Tell me the veterans that came over who are ready, out of the box, for the B1G. Who had P5 experience. I will wait for you to provide the deep experience of this Gopher team whereby they should be beating most other B1G teams. Go ahead. Provide the lineup.Cooper isn't playing with any veterans.
Players are getting open shots, they just arenāt making enough of them. We continue to be a poor shooting team.
Moving the goalposts again. Stop.
Let's see how many open shots Mn gets, especially from a Cooper assist, on conference. That's the point.
Maybe the people around him are just bad? Not much he can do if guys donāt make shots.
Could be. Cbj recruited all of them, so I wouldn't think he would recruit so many bad players.
I also just have no idea what this tangibly means. What specifically does he not do, that a good point guard would do, that would make other players on the team better?
Someone posted some advanced stats that showed we were taking a lot difficult shots as a team relative to most of the ncaa. Canāt vouch for the analytics, but they didnāt paint a good picture of our offense.
Thatās an interesting point. Maybe the issue is not that Cooper is slow, but that none of our players are particularly fast, and generally the point guard is the one who is. If he was paired with a better shot-creating shooting guard, maybe someone like a Dupree McBrayer, or Payton Willis at shooting guard, rather than samuels and Carrington who are also not really quick penetrating guards, maybe it wouldnāt seem like such an issue.
Totally agree that his defense has hurt, and it sets a bad tone for the team when your veteran point guard is not a great defender both in terms of skill and effort.
Watch Ziegler from Tenn. Rewatch some of Mn previous opponents this season and compare to Cooper. Lots of examples if you're willing to actually take a look.
No goalposts moved. Just pointing out the facts I have always pointed to
I think I just found the answer to my question. We have 14 on the roster but only 13 currently on scholarships as Purcell is preferred walk-on. I assume Samuels will leaving after this season so that will leave 3 scholarships available, two of which are already taken. So there will be one open scholarship to go portal fishing with. Sound right?
Yes but you can be almost be assured in this era that at least one current scholarship player will move on. They need to recruit like they have two available.
Next year players on scholarship if nothing changes: Cooper, Carrington, Christie, Henley, Ihnen, Fox, JOJ, Betts, Battle, Garcia, Evans, Thompson, and Payne. All 13 filled unless someone with eligibility leaves.
You left out Ramberg. Wouldnāt that make 14 filled?
Each to their own. I want a PG that will fit into a competitive BIG team.
So in other words, you donāt actually have any examples of things that point guards do that make their teammates better, and youāre gonna go with the āgo do your own researchā to deflect it.
Someone correct me if Iām wrong, but I believe that when a former walk-on is granted a scholarship, it only needs to be granted for 1 year at a time, as opposed to standard freshman scholarships which must be honored for 4 years.
Ramberg is a walk on currently on a 1 yr scholarship. He will return to walk on status again next season.
In addition to the things already pointed out as Cooper shortcomings is our half court offense. While I have not been able to see all the games...the ones I have, we have no offense. Generally, that is a point guards responsibility in most systems. Is that his fault or Ben's? I don't know.
I guarantee right now that at least one player with eligibility will leave. Iām sure the probability of any given has to be near 100%, but the probability of picking any particular one correctly is very low, and Iām much too cheap to bet on that.
I applaud you for recognizing the pg position. That's where it starts and ends.
Being quicker always helps. However, he doesn't have the skills to play in the B1G. He's this year's version of Thiam, except Ben is giving him minutes, lots of them.
We have to hope that they don't lose Payne and/or JOJ. Those two guys are foundational. I don't gamble either. However, if I did, I'd bet that reps from other schools are in their ears and the conversations include dollars.I guarantee right now that at least one player with eligibility will leave. Iām sure the probability of any given has to be near 100%, but the probability of picking any particular one correctly is very low, and Iām much too cheap to bet on that.
Thiam could barely step on the court without turning the ball over and couldn't shoot from outside which was supposed to be a strength. Samuels is much less athletic but takes care of the ball and has been somewhat consistent from 3. I agree he is getting too many minutes. He should be capped around 10 per game.
Garcia is a veteran at this point. He was part of an NCAA title team for half a season (that counts for something) + he is like 21.5 years old. Battle is veteran. Cooper and Samuels have multiple seasons of experience.
