Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[dwtaylor1055]

Just now, monskisprodigy said:

Wonder if Payne will follow Buzz to Maryland. 

we have a few dairy queens here.  all can be forgiven with Queen if he comes to IU

[go iu bb]

2 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

The timing of the dead period sort of sucks. When does it end again, a week? After the April 7 date where deals then need to be evaluated? Do we know of any other visitors today? While early in the cycle, we don’t have much of anything to actually discuss / analyze yet so of course people worry about the worst. No idea how feasible this is but… Add Tyrone Riley, Bidunga, Dix to Tucker DeVries and Trent. Add Trent’s HS teammate Dante Allen and the WVU decommits not tied to Frazier (Odih and Maclean). You need some more high end talent but that’s a decent starting point with a lot of youth. Of course we probably will be lucky to add 2 or 3 of those names. Which is fine… I won’t be freaking out over bringing in players not highly rated… as long as it makes sense after watching tape.

The timing of the dead period doesn't make any sense. I thought the idea behind dead periods were to give coaches a break and a chance to spend time with family, unwind, vacation, whatever or to give the athletes a break from the recruiting. Are coaches really going to be taking a break in the middle of the dead period? Are athletes not going to be be getting tons of texts and calls? Nope to both. It actually makes the decision for portal players harder since they can't visit a school during that time.

[hoosierbgh]

Just now, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Not really the situation I'm talking about. They are only hidden until you find them. 

And when they are found by the coach, fans will still b**** until the kids actually show out, if they ever do.

Even ignoring the reward vs. effort expended component of things its damned if you do, damned if you don't for coaches. It makes a lot more sense for coaches to pursue kids after they show out at lower levels, than to simply pursue hidden players in the hope that they will someday show out. 

 

[AH1971]

14 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

The timing of the dead period doesn't make any sense. I thought the idea behind dead periods were to give coaches a break and a chance to spend time with family, unwind, vacation, whatever or to give the athletes a break from the recruiting. Are coaches really going to be taking a break in the middle of the dead period? Are athletes not going to be be getting tons of texts and calls? Nope to both. It actually makes the decision for portal players harder since they can't visit a school during that time.

I've always been under the impression that the dead period exists at this time to encourage all the coaches to get down to the Final Four and attend the conferences. Could be wrong on that but that is what I've always been lead to believe. 

[TrueHoosier62]

Does anyone know if Josh Dix plays football? With the loss of Morris for the season to a knee injury, coach Cigs might be able to use Dix in the slot or tight end position.

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

Enright officially just committed to IU

[hoosiersoxfan]

4 minutes ago, TrueHoosier62 said:

Does anyone know if Josh Dix plays football? With the loss of Morris for the season to a knee injury, coach Cigs might be able to use Dix in the slot or tight end position.

[IUGRAD06]

https://x.com/tiptonedits/status/1907485698732572869?s=46

[Chris007]

1 minute ago, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

Enright officially just committed to IU

That's good since we were all talking about it last night. HAHA I'm just messing around glad it is official

[reconmkd]

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

34 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Rabby said we’ll be looking into Pharrell Payne

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/pharrel-payne-1.html#all_players_totals

[Stuhoo]

9 minutes ago, IUGRAD06 said:

https://x.com/tiptonedits/status/1907485698732572869?s=46

 

6 minutes ago, reconmkd said:

 

[sirhoosierlot]

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

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/pharrel-payne-1.html#all_players_totals

would love Payne. dude is a warrior 

[IUGRAD06]

2 minutes ago, sirhoosierlot said:

would love Payne. dude is a warrior 

Believe he will.  He recruited him when he was at Drake.  

[Scotty R]

Didn't Payne visit IU last year?

[Silat Player]

1 hour ago, IUGRAD06 said:

Why were they fine the year before then. Rice went from a PER of 17 under the WSU coach to 11 under Woodson.  Do you think he just got dumber in one year?  Ballo’s PER dropped to his second lowest of his career and his second lowest shooting percentage over his career. They made the choice of chasing a bag instead of getting paid more and finding a good fit for their skill sets.  The other two coaches were able to maximize them.  

Agreed, bad fit was part of it. Bad coaching too.

Can't underestimate being in the PAC12 as well. The B1G was also deeper/better as a conference as a whole. 

[rayl456]

6 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Official: "Coach, we need another."

D-Rock: "Um, that's all I got. ... I mean -- um, my team's on the floor!"

Obviously, you’re holding out hope on Goode.

[OGIUAndy]

54 minutes ago, str8baller said:

That’s not how it works. You have to pay your own guys too. You have to pay to retain good players. Assuming IUs budget is one of the tops in the country Lville doesn’t have any more money to offer someone like Conwell. They just choose to pay him more. 

Yeah, but don't they already know (roughly or specifically) how much money has been allocated to players already on the team? 

[RaceToTheTop]

3 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

Didn't Payne visit IU last year?

Yes.  IU backed off after Ballo signed.

[Silat Player]

8 minutes ago, sirhoosierlot said:

would love Payne. dude is a warrior 

Absolutely. He would seem to be a great fit in DDV's system. 

Let's go.