Player and Recruit Retention News/Discussion & Potential Transfers

[mdn82 25,747]

Do you live your own life with such absolutes? I'm sorry that his transition from 18 years old to 19 years old didn't impress you enough.
 
 
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No need to be sorry .


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[Crimson and Cream 5,870]

Anyone hear anything about how Bryant performed in the 5 v 5 play at the combine? I can't find any box scores but he wasn't mentioned in the write-ups the DX guys did.

[Hoosierfan2017 22,772]

4 minutes ago, Crimson and Cream said:

Anyone hear anything about how Bryant performed in the 5 v 5 play at the combine? I can't find any box scores but he wasn't mentioned in the write-ups the DX guys did.

He was a DNP in the one box score I saw. 

[KingPG21 6,587]

9 hours ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Hey he could always make an account here like Troy's mom did, although that didn't go very well..

I thought it was pretty great. For differing reasons...... was definitely not something I really expected to see in the mostly media-savy world we live in now

[cthomas 6,534]

13 hours ago, mdn82 said:

Well a counterpoint is fine even if we disagree. But then you lose credibility with idiotic comments because you can't eloquently disagree with me. This is a message board. I would hope we all didn't agree with things after an 18 win season. It's called a conversation. You should try it sometime.


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Mdn82 certainly doesn't need me to defend him and I don't think he has ever been unfair in his assessment of players. Opinions differ and that's fine. TB didn't have the season last year that most of us thought he would. Nothing wrong with pointing that out. I hope he does well in the future but his immaturity showed last year in my opinion. Hopefully he will grow and learn from it. One thing that I appreciate here is that people rarely make personal attacks on players. Being critical of attitudes or effort is completely fair as far as I'm concerned.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 87,247]

9 hours ago, Crimson and Cream said:

Anyone hear anything about how Bryant performed in the 5 v 5 play at the combine? I can't find any box scores but he wasn't mentioned in the write-ups the DX guys did.

From Inside The Hall last week:  Bryant said he didn’t play in the 5-on-5 because of a sore groin.

[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

I thought it was pretty great. For differing reasons...... was definitely not something I really expected to see in the mostly media-savy world we live in now

It was electric. We had Doc Ferrell and Ms. Williams.

Makes me believe there are others lurking...


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[Josh 12,856]

It was electric. We had Doc Ferrell and Ms. Williams.

Makes me believe there are others lurking...


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I'm not saying that I am...but I've never said that I'm not...Josh Newkirk

[Brass Cannon 25,155]

2 minutes ago, Josh said:

I'm not saying that I am...but I've never said that I'm not...Josh Newkirk

If so you have at times been really hard on yourself

[RaceToTheTop 27,772]

2 hours ago, Josh said:

I'm not saying that I am...but I've never said that I'm not...Josh Newkirk

What's cool is that if you are Josh Newkirk, you joined back in 2013 knowing you would eventually transfer to IU.  

[Josh 12,856]

If so you have at times been really hard on yourself

Of course! If I don't mdn is going to bash me for not changing quickly enough.

[mdn82 25,747]

Of course! If I don't mdn is going to bash me for not changing quickly enough.

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[mdn82 25,747]

At least some have a sense of humor about all of this.


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[Dalton26 16,903]

Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein

 

Robert Johnson is withdrawing from the 2017 NBA Draft and plans to finish his senior year at Indiana, per a source. #iubb

 

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[VO5 8,337]

8 minutes ago, Dalton26 said:

Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein

 

Robert Johnson is withdrawing from the 2017 NBA Draft and plans to finish his senior year at Indiana, per a source. #iubb

 

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Great news. Could very well be our best player this year.

[Stuhoo 84,474]

 

200 minutes to divide up:

1. Four guards in regular rotation for about 100 minutes per game: RoJo (28), Josh (25), DeVonte (25), CuJo (20) + a little bit of Al.
2. Five bigs in regular rotation for 100 minutes per game: DeRon (26), Juwan (26), Collin (24), Freddie (10), Justin (14) + a little bit of Clifton.

• Need someone to be able to carve out space and get to the rim; that's what Al Durham does best, and if that's our biggest weakness he might get a little more run than expected.
• If Clifton can replace a rotation guy, that means he is more ready than we thought, and the team is better than we thought.

Sounds like a solid tourney team to me.

 

[Str8Hoosiers 2,965]

15 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

200 minutes to divide up:

1. Four guards in regular rotation for 100 minutes per: RoJo (28), Josh (25), DeVonte (25), CuJo (20) + a little bit of Al.
2. Five bigs in regular rotation for 100 minutes per: DeRon (26), Juwan (26), Collin (24), Freddie (10), Justin (14) + a little bit of Clifton.

• Need someone to be able to carve out space and get to the rim; that's what Al Durham does best, and if that's our biggest weakness he might get a little more run than expected.
• If Clifton can replace a rotation guy, that means he is more ready than we thought, and the team is better than we thought.

Sounds like a solid tourney team to me.

 

With all due respect I sure hope not... this reminds me of scheduled substitutions no matter the game flow to get everybody equal minutes (or at least scheduled minutes).

If we are so well conditioned (and we should be) I want at least 4 of these 5 (Rob, DeVonte, DeRon, Juwan, & Collin) up above 30.... that leaves 50 minutes spread between the rest (4-6 players) and go with the hot hand of the rest for a bigger chunk, or based on matchups with the other team.

 

EDIT: Ok maybe that is unreasonable..... Maybe for the Bigs... but for the guards at the very least I think they should be above 30..... And I really think is DeRon can stay out of foul trouble he should be up there as well.

[Dalton26 16,903]

7 minutes ago, Str8Hoosiers said:

With all due respect I sure hope not... this reminds me of scheduled substitutions no matter the game flow to get everybody equal minutes (or at least scheduled minutes).

If we are so well conditioned (and we should be) I want at least 4 of these 5 (Rob, DeVonte, DeRon, Juwan, & Collin) up above 30.... that leaves 50 minutes spread between the rest (4-6 players) and go with the hot hand of the rest for a bigger chunk, or based on matchups with the other team.

 

EDIT: Ok maybe that is unreasonable..... Maybe for the Bigs... but for the guards at the very least I think they should be above 30..... And I really think is DeRon can stay out of foul trouble he should be up there as well.

I think DeRon will end up being our best player next season. If he puts in the work this offseason and buys in the sky is the limit

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,544]

I hope we can carve out a 8 man rotation that expands only due to foul trouble, in game injuries, etc...

 

Run 10-11 in games against Directional U. Give guys spot minutes to see who can really help us in games that matter.

 

I'm very happy Rojo is back. I think he'll have a good year. Am I the only one that is reminded of Marshall Strickland with Rojo.

 

 

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[Stuhoo 84,474]

15 minutes ago, Str8Hoosiers said:

With all due respect I sure hope not... this reminds me of scheduled substitutions no matter the game flow to get everybody equal minutes (or at least scheduled minutes).

If we are so well conditioned (and we should be) I want at least 4 of these 5 (Rob, DeVonte, DeRon, Juwan, & Collin) up above 30.... that leaves 50 minutes spread between the rest (4-6 players) and go with the hot hand of the rest for a bigger chunk, or based on matchups with the other team.

 

EDIT: Ok maybe that is unreasonable..... Maybe for the Bigs... but for the guards at the very least I think they should be above 30..... And I really think is DeRon can stay out of foul trouble he should be up there as well.

 

Not trying to schedule out minutes - and Archie don't give a crap what I think anyway ;)

Like you Str8, I also think that our best players should go over 30 minutes per game whenever possible, and that's why my guesses that I posted above are as such only when averaged out over the long run. For instance; there will be games where DeRon gets two quick fouls and plays only 15 minutes. The next four games he can go into the low 30's and end up at 25-30 per game.  Against Purdue if Archie wants to especially pick up the pace? More Josh that day. Against Iowa and he wants to pound it into DeRon down low? More Collin. I am making the assumption that Archie will let eight or nine players see the court regularly, and those are the most likely candidates, I believe.