Now it's official Hartman back next year
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I wonder what all of the talking heads will say if the scholarship situation doesn't work out and Arch has to tell someone there is no room because Tommy Sunshine couldn't control himself. There may be one more round of spring Creaning after all. He's such as sweetheart.
NBA teams take players that have/had injuries all the time.
He'd be perfect as a late-first-round pick for a good team that doesn't need him right away and can let him develop over a couple years.
Would love to see San Antonio get him.
But OG has made it clear he wants to play in the NBA. He was extremely close to declaring last year.
Your point is well taken, but any player who is capable and willing to play team ball would work well in SA's system.
They have not had the draft camps yet so IMO, the projections are not so set set in stone. Not saying they are useless but this draft is loaded with talent. Plenty of players can jump ahead of OG. Andrew Jones from Texas just committed and is every bit as athletic as OG. So let's see what kind of information OG returns with after NBA people have close up evaluations.
Yeah, I'm a sentimental old bastage about living the college life and all that (not to mention wanting him playing for selfish fandom reasons), but for anybody to begrudge him taking the several million dollars to embark on a new career is stoopid.
Robert williams had worked his way up to top 10-15 in the draft rankings and has already decided to stay at Texas A&M.
Well, OG's choice was a bit different . . . Williams has Billy Kennedy as a coach. Now that Archie's in place, maybe OG's decision hinge points have changed.
That would be about as funny, and unlikely, as you ....
...doing pro bono work for Steve Bannon.
...or one of the Reds' no-name starting pitchers this year working past the fourth inning.
...or you getting to the Braves' new ballpark in under 15 minutes, even if you and the ballpark are on the north side.
...or IU putting a 31-10 (another "dark day") beat-down on OSU in the opening game of the 2017 football season.
Those things you mention are exactly what I had hoped our staff would have done more with Priller with 3 years to work with him.
I always thought Priller could be given a specific role and he could be used for a couple of minutes if needed. If refs were calling us for fouls inside at a high rate in the first half, let Priller come in and get those to keep our better players out of trouble.
A wise man once told me "never say never". Ya never know . . .
. . . now, of those 4 choices, which is the most likely? I kinda like "dark day" as the favorite and more likely . . . followed by a distant "pro bono". What say you? I'll let you have the last word.
We're going on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail soon, with The Kid Down The Hall. If IU beats OSU by at least 21 points I'll buy 5 bottles of Woodford Reserve for you.
The guy was 6'9" playing against small schools (ie. small guys) and averaged 4 rpg as a high school senior. That alone told me he probably wasn't going to do much. How does a 6'9" starter in high school average 4 rebs a game?
On another note, I remember seeing KY Mr Bball John Pelphrey at the IN/KY All Star game back in the day, from Paintsville KY. Pelphrey was skrawny and couldn't walk and chew gum. Wondered how in the hell he wrangled a scholly to UK. Flash forward 4 years and Slick Rick had him not only chewing gum but dribbling between his legs and drilling 3s as one of their Unforgettables. One of the amazing transformations of a player I've seen. Who was the IU player you saw progress the most in a career? I know Jared Odle didn't do much at all til his senior year from my memory.
Uwe actually played pretty well his senior year. Prior to that, he was slapstick comedy on the court.
Let's ask Bryant why he was often out rebounded by the guards and especially JBJ. I suspect Priller wasn't strong inside and took a lot of perimeter shots.
With Johnson,Hartman, McSwain and possibly Blackmon returning ,this would give IU senior leadership that team has sorely missed for years on end. As long as they understand roles in AM system.
You are thinking too small.
IU wins it going away 48-9. Has a Micro Brewed Porter named after the beat down - Darkness Becomes You (or something much cooler{hopefully}) and Priller gets 6th man of the year award (if there still is such an award)Personally, I'd have Johnson Hartman and McSwain focus 90% of their efforts on D and only take the highest of high % shots but that's just me...
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JBJ either learns to play passable D or sits.
You are thinking too small.
"Darkness Becomes You"
Well done. I'm going to steal that one.
As I recall he had never played much basketball before he got to IU. A little bit in Germany and I think a year on a high school team in the US? Certainly not a kid who had been playing since he was 5 like a most D1 players.
Well, that's wrong, because both Hartman (pre-injury) and Johnson are actually decent at shooting when they are open. McSwain hasn't shot frequently anyway and is one of those role players who definitely will have an impact if the other guys get their act together.
What I think you're saying, and I agree, is that those guys cannot function in the so-called dribble/drive offense where they are expected to drive down the foul lane to the basket without getting the ball slapped away. This board chastized Jeremiah Rivers and Verdell Jones for getting the ball slapped away but, realistically, some players just cannot function in that system.
I have read that Archie Miller runs some form of a "motion" offense. We'll all have to see next fall what it really is.
But he has not put on one ounce of muscle in his stay in Bloomington.
You nailed it. Fans were frustrated with players but they were being asked to do things that they are not able to do. I don't know if these guys can play Archie's system but they should be better. Wisconsin kids look good because they play within a system that fits their skills. Imagine asking wisky's team to play Crean's style with their guards expected to drive their man to the whole and have their bigs weave out at the 3 pt line.
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