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How many more spots need to be filled now that we have one down?
5 open scholarships.How many more spots need to be filled now that we have one down?
Amazing5 open scholarships.
Wow, you managed to get everything wrong with this post.The remaining players needed are Gaffney, Diggins, Floyd and Akok. It's clear as the days pass that DH never planned for any early departure other than Cole and Martin.. He never anticipated the situation he's now in at guard -- having to recruit a ball handler willing to play back-up behind his obvious first choice. Nor, as he admits, did he foresee the loss of Akok. What he failed to appreciate across the board was the expectations of the players already on his roster.
This is not ,to say that Newton's recruitment wasn't essential. Only to say that the repercussions of recruiting him were not anticipated and planned for.
Looking forward, I suspect that DH is pretty much winging it. But he is blessed with a potentially fruitful portal and should be able to fill the holes. I do think we can replace the caliber of the players lost. I doubt that we can recreate the chemistry we thought we had in returning a bunch of bonded and committed guys.
Sort of scary when you lay it out like that. Need Hawkins to remember how to dribble next year and take a huge leap. Gotta hope that TBD kid is all conference too as the competition at the 3/4 is Jackson and a kid who’s got a lot of potential but barely any runI think we have our starting line up. We need 1 starting caliber combo guard, a Castle reclass, and a depth forward.
PG: Newton - Castle
SG: Hawkins - Guard TBD
SF: Jackson - Karaban - Forward TBD
PF: Johnson - Karaban - Springs
C: Sanogo - Clingan
On paper that's probably even worse ballhandling and breakdown ability than last year. We badly need another stud guard who gets in the lane and scores.I think we have our starting line up. We need 1 starting caliber combo guard, a Castle reclass, and a depth forward.
PG: Newton - Castle
SG: Hawkins - Guard TBD
SF: Jackson - Karaban - Forward TBD
PF: Johnson - Karaban - Springs
C: Sanogo - Clingan
The remaining players needed are Gaffney, Diggins, Floyd and Akok. It's clear as the days pass that DH never planned for any early departure other than Cole and Martin.. He never anticipated the situation he's now in at guard -- having to recruit a ball handler willing to play back-up behind his obvious first choice. Nor, as he admits, did he foresee the loss of Akok. What he failed to appreciate across the board was the expectations of the players already on his roster.
This is not ,to say that Newton's recruitment wasn't essential. Only to say that the repercussions of recruiting him were not anticipated and planned for.
Looking forward, I suspect that DH is pretty much winging it. But he is blessed with a potentially fruitful portal and should be able to fill the holes. I do think we can replace the caliber of the players lost. I doubt that we can recreate the chemistry we thought we had in returning a bunch of bonded and committed guys.
Is that why those guys are being recruited by lower level programs now? What a stupid post, they weren’t championship level players.The remaining players needed are Gaffney, Diggins, Floyd and Akok. It's clear as the days pass that DH never planned for any early departure other than Cole and Martin.. He never anticipated the situation he's now in at guard -- having to recruit a ball handler willing to play back-up behind his obvious first choice. Nor, as he admits, did he foresee the loss of Akok. What he failed to appreciate across the board was the expectations of the players already on his roster.
This is not ,to say that Newton's recruitment wasn't essential. Only to say that the repercussions of recruiting him were not anticipated and planned for.
Looking forward, I suspect that DH is pretty much winging it. But he is blessed with a potentially fruitful portal and should be able to fill the holes. I do think we can replace the caliber of the players lost. I doubt that we can recreate the chemistry we thought we had in returning a bunch of bonded and committed guys.
Lord knows I try.Wow, you managed to get everything wrong with this post.
I think newton jackson hawkins and sanogo are locked in starters, for the 5th spot, I would like to see whichever of karaban johnson and castle is shooting the ball best.I think we have our starting line up. We need 1 starting caliber combo guard, a Castle reclass, and a depth forward.
PG: Newton - Castle
SG: Hawkins - Guard TBD
SF: Jackson - Karaban - Forward TBD
PF: Johnson - Karaban - Springs
C: Sanogo - Clingan
On paper that's probably even worse ballhandling and breakdown ability than last year. We badly need another stud guard who gets in the lane and scores.
I think newton jackson hawkins and sanogo are locked in starters, for the 5th spot, I would like to see whichever of karaban johnson and castle is shooting the ball best.
agree we still need another good G that can break down his defender and get his own shot but replacing a PG (cole) and a wing (martin) with two PGs (newton and castle) would have to constitute an upgrade in ball handlingOn paper that's probably even worse ballhandling and breakdown ability than last year.
you had me until the last sentence. we dont want our entire bench to all be freshmen (castle, floyd, karaban, clingan). we're upgrading our Gs from top to bottom.I think we’ll be alright. Just need Newton to cut down on the turnovers and Hawkins to work on his handles to get to an adequate level. Last year he couldn’t be the ball on the floor much at all. Banking on a steady improvement from him. Also assuming Castle is on board, he will be a solid backup PG for next season.
We ideally need a combo guard to fill that open spot. Good handles, decent scorer. A Corey Floyd Jr kinda player :/
I think we have our starting line up. We need 1 starting caliber combo guard, a Castle reclass, and a depth forward.
PG: Newton - Castle
SG: Hawkins - Guard TBD
SF: Jackson - Karaban - Forward TBD
PF: Johnson - Karaban - Springs
C: Sanogo - Clingan
I thing I Bleed Blue is on the correct track.On paper that's probably even worse ballhandling and breakdown ability than last year. We badly need another stud guard who gets in the lane and scores.
but the question is whether castle would be 1 of the 2 more Gs ready to contribute or a developmental piece. i think he would have to be one of the former, otherwise he'd be 3rd string which is the same situation floyd didn't want to be in.Really no need to guess. Hurley said he’s going for two more perimeter players (guards) that are ready to contribute this year, and then a couple more developmental types (won’t really play this year if we find them). There’s 5 scholarships so that still leaves room for Castle.
To pa degree didn’t the Newton recruitment which I agree with caused at least one of departures.The remaining players needed are Gaffney, Diggins, Floyd and Akok. It's clear as the days pass that DH never planned for any early departure other than Cole and Martin.. He never anticipated the situation he's now in at guard -- having to recruit a ball handler willing to play back-up behind his obvious first choice. Nor, as he admits, did he foresee the loss of Akok. What he failed to appreciate across the board was the expectations of the players already on his roster.
This is not ,to say that Newton's recruitment wasn't essential. Only to say that the repercussions of recruiting him were not anticipated and planned for.
Looking forward, I suspect that DH is pretty much winging it. But he is blessed with a potentially fruitful portal and should be able to fill the holes. I do think we can replace the caliber of the players lost. I doubt that we can recreate the chemistry we thought we had in returning a bunch of bonded and committed guys.