IUBB vs U of Southern Indiana (Exhibition) - Thurs., 11/1

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Well we know Creans history of watching players before offering and it’s staggering.

Max Hoetzel
Grant Gelon
Jeremiah April
Tim Priller

He spent an embarrassingly little amount of time watching these guys play basketball.

Remarkable really how these recruitments went.


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But yes, your general point is a very good one. Sorry, I’m not attacking you.


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[coonhounds]

Well we know Creans history of watching players before offering and it’s staggering.

Max Hoetzel
Grant Gelon
Jeremiah April
Tim Priller

He spent an embarrassingly little amount of time watching these guys play basketball.

Remarkable really how these recruitments went.


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I was kind of taking a shot at crean and his staff and also defending old friend. The point is everyone gets it wrong every once in a while. Crean and staff offered way to many wtf guys you are correct

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[JSHoosier]

6 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Well we know Creans history of watching players before offering and it’s staggering.

Max Hoetzel
Grant Gelon
Jeremiah April
Tim Priller

He spent an embarrassingly little amount of time watching these guys play basketball.

Remarkable really how these recruitments went.


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Speaking of our former coach.  Georgia beat Random School B by about 30 and had over 20 turnovers.  Good to see he's already got his "system" fully integrated.

 

EDIT:  Won by 39, 26(!) turnovers against West Georgia from DII.

[Old Friend]

2 hours ago, Josh said:

You said he ended up at Syracuse.  He ended up at IUPUI.  I'm not sure how this is even a debate.  Yes, he transferred to Syracuse, but he was awful there so he ended up at IUPUI.  My point stands.

 

Regardless, if you keep bringing my name up in football threads, you should expect me to bust your chops a little too.  Can you dish it but not take it?

 

I'll give you props for promoting Phinisee.  While you keep patting your back, understand that you did the same to Patterson and Gelon, two awful players. 

 

I'll drop it if you quit bringing my name up in threads I have nothing to do with.

Technicalities.   

If you are a different "Josh," then I do apologize; and if you don't think I can take it, you've not been around here long.   If you're the same "Josh," you know why I'm blowing you smoke.   If you're not, I'll drop it because you're right.  Wrong guy.   

But...if you're going to cherry pick; I was also right about Jeremy Hollowell from Patterson's same class, Bawa Muniru, Mike "Kong" White (who was going to come in here and dominate the paint according to many here), DeAndre Thomas, Tijan Jobe, Jeremiah April, Ben Allen, Guy-Marc Michele, Armon Bassett among others.  So I didn't "need this one," as you put it.  Well, I did if you ignored all of those in favor of cherry picking the ones you think I missed.

Patterson was not an awful player.  That's laughable.  He was an Indiana all star and one of the state's all time leading scorers.  He had some personal sh*t that played a large role in his demise; same as hundreds of other kids.  Had he been at Indiana under normal circumstances, you have no idea what he would have done here; and like you, I'll stand by my comments that he'd have been really good because I saw him play many times in high school, same as I saw Phinisee.

[Stuhoo]

3 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Well we know Creans history of watching players before offering and it’s staggering.

Max Hoetzel
Grant Gelon
Jeremiah April
Tim Priller

He spent an embarrassingly little amount of time watching these guys play basketball.

Remarkable really how these recruitments went.


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Max Hoetzel
Grant Gelon
Jeremiah April
Tim Priller

Freddie McSwain, Malik Story, I'm sure there are others.

[Bobman1]

Max Hoetzel
Grant Gelon
Jeremiah April
Tim Priller
Freddie McSwain, Malik Story, I'm sure there are others.

Agree that Crean spent very little time watching McSwain but Freddie wasn’t a terrible player in his two years at IU. Was a pleasant surprise last year under Archie.


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[HoosierHoops1]

2 hours ago, HoosierX said:

I feel like there are some very strong opinions being formed based on a very limited sample size for Phinisee (obviously Old Friend is basing it on more than that).

Let's see him against some real competition before we crown him.

Or a few games in. Remember, Curtis Jones' best game (by far) came in game one against a top 3 team.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Agree that Crean spent very little time watching McSwain but Freddie wasn’t a terrible player in his two years at IU. Was a pleasant surprise last year under Archie.


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Max Montana wasn’t bad either, it’s just amazing to me how quickly he offered certain players without sometimes hardly seeing them play the game.

I’m certain he had coaches he trusts to analyze and what not, but man, that always bothered me.


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[HoosierHoops1]

2 hours ago, KB0 said:

I have 0 dog in this fight, but you left out a whole lot of context here.

Patterson was at Syracuse for two years. He never averaged more than 2 points or 15 minutes. He shot 17% from 3 as a sophomore. He transferred to IUPUI where he did slightly better, but was never anything more than a role player. 

Gelon ended up at a place called State Fair Community College. He wasn't Matt Roth or Ziesloft and he wasn't ever going to be.

 

That's old news!

 

[tyappleg]

37 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Speaking of our former coach.  Georgia beat Random School B by about 30 and had over 20 turnovers.  Good to see he's already got his "system" fully integrated.

 

EDIT:  Won by 39, 26(!) turnovers against West Georgia from DII.

Turning the ball over 26 times to a D2 school is something I certainly don't miss.  Sheesh. 

[Stuhoo]

11 minutes ago, Calipari said:

Agree that Crean spent very little time watching McSwain but Freddie wasn’t a terrible player in his two years at IU. Was a pleasant surprise last year under Archie.


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Not a knock on Freddie; he was a really good guy and played hard out of necessity and a crappy roster. However, he was a 6'4" center who couldn't shoot, and to consider him anything other than a weak player is questionable.

Hey; Wayne makes the point using the names of players who weren't scouted much and turned out badly. There are a few (maybe even Victor) who weren't scouted and turned out way better. 

I think that the takeaway is that when you aren't really sure what you're getting, the chances of getting an unpleasant surprise is much higher.

 

[coonhounds]

Speaking of our former coach.  Georgia beat Random School B by about 30 and had over 20 turnovers.  Good to see he's already got his "system" fully integrated.
 
EDIT:  Won by 39, 26(!) turnovers against West Georgia from DII.

Holy cow. 26 turnovers is insane

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[HoosierHoops1]

47 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Well we know Creans history of watching players before offering and it’s staggering.

Max Hoetzel
Grant Gelon
Jeremiah April
Tim Priller

He spent an embarrassingly little amount of time watching these guys play basketball.

Remarkable really how these recruitments went.


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David Williams?

[SlamaJamaSisley]

1 minute ago, coonhounds said:

Holy cow. 26 turnovers is insane

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Sounds like they need to "play faster"!  Oh gag me...

[HoosierX]

54 minutes ago, Old Friend said:

Technicalities.   

If you are a different "Josh," then I do apologize; and if you don't think I can take it, you've not been around here long.   If you're the same "Josh," you know why I'm blowing you smoke.   If you're not, I'll drop it because you're right.  Wrong guy.   

Patterson was not an awful player.  That's laughable.  He was an Indiana all star and one of the state's all time leading scorers.  He had some personal sh*t that played a large role in his demise; same as hundreds of other kids.  Had he been at Indiana under normal circumstances, you have no idea what he would have done here; and like you, I'll stand by my comments that he'd have been really good because I saw him play many times in high school, same as I saw Phinisee.

You talk about a straw man and then use one in the next post.  No one is arguing Patterson wasn't a good high school player but that's also not what anyone here cares about.  We only care about whether these kids end up being good in college.  Your logic regarding Patterson is basically that you saw him play a bunch of times in high school and thought he would be really good, he didn't turn out in college because of x, y, and z, so your assessment of his skills translating well to college basketball was still correct.  So basically the only way anyone could even argue with you is if they saw him in high school.

And honestly, would it kill you to say that your assessment of Gelon might have been slightly off?  You could still follow that up with you think its possible he could have succeeded in a niche role in Crean's system.  But at least it wouldn't seem so much like you view yourself as infallible.

Edit: I should say that if Phinisee continues to play at this level then  you deserve major kudos.  It seems to me most of the people who "were on the Phinisee bandwagon this whole time" joined it because of you.

[Stuhoo]

 

And as if the 26 turnovers against a D2 team didn't fire up this thread enough...wait until you read this game recap article!!

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Takeaways from Georgia men’s basketball blowout of West Georgia in exhibition game

• Head men’s basketball coach Tom Crean roamed the Stegeman Coliseum sidelines in a game for the first time on Thursday. But it was only an exhibition game, and Crean treated it as such.

He put every player in the game, sat back and watched. But he had some coaching to do at halftime. Even though Georgia was leading 44-25, Crean was afraid his team was going to lose . That’s because West Georgia was running a zone defense and the Bulldogs hadn’t prepared at all for zone.

“We had not worked on that,” Crean said. “Literally.”

On the fly, he taught his team a zone offense in the tunnel.

Georgia adjusted and beat West Georgia 98-59 in its final tune-up before the regular season commences on Nov. 9 against Savannah State.

West Georgia was a .500 team last year in the Gulf Coast Conference in NCAA Division II. So maybe Thursday’s exhibition game in Stegeman wasn’t an adequate test of the Bulldogs

[Walking Boot of Doom]

2 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

And as if the 26 turnovers against a D2 team didn't fire up this thread enough...wait until you read this!!

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Takeaways from Georgia men’s basketball blowout of West Georgia in exhibition game

• Head men’s basketball coach Tom Crean roamed the Stegeman Coliseum sidelines in a game for the first time on Thursday. But it was only an exhibition game, and Crean treated it as such.

He put every player in the game, sat back and watched. But he had some coaching to do at halftime. Even though Georgia was leading 44-25, Crean was afraid his team was going to lose . That’s because West Georgia was running a zone defense and the Bulldogs hadn’t prepared at all for zone.

“We had not worked on that,” Crean said. “Literally.”

On the fly, he taught his team a zone offense in the tunnel.

Georgia adjusted and beat West Georgia 98-59 in its final tune-up before the regular season commences on Nov. 9 against Savannah State.

West Georgia was a .500 team last year in the Gulf Coast Conference in NCAA Division II. So maybe Thursday’s exhibition game in Stegeman wasn’t an adequate test of the Bulldogs

Is this from an Onion article? Come on...

[Stuhoo]

13 minutes ago, HoosierHoops1 said:

David Williams?

 

Oooh...I call your David Williams and raise you a Guy Marc Michel.

 

[Stuhoo]

1 minute ago, Walking Boot of Doom said:

Is this from an Onion article? Come on...

 

Direct cut 'n paste from "The Red & Black"; the campus full-service daily newspaper - their version of the IDS.

Gonna be a high-comedy ride in Athens Georgia.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

That’s amazing. Going to be a fun season. Just finished setting the DVR for games next week.


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