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Cupps To Ohio State

I wish him well. He needs strength terribly and experience. He and Lander are 2 physically not ready players I can remember. Both couldn’t guard anyone or get around anyone while on offense
 
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Another stinker of a season, Ohio St. will be looking for a new ball coach next spring.


Everything being equal, NIL wise, it wouldn't be my first choice to go to a program with a hot seat coach.
 
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Or we find out he brings more to the table than we ever saw under Woodson.
I would be surprised if we don't see a much different looking Cupps for OSU. But damn... can't fathom he's commanding THAT big of a bag.
 
I don’t mean to run the kid down. But what I saw was an undersized, limited athleticism kid who couldn’t shoot the ball. I don’t understand this at all. I thought he might drop down to a mid major honestly.

He also had terrible passing stats.
 
I wish him well. He needs strength terribly and experience. He and Lander are 2 physically not ready players I can remember. Both couldn’t guard anyone or get around anyone while on offense
According to our newly-departed strength and conditioning coach, Cupps was the strongest, fittest player in program history on a pound for pound basis. That statement alone should have earned him a pink slip. Nevermind the annual greased-up beauty shots of players touting 0% body fat and 44-inch verticals. :rolleyes:
 
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If playing time is the issue, OSU makes zero sense for Cupps.
If OSU is offering $1M, then transferring there does make sense. Diebler, for building his recruiting cred, may want to “land” a 2x All State performer.
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the Bahamas trip last year will be the most significant event that influences the next 10 years of IU basketball. It got a coach fired a coach hired, and coach hired saw and heard enough things that led him to believe a total flush was needed. staying and going discussions were 1 sided.
 
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Devries cleaned house; hope it was the right move.
I'm guessing yes. On a pure talent basis there might have been some guys you'd think he would want to keep but they may not have bought in to his approach or demands after talking with them, or vice versa. Chemistry matters too.
 
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the Bahamas trip last year will be the most significant event that influences the next 10 years of IU basketball. It got a coach fired a coach hired, and coach hired saw and heard enough things that led him to believe a total flush was needed. staying and going discussion were 1 sided.
Yeah most of these guys were paid mercenaries playing for the money. That's what Woodrow wanted.
 
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I'm guessing yes. On a pure talent basis there might have been some guys you'd think he would want to keep but they may not have bought in to his approach or demands after talking with them, or vice versa. Chemistry matters too.
if you need to move on, we will help with the process is a conversation, he had a lot of them
 
In the tweet (below) the OP referred to, in the replies someone said they thought it was for $350,000.

Their reply to that was, he initially heard that but then heard $1,000,000, but thinks it may actually be for two years (his junior and senior years).

 
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every player is a paid mercenary to some extent. I think Devries saw a lack of discipline and culture, that led him to believe a complete reboot is necessary.
He also knows that expectations are high and he may feel that his best chances for a good first season are with a complete team of guys he has picked and no vestiges of the old regime. A lot of people here said that a complete reboot was what this program needed. Assistants, staff, players, everything.
 
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No way Cupp’s is getting that kind of dough. The folks at OSU aren’t stupid. I’d be very surprised if he even got $100,000 base on what we saw of him at IU. Hustle guy who plays hard, but nothing else is even average - ball handling under pressure, playmaking for himself and others, shooting, defending.
 
every player is a paid mercenary to some extent. I think Devries saw a lack of discipline and culture, that led him to believe a complete reboot is necessary.
We need players who want to play for the name on the front of the jersey not the number of zeros on the check.
 
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