Looks like a good PG to grab here! Think you would also want to grab a more veteran PG too like Nick Timberlake to help him for year while you wait on G Isaac Asuma.
Good God.
Our pitch: Here kid- here's the car and there is no one else in it. You get to drive!Good God.
Facing competition like that and given the dire situation we're in as a team, I'm wondering how exactly you try and sell a guy like that on coming here? That's got to be absolutely brutally difficult to try and do, and that is one hell of a task Mr. Johnson has got in front of him, how to try and get kids to buy in and believe given the fact we are at the absolute bottom of the well right now and with precious few signs of getting out of there anytime soon. Now this particular player might lie somewhere between a whisper and a prayer for us, but the same applies to any half-decent player in the portal, how to get them to come here?
No. No we don't. If the Gophers signed a 20 yr old Shaq it wouldn't help. WE NEED GUARDS!!! Obviously a decent 5 to back up Payne would be a nice after thought, but we are literally dead in the water w/out some guards. If we don't get the guards we need it will not matter if we get a 5 to back up Payne. Here is why: Start Payne at the 5 and Garcia at the 4. When Payne needs a blow, we move Garcia to the 5 for a few minutes. He is 6'11" and started as our 5 mutiple games this season. Ihnen, Fox , Betts, JOJ can back up Garcia at the 4 for a few minutes. Per game 5-Payne 30 min/Garcia 10. 4-Garcia = 25 Ihnen/Fox/JOJ/Betts = 15. P, 2 and 3 will be a combo of Christie, JOJ, Cooper (hope he stays), Carrington, portal guards X 2.
Honestly what does that even mean that he’s heard from us? If he hasn’t…it should be a fireable offense. At this point the Gophers should be putting feelers out to almost ever portal guard, especially with decent numbers and more than 1 year of eligibility. If the gophers aren’t reaching out to all…what are we doing?
Any decent pure center will take one look at Payne and say no way. Unless you aren't very good and know you will be on the bench behind Payne for 3 more years. We may get A center but he won't be a great center. Obviously someone has to back up Payne but how does Ben sell that? Love to be a fly on the wall for that sales pitch.
Played for the Illinois Wolves AAU team with Max Christie though. Same AAU program Cam played for too, so I'm sure they are at least familiar with each other.
Charlie’s brother?
On the car analogy:
Holy cripes. It seems like just a few short years ago we had a chip, a chair, and a chance against Gonzaga for Geno Crandall's services. Hey, it WAS just a few short years ago!Good God.
Facing competition like that and given the dire situation we're in as a team, I'm wondering how exactly you try and sell a guy like that on coming here? That's got to be absolutely brutally difficult to try and do, and that is one hell of a task Mr. Johnson has got in front of him, how to try and get kids to buy in and believe given the fact we are at the absolute bottom of the well right now and with precious few signs of getting out of there anytime soon. Now this particular player might lie somewhere between a whisper and a prayer for us, but the same applies to any half-decent player in the portal, how to get them to come here?
Strong ass offers now legal lol
holy smokes- what a mess
With the way the portal is, I can see a common theme of high school players(unless highly noted) committing to smaller school teams to get minutes and show there stuff to know they will transfer to bigger school. I can see more and more bigger schools swooping the transfer portal rather then recruiting out of H.S. Then there is the trading where the ones that don't make the bigger schools, move down to get playing time.
Gophers were leading that list last year.
Opposite strategy of MN.
The top 50 portal kids are going to be getting promised $$$
Not all players in the transfer portal only have 1 year left. Many have at least 2 if not 3, so wouldn't always need 5 each year.
