They may be "too slow," "too short," "not good enough," "not ranked high enough," etc. But, they are winners, and that is all that matters. Letting kids like Kyle Guy go elsewhere is a sin, and they will make you regret it.
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One of several reasons Crean is no longer coach.
He sure stepped up and hit 3 fts under immense pressure. Good for him. That's an Indiana Mr. Basketball.
You are correct sir. This is the reason folks want to watch our boys play basketball at Indiana. Clutch and smart
Not getting Aaron Henry from MSU was a big miss as well.
I thought that once Guy inked to Virginia and Bennett it wouldn't
be long before we would hear his name nationally.
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We will be reminded of that one for three more years when he tears it up in the big ten. I remember some saying we really needed to get him.
He did, however he did not make the team better.
You really think we would have won fewer games or the same without Romeo?
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No they don’t. Most might blame all the injuries, though.
I disagree. With everyone else available, we could have possibly made up for his points in a lot of the games. The other things he did could have been done by others in the game. We would still have 5 players on the court.
With the injuries we had, Romeo was one of the few available every night until post season. We would not have made it to post season without Romeo playing especially during our peak of injuries.
Did he make others around him better? Maybe not as much as some would have hoped, but he did very well for a freshman.
Sure, sure... wasn't Grant Gelon from IN? It's not that Kyle Guy's from IN (although I'd agree, it sure doesn't hurt), it's that he's a damn good player complainers have the luxury to pick and choose from and cry about us not getting. Do we need all players from IN, nope, not in my humble opinion. Do we need shooters and players like Kyle Guy playing at IN? Oh hell yeah... I don't care if they're from Korea.
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An Indiana kid is great when they understand our history and tradition. Those kids will understand our rivalries and won't have to experience it first before realizing why the team they played was fired up.
I am happier taking a 3 star from Indiana that we have seen play than a 3 star that doesn't know anything about IU and we know little about them. There are many exceptions.
Oladipo is a good example of a kid that came here with no ties to IU and left loving the school, program and the fans as much as any kid that has ever played here.
I would be thrilled to hear a kid say that he had always wanted to play at IU. That kid would get it from his first day.
All reasonable people knew Henry was the better player. But like most things, our fans let their bias cloud their judgement.
Very, very, very, very ignorant.
https://indiana.forums.rivals.com/t...-bloomington-today.151055/page-7#post-2658423
Wish I could see the comment that led to that response. Well, maybe not, but it must have been really stupid!
Your example of Vic is a GREAT one... he wasn't from IN, Isiah wasn't from IN, Quinn wasn't from IN, Darryl Thomas not from IN, Dean Garrett nor Smart were from IN. We need good players. Because we're in IN, a lot of them should logically come from IN, but being from IN is by no means a qualification. Gellon was from IN, Damezi is from IN... We need good players, regardless of where they are from. If they are good, AND they are from IN, all the better, welcome aboard! I don't care how many stars they have, or where they are from... I care that they are good players.
Since you love to show off your "knowledge" over and over I'm sure you have a ton of previous posts saying just this at the time they committed? It's odd, because when I search your posts in which you mention Henry I see only 3, the first in January of this year. Yet another example of you claiming to have had information beforehand even though you actually gained it through hindsight.
When your head is up your @$$, the only kind of sight you have is "hindsight".
I was sitting with my son at the top of the student section when Oladipo came in and probably shook hands or fist bumped half the section. I miss his type of emotion. AJ Moye was another player that will forever be a favorite. Every freshman should have to sit and watch the Duke/IU game against Boozer.
Yep. AJ Moye not from IN, Dane Fife not from IN... hell, all the way back to Bill Garrett; not from IN!
I think with Archie, he will try and close down the borders. There is a ton of talent that comes out of Indiana. Brooks, Stewart, and tjd are all studs coming out of Indiana this yr. if Indiana wants to get back to the top, they have to go all trump on Indiana.
Yeah well give Anderson time because he is only a freshman.
I think we understand we don’t need every player from Indiana but we do need the really good ones.
reread the OP... he states if they are "too slow, too short, etc..." No, Kyle Guy was a very good high school player and was pretty highly ranked nationally. The fact that he's from IN really isn't a factor; I'd want him if he was from, gulp, Kentucky. Then someone else said they'd rather have lower ranked players who are from IN. I could care less, I just want good ballplayers. You'd think we'd have a built-in advantage with IN players, but I don't want kids just because they are from IN and especially not if we can get better players from elsewhere.
I really didn't want to use his name, since he's a current player and a freshman at that. But, he did look really lost to me out there. I just couldn't remember another IN kid who had disappointed recently. I thought about typing Dan Dakich, just to tweak him on the off hope he'd actually see it.
Here's one, though not all that recent - Landon Turner.
Landon arrived in Bloomington the year after I did. I remember watching him as a freshman and thinking that he was never going to contribute. Actually, I remember thinking that there was no doubt that Bob Knight was either going to kill him or "hide-strap him to a rail car and send him up the Monon ".
His first year, other players on the court literally were grabbing him by the jersey to move him into proper positions on both offense and defense. He was only marginally better his sophomore year. I'd say he turned out ok by the third.
The lesson is to be careful about making the judgement that a player is never going to contribute based on results that first year.
I am beyond shocked he has not announced he is transferring. I just do not see how he sees the floor next year.
Yeah, I've not given up on the kid, especially since you can see that you are not going to play if you don't get it on D. In my recollection Anderson was the kid who's spot was up for grabs with Aaron Henry. Wasn't DA the higher ranked kid? I don't remember a ton of folks on here saying we needed Henry once we got Anderson, but I don't remember who committed first.
Reminds me of Brandon Newman and A Franklin this year. I preferred Newman because his rep seemed to be more of a shooter. Hope I was wrong.
I agree. I remember when it was generally expected that freshmen would look like, well, freshmen. That’s one of the reasons why, for many years, freshmen weren’t even eligible to play.
Now we’re giving up on guys who don’t set the world on fire their first year in college?
Anderson was twice the HS player that Henry was, but Henry had an exponentially better freshman season. Those already writing off Damezi clearly never watched him play in HS. He was a dominant scorer. Scored like 2,500 points in his career. A full offseason in the strength and conditioning program should make quite a difference for him. I also expect a large improvement with his D. Plus, some kids are just immature and being away from home for the 1st time can be really tough as well. I can’t understand not rooting for an IN kid to get better and become a success story at IU. Then again, I read this board daily, so I shouldn’t be that surprised.
They do not all work out. Rob and Race look like they will be good ones. I assume Hunter will be as well if he ever get healthy. If Anderson wants to play a good amount of minutes he needs to find a different conference imo. I do not see him playing much next year.
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