Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[RaceToTheTop 28,523]

1 minute ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Pay Peyton Sandfort a cool million. I really don’t want to watch a Tony Perkins lead Hoosiers team. This is gonna be so frustrating.


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Peyton Sandfort:  not in the portal.

Tony Perkins: in the portal and at this point IU has contacted.

Sounds like a team doing their due diligence.  It's not like every player IU has contacted is a Tony Perkins clone whose game is centered on things that aren't shooting centric.

I'm also unsure why you would like Peyton Sandfort so much but think that Connor Hickman would be a big mistake.  Obviously Sandfort is a better player but the qualities you like in Sandfort are in Hickman's game.

[RaceToTheTop 28,523]

3 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Burners say we are going after both of them.


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Burners have had eighteen different head coaches for Louisville this offseason.

[Napleshoosier 10,679]

At this point I think Woody would go after my 15 yr old dog!  Just sayin…. I mean when he gets back from vacation ya know…..

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,856]

Peyton Sandfort:  not in the portal.

Tony Perkins: in the portal and at this point IU has contacted.

Sounds like a team doing their due diligence.  It's not like every player IU has contacted is a Tony Perkins clone whose game is centered on things that aren't shooting centric.

I'm also unsure why you would like Peyton Sandfort so much but think that Connor Hickman would be a big mistake.  Obviously Sandfort is a better player but the qualities you like in Sandfort are in Hickman's game.

 

Indiana really wants Perkins. And Thornton. Burners have been hinting at both for days. I don’t like what Perkins offers. Forces drives, trying to get fouled. Doesn’t shoot it well.

 

As far as Hickman vs Sandfort it’s not even close. It’s Ford vs Ferrari.

 

6’3” vs 6’7” . one does it vs top competition and shoots the toughest of shots. One doesn’t miss FTs. The other is average. Sandfort is definitely not just a shooter. Moves off the ball so well. Constantly making defenders work. Plays with 100% hustle and attitude. Hickman is a pretty good shooter on lesser volume against lesser competition and the FT numbers are indicative. Comparing these 2 is criminal.

 

 

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[WayneFleekHoosier 49,856]

Burners have had eighteen different head coaches for Louisville this offseason.

A few particular IU burners that have been right about everything. That’s who I’m following. I don’t care about Louisville’s coaching search and whatever burners are attached to that.


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[WayneFleekHoosier 49,856]

Don't watch doc!
https://hoosierillustrated.com/indiana-basketball-involved-with-iowa-transfer-guard-tony-perkins/

As painful as is it might be, I’ll still be tuned in. We can slow the pace a little more and shoot less 3s. Defend a little better and win some ugly basketball games.


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[Home Jersey 12,267]

Come next Monday/Tuesday, there will be 4 teams left. To my mind, that means the majority of the portal will be fairly set by the middle to end of next week, with a few more late entries. With so many open spots, I just want to see some momentum soon... real momentum, not just a "nice back up." A roster upgrade in the backcourt is needed, to put it mildly (we need two starting guards IMO but not sure we'll get them). As for Perkins and Thornton... I'd definitely take it. Need as much shooting as we can get though. Don't know if fans have ever needed good news more desperately. 

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22 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Burners say we are going after both of them.


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Going after both but won’t end up with both 

[RaceToTheTop 28,523]

9 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

 

Indiana really wants Perkins. And Thornton. Burners have been hinting at both for days. I don’t like what Perkins offers. Forces drives, trying to get fouled. Doesn’t shoot it well.

 

As far as Hickman vs Sandfort it’s not even close. It’s Ford vs Ferrari.

 

6’3” vs 6’7” . one does it vs top competition and shoots the toughest of shots. One doesn’t miss FTs. The other is average. Sandfort is definitely not just a shooter. Moves off the ball so well. Constantly making defenders work. Plays with 100% hustle and attitude. Hickman is a pretty good shooter on lesser volume against lesser competition and the FT numbers are indicative. Comparing these 2 is criminal.

 

 

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What’s criminal is wanting a Ferrari that’s not for sale. 

[Home Jersey 12,267]

SIAP but TD is "predicting" Ja'Kobi Gillespie to Maryland FWIW. 

If they had him and Mack from Harvard + Queen next year... they could be interesting depending how they round out the roster.

[RaceToTheTop 28,523]

Just now, Home Jersey said:

SIAP but TD is "predicting" Ja'Kobi Gillespie to Maryland FWIW. 

If they had him and Mack from Harvard + Queen next year... they could be interesting depending how they round out the roster.

I don’t see Mack going there if Gillespie does.  
 

I also see Willard still ******* it up regardless of who he gets.

[RaceToTheTop 28,523]

8 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

As painful as is it might be, I’ll still be tuned in. We can slow the pace a little more and shoot less 3s. Defend a little better and win some ugly basketball games.


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I can’t imagine Perkins and Thornton ever making the decision to play on the same team.

[AH1971 2,081]

32 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Precisely. Have the chance to build the team you want and this is our decision? He’s Galloway who shoots FTs slightly better.


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I think he’s a lot better driver with a scorer’s first mentality. I don’t hate the idea of Perkins and think he can be a plus two way player here, but I don’t really love the idea of Perkins and Galloway as your 1 and 2 guards.

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,856]

What’s criminal is wanting a Ferrari that’s not for sale. 

Find someone similar. Oh wait, we had McNeely who was probably as close to a Sandfort Comp as you can get and lost him. Wishing Hickman is anything like either of those 2 isn’t sound logic or scouting. Our staff hasn’t proven to be good at scouting so it all adds up. (Sparks, X, Durr, Ledlum…….).

Now when they realize we need to prioritize shooting we go after Perkins when we already have Gallo? 2 guards who can’t shoot.

FWIW Identified these rosters issues last off-season too when apparently our staff was too googily eyed to see them themselves that lead to this mess we are in now.


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[AH1971 2,081]

35 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Reneau seems like an easy punching bag because of some head scratching things he does, but he does finish.  178 of 290 inside the paint is a solid D1 percentage (61%).  Average is at 50%, so regardless of him 'forcing shots up with 3 people surrounding him', he's making shots.

People seem to want everything from a player.....you want him to not only score but be more of a rim protector, a rebounder, a rim runner, and a passer.  EVERYBODY wants the guy you are talking about. Give me three of the guys you are talking about and I'll win a national championship.  

Reneau shot nearly 70% at the rim this year. That’s elite (Edey 73%). He could be a 20 ppg scorer with 4 perimeter oriented players around him. He struggles against digs and doubles, Woodson invites that playing a 2nd big and with guards who can’t space the floor. I know we’d give up the coveted “rim protection” but he would thrive against single coverage in the paint.

[Hoosier1984 1,603]

33 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Burners have had eighteen different head coaches for Louisville this offseason.

Só has Louisville’s AD

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,856]

OSU goes down. The Thornton pursuit can now be actualized.


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[IUc2016 7,121]

I have seen more than enough guards who cannot shoot wearing cream and crimson lately. Have we learned nothing?

[tyappleg 5,639]

11 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

I think he’s a lot better driver with a scorer’s first mentality. I don’t hate the idea of Perkins and think he can be a plus two way player here, but I don’t really love the idea of Perkins and Galloway as your 1 and 2 guards.

A Perkins/Galloway backcourt is basically an X/Galloway backcourt with worse shooting.  I refuse to believe that's the plan. 

[AH1971 2,081]

1 minute ago, tyappleg said:

A Perkins/Galloway backcourt is basically an X/Galloway backcourt with worse shooting and slightly better ball security.  I refuse to believe that's the plan. 

If Woodson goes after a Ware type big in the portal you can pretty much bank on Galloway being the 2 guard, along with Mgbako at the 3 and Reneau at the 4.