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Sid Wilson Transferring

uconngb said:
Pro level tools??? ?? Good athleticism. Almost zero fundamental basketball skills. FAR from pro level tools. The kid averaged 3.5 ppg where he had a chance for unlimited minutes. What exactly are his “pro level tools”?
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What the hell is your agenda here? We get it. You don’t like Sid. Hopefully, this is an immature response to Sid not liking you first.
 
djct1999 said:
What the hell is your agenda here? We get it. You don’t like Sid. Hopefully, this is an immature response to Sid not liking you first.
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It's not that we don't like Sid as a person, since we do not know him personally. It's that we do not like his overall game, or lack thereof.
 
I could see him fitting in at Iona. Seems like the sort of player who could be pretty successful in the MAAC. He will be able to “ out athletic” lots of guys that he couldn’t do at a higher level.
 
djct1999 said:
What the hell is your agenda here? We get it. You don’t like Sid. Hopefully, this is an immature response to Sid not liking you first.
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I don't think most here are indicting SW for anything other than what we all saw. He sat out a year during which you would think he'd have improved his skills and learned something about how the game is played. Yet, he then was suspended for the first 7 games of the 18-19 season, and when he did start getting minutes there was pretty unanimous agreement here that he didn't seem to know the offense or defense, had no outside shot, didn't handle the ball well and generally looked lost.
 
Watchdog said:
I don't think most here are indicting SW for anything other than what we all saw. He sat out a year during which you would think he'd have improved his skills and learned something about how the game is played. Yet, he then was suspended for the first 7 games of the 18-19 season, and when he did start getting minutes there was pretty unanimous agreement here that he didn't seem to know the offense or defense, had no outside shot, didn't handle the ball well and generally looked lost.
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It’s a boneyard thing. We use a variation of the Lake Woebegone scale. All the coaches are great. All the uniforms are good looking and all the players are above average. And if they are not they will be the next Hilton this off season. Based on this all those people who bought into the Sid is terrific hype will continue to say that even as he becomes a bench player in a league that is many levels below where he failed to produce. Oh, and most of them think you get 4 points for thunderous dunks I guess.
 
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Wish Sid the best, it was time for him to go. It was obvious that he didn’t fit Dan Hurley’s program going forward.
 
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Iona with Pitino is an entirely different beast than Iona without Pitino. I'm not fond of Pitino but he is a fantastic college basketball coach. He kids improve and his teams win a lot of games. Why wouldn't Sid want to go there?
 
QDOG5 said:
Iona with Pitino is an entirely different beast than Iona without Pitino. I'm not fond of Pitino but he is a fantastic college basketball coach. He kids improve and his teams win a lot of games. Why wouldn't Sid want to go there?
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Pitino is quite possibly a top 5 X’s and O’s coach of all time. Awful person but absolutely fantastic coach. I see why kids want to play for him.
 
QDOG5 said:
Iona with Pitino is an entirely different beast than Iona without Pitino. I'm not fond of Pitino but he is a fantastic college basketball coach. He kids improve and his teams win a lot of games. Why wouldn't Sid want to go there?
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The questions isn’t really why wouldn’t Sid want to go there. The question is, does Pitino want him? Without looking at their scholly situation, it’s certainly possible Pitino isn’t interested. Playing for Pitino ain’t easy, he’s prolly more of a no nonsense BS coach than Hurley is.
 
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Fatroony5 said:
The questions isn’t really why wouldn’t Sid want to go there. The question is, does Pitino want him? Without looking at their scholly situation, it’s certainly possible Pitino isn’t interested. Playing for Pitino ain’t easy, he’s prolly more of a no nonsense BS coach than Hurley is.
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Yes, I have no idea whether Pitino wants Sid. The subject matter I was responding to was-- is Iona a good fit for Sid or should he see if there is interest from major programs? The point I was making was if there is mutual interest he could do a lot worse than playing for Pitino.
 
They say Red Sox fans have a rep of kicking players on the way out the door. UConn fans are worse.
 
alphasigko said:
It's not that we don't like Sid as a person, since we do not know him personally. It's that we do not like his overall game, or lack thereof.
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With right motivation and skill development, he’s got high upside. For us, there probably isn’t enough time in the day to make that happen with what appear better potential options. I’ll miss him. Fun to watch.
 
honestly he wasn’t that good. Yet another Like most Ollie recruits he looked b,enter inhis recruiting videos than he ever did in person. He is now being offered by Bryant and Iona maybe. Long long way from major college basketball.
 
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freescooter said:
honestly he wasn’t that good. Yet another Like most Ollie recruits he looked b,enter inhis recruiting videos than he ever did in person. He is now being offered by Bryant and Iona maybe. Long long way from major college basketball.
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Do you know anything about where he was ranked coming out of high school?
 
Waquoit said:
They say Red Sox fans have a rep of kicking players on the way out the door. UConn fans are worse.
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To me what's funnier is the tendency of every fanbase to think every recruit in the next incarnation of [insert former great player name here] until they verbal to someone else and then they
1. Are afraid of competition;​
2. Weren't seriously being considered;​
3. Have an attitude problem (locker room issues); and/or​
4. Have rickets.​

We are not as bad as many. Syracuse is absolutely the worst. It is hysterical to see the 180.
 
Waquoit said:
They say Red Sox fans have a rep of kicking players on the way out the door. UConn fans are worse.
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I’ve never heard that saying. If you are hearing this from Yankee fans, might want to look at how jacoby Ellsbury is being treated...
 
Tenspro2002 said:
I'm not sure what point you think you're making, but he's right that Wilson absolutely looked like the kind of kid who would be overrated coming out of high school, and completely fit a KO "type".
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People–yourself included–didn't seem to think so at the time: Sid Wilson (UConn Wants Him to Reclassify to '17)

Also, while it's not surprising you didn't get my point, Wilson was sought after by programs in the Florida/Texas echelon. It's disingenuous for you to suggest he was some crazy reach whose burnout potential was obvious.
 
Stainmaster said:
People–yourself included–didn't seem to think so at the time: Sid Wilson (UConn Wants Him to Reclassify to '17)

Also, while it's not surprising you didn't get my point, Wilson was sought after by programs in the Florida/Texas echelon. It's disingenuous for you to suggest he was some crazy reach whose burnout potential was obvious.
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Any word as to the programs that have officially inquired about Sid? I know people have suggest Iona but...
 
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