C J Gunn looks really good in his summer workout video. I would like to see CMW give him and Banks all the chances they can handle. Keep the last scholarship for next year.
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VanPastorMan
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We could see Banks leaving the team. Just as we get guys in the portal, we lose guys to the portal.
These are the videos that should be shown when idiots post that these guys (Leal, Gunn….anyone) should be in a gym 24/7 working on their game cuz that’s what Alford, Kitchel did….great to see he is working on his game and even better to see a video during the off season because there is so little news coming out
But I also take this news with a grain of salt as we have seen/heard of these videos/news before ……Jerome Hunter doing rehab, Leal/Bates taking 500 shots a day and so on. I think Gunn is very important for us cuz he is from Indiana, knows what it means to wear the cream and crimson (as does Leal) and as the staff continues to recruit top talent, hope the don’t forget about the home grown talent that may not be a 4 or 5 star recruit
But I also take this news with a grain of salt as we have seen/heard of these videos/news before ……Jerome Hunter doing rehab, Leal/Bates taking 500 shots a day and so on. I think Gunn is very important for us cuz he is from Indiana, knows what it means to wear the cream and crimson (as does Leal) and as the staff continues to recruit top talent, hope the don’t forget about the home grown talent that may not be a 4 or 5 star recruit
Losing guys is an easy call. Which one? The 3 we lost this year was easy to see. JG, Bates and Duncomb hardly brought what IU needed.
He certainly looks the part. He was always a developmental type imho. I hope he takes that second year jump.
The scholarship will be kept for next year regardless, because we’ll get a grad transfer. Right now our starting lineup will likely have 3 inexperienced starters and I think the staff would love to have a good 5th year guy to add experience to the lineup.
I think Banks works with CC and sees a big jump in his game this season... He actually looked like he had a clue as to what he was trying to accomplish out there when he was on the floor last season (sure couldn't say that about Gunn or the guys that went to the Portal)...
Who is banks going to take time from? If he plays more than 10 min a game it means those 5* guys are overrated. Biggest need is at the 3 spot. Is he quick enough to switch off a wing to a guard? This is the biggest question of the season above shooting. Does IU have the quickness at that spot to guard multiple spots.
I can't imagine Banks is too happy.
I think the days of starters logging 35-40 mpg is long gone as these seniors have departed.
I see nothing wrong with most starters getting 20-25 mpg leaving 15-20 mpg for a handful of bench guys most nights as this IU team looks to play up tempo.
I see nothing wrong with most starters getting 20-25 mpg leaving 15-20 mpg for a handful of bench guys most nights as this IU team looks to play up tempo.
I hope so. But at this time of year a lot of guys are going to be great.
2 kinds of players. We will see which one he is.
Hope they are good enough. Today you have a scoring lineup and a don’t lose the lead lineup. Defense in that second group is more important than scoring a bunch. If you can have both..great.
Should keep guys more healthy and injury free as well. Playing >35 min/game over the whole season takes a toll.
It does? NBA guys do it. LBJ for instance averaged 35-38 min a game. I’m not sure I buy it.
There are always exceptional cases but "load management" is most definitely a thing in the NBA.
Tough to say. Banks is no slouch. If he comes on strong, he could be stealing minutes from a certain 5-star freshman. We shall see.
i have no problem at all with Trey or Gunn or Leal or the freshman at the 2 guard.
this never ending quest for greener grass is not healthy for college athletics.
this never ending quest for greener grass is not healthy for college athletics.
Well our grass has had dog shit in for 20 years. This new age college basketball looks like the masters grass to me.
Not anymore. Go look at rosters of all the nba teams. Load management as limiting minutes. They might sit some unimportant games. you will see many 33-40 min average guys.
your idiocy is showing.
the nature of college sports was never the problem.
the complete and total idiots running IU athletics over that span was the problem.
when Sampson was hired, i posted that very day here that IU just put an NCAA target on the backs of every sport at IU, and it was inevitable what happened would happen.
and on que, it did.
ever since Davis was let go, the non total idiot branch of Hoosier nation has clamored for Wittman or Woodson or even Alford, all of whom were far better fits and more qualified than the choices the administrations went with, for reasons no sane person can figure out.
personally, i lobbied everyday on here for Wittman after Davis and after Sampson, and Wittman or Woodson after Crean and Miller.
what the h*ll were the administrations thinking.
total incompetence beyond belief, as Wittman and Woodson were far more qualified than anyone we went with each time, with far more recruiting cachet.
college sports as we knew it was never the problem.
that model produced 5 NCAA championships for IU by the way, and teams fun to root for the other yrs.
the problem was those running IU.
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VanPastorMan
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And that could be good for the team. If Banks is better than said freshman then if this freshman comes off the bench he would be a great sixth or seventh man.
I have no inside knowledge but I think the remaining players are valuing Ws over PT. So far anyways, it seems the players are trusting the process.
Banks and Gunn are very important pieces imo
Two words if that’s the case:
Get better.
It’s how the world (should) works, deal with it. The best candidate gets the job.
