We don’t have to be losing Kemba Walker to feel like it’s terrible to go into an off-season with no recruited point guards, one of the most important positions on the court in college basketball.
who said anything aboot playing time? are u unfamiliar with the term 'pining' or 'pine time' as used by ballers? u can talk til ur head falls off, it doesn't change anything aboot his being 'drafted' by both kansas and nova, instead farting around here for a season, seeing the floor for a handful of minutes.
Yup and he would've had just as much or more pine time at Nova and Kansas. Whatever, move on bro.
I think the problem is timing. It's spring limiting time to find long term solution. And the miss on both means we have a potential problem, depth 2 years from now.
2 years from now Diggins would be a junior, gaffney gone, and Castle a freshman. Just find a transfer with 2 years left and we're fine.
We all watched the tournament this year, and every year. You need good PGs to do ANYTHING in the Dance. St. Peters, Loyola last year, you name it. Nova has made a living with their annoying guards over the years. This year we had RJ and a hybrid Dre, with nothing coming from Gaff and look where we ended up.
Limiting time to find a long term solution? There are over 1000 players in the transfer portal. Years ago your assessment may have been right but with the portal there is plenty of time to find what we need.
Not sure this it the "gotcha" moment you think it is. He's definitely not as good as I or a lot of folks thought he'd be. It happens. And just FYI, the post you're referencing was about how personable and good in front of a camera he was during media day before the season started. While I did think he'd be a much better player than he turned out to be, that post wasn't actually about his on-court performance.
I’m praying Castle can reclassify. Kind of crazy that Hurley has been here for what, 5 years? And has no recruited PGs to show for it.
I mean that was an obvious lie from the beginning.
This is very true.
True, but I think it is pretty clear guaranteed playing time is really all he is looking for.
Agreed, his departure most likely had nothing to do with Hurley being "too mean". Those who transfer (from anywhere) due to a coaches "painful honesty" will need to think long nd hard before considering UMass. From what I've been told, Martin may be closer in demeanor to Bobby Knight than JC is.
I would guess he's looking at a bench role wherever he goes next year, but somewhere he'll be able to at least carve out a role and consistent PT.
