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[Honkyman 1,670]

8 hours ago, Scotty R said:

Might not be Woodson not being able to keep the team together but rather mutual agreement. With Geronimo his family has wanted him to be closer to home the last couple of seasons so maybe that will be a factor.

Some of you dour "fans" predicted Geronimo was gone after last season. "Mutual agreement"...what are you talking about? This is totally devoid of any factual basis.

[Chris007 58,551]

2 hours ago, Honkyman said:

Some of you dour "fans" predicted Geronimo was gone after last season. "Mutual agreement"...what are you talking about? This is totally devoid of any factual basis.

Has Geronimo entered the portal every year he's been at IU? I believe the answer is yes. So why would it be surprising if he entered the portal again after the season? His family made it known last year they wanted him closer to home. 

[Hoosierfan1901 7,715]

21 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Has Geronimo entered the portal every year he's been at IU? I believe the answer is yes. So why would it be surprising if he entered the portal again after the season? His family made it known last year they wanted him closer to home. 

And it will happen again when this season is said and done 

[Hovadipo 60,404]

36 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Has Geronimo entered the portal every year he's been at IU? I believe the answer is yes. So why would it be surprising if he entered the portal again after the season? His family made it known last year they wanted him closer to home. 

I don’t think he officially did last year, but he announced he was coming back unprompted which is all we really needed to know about the rumors that he was considering leaving. 

[Chris007 58,551]

1 minute ago, Hovadipo said:

I don’t think he officially did last year, but he announced he was coming back unprompted which is all we really needed to know about the rumors that he was considering leaving. 

Actually, that sounds right. 

[HoosierHoopster 7,744]

2 hours ago, Chris007 said:

Actually, that sounds right. 

Yeah I'd already said the rumors were just board talk, he did not go portal last year, and I honestly don't know why some think he was leaving, he wasn't.

What actually happened is that after he had a really strong NCAA tourney run, and Woodson publicly said he "discovered him on the bench" (which I thought was kind of funny), he knew he was coming back to a likely bigger role, but he also knew Malik was coming in, so he put in some work to seek to grow his game to seek to allow him to -- at times -- play more of a wing role (not move to the wing as the board kept speculating about), as he himself said during the summer interview. Board talk. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 10,591]

16 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I'm still wondering why he's not on the floor. If anything, he's easily our best swing passer. Ball never sticks.

He's not very good? Love AL. But, he's not very good. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 10,591]

15 hours ago, normandale97 said:

Definitely watching a different game. He has not proven he can shoot and finish. That’s just false. He’s shooting around 40% in big ten play and almost every shot is from 5 feet and in. He plays hard but the team drops off when he is on the court…hence the plus/minus. 

Kaleb Banks has shot 12 shots in conference play....... that isn't even close to enough data to know basically anything. 

For the season he is shooting 61% from 2. 

But, he can keep the ball in front of him defensively and then rebound and run off of that. He also cuts well. 

[OliviaPope40 7,217]

I don't mind so much about them bringing up what happened and talking about how do you handle the situation and the tough conversation that follows not only as a coach but also has a mentor and a parent. I may not like Izzo has a coach but I respect him outside of the game every coach as their faults. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 10,591]

1 minute ago, OliviaPope40 said:

I don't mind so much about them bringing up what happened and talking about how do you handle the situation and the tough conversation that follows not only as a coach but also has a mentor and a parent. I may not like Izzo has a coach but I respect him outside of the game every coach as their faults. 

Google Keith Appling and Adrian Payne. I am not going to tell you what your opinion should be, but I don't have an ounce of respect for Izzo, MSU, or Dantonio. 

[Hovadipo 60,404]

2 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Google Keith Appling and Adrian Payne. I am not going to tell you what your opinion should be, but I don't have an ounce of respect for Izzo, MSU, or Dantonio. 

Izzo's a great speaker, emotional leader, or whatever you want to call it. But as Stuhoo said the other day after Appling's guilty plea, it's a pretty disturbing pattern. He had freakin' Miles Bridges sitting behind his bench Tuesday night lol. I mean, damn.

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 10,591]

6 minutes ago, normandale97 said:

If you’ve watched all the games then you know that it definitely cannot be said he is a “proven”shooter and finisher. 

Proven shooter, I agree, he hasn't shown that. 

I've watched every min... he can finish fine.

[Honkyman 1,670]

8 hours ago, Chris007 said:

Has Geronimo entered the portal every year he's been at IU? I believe the answer is yes.

Jordan Geronimo entered the portal just once, in 2021, when there was a coaching change and almost the entire team entered the transfer portal. The four IU players who entered the portal in 2022 were Parker Stewart, Kristian Lander, Rob Phinisee, and Michael Durr.

[Chris007 58,551]

27 minutes ago, Honkyman said:

Jordan Geronimo entered the portal just once, in 2021, when there was a coaching change and almost the entire team entered the transfer portal. The four IU players who entered the portal in 2022 were Parker Stewart, Kristian Lander, Rob Phinisee, and Michael Durr.

You are correct. It was just talked about. My mistake. 

[coonhounds 10,296]

Like I said…maybe I’ve got good info sometimes…

Why you guys in this thread from 3 months ago?

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[mamasa 15,822]

41 minutes ago, normandale97 said:

Because it was known back then that Duncomb, Bates and Geronimo were leaning towards leaving. Some people didn’t want to believe it. 

So…..you want a prize?

[TheWatShot 15,141]

23 minutes ago, mamasa said:

So…..you want a prize?

Dopamine is in high demand these days. 

[Honkyman 1,670]

8 hours ago, normandale97 said:

Because it was known back then that Duncomb, Bates and Geronimo were leaning towards leaving

We also knew that TJD, Race Thompson and Miller Kopp were leaving. So far IU has found a replacement for Duncomb with Payton Sparks (Sparks is likely better than Duncomb but few project him as a starter). There are still huge holes in the team roster.

[Stuhoo 86,604]

Unless someone has something to add to the Indiana versus Michigan state game thread, let’s shut this discussion down and move it to more relevant places.