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51 minutes ago, Honkyman said:

OK. Not everyone (certainly not me as I asserted several times that he lacked the ball handling skills for that position). But many posters in the off season argued for Geronimo at the 3 ahead of Miller Kopp. And, there seemed to be a lot of love for him. Now the majority of posters have turned on him.

There was never the majority of posters wanting him to play the three ahead of Kopp. For sure one or two, maybe three. NOT the majority, though. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,881]

1 hour ago, Honkyman said:

 Now the majority of posters have turned on him.

It's our calling.

[coonhounds 9,032]

OK. Not everyone (certainly not me as I asserted several times that he lacked the ball handling skills for that position). But many posters in the off season argued for Geronimo at the 3 ahead of Miller Kopp. And, there seemed to be a lot of love for him. Now the majority of posters have turned on him.

He majorly underperformed this season. I think most had hopes for him after last year. This season Woody had to get on him for him to have 1 decent game before a minor injury setback that he never recovered from

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[RaceToTheTop 25,952]

3 hours ago, Chris007 said:

I'll say that I thought it was a good idea to let him practice the 3 all summer, work on his dribbling, shooting everything and give it a shot. I will also say I was totally wrong and it was a bad idea. He should have just kept being a 4. It didn't workout at all

Same.  And the funny think is that I don't think a single poster who thought he could play the three would say that now.

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It seems like more and more are entering the portal by the minute. Some appear better than the ones we are looking at. I don't think you could pay me enough money to try to figure this out.

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[BGleas 7,917]

1 hour ago, Honkyman said:

OK. Not everyone (certainly not me as I asserted several times that he lacked the ball handling skills for that position). But many posters in the off season argued for Geronimo at the 3 ahead of Miller Kopp. And, there seemed to be a lot of love for him. Now the majority of posters have turned on him.

Yeah, I got a ton of heat from a select few on here last summer for maintaining that JG was NOT a wing and that he needed to focus on being a junkyard dog, dirty work forward that defended, rebounded, etc., and stop worrying about the perimeter play. 

He was never going to be a wing here and certainly wasn't taking Kopp's spot. 

[Chris007 44,115]

27 minutes ago, BGleas said:

Yeah, I got a ton of heat from a select few on here last summer for maintaining that JG was NOT a wing and that he needed to focus on being a junkyard dog, dirty work forward that defended, rebounded, etc., and stop worrying about the perimeter play. 

He was never going to be a wing here and certainly wasn't taking Kopp's spot. 

Guilty as charged. 

[Josh 12,649]

2 hours ago, Honkyman said:

OK. Not everyone (certainly not me as I asserted several times that he lacked the ball handling skills for that position). But many posters in the off season argued for Geronimo at the 3 ahead of Miller Kopp. And, there seemed to be a lot of love for him. Now the majority of posters have turned on him.

@HoosierAloha wanted to start him at the point!  It was a strange summer.

[Honkyman 1,670]

2 hours ago, btownqb said:

For sure one or two, maybe three.

Way more than one or two or maybe three. Let's not rewrite history. There were a large and vocal number of posters who wanted Gerinomo to play the 3.

[coonhounds 9,032]

Way more than one or two or maybe three. Let's not rewrite history. There were a large and vocal number of posters who wanted Gerinomo to play the 3.

I think people were thinking he was going to practice and make a jump in basketball skill. Clearly that is never ever going to happen now. I think most were worried he may hit the portal last season now most are worried he won't this one lol

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36 minutes ago, Honkyman said:

Way more than one or two or maybe three. Let's not rewrite history. There were a large and vocal number of posters who wanted Gerinomo to play the 3.

I most definitely wanted to give him a shot there.  And @Chris007 and I were most definitely not alone in that.  I would say I was probably the most vocal in saying he should.  Proved out to be wrong.  FWIW, we know the staff went into the offseason with that as a though....and it must have gotten stopped pretty quickly by what he was showing.

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,454]

Here’s my projected lineup as of today:

1 Xavier Johnson

2 Timberlake

3. Jamison Battle

4 Reneau

5 Shedrick

bpg Cupps

bsg Galloway

bsf Gunn

bpf Banks

bc Sparks

3 extras with limited play

Leal, Newton, Doughty 

[Stromboli 6,076]

4 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Here’s my projected lineup as of today:

1 Xavier Johnson

2 Timberlake

3. Jamison Battle

4 Reneau

5 Shedrick

bpg Cupps

bsg Galloway

bsf Gunn

bpf Banks

bc Sparks

3 extras with limited play

Leal, Newton, Doughty 

I like the transfer portal optimism, but man I hope we aren’t playing two bigs again. 
 

Also hoping to see Banks compete for starter minutes. We’ll see what he does with more opportunity. 

[Stuhoo 81,156]

16 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Here’s my projected lineup as of today:

1 Xavier Johnson

2 Timberlake

3. Jamison Battle

4 Reneau

5 Shedrick

bpg Cupps

bsg Galloway

bsf Gunn

bpf Banks

bc Sparks

3 extras with limited play

Leal, Newton, Doughty 

Not Doughty.

Man you are a major portal acquisition optimist! If we go 4/4 on those guys that would be astounding. I cannot imagine that will happen, but here’s to hoping.

[Hoosierfanyuh 2,266]

I suggested battle at the 3 on HSN and got castrated lol

[Hoosierfanyuh 2,266]

And im pretty sure I’ve seen Timberlake  as a unc lock online right??

[Honkyman 1,670]

28 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

1 Xavier Johnson

2 Timberlake

3. Jamison Battle

4 Reneau

5 Shedrick

A bit optimistic about transfers. I know there will be home visits, but I would be surprised if both Battle and Shedrick end up at IU. Timberlake seems far fetched. We might land one of those three. 

[Dave from Dayton 3,243]

15 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

I suggested battle at the 3 on HSN and got castrated lol

Better you than me.   Just saying.

Get back in there.  Give one for the Clipper.

 

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,454]

9 minutes ago, Honkyman said:

A bit optimistic about transfers. I know there will be home visits, but I would be surprised if both Battle and Shedrick end up at IU. Timberlake seems far fetched. We might land one of those three. 

Yeah, Timberlake isn’t likely. Lol. UNC makes more sense. 
 

Fine.  Find me another guard.  I’m sticking with Shedrick and Battle for the time being. And Sparks because why the hell not. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,454]

21 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Not Doughty.

Man you are a major portal acquisition optimist! If we go 4/4 on those guys that would be astounding. I cannot imagine that will happen, but here’s to hoping.

Why not Doughty. Lol. Make him the 12th man.  It’s a total Purdue move.