[auror]

He can be “the guy” here on a very good team. Our pitch should center around him taking over the CV role. 30+ minutes, 3, D, and boards. Cole, Bouk, Griffin starting back court.

Bouk is the guy.

 

[CL82]

From State Farm?

I wonder what he's wearing?

 

[Vancat]

Not sure how valuable this is, but...

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[Sky ball]

I wonder what he's wearing?

 

[JimHurley]

Word on the Illinois board is that his mom never wanted him at Illinois and finally got her way and he’s transferring. His family wants him to be “the guy” at a school.

Sounds very Vance Jackson-esque. I want guys who put the team over themselves, not guys who are focused on being “the guy.” How has that worked out for Kyrie Irving?

 

[fatlucy]

I haven’t seen his film yet, but his sister plays very hard and has a great BB.IQ about rebounding.

She’s a sensational athlete.

 

[imno1]

He can be “the guy” here on a very good team. Our pitch should center around him taking over the CV role. 30+ minutes, 3, D, and boards. Cole, Bouk, Griffin starting back court.

To me "The Guy" means the main focus of the offense. Doubt he would be that here.

 

[MuchoDogYears]

Before the season starts, people here need to change their traditional perception that Dan Hurley will have 5 starters and a bench of subs.

There will be 1 player, Bouknight, who will start and play over 32 minutes a game.

Everyone else will be part of a 10 deep rotation with minutes determined by opponent and player effectiveness during a game.

That is the Dan Hurley model that he has been wanting to roll out. Waves of players coming at an opponent, playing full out all the time. This will be the first year we will see that in full.

If Griffin is the same exceptional player that Bouk is, he will get Bouk minutes. He’s not going to get 30+ minutes here unless he is at that level.

 

[CL82]

Sounds very Vance Jackson-esque. I want guys who put the team over themselves, not guys who are focused on being “the guy.” How has that worked out for Kyrie Irving?

Don't know, but there was an Adrian Griffin article about parenting and he advocated being low key and teaching his kids a team first mentality. He sounds pretty much the opposite of Vance's dad. Again, the daughter has been a great addition to women's team and played her way into minutes.

Sour grapes by Illinois fans?

 

[JimHurley]

Don't know, but there was an Adrian Griffin article about parenting and he advocated being low key and teaching his kids a team first mentality. He sounds pretty much the opposite of Vance's dad. Again, the daughter has been a great addition to women's team and played her way into minutes.

Sour grapes by Illinois fans?

Bottom line, I don’t think the fans or the coaching staff would want a player focused on being “the guy.” This is a rebuild. We don’t need players looking to be the guy. We need guys willing to do whatever it takes to win.

 

[navery12]

I feel like I must be really missing something with this kid reading some of these posts