Player and Recruit Retention News/Discussion & Potential Transfers

[Hoosierfan2017]

12 minutes ago, brumdog45 said:

I'm not sure what minutes you are talking about last year that were legitimate, non-mop up minutes.  The Purdue minutes were him just fouling and getting Purdue not guarding him on defense.

The Purdue game, and then Crean threw him in during the second half of the Northwestern game on senior night for a few minutes too. He wasn't sensational or anything but he wasn't a complete liability either. With us possibly being thin up front next year depending on Moore's development, if Priller can give a minute or two here and there it would be helpful. 

[Uspshoosier]

Indiana loses Thomas Bryant to the NBA. James Blackmon, Robert Johnson are "50/50" on returning to IU, per a source.
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[goonaha]

RoJo leaving would be shocking. 

[RaceToTheTop]

33 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

The Purdue game, and then Crean threw him in during the second half of the Northwestern game on senior night for a few minutes too. He wasn't sensational or anything but he wasn't a complete liability either. With us possibly being thin up front next year depending on Moore's development, if Priller can give a minute or two here and there it would be helpful. 

He ended up with two minutes against NW.  If Priller is on the court, we are in trouble.

[LockdownD]

I got the feeling that RJ was so frustrated with his role on the team that I would have been shocked to see him return.  I remember seeing a picture of him coming out of a game to the sideline and having Coach Crean talk to him assuming about his play.  Robert couldn't/wouldn't look at the man.  He was over it.  Since a coaching change has come about, I could see Robert coming back after his NBA evaluation and being an impactful player under CAM.  Robert is a "no bs" kind of guy and I think he and CAM have a lot in common.  

[Brass Cannon]

25 minutes ago, brumdog45 said:

He ended up with two minutes against NW.  If Priller is on the court, we are in trouble.

To be fair Archie might be able to teach him some fundamentals

[HoosierAloha]

From what I've seen up to this point, I would rather have Morgan or Hartman at the 5 in a small ball lineup. They could stretch the floor and pull the opposing big away from the basket. Priller getting a few minutes here and there during games with a solid lead wouldn't be bad. I want to hear Priller's senior night speech. He should tell the story of doing 5 thugs at once!

[Hoosierfan2017]

50/50 for each individually or 50/50 that they're both back next year? It seems highly unlikely that Rojo goes anywhere. 

[recker222000]

50/50 for each individually or 50/50 that they're both back next year? It seems highly unlikely that Rojo goes anywhere. 

Where would Johnson go?

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[Hoosierfan2017]

5 minutes ago, recker222000 said:

Where would Johnson go?

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I guess maybe grad transfer, but I remember reading someone say that he probably won't have enough credits to graduate this year. 

[maharkn]

Let rojo go. Is there any grad transfer bigs out there we could get to help with size?

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[cljones1979]

rojo is a good all around guard. i want him to stay. he has a mid range jumper, stroke it from the 3, and he can drive to the basket. he also plays d and has big game experience.

 

[schoosier]

On 4/30/2017 at 2:19 PM, Woodson1980 said:

Dakich had a beer gut.

Just watched his 84 team beat UNC in Elite 8. YouTube very good watching. For those who want to see Bobby Knight at his best beating arguably Dean Smith's best ever team should check it out. Dakich was paired with Alford who carried us along with Uwe Blap, Marty Simmons, Mike Giomi. Now there's an all ,what would you say, limited team against Jordan, Smith, Perkins, Daughterys. Simmons and Giomi transferred and 6th man Stew had to pay his way his redshirt year. I'm ready to finally see great coaching again and Knight was the best.

[HoosierAloha]

rojo is a good all around guard. i want him to stay. he has a mid range jumper, stroke it from the 3, and he can drive to the basket. he also plays d and has big game experience.
 

If we get leadership from Hartman and RoJo we will compete. If we get it from some other source we will struggle. I said the same thing before last season. Unfortunately, we had leadership from a different source.

[Chris007]

17 hours ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

I guess maybe grad transfer, but I remember reading someone say that he probably won't have enough credits to graduate this year. 

As I said he would have to take a huge summer class load to graduate before fall semester.

[Stuhoo]

 

My preferred guard rotation for this year (in order of on-court minutes) would be:

JBj, RoJo, DeVonte, Josh, Al D.

 

[Dalton26]

10 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

My preferred guard rotation for this year (in order of on-court minutes) would be:

JBj, RoJo, DeVonte, Josh, Al D.

 

no CuJo?

[Stuhoo]

12 minutes ago, Dalton26 said:

no CuJo?

 

Dunno. How good is JBj's NBA feedback gonna be?

 

[HoosierAloha]

This might be a better place to discuss Newkirk vs. Green. Green made plays last season that no other player on the team would think to make. He has a natural feel for the lead guard position that Newkirk doesn't have. I believe with a summer and noncon season of heavy minutes that Green is the much better option and leads us to a better B1G record. Newkirk could get to the rim sometimes, hit some shots sometimes, and was an okay defender. Green will do all those things better.

[8bucks]

This might be a better place to discuss Newkirk vs. Green. Green made plays last season that no other player on the team would think to make. He has a natural feel for the lead guard position that Newkirk doesn't have. I believe with a summer and noncon season of heavy minutes that Green is the much better option and leads us to a better B1G record. Newkirk could get to the rim sometimes, hit some shots sometimes, and was an okay defender. Green will do all those things better.

Newkirk made more plays for himself than for others. He had more playing time but he really seemed to have nice spark for us down the stretch (when RoJo was providing very little). I think Newkirk making plays is often forgotten because he was not doing this for others or consistently during the year.

Green made some plays for others that no one else did and it will be good if that increases as he gets more time.