This is the reality view of someone reasonable although a bit to the negative side. Chemistry, what kind and who, and rotation. There is ample talent and depth. It is on the coaching now.
Ruin them with his own creations!Ben will ruin them. Nothing good can happen.
There are myriad ways to look at next year. I am always optimistic things will be better. Nobody needs to apologize for optimism, but claiming that two players with zero college experience will be markedly better than Jamison Battle doesn't add to the discussion. It comes off as crazy unless you have some inside information about how Betts and Christie actually are playing. I'm asking for a small amount of accountability instead of having burner accounts show up every year with outlandish claims.
I do think we have a chance to be better as a team, because of players in better roles and actually having functional guard play and speed. I'm actually most excited about Hawkins. And really curious to see Betts and Christie. It's fun to have some optimism. But if you claim they are going to be 100x better I would like to know how that will manifest on an individual basis.
Ola-Joseph and Carrington should be starting over them I don’t think you could get lower than the bottom of the barrel if they weren’t.
Why? Shouldn’t that be expected at the beginning?
Do not over estimate what this staff is capable of. I still have visions of Ola-Joseph on the Purdue big man.
The dude's bro was also a pretty bad college basketball player. Hopefully he hasn't learned too much
.That's just not true. The majority of people I see as being called "all negative" have been really high on a number of things - Asuma, Hawkins, and Mitchell.
There are people that won’t recognize your sarcasm and humor. Just as many do not recognize our banter is just sarcasm and entertainment too. Like who would actually believe you are serious?The dude's bro was also a pretty bad college basketball player. Hopefully he hasn't learned too much
I would agree but FWIW, Burns has him starting at the 3 for his defense. I’m not saying Burns is wrong but I am sure we have better. Burns does admit JOJ doesn’t have the shot for a 3, but likes his defense and rebounding.
Maybe cam will fulfill his potential better than maxThe dude's bro was also a pretty bad college basketball player. Hopefully he hasn't learned too much
Why settle for Freshman All B1G?
Who is Burns? You mean Ryan Burns, the football guy?
I don't think anyone who's coming in / now to the rotation is better than Battle. I think they're better fits/ fill a bigger need. Hawkins has speed and we have depth this year. Based on THAT, we should be much improved this year. NCAA tourney bound? Small chance. NIT? Better chance. I'm cautiously optimistic
I think there could be a number of new guys better than last year's Battle. The Battle of two years ago? Not likely. Both ends of the court are important. As we learn from Wisky- defense will win you some games.
That's about where I am as well. Really excited for Hawkins' speed and playmaking. And his ballhandling along with Mitchell and to a lesser extent Carrington, we should have 3 competent guards. Last year all we had was Cooper and he had some glaring flaws that were exacerbated by being the only healthy guard for most of the season.
Concur with all of that. Fairly obvious that Payne/Garcia will eat minutes at the 5/4. Hawkins/Mitchell will get plenty of minutes at the 1/2. Carrington will see a lot of time. Will it be at the 1 or 2?-Don't think that is relevent at this point. Does Ben run some 3 G with Hawkins, Mitchell, Carrington and Christie? We'll see. If not, does he go Betts/Christie/JOJ at the 3? Hopefully he'll try many combo's and a few will click. Does Ihnen get some run at the 3? Interesting to have options.
I'm sure they want one more portal player. Also remember this- they know what Fox and Ihnen are able to do now, far better than we. I'd assume that they have talked to the doctors about what is likely - so they are assessing things with far more information than us. I think we will have good depth. My uninformed guess is that this is by far Ben's best roster so far.
Youre absolutely right. James.
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