Gibbs Announcing He Will Transfer

[ctchamps]

The more I think about it, it is impossible to overstate how important Gibbs would be to our success next year. Having him would give us the flexibility to:

- Ease the burden/pressure on Jalen Adams
- Bench Purvis when he obviously doesn't have it in a particular game
- Rest Daniel Hamilton without suffering a precipitous drop-off in production (by going small with Adams/Gibbs/Purvis, rather than being forced to bring in Samuel, Cassell, or Calhoun)
- Relegate Samuel, Cassell, Calhoun to 8th/9th/10th man roles, rather than 6th or 7th
- Go really small and put 4 scorers on the floor with Adams/Gibbs/Purvis/Hamilton
- Go ridiculously small and put 5 scorers on the floor with Adams/Gibbs/Purvis/Hamilton/Miller (not so far from Bazz/Boat/Kromah/Daniels/Giffey when you think about it)

This was my thinking the moment the Bruce started the rumor. It gives UConn flexibility, depth and a needed missing piece all at once. And as an added bonus it should relax a few people nervous about recruiting.

 

[OkaForPrez]

This was my thinking the moment the Bruce started the rumor. It gives UConn flexibility, depth and a needed missing piece all at once. And as an added bonus it should relax a few people nervous about recruiting.

I love that @CallMeBruce is now "the Bruce." It's like he's been knighted following the Gibbs lead.

 

[Sportsman5]

This was my thinking the moment the Bruce started the rumor. It gives UConn flexibility, depth and a needed missing piece all at once. And as an added bonus it should relax a few people nervous about recruiting.

*should* relax them, but won't. why be happy in life when you can worry about nothing.

 

[3rdbass]

There's a difference between getting your hopes up and acting like Chicken Little over ever single issue.

Aren't you the guy that had Ollie in OKC AFTER he issued his statement that he wasn't going anywhere?

Nope wrong guy! I might have still have been worried after his initial statement but I was never saying Ollie was a definite to OKC like that one poster who started a thread based on insider information. LOL!

 

[ctchamps]

I love that @CallMeBruce is now "the Bruce." It's like he's been knighted following the Gibbs lead.

LOL Prez!

 

[UConn3432]

JA wouldn't have gone to Brewster if he was scared of competition

 

[Marty Jackson]

With each passing day? The kid announced that he is transferring YESTERDAY! Give it a week or so at least good grief.

this is the BY! every passing day is another opportunity to build a new strawman on why he hasn't committed to uconn.

 

[HuskyFich]

I feel that there was some serious strategy to this move on Gibbs part. He could have announced he was transferring a long time ago based on our insider info from "The Bruce," but waiting until now could mean he is on the brink of a decision. Hopeful interpretation, but seems logical

 

[Matrim55]

Just saw Glen Miller with someone visiting. Didn't look like Gibbs, and he was taller. Didn't recognize him by face. Any word on a recruit visiting today?

Edit: It may have been Shonn Miller, but his complexion looked a bit darker than Miller has in pictures/video IMO.

Maybe that could explain this tweet:



The original tweet has been deleted, and I haven't been able to figure out who the player in question is.

 

[Stainmaster]

Maybe that could explain this tweet:



The original tweet has been deleted, and I haven't been able to figure out who the player in question is.

Brendan Bailey.

 

[OkaForPrez]

Maybe that could explain this tweet:



The original tweet has been deleted, and I haven't been able to figure out who the player in question is.

Perhaps we should leave it deleted.

 

[OkaForPrez]

Brendan Bailey.

Or not.

 

[Matrim55]

Brendan Bailey.

Ah, that makes sense. For some reason I thought it was referring to a 2015 kid.

 

[EricSD]

jalen adams is gonna get all the minutes he wants. KO is not stubborn enough to keep a playmaker like that on the bench. not really something to worry about

I tend to agree. I'd be more concerned if I were Calhoun, Samuel, Cassell, etc. Not that the above mentioned guys aren't solid, but if Adams is a star in the making, he could earn minutes like Hamilton did this past year...

 

[Kitaman]

With each passing day? The kid announced that he is transferring YESTERDAY! Give it a week or so at least good grief.

20 minutes is the norm around here.

 

[pnow15]

And since he came back to play at Seton Hall, I would assume he wanted to play close to home in NJ. Now, out of those schools mentioned, UConn is the closest by a wide margin. His parents could watch him play games in his final season at UConn. It just seems to make alot of sense for Gibbs to come here.

Not to mention SNY.

 

[Marat]

Not to mention SNY.

Yes that is also true - lots of local TV coverage in the 1st part of the season.

 

[RipCity]

I am 100% sure it was not Brendan Bailey that I saw.

 

[CallMeBruce]

Bailey wasn't a 4-star, was he? Maybe it was just a weird screw-up, and that's why it was deleted.

 

[Matrim55]

Bailey wasn't a 4-star, was he? Maybe it was just a weird screw-up, and that's why it was deleted.

That's my guess. Though it does now beg the question "Who did @RipCity see?"

 

[Stainmaster]

Could've also been referring to Dominic Green, ASU decommit '15. He's ranked as a 4-star by TOS. Problem is, given he committed to Washington several days ago it wouldn't make any sense for us to have any contact with him.

 

[CallMeBruce]

Could've also been referring to Dominic Green, ASU decommit '15. He's ranked as a 4-star by TOS. Problem is, given he committed to Washington several days ago it wouldn't make any sense for us to have any contact with him.

Maybe we forgot which Huskies we are.

 

[johnhuskies95]

I really hope he comes here, if not for anything but the mental health of this board. Once you do the hypothetical minutes break-down you've reached the point of no return. We're all in.

 

[Matrim55]

I really hope he comes here, if not for anything but the mental health of this board. Once you do the hypothetical minutes break-down you've reached the point of no return. We're all in.

10 toes in, baby!

 

[mets1090]

Maybe we forgot which Huskies we are.

Maybe he accidentally committed to the wrong Huskies.

 

[tjhusky]

"Gibbs was suspended two games after he hit Villanova's Ryan Arcidiacono in the face with his forearm." is it only me or does this make anyone else grin?

 

[Jaker]

"Gibbs was suspended two games after he hit Villanova's Ryan Arcidiacono in the face with his forearm." is it only me or does this make anyone else grin?

He will bring needed toughness to the team.

 

[TyroneShoo]

Fake tough... weak. Kid was broken.

 

[tjhusky]

He will bring needed toughness to the team.

Yea. Just my dislike of RA. Good player but too much like Laetner for me. Forces contact to get calls, pretty scrappy away from plays and eyes of the refs. SG really lost his cool. Reminds me of Sellers pounding CL head into the floor after he couldn't take the trash anymore.

Not how you want to be remembered, but push players too far and they will make up for what the refs won't call.

I would be happy to have Sterling just come in and score for us and never get a flagrant.

 

[nomar]

Won't have any effect. Kemba was a higher ranked recruit then Adams and played behind Price his FR year.

I hope our backcourt is so good that Adams isn't getting 30 minutes.