Expectations for Cam Christie in yr 1?

[TonyLiebert]

 

[MNVCGUY]

Always dangerous to count on a lot from true freshman players. Having said that, Christie seems like the kind of prospect that could come in and make an impact right away. Or at the very least he looks like someone who may be able to come in and be a key part of the rotation in his first year.

 

[Big Dawg]

I am glad he will be a Gopher. I have zero expectations. Carrington, Mitchell and Hawkins could gel and light it up with someone else popping at the 3 so Christie doesn't see the floor. Or Christie has an incredible freshman year. or anything in between. I hope it is a bit of both. I'm hoping there is some kind of succesful rotation at the 1-3 with Carrington, Mitchell, Hawkins and Christie with maybe Betts/Ihnen/JOJ sprinkled in there.

 

[Bad Gopher]

Always dangerous to count on a lot from true freshman players. Having said that, Christie seems like the kind of prospect that could come in and make an impact right away. Or at the very least he looks like someone who may be able to come in and be a key part of the rotation in his first year.

This is the way I see it. I expect an impact, but I also expect growing pains, just like any 4-star recruit we've ever had. I just hope the people here are patient with him. I could be wrong, but, on the raw----finished spectrum, I see him more toward the finished end.

 

[MonikerSchmoniker45]

He will play alot.

 

[march madness]

6 ppg, 2 reb, 1ass.

 

[Rockraven]

He will be an important part of our cadre of 3 point shooters and can do it from the 1, 2, or 3. He is 6’7” and growing. Like Grove who is 6’9” now. I don’t remember seeing us play with efficient 3 point shooting.

 

[NYtoWItoMN]

I am glad he will be a Gopher. I have zero expectations. Carrington, Mitchell and Hawkins could gel and light it up with someone else popping at the 3 so Christie doesn't see the floor. Or Christie has an incredible freshman year. or anything in between. I hope it is a bit of both. I'm hoping there is some kind of succesful rotation at the 1-3 with Carrington, Mitchell, Hawkins and Christie with maybe Betts/Ihnen/JOJ sprinkled in there.

The desperate enthusiasm But what cracked me up most was that I very much connected with everything written...

 

[tmvander]

All American or bust.

 

[TheRealUncleRico]

I’m thinking based on his profile that he should come in and contribute similar to Andre Hollins who averaged 9pts 2rb and 2ast. Based on his height and getting more playing time than Hollins did I will bump it up to 10pts 3rb and 2 ast. With hopes that he’s ready to make a big jump in his sophomore season

 

[60's Guy]

What we need him to do is unfair. What he is capable of doing is unknown.
Just hoping he brings a smile to the faces of all Gopher fans.

 

[BTChamp]

All American or bust.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[short ornery norwegian]

to start with, if he can give the Gophers a 3-point shooter off the bench, that would be a big plus.

if the Gophers can get to a point where there is not a big drop-off when they go to the bench, that is going to allow them to keep games closer.

and it would be fun to have a Vinnie "Microwave" Johnson type of player - a guy who comes off the bench, pops a couple of 3's and gets the crowd excited.

so I'll take that, for starters.

 

[Blackhammer]

If he’s not a solid rotation player my expectations of a season like the last one are high.

 

[bga1]

What we need him to do is unfair. What he is capable of doing is unknown.
Just hoping he brings a smile to the faces of all Gopher fans.

I see us starting the season playing with all veterans in the starting lineup with Christie, Betts, Ihnen and JOJ all being big factors

Hawkins
Mitchell
Carrington
Garcia
Payne

I don't see that as asking too much out of one of the top players in Illinois. Where the starting lineup goes by the time the Big Ten season starts...I don't know. Should be fun to watch!

 

[60's Guy]

I see us starting the season playing with all veterans in the starting lineup with Christie, Betts, Ihnen and JOJ all being big factors

Hawkins
Mitchell
Carrington
Garcia
Payne

I don't see that as asking too much out of one of the top players in Illinois. Where the starting lineup goes by the time the Big Ten season starts...I don't know. Should be fun to watch!

Nobody knows what the circumstances will be, nobody knows how Ben will approach it.
For example: Here is the box score the first time out last year: St Olaf

So, we don't know what Ben is going to do or be able to do.
The "unfair" part...you disagree with me... unless Christie, Ihnen or Fox are spectacular the rest of the guys have shown who they are...bottom of the conference. Until we see Christie in college he brings hope to me he could be spectacular. Point being in order to stay off the bottom of the conference ... one of those three needs to surprise everybody.

"Unfair" because we did not recruit a prime time player and that puts it on somebody to play the role who is either not ready or not used to it or hasn't done it for a few years. You don't think by November Christie realizes he's our best perimeter player? (True or in his mind at the least). That's the unfair part....he'll know it's up to him.

Maybe Hawkins is the guy? We don't know but the reason we don't know is because we haven't seen them. We have seen the guys who played for the Gophers last year.

 

[GopherBlood666]

We need Christie to be good enough to start on the current roster. Want to see JOJ off the bench this year so he will need to beat him out at the three.

 

[kg21]

I want to see way more promise than what we did from Ola-Joseph, Carrington, and Henley.

I want him to look like a damn good ball player right off the bat.

There is nothing wrong with a freshman doing this. We don't get this at Minnesota.

We are due!

 

[Spaulding!No!]

I see us starting the season playing with all veterans in the starting lineup with Christie, Betts, Ihnen and JOJ all being big factors

Hawkins
Mitchell
Carrington
Garcia
Payne

I don't see that as asking too much out of one of the top players in Illinois. Where the starting lineup goes by the time the Big Ten season starts...I don't know. Should be fun to watch!

Fun to watch? Cmon

 

[El Amin Fan]

I want to see way more promise than what we did from Ola-Joseph, Carrington, and Henley.

I want him to look like a damn good ball player right off the bat.

There is nothing wrong with a freshman doing this. We don't get this at Minnesota.

We are due!

Good thread and analysis. I agree with KG, we are due. We are due to have a freshman really come in and impact beyond what we expect.

 

[JZABR]

I think he's going to end up starting at some point. He's got the length and range that we need and I wouldn't be surprised if he averages 11+ but I'd say between 8-10 ppg. I'm excited about him. Like what's been said, we don't get many 4 star, top 100 recruits here, but I think he's going to end up being really really good

 

[TheRealUncleRico]

I want to see way more promise than what we did from Ola-Joseph, Carrington, and Henley.

I want him to look like a damn good ball player right off the bat.

There is nothing wrong with a freshman doing this. We don't get this at Minnesota.

We are due!

I don’t understand what promise you didn’t see in Ola-Joseph. The kid was tough, at times a spark plug and was an efficient scorer. I think he has promise to be a very good big ten player. I agree with the others but I’m high on Ola-Joseph

 

[Rockraven]

We all know how CBJ doesn’t understand roster construction or coaching. He rides his best into the ground. But Christie is the ultimate Super Frosh. Christie starts from day one at the 1, 2, and 3. That’s 120 minutes a game. He’ll score 75 points a game with 25 rebounds and 30 assists a night. 15 of those assists will be to himself. Then as a Sophmore he will enter the portal and go to OSU to replace their All American Jamison Battle. We are officially the OSU feeder school.

 

[bga1]

Nobody knows what the circumstances will be, nobody knows how Ben will approach it.
For example: Here is the box score the first time out last year: St Olaf

So, we don't know what Ben is going to do or be able to do.
The "unfair" part...you disagree with me... unless Christie, Ihnen or Fox are spectacular the rest of the guys have shown who they are...bottom of the conference. Until we see Christie in college he brings hope to me he could be spectacular. Point being in order to stay off the bottom of the conference ... one of those three needs to surprise everybody.

"Unfair" because we did not recruit a prime time player and that puts it on somebody to play the role who is either not ready or not used to it or hasn't done it for a few years. You don't think by November Christie realizes he's our best perimeter player? (True or in his mind at the least). That's the unfair part....he'll know it's up to him.

Maybe Hawkins is the guy? We don't know but the reason we don't know is because we haven't seen them. We have seen the guys who played for the Gophers last year.

Hawkins, Mitchell, Christie, Betts, Fox and Ihnen are all new to the mix. Garcia and Payne are high end players. It is not nearly as set as you say.

 

[gopherbadgerman]

If he’s 1/2 the player Betts is we should be looking at a top 4 big ten finish.

I’m all honesty if he can play 15-20 minutes a game and be competitive that’s all you can hope for

 

[kix4kix]

Delusion is at an all time high in here, fun to watch!? This team?

I bleed Gophers, an alum, from MN grew up watching the Clem era as a child, vividly remember the Quincy buzzer beater all that...but this regime has been embarrassing, laughing stock...


I fully expect this Christie guy to be a top 5 player for us, but without a pg we can trust to lead this team, it's really irrelevant how good he can be tbh.

 

[Johnnyboy18]

Delusion is at an all time high in here, fun to watch!? This team?

I bleed Gophers, an alum, from MN grew up watching the Clem era as a child, vividly remember the Quincy buzzer beater all that...but this regime has been embarrassing, laughing stock...


I fully expect this Christie guy to be a top 5 player for us, but without a pg we can trust to lead this team, it's really irrelevant how good he can be tbh.

Without a pg?

 

[kix4kix]

Without a pg?

Hawkins will be our first BIG ten caliber PG since Carr left so I am optimistic,

But he looks like a pretty short "5'11" and didn't play for a major so we will see.....

 

[JZABR]

I think he rode his starters/best because he's had so little to work with. I think this year, he actually has depth, and he'd be a fool not to go 4 deep on the bench. I'm optimistic we'll be improved this year

We all know how CBJ doesn’t understand roster construction or coaching. He rides his best into the ground. But Christie is the ultimate Super Frosh. Christie starts from day one at the 1, 2, and 3. That’s 120 minutes a game. He’ll score 75 points a game with 25 rebounds and 30 assists a night. 15 of those assists will be to himself. Then as a Sophmore he will enter the portal and go to OSU to replace their All American Jamison Battle. We are officially the OSU feeder schoo

 

[JZABR]

He's definitely got quickness, which is a glaring weakness of ours recently. And he's a decent outside shooter too.