Reibe in the portal

[giddyup]

Too bad. I guess he's not willing to battle it out for center going forward.

When you are the heir apparent and lack the desire to want to fight for it, you’re probably not the right stuff for this program… just sayin. Wish him well and maybe he makes more $$ somewhere but he’s missing a chance to develop under the best

 

[boog204]

Feared this would happen… love Hurley but he didn’t use Reibe right you can tell he didn’t encourage his ability to stretch the floor & I believe it turned reibe off kids gotta lot of potential hate to see him go if he actually leaves

Reibe shot 4/13 from 3 and under 60 from the free throw line. He showed zero ability to stretch the floor here and was a total liability defensively. He played the exact amount that he should have . He absolutely has lots of potential and he’s choosing to leave the place that could have cultivated it the best, imo. We’ve been exceedingly fortunate that we really haven’t lost major pieces, until now, in the portal era.

 

[jskwrite]

The only thing I will say is that Reibe is never going to put up star numbers in this system. Heck, Castle didn't put up star numbers here - his pro numbers are better. That's the system. Reibe would have had the starting job next year but he would have been a third-fourth option scoring. Obviously this is not what he wanted.

Also, this was not a surprise to the staff.

 

[OceanDoggie]

The only thing I will say is that Reibe is never going to put up star numbers in this system. Heck, Castle didn't put up star numbers here - his pro numbers are better. That's the system. Reibe would have had the starting job next year but he would have been a third-fourth option scoring. Obviously this is not what he wanted.

Also, this was not a surprise to the staff.

I think the only way for him to have been content and for the fan base to be happy in outcomes was if Reibe could be athletic enough to play the 4, which he was not. He was not going to grow into a domineering Center and his inability to move around to spots on the floor made Karaban's look otherworldly.

 

[Uconn77Duke74]

Donavan shot 100% from 3 in 2023/2024 season (lol 1-1).
His 3’s this year are 34% (83 for 244).

That's better than uconn shot as a team in the entire Tourney. We shoot 33% in the Championship game and we go to OT.

 

[aceboon]

This board is high comedy, wasn't a soul questioning why Hurley and Co recruited Reibe and how he didn't fit UConn's system when he played well against Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Florida when Reed was hobbled/out. His play fell off and he became disengaged(whichever order you want to put first), but these "well, he never fit UConn's style of play" takes are nonsense.

 

[Mots010]

Feared this would happen… love Hurley but he didn’t use Reibe right you can tell he didn’t encourage his ability to stretch the floor & I believe it turned reibe off kids gotta lot of potential hate to see him go if he actually leaves

We were 7 points from a national championship. Reibe looked like he mailed it in the last month. I think Hurley had it right.

 

[alphasigko]

I was hoping that perhaps he would engage Clingan this summer for some heavy coaching work to improve his offense and defense down low. I think he is being short sighted, but I wish him well.

 

[husky429]

Feared this would happen… love Hurley but he didn’t use Reibe right you can tell he didn’t encourage his ability to stretch the floor & I believe it turned reibe off kids gotta lot of potential hate to see him go if he actually leaves

We were a hair's breadth from winning a national title. Spare me.