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olehead said:
I'll take the kid Jalen Bridges in the next clip. Jk. Javonte Brown Ferguson needs a redshirt year.
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What...u think he's moving up a year to redshirt? You are basing him needing a redshirt year off of a 12 second clip?
 
superjohn said:
What...u think he's moving up a year to redshirt? You are basing him needing a redshirt year off of a 12 second clip?
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Even if he needed a redshirt at the time the video was taken, he won't need one by the time his freshman season starts. Coaches and his motivation will get him ready to play at first opportunity. Reality, UConn needs him to backup Carlton in Carlton's senior year and then start the next year. UConn can't afford him to redshirt.

(Of course, nobody redshirts voluntarily, so it's silly to suppose he would even if minutes were less abundant.)
 
superjohn said:
What...u think he's moving up a year to redshirt? You are basing him needing a redshirt year off of a 12 second clip?
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I'd want him to redshirt, he probably wouldn't play behind Carlton and Springs as a freshman anyways.
 
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Huskyforlife said:
I'd want him to redshirt, he probably wouldn't play behind Carlton and Springs as a freshman anyways.
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What are you basing this on? I've only watched a few of his games but he looks like a far better prospect to me than those two.
 
superjohn said:
What...u think he's moving up a year to redshirt? You are basing him needing a redshirt year off of a 12 second clip?
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I watched his games. Though his stats are decent, he's sluggish, he needs a lot of Sal to develop explosiveness so that he can benefit from all of his length.
 
olehead said:
I watched his games. Though his stats are decent, he's sluggish, he needs a lot of Sal to develop explosiveness so that he can benefit from all of his length.
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I trust in Sal to have him ready when Coach Hurley deems him ready.
 
One thing that does concern me, do the kids we’re bringing in share Hurley’s energy, grit, competitiveness? Is this something that can be taught? We lose CV and AG after this year if you look at the roster we have for the next few years the kids are all super talented but they’re universally laid back type kids. Hurley even mentioned at the presser the other night that he may need to address this through recruiting...
 
superjohn said:
What are you basing this on? I've only watched a few of his games but he looks like a far better prospect to me than those two.
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Of course he looks like a better prospect in general. But Carlton isnt relinquishing his starting spot as a senior, and Springs will have the benefit of practicing with the team for a year, and probably being much stronger than Ferguson. It also shouldn't surprise me if he's the best of the 3 by the time he leaves UConn. Are you lower on Springs than consensus?
 
Huskyforlife said:
Of course he looks like a better prospect in general. But Carlton isnt relinquishing his starting spot as a senior, and Springs will have the benefit of practicing with the team for a year, and probably being much stronger than Ferguson. It also shouldn't surprise me if he's the best of the 3 by the time he leaves UConn. Are you lower on Springs than consensus?
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Not low on Springs. I like him but Javonte is just a better prospect than Richie and Josh. NBA frame and length and just a lot more upside, IMO. I'm not as high on Josh as most of the board.

You said Javonte probably won't play next year with us having Josh and Richie, I strongly disagree with this.
 
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olehead said:
I watched his games. Though his stats are decent, he's sluggish, he needs a lot of Sal to develop explosiveness so that he can benefit from all of his length.
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I think the right terminology is that he could use a redshirt. But since he's reclassifying, no chance he'll do that. We don't have enough in the pipeline to sacrifice that year of experience anyway
 
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UcannUconn said:
One thing that does concern me, do the kids we’re bringing in share Hurley’s energy, grit, competitiveness? Is this something that can be taught? We lose CV and AG after this year if you look at the roster we have for the next few years the kids are all super talented but they’re universally laid back type kids. Hurley even mentioned at the presser the other night that he may need to address this through recruiting...
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Your posts seem to have a certain flavor of concern.
 
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Hans Sprungfeld said:
Are Canadian hats different?
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A little.
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superjohn said:
Not low on Springs. I like him but Javonte is just a better prospect than Richie and Josh. NBA frame and length and just a lot more upside, IMO. I'm not as high on Josh as most of the board.

You said Javonte probably won't play next year with us having Josh and Richie, I strongly disagree with this.
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So where does his playing time come from? Springs moving to PF? Carlton taking a significant dip in playing time in his senior season? I agree Carlton isn't as good as some people think, but he's definitely going to be better than freshman Ferguson.
 
This what a healthy program does, keeps bringing in good guys and coaching them up. Develop competition on the squad, earn your PT and if you produce when called you get more time. A big guy coming in here with the right attitude has a great chance for PT, if he realizes that the more boards he grabs the more he's going to play.
 
Huskyforlife said:
So where does his playing time come from? Springs moving to PF? Carlton taking a significant dip in playing time in his senior season? I agree Carlton isn't as good as some people think, but he's definitely going to be better than freshman Ferguson.
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Springs is more of a PF anyway.
 
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Huskyforlife said:
So where does his playing time come from? Springs moving to PF? Carlton taking a significant dip in playing time in his senior season? I agree Carlton isn't as good as some people think, but he's definitely going to be better than freshman Ferguson.
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There's plenty of playing time, just like Richie would be getting time if he was eligible this year. We used to have teams with like 5 bigs with NBA type talent.
 
Huskyforlife said:
So where does his playing time come from? Springs moving to PF? Carlton taking a significant dip in playing time in his senior season? I agree Carlton isn't as good as some people think, but he's definitely going to be better than freshman Ferguson.
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Big men in Hurley's ideal system are not playing 30 minutes a game. How do you expect us to effectively play Akok, Bouknight, and Andre Jackson without rotating fresh legs at the 5? Carlton played 22 last game and was lumbering around late in the second half. What are we even TALKING ABOUT here?
 
intlzncster said:
I think the right terminology is that he could use a redshirt. But since he's reclassifying, no chance he'll do that. We don't have enough in the pipeline to sacrifice that year of experience anyway
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Isn't this what Richie Springs did? Or different because his redshirt was forced due to academics?
 
3for3 said:
Isn't this what Richie Springs did? Or different because his redshirt was forced due to academics?
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Yeah, this red shirt wasn't planned. Hand for forced.
 
Here's a gem from the Javonte thread on the Texas A&M board:

"understand the proximity thing but still would be upset to lose a recruit to Uconn. conference realignment has pretty much made them an afterthought."
 
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