(2019) PG Austin Van Zyl

[mdn82]

Reporters don't write the headlines, editors do.

Ok then. The editor sucks.


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[RaceToTheTop]

4 hours ago, Honkyman said:

Reporters don't write the headlines, editors do.

I worked as a stringer (free lance sports writer for local teams, reporting on mostly local football games) and you are 100% correct.  And sometimes the editor's headlines are in 100% conflict with what the the writer wrote.

[Alford Bailey]

19 hours ago, Demo said:

Have no idea if the kid can play. What little that’s out there is pretty useless. Doubt he gets a dozen high major offers, though I don’t doubt that he’ll get his tires kicked by a dozen high majors. So the kid’s a lottery ticket? Ok. 1) you have 2 open rides available, 2) you have 1 pg on your roster. And Green should not play 1 single minute as point. He is not a facilitator, period. Can’t be argued in good faith,  3) a 6’4” kid who may or may not be good enough to help is available. A kid who fancies himself a future pro, 4) if he’s good enough to play you’ve solved the biggest issue on this roster, a 2nd facilitator. And maybe done so for multiple seasons.  No longer mandatory to find a pg in ‘20. Plus, a kid with enough size to play next to Phinisee as well, 4) if he’s not good enough, you’ve lost, what exactly? 1 year of a ride you weren’t using. The kid thinks he’s a pro, if he’s not playing, he’ll leave.  He’s already playing in a pro league. Guarantee that he isn’t looking to sit on scholarship for 4 years. Bottom line: if he can play, you’re better. If he can’t, you’re not worse. Zero downside. Though I’m sure there’s some underappreciated 5’9” kid from Yokel HS somewhere in the southern part of the state who Miller should take a swing at instead because he really, really wants to wear the candy stripes.

Side note: hate the term “Creaning” with a white hot freaking passion. Always have. It’s a lazy pejorative. Coaches have been “Creaning” kids since Crean was in diapers. A close friend on my College team was “Creaned” by our Coach and that was 198 freaking 3. Has happened forever, will happen forever. Crean’s treatment of players was in no way unusual.

I agree. At this point in 2019 recruiting I dont see a downside.

[Demo]

21 hours ago, Hardwood83 said:

Logically you are correct, but it just reeks of desperation, doesn't it? A week or so ago Archie says he's "banking" 2 open schollies, now he's keeping in regular contact with some off the radar kid that no one has heard of? Nothing wrong with checking out all options, but this is not the kind of roster management of an up & coming program, is it? 

It doesn’t feel that way to me. I have no problem with Coaches taking the occasional swing on traits as long as they have an out. I am probably the only one around here who didn’t think Jeremiah April was a bad offer. 7 foot. Good movement. Good hands. Really good touch. Turned out to have a poor work ethic and he was gone in a year. Nobody else was getting that ride, so I liked it as a low risk/high reward proposition. I see this similarly.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

8 pages on a kid we really know very little about and who has no IU offer.  SMH

[Hardwood83]

17 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

8 pages on a kid we really know very little about and who has no IU offer.  SMH

It's June, what else are we gonna discuss? 

[Hoosier1984]

8 pages on a kid we really know very little about and who has no IU offer.  SMH

Like they say, In 49 states it’s just basketball but this is Indiana.


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[yogisballin]

8 pages on a kid we really know very little about and who has no IU offer.  SMH

I’m willing to bet that nearly half of that 8 pgs is about “Creaning” lol. So glad I didn’t contribute in anyway to that


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[ebridges24]

8 pages on a kid we really know very little about and who has no IU offer.  SMH

Most of it was bickering about something other than the kid himself.

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[ebridges24]

Like they say, In 49 states it’s just basketball but this is Indiana.


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So true. I'm in the Dominican Republic and two locals asked me where I was from, said Indiana, and they said, oh basketball!

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[BtownStrength]

1 minute ago, ebridges24 said:

Most of it was bickering about something other than the kid himself.

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Same as most threads lately, it seems. 

On topic, if this kid can reliably run an offense and has good upside I am all for it. Looks like we (the fans)might have to defer evaluations on him to actual coaches, seeing as there is so little information available on him. 

[Stuhoo]

1 hour ago, ebridges24 said:

So true. I'm in the Dominican Republic and two locals asked me where I was from, said Indiana, and they said, oh basketball!

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If you’re in the Dominican, tell em you’re a Felipe Lopez fan!

 

[Demo]

19 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

8 pages on a kid we really know very little about and who has no IU offer.  SMH

Sir, if you’re going to expect reasonableness from me, I will absolutely disappoint you.

Pretty sure I said that to my Dad at some point, and I KNOW I disappointed that guy. 

[MoyeNeeded]

5 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

 

If you’re in the Dominican, tell em you’re a Felipe Lopez fan!

 

Didn't Slick Rick coach the National Team?

[yogisballin]

On 6/8/2019 at 10:38 AM, ebridges24 said:

So true. I'm in the Dominican Republic and two locals asked me where I was from, said Indiana, and they said, oh basketball!

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If you're in the Dom Rep. I hope you wasn't at the amusement park that the Big Poppy was shot at

[Stuhoo]

A re-twit from young Mr. Van Zyl:

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Vanderbilt has contacted South African guard, Austin Van Zyl, who plays in France. He had also heard from Cincinnati, Indiana, & UCLA. There is a possibility that he could also turn pro.

 

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

A re-twit from young Mr. Van Zyl:
 
David Sisk‏ @CoachDavidSisk FollowFollow @CoachDavidSisk More

Vanderbilt has contacted South African guard, Austin Van Zyl, who plays in France. He had also heard from Cincinnati, Indiana, & UCLA. There is a possibility that he could also turn pro.

 

Now we know who some of the HM teams are

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[Brass Cannon]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

A re-twit from young Mr. Van Zyl:

 

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Vanderbilt has contacted South African guard, Austin Van Zyl, who plays in France. He had also heard from Cincinnati, Indiana, & UCLA. There is a possibility that he could also turn pro.

 

If that’s legit I’m definitely more intrigued by him 

[Stuhoo]

8 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

If that’s legit I’m definitely more intrigued by him 

 

IF is the operative word here.

 

[HoosierAloha]

A re-twit from young Mr. Van Zyl:
 
David Sisk‏ @CoachDavidSisk FollowFollow @CoachDavidSisk More

Vanderbilt has contacted South African guard, Austin Van Zyl, who plays in France. He had also heard from Cincinnati, Indiana, & UCLA. There is a possibility that he could also turn pro.

 

Vandy, Cincy, Indiana, and UCLA for those who can’t see it.


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