Recruiting.

[mdn82]

It is correct to say it isn't who we miss on its who we get. We got two bigs-TJD & Joey Brunk. Both are expected to contribute and maybe together will cushion the loss of Juwan Morgan. And, we got a guard who likely won't be ready to contribute much for a year or two (Franklin certainly is not in the same league as Romeo in terms of scoring next year). What we didn't get without mentioning missing on specific targets is a shooter when the overriding weakness this past season was shooting. Even if Archie believed Romeo would be a better shooter than he turned out to be, he should have known that Romeo was likely to leave and we would need to target a shooter in 2019. So that is a coaching failure no matter how you look at it.

Do you mean scorer? Cause Romeo was more of a volume shooter and scorer. I don’t think I would ever consider him a shooter.

 

 

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[Honkyman]

Mdn82--I didn't call Romeo a shooter. I called him a scorer--he was the top scorer on the IU team at 16.5 points a game. I will say that there were many on this board who believed going into the season that IU's 3-point shooting would improve as a result of Romeo's shooting. I wasn't one of them. 

[mdn82]

Mdn82--I didn't call Romeo a shooter. I called him a scorer--he was the top scorer on the IU team at 16.5 points a game. I will say that there were many on this board who believed going into the season that IU's 3-point shooting would improve as a result of Romeo's shooting. I wasn't one of them. 

Even if Archie believed Romeo would be a better shooter than he turned out to be, he should have known that Romeo was likely to leave and we would need to target a shooter in 2019.”

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[Honkyman]

mdn82--Thanks for making my point. Any person with a rudimentary understanding of English knows that the qualifier "even if..." constitutes a hypothetical predicator. "Even if Archie believed that Romeo were a shooter..." Not to belabor the point, but I never called Romeo a shooter. I called him a scorer. Thanks again for acknowledging you were wrong.

[mdn82]

mdn82--Thanks for making my point. Any person with a rudimentary understanding of English knows that the qualifier "even if..." constitutes a hypothetical predicator. "Even if Archie believed that Romeo were a shooter..." Not to belabor the point, but I never called Romeo a shooter. I called him a scorer. Thanks again for acknowledging you were wrong.

Nice to have you on the board dick. Bet you will get along well with that pleasant type of response. Oh and show me where in what I quoted you said scorer in that sentence again please. Smh  

 

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[Honkyman]

mdn82--You're a bit hostile I see.  Thanks anyway.

[MikeRoberts]

Lol there's a top 20 recruit in our class and that's option G?
This board is hooked on histrionics 

What was our biggest deficiency on the court this past year?

How did we solve for that?


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[mdn82]

mdn82--You're a bit hostile I see.  Thanks anyway.

Just returning the favor bud.

 

 

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[MikeRoberts]

Damn, it’s a chippy day on here:)

My breakdown on the 2019 class:

TJD - huge get and could be an Alan Henderson type get for us if he sticks around 3-4 years.

Franklin - nice pickup, will be more helpful in years 2-4 which is what we need to build off of

Brunk - nice piece but with Deron and TJD, I don’t see him starting and doesn’t space the floor for us which we desperately needed, see below

Missing piece - we were a horrible shooting team last year and it made it so congested and stagnant. We were missing Alford/Reddick type players that would provide motion, spread the floor and knock down 3 point shots. We honestly don’t know what Archie’s offense is even supposed to look like because we had such a glaring hole there. What I and I believe many others find crazy is that we didn’t get anyone to solve for that. How do we have such an obvious need and not address it? That’s the wtf many are touching on (I believe:) - I want to make it clear that I don’t speak for anyone else)




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[rcbowla]

I no longer give any craps about recruiting. Too many times I've seen guys that come in with huge expectations fail to meet them. Opposite of that I've seen many times guys come in without any expectations and become some of my favorite players of all time. Let the coach worry about evaluating talent and deciding if he "missed" or not and I'll just evaluate the on-court performance from my recliner. After all it is only him and his staff that will lose their jobs if it doesn't go well. With that said I am really wondering how the shooting woes get worked out.

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[Alford Bailey]

Maybe a little less recruiting and a little more cruitin? Anyway really thought we would add a couple shooters even if it was grad transfers.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

“Crootin’- we ain’t Duke, Kentucky, or any of dem otha winnin’ blue bleeda’s”

Indiana since 1992.


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[RaceToTheTop]

13 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

A) He’s not top 20

B) Last time I checked basketball was a team game 

C) one success doesn’t make up for tons of failure. Otherwise Crean was our guy. 

None of that legitimizes calling TJD "option G".  Simply put, that's a ludicrous statement.

[RaceToTheTop]

5 hours ago, MikeRoberts said:

What was our biggest deficiency on the court this past year?

How did we solve for that?


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And again....none of that legitimizes calling TJD an 'option G' player.  All it does is try to spin it away from an idiotic statement.

[MikeRoberts]

None of that legitimizes calling TJD "option G".  Simply put, that's a ludicrous statement.

Cannon didn’t call TJD option G, that was Aeggie doing what he does and quoting someone and changing the narrative to suit his response.


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[Brass Cannon]

1 hour ago, brumdog45 said:

None of that legitimizes calling TJD "option G".  Simply put, that's a ludicrous statement.

Nobody called him that. Not sure who you are arguing with 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Archie’s lack of panic recruiting at this stage is, at least impressive.

Miss, Miss, Miss, Miss. not even going to open the checkbook for Watford.

Maybe he knows something we don’t or he’s gambling on the guys he has.

Good luck Archie!


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[RaceToTheTop]

7 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

Nobody called him that. Not sure who you are arguing with 

When back and reread the quote and you ate correct.  That said, you stated that we are on option G.   If that were the case, Wyndham would have been given an offer. Sean East would have been given an offer. Option G type of recruits are usually offers that shouldn't be given scholarships.  I would argue that unlike Crean, Miller stops before it gets to option G.

[HinnyHoosier]

Archie’s lack of panic recruiting at this stage is, at least impressive.

Miss, Miss, Miss, Miss. not even going to open the checkbook for Watford.

Maybe he knows something we don’t or he’s gambling on the guys he has.

Good luck Archie!


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He's gambling on the guys he has because he's not a chicken s***.

Misses or not, it's still refreshing to know we will no longer be competing with Incarnate Word to complete our roster.


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[Stuhoo]

8 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Archie’s lack of panic recruiting at this stage is, at least impressive.

Miss, Miss, Miss, Miss. not even going to open the checkbook for Watford.

Maybe he knows something we don’t or he’s gambling on the guys he has.

Good luck Archie!


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