Eric Reibe appreciation Thread

[Stasher599]

Gets better every game! Kids is a stud and will start showing up in mocks soon.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Let me put this out there to derail this thread with a Black Friday take.

"This team is better with Riebe starting and Reed coming off the bench ".

 

[Kitaman]

One of the few times when a player's injury (Reed) was a blessing, especially the timing. Reibe has become a Man and knows he belongs in Div 1.

Gotta love confident freshman and you know Reed will keep Reibe's head up.

 

[RayRay34]

Averaging 9pts, 4rbs, 1blk in 16 minutes, and seems to be able to handle himself well in the big games. Still needs some work but gets better game to game. Very promising.

 

[Marat]

I liked seeing him more as a rim protector today with those blocks. He needs to keep that up, and im sure his offense will continue to improve.

 

[Umami Zen]

IIRC- Reibe missed two FTs late in the Arizona game which could have tightened the game up. Was visibly upset in the handshake line(at himself). Has bounced back since then and really grown up in Reed's absence.. Give him tons of credit for his resilience and tenacity. High character kid who plays with BBIQ. Perfect "wing man" for Reed this year when needed. Will pay huge dividends in March. Gonna be making a lot of money in the League some day.

 

[Hunt for 7]

Big guy is developing quicker than we could have hoped. Clearly he seems to play better against better competition. I think we see him at UConn next year but he will not be here as a Junior.

 

[bendm]

On tonight’s field of 68 dauster said Reibe had a terrible senior season and there was talk of him decommitting but then he balled out during the summer for the German national team.

 

[Horatio]

The shot blocking and rim protection is coming along nicely

 

[superjohn]

On tonight’s field of 68 dauster said Reibe had a terrible senior season and there was talk of him decommitting but then he balled out during the summer for the German national team.

I call bull on Dauster.

 

[Scrutineer]

If I recall correctly he wasn't a star in the McDonald's game and if that's correct it's a great sign because Donyell and Rip didn't tear up the court in their McD's games.
He looks so mature, is making great moves to score and is starting to look better as a defender, rebounder and shot blocker.
Seems ahead of where DC was at this point in their careers as an all around player. Especially with his variety of skills on offense.

 

[nomar]

On tonight’s field of 68 dauster said Reibe had a terrible senior season and there was talk of him decommitting but then he balled out during the summer for the German national team.

So terrible he was invited to the McDonald’s AA Game? What is he talking about?

 

[AllHusky]

Does Reibe shave yet? He is years away from physical maturity. Reed is going to struggle to get to 100%. Hammy and ankle are going to be with him for the season unless Hurley willing to do a 100% shutdown, which is not feasible at this point. Reibe impact on season going to be much greater than we thought before Tarris got hurt. He’s been a revelation.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Let me put this out there to derail this thread with a Black Friday take.

"This team is better with Riebe starting and Reed coming off the bench ".

 

[dogpause]

Castle-like finisher around the basket. Really impressive.

 

[TheShot1990]

Also on the boneyard players seem to grow about 1-2 inches per year and put on 15 lbs of muscle, so he should be 7'4" next year.and jacked.

 

[businesslawyer]

Reibe played great yesterday. Against Centers who were more tall and skilled than large and strong and athletic. We’re already forgetting the Arizona game where we got outrebounded 2 to 1?

Reibe is way ahead of where you’d expect a freshman big to be offensively, and if he’s here next year should be really really good. But until he can rebound and defend against non-European centers let’s not pretend he’s a starting center on a final four level team. Yet.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Reibe played great yesterday. Against Centers who were more tall and skilled than large and strong and athletic. We’re already forgetting the Arizona game where we got outrebounded 2 to 1?

Reibe is way ahead of where you’d expect a freshman big to be offensively, and if he’s here next year should be really really good. But until he can rebound and defend against non-European centers let’s not pretend he’s a starting center on a final four level team. Yet.

I don’t think anyone is pretending he’s a starting caliber center on an elite team at this point. But how quickly and how well he could transition to the college game was a big question mark for this squad and so far he’s probably better than anyone could have reasonably expected 7 games in. He clearly still has deficiencies that he needs to work on, but his progress is very encouraging.

 

[businesslawyer]

I don’t think anyone is pretending he’s a starting caliber center on an elite team at this point. But how quickly and how well he could transition to the college game was a big question mark for this squad and so far he’s probably better than anyone could have reasonably expected 7 games in. He clearly still has deficiencies that he needs to work on, but his progress is very encouraging.

Fully agree with all of that.

 

[HuskyFich]

Appreciate the staff for allowing us to have this conversation year after year:

Carlton and (or) Sanogo
Sanogo and (or) Clingan
Clingan and (or) Johnson
Johnson and (or) Reed
Reed and (or) Reibe


Sheesh.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Reibe played great yesterday. Against Centers who were more tall and skilled than large and strong and athletic. We’re already forgetting the Arizona game where we got outrebounded 2 to 1?

Reibe is way ahead of where you’d expect a freshman big to be offensively, and if he’s here next year should be really really good. But until he can rebound and defend against non-European centers let’s not pretend he’s a starting center on a final four level team. Yet.

I've been most impressed with him being able to play 5-7 minute stints without getting winded or making silly fouls because he is tired.

His conditioning is way ahead of where I was expecting it to he for a true freshman center.

 

[RuffRuff]

On tonight’s field of 68 dauster said Reibe had a terrible senior season and there was talk of him decommitting but then he balled out during the summer for the German national team.

Heard that - found it very weird. Not sure how decomitting would have made any sense. We would have been scrambling for a backup 5. He had a guaranteed playing time role, starting role as a sophomore and was an effen Husky.

 

[REB1094]

Reibe has been fantastic.

He's learning to be more of a rim protector. He's getting stronger on the boards - 6reb in 19min vs Bryant, 7reb in 22min vs Illinois after the Arizona game. He's getting more confident taking and making shots, including a turnaround fadeaway post jumper yesterday (!!!)

We have a true freshman center playing 17 minutes a game and doesn't really look winded. If anything he's recently seemed to get BETTER as the game goes on. He's led our team in scoring twice this season

I'm so excited for him. If he continues to develop and improve through the rest of the year, I'll actually go into next year really excited to have him penciled in as starting C next year

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Let me put this out there to derail this thread with a Black Friday take.

"This team is better with Riebe starting and Reed coming off the bench ".

Can we let Tarris get healthy. Sheesh.

 

[Palatine]

We’re already forgetting the Arizona game where we got outrebounded 2 to 1?

Has someone forgotten that Reed didn't play in that game.