Josh Carlton Transferring

[ColchVEGAS]

The difference as I see it is that rashad hit the ones that counted. That was his plus. Ice water. Polley had that look at the end of the creighton game that rash probably buries.

Point being stat wise think of it this way, if you would take rashad on next years team, and wouldn’t we all? We should take Polley if he wants to return. He will shoot 40 plus percent on 5-6 threes a game next year. We need a shooter.

Agree. I would take Polley back as long as the team makes it a point to draw up specific plays for him designed to get him open. When his feet are set and he has space he is deadly. He should strictly be a 3pt specialist and we should not expect anything else from him.

 

[August_West]

Agree. I would take Polley back as long as the team makes it a point to draw up specific plays for him designed to get him open. When his feet are set and he has space he is deadly. He should strictly be a 3pt specialist and we should not expect anything else from him.

We didnt really expect anyting else of Rash either. Similar roles. Rash was off the bench the lions share of the time too

 

[August_West]

I mean I like Polley as a person and his offensive efficiency is great, but to say he's just as good as Rashad is a hell of a take with basically no stats that back it up.

I said his stats are similar. you want to haggle over a career .5 of a percentage point? Have at it. Me? I want a shooter on next years team.

 

[Psolo12]

I said his stats are similar. you want to haggle over a carrer .5 of a percentage point? Have at it. Me? I want a shooter on next years team.

Rashad shot 41% his senior year while Polley shot 36% on less attempts per game while providing lesser value in every other facet of the game if you want to go this route.

 

[mustafa]

Good Kid, Good Citizen, Never Caused Any Issues, Made Significant Contributions in his 4 Years and HE WILL DEFINITELY HELP SOME PROGRAM.

Good Luck Bro.

 

[August_West]

Rashad shot 41% his senior year while Polley shot 36% on less attempts per game while providing lesser value in every other facet of the game if you want to go this route.

Polley shot 41% his Junior year when Rash shot 31% his junior year if we are going that route.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

He certainly baled us out a couple of times this year .
Hard kid not to like this kid who had some huge highs and lows personally in his career.
Someone mentioned the overseas opportunities are extremely limited right now.
Could have effected his decision to play another year.
Hopefully he has a degree

 

[DayDayTFS]

For those who can’t seem to read the title.... this is a Josh Carlton transfer/appreciation thread... not Polley or Rashad. Stop ruining every thread with the same topics.

 

[Psolo12]

For those who can’t seem to read the title.... this is a Josh Carlton transfer/appreciation thread... not Polley or Rashad.

You're right, no one has ever discussed something in a boneyard thread that wasn't about the title.

 

[8893]

For those who can’t seem to read the title.... this is a Josh Carlton transfer/appreciation thread...

You're right, let's get this back on track.

 

[HuskyAlum012]

Josh will go somewhere where he can get starters minutes and touches, which is exactly what I would do in his situation. No doubt he deserves it, great kid with a great attitude. Thank you Josh and best of luck.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Good move for Josh. Thankful for all he did here, but he's not a great fit for what Hurley wants to do. I think he can be very effective and successful at a program that wants to feature his abilities. Smaller school that will play some zone and feed him the ball. Hoping it all goes well for him in life.

 

[tzznandrew]

Unproductive?

Compare his career 3 point percentage to Rashad Anderson. They are eerily similar in percentage and attempts per game average.

Over Rashads career he averaged 38.6% from 3 on 5.5 attempts per game.
Over Polleys career here he average 38.1% from 3 on 3.1 attempts a game (if you throw out his frosh year where he avaeaged only 1.1 shots a game he average around 5 attempts a game just like Rash)

Rash averaged 2.6 rebounds a game.
Polley averaged 2.0 rebounds a game.

Neither would be considered a stellar defender. Polley actually might get a slight nod in that one for length.



Rashad played for some incredible teams and hit some huge daggers . Love the kid. Was Rashad unproductive?

Rashad was a much better player in literally every way.

If you take out Polley freshman year he averages: 37.7% on 4.5 shots a game. Still worse percentage on less volume.

Rashad Anderson had a year he almost died, and in that year shot 31% from three. The other years he shot:

39% on 4 a game
41% on 5.5 a game
41% on 6.5 a game

If you pick their 3 best years (i.e. take out the ACL year and the staph infection year):

Rashad: 40.5% on 5.4 shots a game
Polley: 39% on 3 shots a game

If you instead add this year to up the shots a game to 4.5, you're down to 37%

I like Polley and I'm willing to agree the shooting decline had to do with injury rather than competition.

He wasn't as good as Rash.

 

[JB75]

Unproductive?

Compare his career 3 point percentage to Rashad Anderson. They are eerily similar in percentage and attempts per game average.

Over Rashads career he averaged 38.6% from 3 on 5.5 attempts per game.
Over Polleys career here he average 38.1% from 3 on 3.1 attempts a game (if you throw out his frosh year where he avaeaged only 1.1 shots a game he average around 5 attempts a game just like Rash)

Rash averaged 2.6 rebounds a game.
Polley averaged 2.0 rebounds a game.

Neither would be considered a stellar defender. Polley actually might get a slight nod in that one for length.



Rashad played for some incredible teams and hit some huge daggers . Love the kid. Was Rashad unproductive?

Did u just try attempt to compare Polley to Rashad? Lmfao

 

[August_West]

Rashad was a much better player in literally every way.

If you take out Polley freshman year he averages: 37.7% on 4.5 shots a game. Still worse percentage on less volume.

Rashad Anderson had a year he almost died, and in that year shot 31% from three. The other years he shot:

39% on 4 a game
41% on 5.5 a game
41% on 6.5 a game

If you pick their 3 best years (i.e. take out the ACL year and the staph infection year):

Rashad: 40.5% on 5.4 shots a game
Polley: 39% on 3 shots a game

If you instead add this year to up the shots a game to 4.5, you're down to 37%

I like Polley and I'm willing to agree the shooting decline had to do with injury rather than competition.

He wasn't as good as Rash.

I NEVER said he was as good. I said their stats were similar and we need a shooter! I even said that I see the difference as Rash making shots that count, kid had onions.

I was making a case on we (well I guess, I ) dont want Polley to enter the transfer portal if he decides (like Carlton) on another year of college ball. Used a comparison stat point to support why I give that opinion.

But everyone here automatically jumps to "oooh August said Polley is better than Jesus Anderson"

This place needs a collective Adderall enema.

and maybe a remedial reading course.

 

[7774]

The difference as I see it is that rashad hit the ones that counted. That was his plus. Ice water. Polley had that look at the end of the creighton game that rash probably buries.

Point being stat wise think of it this way, if you would take rashad on next years team, and wouldn’t we all? We should take Polley if he wants to return. He will shoot 40 plus percent on 5-6 threes a game next year. We need a shooter.

Besides this weird trolling thing you're doing with Rashad/Polley, the only thing I really disagree with is that you are just assuming he will shoot 40+% next year. Outside of 3 games this year he was a bad 3 point shooter, and not because he wasn't getting good looks.

He's coming back from a severe injury, so maybe he will bounce back just like Rashad did after the year he almost died. But he HAS to bounce back, because if he shoots like he did this year and doesn't improve other aspects of his game, playing him doesn't improve our chances of winning.

 

[JB75]

I NEVER said he was as good. I said their stats were similar and we need a shooter! I even said that I see the difference as Rash making shots that count, kid had onions.

I was making a case on we (well I guess, I ) dont want Polley to enter the transfer portal if he decides (like Carlton) on another year of college ball. Used a comparison stat point to support why I give that opinion.

But everyone here automatically jumps to "oooh August said Polley is better than Jesus Anderson"

This place needs a collective Adderall enema.

and maybe a remedial reading course.

It’s all good and I know it’s a Carlton thread love Polleys stroke when he’s on - but he really kills me. Maybe he comes back and absolutely lights it up next year - hope he does- but I don’t see it.

 

[tzznandrew]

I NEVER said he was as good. I said their stats were similar and we need a shooter! I even said that I see the difference as Rash making shots that count, kid had onions.

Nobody said you said Polley was better, so maybe no need to criticize others' reading ability.

You suggested that Rashad and Polley were comparable players. Frankly, they aren't.

Now, you were responding to someone essentially waving goodbye to Polley. I'm not on that train either. I don't think Polley is as good as you think he is, but I think his shooting will be closer to his junior year than his senior one and I'm okay with him coming back if he'd like to.

 

[superjohn]

I NEVER said he was as good. I said their stats were similar and we need a shooter! I even said that I see the difference as Rash making shots that count, kid had onions.

I was making a case on we (well I guess, I ) dont want Polley to enter the transfer portal if he decides (like Carlton) on another year of college ball. Used a comparison stat point to support why I give that opinion.

But everyone here automatically jumps to "oooh August said Polley is better than Jesus Anderson"

This place needs a collective Adderall enema.

and maybe a remedial reading course.

Then just say that, instead you chose to bring Rashad into the conversation. If you just said you want Polley back because he's a good 3 point shooter people would discuss why they want him back or maybe why they don't want him back. Bringing a much better player into the conversation to try to prove some sort of weird point opens yourself up to blowback.

 

[August_West]

Then just say that, instead you chose to bring Rashad into the conversation. If you just said you want Polley back because he's a good 3 point shooter people would discuss why they want him back or maybe why they don't want him back. Bringing a much better player into the conversation to try to prove some sort of weird point opens yourself up to blowback.

I want him back because he just about as good a career 3 point shooter as Rashad Anderson.

 

[Lefty2one]

I think if his plan was for a bench role, he probably would;ve just stayed here

There's a difference between playing 20 mpg off the bench and playing a handful of minutes every few games. He wasn't going to see any PT here next season. There are plenty of P5 schools that need frontcourt depth.

 

[Fishy]

Hurley basically told Josh he had no shot at playing time next year. Good for Josh

And you know this how?

 

[HuskyHawk]

Then just say that, instead you chose to bring Rashad into the conversation. If you just said you want Polley back because he's a good 3 point shooter people would discuss why they want him back or maybe why they don't want him back. Bringing a much better player into the conversation to try to prove some sort of weird point opens yourself up to blowback.

Depth is depth. There could be injuries, who knows? So there is no harm in having him back, unless we actually play him regular minutes. His problems haven't changed in the time he has been here. He can shoot well off a catch. He is a poor ball handler, so can't be a guard. He doesn't rebound or block out, so hurts you as a forward. He is generally a negative on D, as he is too slow to guard smalls and too soft to guard bigs.

As a depth piece, sure. As a regular in the rotation, no thanks. Give those minutes to the freshmen and whatever transfer we hopefully land.

 

[Fishy]

I want him back because he just about as good a career 3 point shooter as Rashad Anderson.

He is not in the same orbit.

 

[August_West]

He is not in the same orbit.

4 year career stats dont bear that out just from a 3 point shooting percentage though.