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Class of '66 Old Fart

Transfer Portal w IU Interest

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9 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

IU was always going to have to grind just time the rest of college basketball that go through a total roster turnover.  Don’t care how much money your program has to fill it.   Thinking they were going to sign every top 20 transfer just because they have money was unrealistic.  Other programs grinded with 0 top 70 transfer additions when they did a reboot.    Just the way it is.  Embrace the suck and embrace the grind.   IU has someone that has had to do this before at the power 4 level and ended up with a staff and players that competed with top programs in his first year.   Now a coach on his previous staff for 1 year has a head coaching job and another is the associate head coach at a power 5 program near his hometown.   If you want to panic have at it however from my point of view IU is in solid shape for next year 

 

To the credit of this discussion group, I have seen very, very little panic.

There is a mindset adjustment that we all should embrace IMO. Everybody hears CDD say that we need players that fit to form a team; not a collection of talent, and thinks that makes perfect sense. But then, given our Woodson experience, we see talented pieces go elsewhere and it's easy to think "oh no!" Remember what made sense all along - we are building a team, not collecting talent pieces.

  • If our coaching staff is good enough, they will take that assembled team and do well with it.
  • If they are not good enough, all the talented pieces in the world won't compensate.

We already have one alpha player/scorer/leader; Tucker Devries. And no one knows CDD's system better than him.

Enright is likely a huge pickup. Plus defender, big-time passer and floor leader, and most importantly; has experienced and can communicate what CDD wants to new additions.

 

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6 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

So who are the players following now, so I can figure out who we're not getting next. LOL I'm sure we'll field a team

Ha, so true.

Two statements that get some posters excited but have proven to have very, very little correlation to landing a recruit:

1) our players/assistants are now following recruit ABC !!

2) our current player is “in the ear” and really recruiting target ABC !!

Both scenarios don’t really seem to mean squat.

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5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

This is the 2nd player we've offered or almost offered 2 million to that said no thanks. That has to be slightly concerning. 

Other schools get to offer money as well.  I can guarantee you there will be players who say thanks and take whatever the actual number offered is 

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5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

This is the 2nd player we've offered or almost offered 2 million to that said no thanks. That has to be slightly concerning. 

So, we're like the dude who pulls up to the corner in a new Ferrari, but the chicks he's hitting on are wondering what he's trying compensate for.

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