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BGleas

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  1. BGleas

    2022-2023 IUBB Roster Projection

    But if that is how the staff is viewing it, which i don't think they are, why are they recruiting 2 more wings right now and not a replacement 4 for JG's role there? The staff is/has shown you what they think with their actions by only ever playing him at the wing in a game where half the team was suspended (again, on a team that desperately needed better wing play), and continuing to recruit wings and not bigs. At least to this point, the staff has shown no indication with their actions that they're trying to move JG to the wing. Just to be clear, I'm a JG fan. I think he has the opportunity to be a great small/stretch 4 at this level. He literally just got comfortable in that role, which he is clearly best suited for, and now want to push him somewhere else?
  2. BGleas

    2022-2023 IUBB Roster Projection

    Sorry, didn't think I needed to point out "except for the game where half the team was suspended".
  3. BGleas

    2022-2023 IUBB Roster Projection

    I'll disagree with you on Troy Williams, he developed a lot. He was the 2nd leading scorer, tied for team lead in rebounding and shot 35% from 3 on a Big Ten Title team that went to the Sweet Sixteen. Also, OG was developing nicely before his knee injury. But, both guys played the college 4, where they belonged.
  4. BGleas

    2022-2023 IUBB Roster Projection

    Completely agree!
  5. BGleas

    2022-2023 IUBB Roster Projection

    I'll leave it at this (until I get sucked in again :) If Jordan Geronimo was a wing, he would have at least gotten some wing minutes the last two seasons. If he was a wing, he would have gotten wing minutes on two teams that desperately needed better wing talent, and he never even got a look on the wing. If JG is a wing, and his coach thought he was a wing, why is his coach still recruiting two more wings? If TJD leaves, we lost Durr, and if JG is all of the sudden a wing out of nowhere, and we only replaced three bigs with Reneau, then why are we still recruiting wings? This debate is Justin Smith, OG, Troy Williams and Watford all over again.
  6. BGleas

    2022-2023 IUBB Roster Projection

    I don’t think we could have a better situation with the 13th scholarship, if that's what we're calling it, then Anthony Leal. Local kid, works his butt off, plays incredibly hard when he gets in, moves the ball incredibly well when he plays, and literally never complains about playing time or anything. It's infinitely better to have that, as opposed to a malcontent that pissed off about playing time on the end of the bench.
  7. BGleas

    2022-2023 IUBB Roster Projection

    If you think he's a good perimeter defender at this point, then I don't know what to tell you. He's simply not if you watched closely. Not the only game, but St. Mary's had his head spinning on switches. There are reasons he didn't log a single minute in two years at the wing under two different coaches on two teams that desperately needed better wing play. It wasn't just ball handling. Kopp isn't a great ball handler either.
  8. BGleas

    2022-2023 IUBB Roster Projection

    That's what his skillset is.
  9. BGleas

    2022-2023 IUBB Roster Projection

    You could have just quoted me. 100%, it's not that close if you watched closely. JG consistently gets lost on the perimeter, loses his man, gets blown by and struggles with the rotation. He's a phenomenal weak-side defender/shot blocker and is strong in the post despite his lack of height, but struggles when switched out on perimeter defenders. Kopp, while lacking some foot speed is a very smart and fundamental defender.
  10. BGleas

    2022-2023 IUBB Roster Projection

    I don’t subscribe to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 really. IMO you have guards, wings and forwards/centers, though for IU it's really forwards. Even the line between guards and wings is blurred anymore. But, JG is has been a forward his entire IU career to this point and I don't see that changing. Woodson played him exclusively as a forward. This discussion really shouldn't have anything to do with Kopp. Needing an upgrade from Kopp doesn't make JG good for a role he's never played. JG hasn't done a little of everything. He's only played forward. He hasn't been a creator. He hasn't been the ball handler in the PnR, he's always for 2 years set the ball screen and rolled/popped. He hasn't played the wing at all. Defensively he's been really bad on the perimeter when switched onto guards/wings (yes, worse than Kopp).
  11. BGleas

    2022-2023 IUBB Roster Projection

    Again, I like JG. But, does he have more potential than Smith? I was never a Smith guy, but he did far more his first two years than JG has and JG was on teams where more was needed. I'm a JG fan, I really am, love him as a developing stretch 4, but nothing to this point has shown he's a wing. JG is the prototypical college 4 and he has the potential to be phenomenal on that role. Once again, I'm not a Kopp guy. I think he could be good off the bench though. But yes, last season Kopp was a much, much better perimeter defender.
  12. BGleas

    2022-2023 IUBB Roster Projection

    You literally described JG as a 4, a guy that crashes the boards, gets weak-side blocks, etc. (IE. Cleans up others trash). Again, I've never said Kopp is the answer, though he is a much better perimeter defender than JG. But, your dislike of Kopp does not make JG a wing.
  13. BGleas

    2022-2023 IUBB Roster Projection

    JG literally hasn't played a minute as a wing in his two years. Kopp turns it over far less then JG and is a much better perimeter defender. With that said, my hope is that Kopp isn't a starting wing either. Very few are claiming Kopp is the answer, but that doesn't make JG a wing player. I will be absolutely floored if we trot out a TJD, Race, JG lineup. It literally never happened once this season when the wings were a weakness.
  14. BGleas

    2022-2023 IUBB Roster Projection

    I'm not down on him at all. I'm glad Race is back, but honestly there was a part of me kind of hoping Race was going to move on so JG could get those minutes all to himself. But, he's not a wing. I'm not saying Kopp is the answer, never have, but Kopp also does a lot that JG can't. Kopp turns it over far less, fouls far less, and is a much, much better perimeter defender. JG is pretty bad defending the perimeter, he gets blown by a lot and loses his man out there a lot. JG is a really good developing stretch 4. That's the way the game is going/has went, smaller, not bigger. He can get to that midrange as a 4 and his 3 is developing. He can crash the oboards from that spot, etc. Our fan base always does this. Like Justin Smith, OG, Troy and Watford before him, everyone wanted them to be college wings, but they're not. There's nothing at all wrong with that, it's how the game is played. I mean, I'm typing this while watching Draymond Green play center in the NBA playoffs.
  15. BGleas

    2022-2023 IUBB Roster Projection

    I definitely want JG to stay. He brings a lot to the table and should only keep getting better. But, without a ton of development on both ends, I just don't see him getting any minutes at the wing.
  16. BGleas

    2022-2023 IUBB Roster Projection

    Gotcha. I don’t really see JG playing that much on the wing. He hasn't played that role at all in two years, and he'd have to improve a great deal at both ends. IMO, like Justin Smith, OG, Troy Williams and Watford, JG is a college 4.
  17. BGleas

    2022-2023 IUBB Roster Projection

    Why? They play totally different roles/positions.
  18. BGleas

    NCAA MBB Transfer Portal

    Would love it to happen, as it would help both JG and the team be more versatile, but he is going to have to improve a lot on both ends to be a wing player. He's really bad defensively on the perimeter at this stage, much worse then Kopp, and of course we know the offensive improvements he needs to make. Hope it happens, and I'm a JG fan, love him as an athletic 4 on both ends, but he needs a lot of work to be a true wing player.
  19. BGleas

    NCAA MBB Transfer Portal

    True, and maybe it's semantics, but in that scenario Reneau would be the JG replacement and Dennis would sort of replace Stewart if we're getting that granular.
  20. BGleas

    NCAA MBB Transfer Portal

    I wouldn't think so. Dennis is a wing and JG is a 4. We'd still need to replace JG if for some reason he left.
  21. TJD really is a great 5 for college basketball. We just need better pieces around him so that he's not the focal point. TJD is a shot-blocking, rebounding big that generally can finish around the rim and is good in the PnR game. The problem is that he shouldn't be the focal point of an offense. Put him with guards and wings like UNC has, Duke has, Kansas, etc., and he'd be perfect. I would love to have TJD back surrounded by XJ, Bates, JHS and a couple other guards and wings from the portal. Guys that can create and make shots while TJD is a rim runner in the PnR game and a monster defensively. I say this all realizing there is a slim chance he returns.
  22. BGleas

    Next assistant coach

    Leonard Hamilton is also 73.
  23. BGleas

    Next assistant coach

    But, there never was a coach in waiting. It was always message board fodder, nothing else. Dane Fife himself said during his introductory press conference that he was not the coach in waiting. There are also like 3 coaches in the ACC in their 70's doing just fine on the recruiting trail. Mike Woodson has never even remotely indicated that his tenure will be short (3-4 years or something).
  24. BGleas

    Next assistant coach

    Why was it the implication they wanted to send? Because fans on a message board wanted it to be? At no point during that last year has Woodson or Dolson alluded to or said anything about it or about Woodson only being here 4-5 years or anything. If it was the implication they wanted to send then they would have named him the Associate Head Coach from the outset. They didn't. There's been no talk about anyone taking over for Woodson by anyone in the admin. Woodson could be the coach for 10 years.
  25. BGleas

    College Bball Thread

    He also would sub a lot less in the 2nd half of games. In a lot of games Durr, Bates and even JG would get run in the first half but not the 2nd half.
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