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Jayden Ross Returning!!!

This is great news, every championship team needs role players like him. I like his athleticism and he’s aggressive. Now with playing experience under his belt, he can take off next year. A role player but he will be a good one. Similar to Hassan when we won the title.
 
RuffRuff said:
As easy as he let the freshmen go into the portal, it really makes me wonder how much of an emotional decision maker he can be, as he seems glued to this sophomore group. Just throwing it out there, but might he be attached to anything connected with the NC teams?
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Where do you get this stuff from?
Hurley is attached to guys who barely played on the 24 title team at the expense of better players? Based on what?
This is off the wall.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
With how certain people are that he got beat all the time you’d think this would be an easy task to find an example.

There’s a full game replays thread and he only played like 3 mins.
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Go to 7:20 in the first half of the last Creighton game. He’s defending the primary ball handler, misplays the screen, ends up getting beat off the dribble (despite playing well off his man that far out), and ends up committing a blocking foul because he’s out of position and trying to recover. I think the dude has plenty of defensive upside but he’s raw and still makes a bunch of mistakes. I think you’re the only one I’ve seen who currently thinks he’s a top notch defender.

Btw, that was the first game I looked at and probably the second possession where he was guarding a ball handler so I did not have to look far.
 
Inyatkin said:
Where do you get this stuff from?
Hurley is attached to guys who barely played on the 24 title team at the expense of better players? Based on what?
This is off the wall.
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Hypothetical - not saying it's totally accurate. He's letting two frosh walk, meanwhile totally tied to these sophs. As supersticious/emotional as the guy is, nothing surprises me there.

Did you hear him talk about how Samson and when he arrived, he is part of what drove their culture to being B2B? I'm not sure how realistic that is TBH. It's almost as if he was tying his presence alone to it.
 
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RuffRuff said:
Hypothetical - not saying it's totally accurate. He's letting two frosh walk, meanwhile totally tied to these sophs. As supersticious/emotional as the guy is, nothing surprises me there.

Did you hear him talk about how Samson and when he arrived, he is part of what drove their culture to being B2B? I'm not sure how realistic that is TBH. It's almost as if he was tying his presence alone to it.
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I'm sure that Hurley has an emotional attachment to the sophomores but I think it's a bit of a leap to say he's making personnel decisions based on it. Solo had the sophomore year people were envisioning for him. The other guys didn't, but I think the far more rational explanation is that he genuinely believes both of those guys are going to break out and didn't see the same path for Abraham and Nowell.

Re: Samson, by all accounts he was the most beloved guy in the program. I don't think we are privy to the dynamic behind the scenes and shouldn't discount how important the presence of certain guys is.
 
3rdbass said:
I can’t tell who makes more off the wall takes between 611 and Nelson. I thought 611 used to make some really good posts until recently.
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Nelson trolls with half his posts while 611 actually believes the fever dreams he shares.
 
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RuffRuff said:
Hypothetical - not saying it's totally accurate. He's letting two frosh walk, meanwhile totally tied to these sophs. As supersticious/emotional as the guy is, nothing surprises me there.

Did you hear him talk about how Samson and when he arrived, he is part of what drove their culture to being B2B? I'm not sure how realistic that is TBH. It's almost as if he was tying his presence alone to it.
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You continually talk about Samson Johnson as if he were a lucky penny or something and not a contribution to our success this year and last. I do not understand it.
 
I hope Ross comes back as the second coming of Kobe, but I’ll take a solid role player also. If Danny didn’t have some belief in him I’m sure he’d let him know and we’d see him in the portal. Cautiously optimistic that he can be a contributor but we’ll see.

I still need to get used to players who average 2ppg announcing that they’ll be returning, but alas it’s a new world.
 
Inyatkin said:
You continually talk about Samson Johnson as if he were a lucky penny or something and not a contribution to our success this year and last. I do not understand it.
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Maybe you just have comprehension issues due to your antagonistic personality? Cognitive therapy is helpful.
 
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RuffRuff said:
Maybe you just have comprehension issues due to your antagonistic personality? Cognitive therapy is helpful.
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I am antagonized by people who claim to be UConn fans and constantly trash UConn players and then tell people who call it out they have "blue goggles" or whatever. You got me there.
 
RuffRuff said:
Hypothetical - not saying it's totally accurate. He's letting two frosh walk, meanwhile totally tied to these sophs. As supersticious/emotional as the guy is, nothing surprises me there.

Did you hear him talk about how Samson and when he arrived, he is part of what drove their culture to being B2B? I'm not sure how realistic that is TBH. It's almost as if he was tying his presence alone to it.
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Not every thought needs to be shared with everyone.
 
RuffRuff said:
Hypothetical - not saying it's totally accurate. He's letting two frosh walk, meanwhile totally tied to these sophs. As supersticious/emotional as the guy is, nothing surprises me there.

Did you hear him talk about how Samson and when he arrived, he is part of what drove their culture to being B2B? I'm not sure how realistic that is TBH. It's almost as if he was tying his presence alone to it.
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What?
 
I hope the entire team adds some muscle this off season. If Alex decides to leave I hope we go out and get a serviceable 6-9 or 6-10 guy to help our front court. I think Mullins will play quality minutes this coming season.
 
RuffRuff said:
Hypothetical - not saying it's totally accurate. He's letting two frosh walk, meanwhile totally tied to these sophs. As supersticious/emotional as the guy is, nothing surprises me there.

Did you hear him talk about how Samson and when he arrived, he is part of what drove their culture to being B2B? I'm not sure how realistic that is TBH. It's almost as if he was tying his presence alone to it.
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Wow, this post was something.
 
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Man, the Boneyard is CRAZY! Ross didn't knock it out of the park this year, but we can't deny that he's an energy guy. He has the chance to become an important piece of the puzzle as we work towards a championship. I absolutely see him developing into that first forward off the bench, giving us an energy boost and help stretching out the floor.

I think we're a lot better having him on the roster than not. We can't underestimate the fact he's been in the system. He's gonna be someone to watch IMHO.
 
Ahh yes Kadary is done but you get my point. Jayden can provide solid backup minutes defending big guards. Not expecting him to be a starter, but definitely expecting him to provide solid minutes.
 
Dan Hurley does not get to the top of his profession by having blind faith for his players. He may be wrong, but he truly sees something special in Ross. I do not see it, but then again, I am not Dan Hurley. I do not know what he knows and I do not see what he sees. I have faith and trust in Dan's vision and his acumen. And I look forward to seeing this kid next year.
 
Iluvsuebird said:
Dan Hurley does not get to the top of his profession by having blind faith for his players. He may be wrong, but he truly sees something special in Ross. I do not see it, but then again, I am not Dan Hurley. I do not know what he knows and I do not see what he sees. I have faith and trust in Dan's vision and his acumen. And I look forward to seeing this kid next year.
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LOL - great post. I do too - this last cycle left me thinking he may have some blind spots, but I generally pick up what he's putting down. I think next season will give us a really strong sense if we should always pick it all up.
 
I see Ross’ role as a defensive stopper, a glove. You absolutely have to have that if you want a title. The offense we’ll get elsewhere but our defense was not champ level so yes it’s great he’s back and his task is shutting players down and rebounding.
 
Whatever happened with this?

Capture2.JPG
 
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jibsey said:
I see Ross’ role as a defensive stopper, a glove. You absolutely have to have that if you want a title. The offense we’ll get elsewhere but our defense was not champ level so yes it’s great he’s back and his task is shutting players down and rebounding.
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He had the worse defensive metrics on the team last year. Him being this will require quite the leap and wishful thinking.
 
Oddly enough an enigma of UConn creates the best thread. Ross seems to have a high ceiling from Hurley Love. but floor is concerning, what we’ve seen last year. Up to me there’s a better portal player. But who am I to question Coach. Feel great things for next year.
 
RJScootin said:
Oddly enough an enigma of UConn creates the best thread. Ross seems to have a high ceiling from Hurley Love. but floor is concerning, what we’ve seen last year. Up to me there’s a better portal player. But who am I to question Coach. Feel great things for next year.
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Definitely some good old IHWT - In Hurley We Trust
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
Rare moment that I’m agreeing with Hurley on something that the board doesn’t.
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I'm a glutton for punishment by engaging here but the number of people who are overly critical of Ross is pretty low around here. You're basically their inverse in the sense that you've wildly inflated his contributions and made ridiculous excuses for his inability to break out.

I think most people are somewhere in the middle - he's got a lot of potential, he's got some interesting physical tools, it's great news that he's back, and we're hoping he puts it together next year.
 
I am glad he is returning.

Not sure who is filling the 4 and 3 slots with AK's decision unknown.

I have heard Hurley refer to Furphy as a shooting guard, although he has mainly played as a 3 in Australia.

And should AK leave, would it make sense for Stewart to be a 4 and Ross our 3 for...

1. Silas / Darius
2. Solo / Braylon
3. Jayden / Jacob
4. Jaylin
5. Tarris / Eric

Pending other transfers in of course and AK's decision we are at 9 of 15 and we should be arriving at +4 to 13.
 
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