Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[Demo]

3 minutes ago, ISP said:

Just reached out to another CE contact that I rarely go to…nothing new from the trip, but reaffirmed the one reason I said that if he doesn’t commit it’s due to depth at guard.. 

 

 

That sounds perfectly correct. If Carlyle’s in fact coming Essegian becomes your 7th scholarship guard. As a niche guy, and if you’re gonna have a niche skill he’s got the best one, what’s his best case scenario, maybe 12 mins? And within his range of outcomes there’s a perfectly reasonable one where he barely plays. I’m not sure I see the appeal for him in comparison to I’m sure more certain opportunities.

[str8baller]

Just now, RaceToTheTop said:

If he goes to anyone P5, he will be walking in the situation he left.  Unless he goes to DePaul.

Not at all. He’d have played more mins for us last year than he did at UW. If for whatever reason Carlyle or somebody doesn’t come here and Galloway starts again he’d play consistent rotation minutes. 
 

Very few teams have the guard depth UW had last year or what IU will have next year if Carlyle commits.  
 

 

[68Hoosier]

With the report that Walker was on campus, is he still an option for us at Guard?

[ap2345]

2 minutes ago, 68Hoosier said:

With the report that Walker was on campus, is he still an option for us at Guard?

He is scheduled to visit the 22nd 

[68Hoosier]

3 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

He is scheduled to visit the 22nd 

Awesome, I had not heard that.  

[Hoosier987]

Essegian doesn’t really move the needle. Sure he’s a depth piece but at best he’s 8th or 9th man. I suspect we’re going to get someone better. 

[Hoosier Roots]

32 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

Essegian doesn’t really move the needle. Sure he’s a depth piece but at best he’s 8th or 9th man. I suspect we’re going to get someone better. 

Doubt anyone significantly better is coming here to possibly ride the bench 

[IUFAN1976]

33 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

Essegian doesn’t really move the needle. Sure he’s a depth piece but at best he’s 8th or 9th man. I suspect we’re going to get someone better. 

Who do you expect that moves the needle and willing to play 10-15 minutes per game?  There is nobody willing to come here to play 10-15 minutes per game the level of CE or someone that moves the needle.  Maybe Woodson should look elsewhere to fill that position, maybe a JUCO player or somebody at a mid-major school that would be willing to play that much and get some $’s

[ebridges24]

50 minutes ago, 68Hoosier said:

With the report that Walker was on campus, is he still an option for us at Guard?

Sorry, who's Walker?

[Hoosierfanyuh]

1 minute ago, ebridges24 said:

Sorry, who's Walker?

Leland walker, EKU guard, from Indy 

[ebridges24]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Leland walker, EKU guard, from Indy 

 

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Leland walker, EKU guard, from Indy 

Thanks, forgot all about him

[RaceToTheTop]

54 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Not at all. He’d have played more mins for us last year than he did at UW. If for whatever reason Carlyle or somebody doesn’t come here and Galloway starts again he’d play consistent rotation minutes. 
 

Very few teams have the guard depth UW had last year or what IU will have next year if Carlyle commits.  
 

 

So if he goes to a guard poor power 5 team that had an injured starter, he'd get more time?  I'm not sure he's going to find many of those.

What is funny is that there  is a team that has now seen two starting guards enter the portal that he should get more time at than last year -- Wisconsin.  Storr is at Kansas and Hepburn is in the portal.  Rumor is that Hepburn will be looking at Michigan State.

[Shooter]

1 hour ago, str8baller said:

He’s basically walking into the same situation he left. Unless he wants to ride the pine and try and play bigger mins his senior year, it is a tough sell, imo. Otherwise, the people that I know who know him say IU would be his top choice just generally.  
 

But I’m sure his parents or aau coaches or whatever can help him do the math on minutes, which are basically zero this year barring an injury or something. 

I think he'd play here. Assuming we get Carlyle, I see Essegian as our fourth guard. And he provides something entirely different from the other three, that we have been dying for - a lights out spot up shooter. He's not getting starter minutes, but I see him in the rotation.

[LamarCheeks]

Been busy for the past couple hours and haven't kept up ...

Are we out on Essegian, or still in a holding pattern? 

Seemed as if it were a done deal, but since nothing's still official yet, makes me wonder if it's a no-go ... 

 

 

[Magisterium]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

That sounds perfectly correct. If Carlyle’s in fact coming Essegian becomes your 7th scholarship guard. As a niche guy, and if you’re gonna have a niche skill he’s got the best one, what’s his best case scenario, maybe 12 mins? And within his range of outcomes there’s a perfectly reasonable one where he barely plays. I’m not sure I see the appeal for him in comparison to I’m sure more certain opportunities.

This is why Malone intrigues me—he might have some of Essegian’s shooting plus more size and rebounding 

sounds like there’s a pretty good market for him though 

[Hoosier987]

52 minutes ago, Hoosier Roots said:

Doubt anyone significantly better is coming here to possibly ride the bench 

I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

[IUFAN1976]

33 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Been busy for the past couple hours and haven't kept up ...

Are we out on Essegian, or still in a holding pattern? 

Seemed as if it were a done deal, but since nothing's still official yet, makes me wonder if it's a no-go ... 

 

 

Seems we are in a holding pattern but that’s just my opinion.  If he was coming here, he probably would have announced by now.  I think he’s weighing his options and trying to figure out his best fit 

[Juwan Moye]

Personally I’d rather see an Essegian type get 15 minutes a game instead of some random backup big. But we know that won’t happen.

[Bowhunter]

Maybe we run four bigs and a point guard !

[HoosierHoopster]

11 minutes ago, Bowhunter said:

Maybe we run four bigs and a point guard !

Sshhhh don’t give Woody any ideas….