Player and Recruit Retention News/Discussion & Potential Transfers

[mdn82 25,510]

How are you a fan of today's basketball? Everyone complains for a call now. Leave the kid alone. Did he sleep with your girl or something? Sheesh. He played with passion on a team whose coach didn't know how to use him effectively. Let the kid grow. He's still only 19. How did you handle adversity at 19?


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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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[HoosierAloha 30,024]

I don't think anyone is questioning Thomas' passion for the game. I believe, like most 18-22 year old men, that he needs to mature. Regarding his comments about mental toughness, they had a terrible season because they did a lot of talking and little backing it up. I'm sure he knows this by saying what he did. The next step is for him to display his newfound mental toughness.

I'm wishing him all the best and a successful career. I hope he also returns and finishes his degree at some point.

[Hoosierfan2017 20,821]

The longer we don't hear about Rojo the more I think he's leaving. 

[coonhounds 8,787]

Bryant complaining about every call was annoying him standing or laying on the other end of the floor was infuriating throw james in on some of that also lol

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[Hoosierfan2017 20,821]

I hope Johnson is back. He's a talented player and he has lots of experience. Having two seniors in our backcourt would be great, imo. 

I know his season last year was pretty rough, but honestly I think last year was a waste of a season for everyone involved and so I don't draw too many conclusions from it. I don't think the Rojo we saw last year would be the one we would see this year. 

[Tom White 1,435]

1 hour ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

The longer we don't hear about Rojo the more I think he's leaving. 

On the other hand, if he is not making a change, then he has nothing to say.

[Hoosierfan2017 20,821]

4 minutes ago, Tom White said:

On the other hand, if he is not making a change, then he has nothing to say.

True. I guess if he doesn't say anything we'll know once the draft deadline passes. 

[BtownBanner6 1,298]

I think people just looking too far into his comments. He replied to a question regarding a failure with a cliche comment about mental toughness it's what everyone does because it's the only thing good thing you can claim came from said failure.

 

 

[bhaggard89 869]

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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You just seem to go out of your way to argue against this kid. Not sure why. I understand you voicing your opinion, but you sure seem to want to repeat it so that everyone knows you don't like him. Reading through the posts it seemed as though you had a personal vendetta against him.


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[bhaggard89 869]

Might not agree with what was written -- and that's fine. But this is a pretty childish and sophomoric comment, IMO. 

Thanks for your opinion. I'll try to bump it up to Junior level next time! At least mdn can respond here. Poor TB just gets roasted in here by mdn with no chance at responding.


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[goonaha 2,972]

No problem. I assumed you didn't gather what pretty much everyone else is saying and I still don't. As you said how life works in general. That was the point of everyone. One of the larger questions he will have beyond his athleticism is his attitude. If he didn't change said attitude over two years, how could it possibly have done 180 since he declared? My guess is his maturity on the court is a question and he wanted to jump on that before it started. Again it is one thing to know what you need to from that regard. It is another to actually do something different. Much like every other athlete or person in general that says they learned something. You have to prove it and I will maintain very heavy skepticism until proven otherwise.

 

 

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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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[LamarCheeks 17,920]

3 minutes ago, bhaggard89 said:

Thanks for your opinion. I'll try to bump it up to Junior level next time! At least mdn can respond here. Poor TB just gets roasted in here by mdn with no chance at responding.


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If you're going to start defending folks who get roasted here, you will have an awfully long list. 

[Hoosierfan2017 20,821]

11 minutes ago, bhaggard89 said:

Thanks for your opinion. I'll try to bump it up to Junior level next time! At least mdn can respond here. Poor TB just gets roasted in here by mdn with no chance at responding.


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

[recker222000 1,010]

The longer we don't hear about Rojo the more I think he's leaving. 

He is gone imo

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[mdn82 25,510]

You just seem to go out of your way to argue against this kid. Not sure why. I understand you voicing your opinion, but you sure seem to want to repeat it so that everyone knows you don't like him. Reading through the posts it seemed as though you had a personal vendetta against him.

 

 

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Well you are wrong. Sorry, you must have missed posts where I said repeatedly I hope he grows and does well. You also could quit responding to my answers. I wouldn't feel a need to defend my viewpoint especially when you and others question it. You know it is a message board lol? That is kind of the point of this. I don't expect anyone to agree with me. But I enjoy differing viewpoints. Sorry those offend you.

 

 

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[mdn82 25,510]

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 5,776]

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 20,821]

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 6,582]

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 6,303]

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.