(2023) - PG Gabe Cupps to O$U via Indiana

[Josh]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

These are the only nuggets Josh gets.

I'll remind you that before my mother retired, she worked with John Groce's sister.  Those were juicy nugget days.  I'm BTB's John Groce/Gabe Cupps expert and you're the Metamucil expert.  Know your role

[HoosierAloha]

Glad we're staying on topic here

Josh, I hope your newest employee knows as much about leadership as you do. I'm pretty excited to see what Cupps brings from a leadership perspective but hope we have the personnel that allow him to lead even as a freshman.

[Josh]

Nuggets from today (don't tell Old Fart)

Gabe's patented move was to take a pass at the top of the key, then curl around a screen and drain the shot.  He's also very proud of his defense.  Coach Cupps would get angry after games where he felt the team didn't play the defense he liked so he would spend an entire week's practices on defense with no mention of offense.  This built a defensive mindset that Gabe bought into.  He apparently prefers defense to offense.  Also, when Gabe as a middle schooler would practice against the varsity squad Coach Cupps would tell the team not to take it easy on the kid, play as hard on him as you would a high schooler.  This built toughness.

Tomorrow I'm one on one with my new hire all day too, let me know what questions you have.  I know none of these are earth shattering but I'm hungry in the off season lol

[Hovadipo]

3 hours ago, Josh said:

Nuggets from today (don't tell Old Fart)

Gabe's patented move was to take a pass at the top of the key, then curl around a screen and drain the shot.  He's also very proud of his defense.  Coach Cupps would get angry after games where he felt the team didn't play the defense he liked so he would spend an entire week's practices on defense with no mention of offense.  This built a defensive mindset that Gabe bought into.  He apparently prefers defense to offense.  Also, when Gabe as a middle schooler would practice against the varsity squad Coach Cupps would tell the team not to take it easy on the kid, play as hard on him as you would a high schooler.  This built toughness.

Tomorrow I'm one on one with my new hire all day too, let me know what questions you have.  I know none of these are earth shattering but I'm hungry in the off season lol

Ask if Gabe let Lebron win that 3pt shooting contest. 

[RaceToTheTop]

Just for comparison, Victor Oladipo did 15 reps of 185 pounds......at the NBA draft combine.  Cupps likely will take a little time to adjust to the college game but doubt he is going to get muscled around despite his light weight.

[cthomas]

21 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Just for comparison, Victor Oladipo did 15 reps of 185 pounds......at the NBA draft combine.  Cupps likely will take a little time to adjust to the college game but doubt he is going to get muscled around despite his light weight.

I think a lot of people are sleeping on this kid because of his rating. That can't measure how competitive he is or how smart he is with the basketball. I'm calling him the surprise of this class. Or possibly Newton. Either way, I think we are going to be really happy with what we have.

[Demo]

54 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Just for comparison, Victor Oladipo did 15 reps of 185 pounds......at the NBA draft combine.  Cupps likely will take a little time to adjust to the college game but doubt he is going to get muscled around despite his light weight.

This 1st reply on the original Cupps’ tweet:

Don’t let them over do it. Every freshmen can shoot before they come to Indiana and then one summer of workouts and they can’t hit the ocean.

Speechless
 

 

[BtownStrength]

27 minutes ago, Demo said:

This 1st reply on the original Cupps’ tweet:

Don’t let them over do it. Every freshmen can shoot before they come to Indiana and then one summer of workouts and they can’t hit the ocean.

Speechless
 

 

Yeah, saw that too. Twitter comments are a cesspool, and this one should win a prize. 

[Honkyman]

Maybe he can lift weights but he is still small compared to most college players. In the photo of the new IU players, Cupps looks more like the team manager than a guard playing in the Big Ten.

[Hovadipo]

New at 11:00 - Freshman PG looks smaller than 2 wings and 2 centers.

[CSP]

16 hours ago, Demo said:

This 1st reply on the original Cupps’ tweet:

Don’t let them over do it. Every freshmen can shoot before they come to Indiana and then one summer of workouts and they can’t hit the ocean.

Speechless
 

 

It's absolutely insane how stupid this is. 

It's also hilarious when people compare "shooting" from HS to D1. It's not apples to apples. 

[CSP]

7 hours ago, Honkyman said:

Maybe he can lift weights but he is still small compared to most college players. In the photo of the new IU players, Cupps looks more like the team manager than a guard playing in the Big Ten.

6'2 170 is overly small for a FR PG? 

But uhhh.. so did Michael Lewis, Jordy Hulls, plenty others that maybe were only a few inches taller (Verdell Jones)... and Cupps is a better athlete than those 3 I mentioned. 

Team manager will be a way we describe Gabe Cupps later in his career, it just won't be in the negative sense you're thinking. 

[Alford Bailey]

11 hours ago, Honkyman said:

Maybe he can lift weights but he is still small compared to most college players. In the photo of the new IU players, Cupps looks more like the team manager than a guard playing in the Big Ten.

You are comparing him to Newton who is a physical specimen. He will be fine.

[Josh]

My source tells me we should wait until Cupps actually plays for us before we decide that he'll be fine or that he'll suck.  This sounds crazy to me so I asked for confirmation.  I'll let you know when I hear back.

[RaceToTheTop]

2 hours ago, Alford Bailey said:

You are comparing him to Newton who is a physical specimen. He will be fine.

From last November.  It's not that pronounced of a difference.

 

[HinnyHoosier]

14 hours ago, Honkyman said:

Maybe he can lift weights but he is still small compared to most college players. In the photo of the new IU players, Cupps looks more like the team manager than a guard playing in the Big Ten.

From a well-versed short and (former) strong guy, appearing small was the first advantage in outplaying and outsmarting the competition. 

[RaceToTheTop]

I guess I don't get the reaction below from hearing that Cupps did 17 reps of 185.

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Another newcomer focus story.

https://hoosierillustrated.com/indiana-basketball-newcomer-focus-freshman-guard-gabe-cupps/

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Another Kyler Staley newcomer article.

https://hoosierillustrated.com/indiana-basketball-newcomer-focus-freshman-guard-gabe-cupps/

[8bucks]

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

Another Kyler Staley newcomer article.

https://hoosierillustrated.com/indiana-basketball-newcomer-focus-freshman-guard-gabe-cupps/

I don’t expect Cupps to be our primary PG but I did not really like how they made it seem he was clearly not ready to contribute like Purdues Smith did.