Ski-U-Max! Gopher Men's Basketball Adds Guard Duo to the Program - Maximus Gizzi (New Palestine, Ind.) and Max Lorenson (Eden Prairie, Minn.)

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60's Guy said:
So it comes to this...we call every coach of every player in the portal, we strikeout. We travel to Europe and birddog every gym and every agent in every country, but we strikeout. We watch all the D2 all conference players...we determine there are no Duncan Robinson's and give up there. We call all the USA agents we got numbers for...nuthin... Then we get two guys dinged up in the first week of summer practice and we can't go 5 on 5 ...so, in a panic we overnite these two guys in from noontime Lifetime open gym tips. Brilliant!
Come on man!
MAX
Maximus is 11 in white jersey
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Come on. The 14th and 15th spots (if not 12 and 13 too) are basically former walk-ons/pure practice guys. It makes sense for them to be local kids who are OK with that, rather than fringe guys from Europe or California you sold a bill of goods to about competing for playing time and will be mad and want to transfer out by Christmas break.
 

howeda7 said:
Come on. The 14th and 15th spots (if not 12 and 13 too) are basically former walk-ons/pure practice guys. It makes sense for them to be local kids who are OK with that, rather than fringe guys from Europe or California you sold a bill of goods to about competing for playing time and will be mad and want to transfer out by Christmas break.
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That is my thought as well. Might as well get some hard worker/team oriented/defensive guys to help the team gel and run good practices, or a local developmental project like Lorenson who won't be a locker room cancer when he doesn't play a minute all year.
 

Neither of these guys are here with the thought, from themselves or the coaches, that they're ever going to get any relevant minutes.
They're roster fill. Nothing more.
Disaster has struck if either is in a game that matters, when it matters.
 

USAF said:
Neither of these guys are here with the thought, from themselves or the coaches, that they're ever going to get any relevant minutes.
They're roster fill. Nothing more.
Disaster has struck if either is in a game that matters, when it matters.
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Stupid per usual. Lorenson will get lots of minutes before he leaves. If not this year, next and the next etc
 



LesBolstad said:
Stupid per usual. Lorenson will get lots of minutes before he leaves. If not this year, next and the next etc
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He almost certainly will not....a kid who was recruited by nobody and is the 15th man on the roster isn't going to be playing unless there's a ton of growth and a big surprise. I'm not against the pickup mind you, in today's college era you're just not going to get anyone with a chance to play for the 14th/15th man. Seem like decent practice players who can play D and mimic other teams well enough to prep the real players.
 

Bob_Loblaw said:
It'd be fun if we had a guy to just play a few minutes a game to just bother and be a pest to our opponents.
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Even is he doesn't get a lot of meaningful minutes in a game, it's great to have a guy that can provide stout defense during practice. Makes the whole team better.
 






bga1 said:
We always complain that Gopher coaches miss kids right in our back yard who go on to bloom late. Maybe this is one of those guys and we can stuff him on our roster until he is ready.
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So many factors...situations are different...Ben had just open unused scholarships.
We had two much higher rated committed freshmen we did not try too hard to keep.
There are lots of guys available to be added....these two guys are inexpensive I'm guessing but are unlikely to play....I truly believed we could and would do better.
They are both short...they are both hard working and pesky but their DI natural athleticism is not elite.
Bigger bodies...seemed like more of a need? Everybody cries about older...we got one of each but? Maybe one of them becomes Carouso or TJ McConnell but ....
 

howeda7 said:
Come on. The 14th and 15th spots (if not 12 and 13 too) are basically former walk-ons/pure practice guys. It makes sense for them to be local kids who are OK with that, rather than fringe guys from Europe or California you sold a bill of goods to about competing for playing time and will be mad and want to transfer out by Christmas break.
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I guess you are more confident than I am we are all set with out top 10 guys. Doesn't seem like a reach to me that our late addition from Europe or anywhere else with DI experience and maybe injuries or other misfortune could be added and climb into the starting lineup. (Tyson for example....Turner for example....let's get 3 more wildcards like that was my thinking! We ain't established....we are wide open with opportunity.
Okay, so we looked so good in our summer workouts we added these two guys to lead by example. We don't need more candidates to push for playing time. Good news!
 

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