TwistingMyMelon
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Your track record speaks for itself actually
Oh....that mean a lot coming from you....NOT!
Your track record speaks for itself actually
I did read that they reached out to a big kid (6’10, 275) from Oklahoma. More of a traditional big.Yeah, don't think any coach is going to promise a starting role to most guys but Nelson can obviously see that he will have a great opportunity to earn a starting job here as things stand right now.
We will know pretty quickly what their plans are for Morgan (assuming he is in fact coming here) when we get to see how aggressively they are going after other centers in the portal.
They did
I did read that they reached out to a big kid (6’10, 275) from Oklahoma. More of a traditional big.
Tweet machine. Idk the validity of it, but I just assume it’s correctLink?
John Hugley?I did read that they reached out to a big kid (6’10, 275) from Oklahoma. More of a traditional big.
Before we discuss his ability are we sure he committed? I see NOTHING
Tweet machine. Idk the validity of it, but I just assume it’s correct
John Hugley?
John Hugley IV - Oklahoma Sooners Forward - ESPN
View the profile of Oklahoma Sooners Forward John Hugley IV on ESPN. Get the latest news, live stats and game highlights.www.espn.com
Looked like his production and playing time dropped significantly at Oklahoma. Idk why that is. Maybe a nagging injury of some sort. But if we can land him and get some semblance of his Pitt production + Morgan I think our 5 rotation is Big10 readyAh, I remember him! We played against him during Ben's first year. At that time Hugly played for Pitt. As I recall, he was their best player against us in that game. He transferred to Oklahoma but only for one year. We can recruit someone now who has transferred all over the place without sitting out since the NCAA announced a moratorium on enforcing the one-time transfer rule for now.
Thanks for answering my question!
Roland Brooks generally does a fabulous job. I trust his assessment as someone that has put in the work.Unlike some others, I look at the whole body of work, not some cherry picked games to support my own bias.
Roland Brooks generally does a fabulous job. I trust his assessment as someone that has put in the work.
He clearly watches a ton of games.
Although, everyone is of course somewhat biased. His take merits some additional consideration vs most of the rest of us.
Fair enough. Was just trying to facilitate if possible. His track record has been strong.You can't just watch a few games and conclude you know the whole story. Hell, Garcia has had some games where one can wonder "How the hell was he so highly rated?"
He made a claim that Rebraca was much better than Morgan at the times they transferred to the Big Ten. I showed some very commonly used advanced stats to refute that. He got pissed that I dared to argue against his statement and insulted me as a poster, so fuck him!
not technically a transfer but local kid
Washington had a coaching change - this was predictable. I would guess most kids choose coaches rather than schools, and most/all new coaches have their own ideas about the type of player they want, too.not technically a transfer but local kid
The poster did say he wasn't a transfer at the bottom of the embedded tweet...He isn't a transfer. He is a decommitted freshman recruit. I also don't see any recruiting pages where he is rated as a four star.
Where did you read that? Would like to check it out.I did read that they reached out to a big kid (6’10, 275) from Oklahoma. More of a traditional big.
For sure, just showing what’s being talked about. I wonder if someone spilled the beans before they were supposed to.Yes, but it isn't listed anywhere else and we've heard no announcement so this situation seems a bit fishy.
What site?Morgan is still visiting Nebraska. Take it for what it’s worth but other site insinuating we are losing another player up front. Would guess Garcia. No way Johnson can recover. Don’t see how we will ever have enough Nil money in basketball.
Where did you read that? Would like to check it out.
I remember watching that game. We couldn't stop himHe gave the answer above. It's John Hugley who played at Oklahoma last season. Before that he played at Pitt. He was on Pitt when we played them during Ben Johnson's first season and he scored a bunch of point against us. His productivity seems to have declined since then though.
Morgan is still visiting Nebraska. Take it for what it’s worth but another site insinuating we are losing another player up front. Would guess Garcia. No way Johnson can recover. Don’t see how we will ever have enough Nil money in basketball.
If the Gophers do lose another key player today (Christie or Garcia), I wonder how this would change the overall expectations on the Gophers program moving forward? I have a hard time believing the Gophers are unique in an NIL strapped position. But I'm guessing Ben Johnson's seat gets cooler as a result of all this. After all, what can he do? I think that will be the sentiment of many. But what about Coyle? Ben Johnson should still be evaluated based on his performance relative to the roster he is able to construct in this environment. We can argue whether or not he has succeeded in this regard the last three years. It's a highly subjective debate. But one thing we can all probably agree on is how frustrating it is to watch the sport we all pay so close attention to fall apart in this way.
This shouldn't change anyone's position on Johnson. What can he do? Work through it and find players to compete from lower levels. Not only do other similar P6 programs have the same issue, many mid major programs get constantly poached every year. And yet the ones with good coaches still put together better rosters than BJ has done here.
It feels like the university is going to play a game of chicken with its basketball supporters. It sits and does nothing while the program swirls down the toilet and then will remind us they can’t do anything until supporters start paying the players. It’s almost like , “Pony up and we’ll think about getting a coach that can compete at this level, but we can’t compete until you pay more.” It’s a grim outlook in the near term.I don't necessarily disagree with you. But I do wonder if that would continue to be the prevailing sentiment in the event the Gophers take a step back next year. Most on here (even the BJ crowd) have acknowledged an NCAA tournament bid needs to be the expectation next year. Does that now change? I personally hope not. However, none of us really have a great sense about the disparity between the haves and the have nots and how many programs are in bucket A vs bucket B.
I don't necessarily disagree with you. But I do wonder if that would continue to be the prevailing sentiment in the event the Gophers take a step back next year. Most on here (even the BJ crowd) have acknowledged an NCAA tournament bid needs to be the expectation next year. Does that now change? I personally hope not. However, none of us really have a great sense about the disparity between the haves and the have nots and how many programs are in bucket A vs bucket B.