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Matt is a horrible basketball player. Total waste of a scholarship. Sal isn’t much better.
I don’t think that’s entirely accurate. He is a backup level 5. He can give 5-10 serviceable minutes and shoots well. But he’s definitely not an A10 level starter.
I don’t even know what to think about Sal because he gets almost no time. Some would argue thats because he hasn’t earned it in CMs eyes but we also know that CM is prone to odd substitution patterns.
Matt being from Canada most likely is a better hockey player than basketball, but he is not
”horrible”. His offensive skills have improved but he is a very poor rebounder that does not
block out well. Sal has in my eyes improved more with his toughness and his offensive ability.
Sal does not hurt you much on defense or offense and in fact I like when Sal, Cayo, Burton, Francis and
Gilly were on floor playing pressure D.
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Next year's team is going to be interesting to say the least. Really think Gilyard will come back. If he comes back, I expect at least 1 more senior to return and my gut tells me it will be Cayo.
I don't know about the players, but Mooney will be back. That's all I need to know.
Sal and Matt got almost equal time. neither has shown to be much of a rebounder or shot blocker. Sal's got better feet. but despite gains, he can't hold position defensively inside. we need him at the 5 but he's just not big enough so he has to play the 4. I think if he was 230 he'd play over Matt at the 5 but at the current rate it'll take until 2024 for him to hit 230.
Perfect time for him to enroll in my "fatten you up quick" nutrition plan.
With Sal, you can at least see the upside as to why he was recruited here and why BCS schools like Minnesota and Seton Hall offered him. He's has elite length, which could make him both a really difficult match-up. Unfortunately for Sal, it hasn't come all together yet, although he has improved.
Matt has zero developable D-1 skills. He is not athletically inclined, he doesn't play the game with any toughness/intensity, which if you are going to be a big unskilled and unathletic center, is really your only meal ticket to getting minutes in major D-1 basketball. Play with maximum intensity. So, while Matt has improved as well, he started with no developable D-1 skills, which is why Mooney had no business recruiting him in the first place.
8legs1dream
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that is basically how I look at it. I could see Sal getting minutes on other teams. With a little improvement he would be a big piece on most teams. Matt just seems so far away from being a player that other teams would want 😕
He is welcome to come over and eat at my place. Weight packs on quickly here
How about some of that old country sausage or whatever the hell they advertised nonstop during our Morehead game.
If Sal and Matt follow my diet from college then they will put on weight in no time: Chick fil a meal including; Spicy deluxe sandwich with American cheese, fries, and a 6 count of nuggets. Waffle House all star meal consisting of a waffle, grits, sausage, eggs, toast and tons of butter. Sometimes I even swapped the eggs for extra meat and got bacon. Cookout tray of a big double cheddar style burger, chicken quesadilla, bacon ranch rap and a cheer wine float. And of course there were also these sports drinks called natural light and bush light that I had tons of at the ready. Follow that diet and they’ll put on at least 20 pounds, I know I did.
Even if both Gilyard and Cayo come back no legitimate chance to make March Madness. Need to get couple grad transfer bigs, highly unlikely if we go by past big incoming transfers.. Like Khawn most of the grads, big or small will take the getting into the dance route as opposed to more playing time.
Time to move on and if both of them really wanted to go to the dance, they would move on too. Plenty of good coaches like say Mack would find both of them to be valuable in a non-starter role.
Time to move on and if both of them really wanted to go to the dance, they would move on too. Plenty of good coaches like say Mack would find both of them to be valuable in a non-starter role.
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