Transfer Thread
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I'm gonna get the cursing into the cupped hand treatment and will get yanked every time I breathe incorrectly.No hand shake or soup for you either.
Sorry 97, I am going to need to put you on the short leash. You may keep the "C" on your uniform. I will work you into blowouts, but NO turnovers please. You are safe to invite family to senior night, I will get you at least 45 seconds, probably more.
Now go cheer your beloved Nittany Lions on to a national championship.
Now go cheer your beloved Nittany Lions on to a national championship.
I don't remember the conversation but yes, exactly. Personally, I liked the idea of a high post 5 like Geriot or Cline or TJC that paired what a 'widebody' like Derrick Williams or Peter Woolfork type at 4 to play the low block. Those guys exist. It sort of inverts how everyone else is recruiting their bigs.
Buck didn't look at tape of Peter Woolfork when he came here. The kid wants to be a distributor like he was in high school.
I am not familiar with the conversations, but even though he was only 6'6 DWill was a very solid and strong 270. He did not get pushed around by anyone, and pretty much always shared the court with another big (either Garrett, TA or ANO). Would be great to have someone like that next year.
Yes, yes and yes. That type of player has been elusive for us over the last 5 years. Terry Allen could play on the low block on offense but he floated around more. Completely different player.
I dunno, if I'm Nick, Buck, Grant, Jacob, or Khwan, I could just as easily be thinking:
- I play 30+ minutes a game in a not-quite-P6 conference
- I'm gonna crack 1000 career points this coming year (or next year, for Gilyard), and have a chance to be one of the top 25 scorers of all time at the school
- I enjoy my teammates
- I go to a great school with attractive women (or men)
- I am on a team that has a starting 5 that could be one of the best starting 5s in school history
I might stay and see what happens instead of going to some other school and sitting out a year and restarting all of my relationships and hoping that I chose correctly.
- I play 30+ minutes a game in a not-quite-P6 conference
- I'm gonna crack 1000 career points this coming year (or next year, for Gilyard), and have a chance to be one of the top 25 scorers of all time at the school
- I enjoy my teammates
- I go to a great school with attractive women (or men)
- I am on a team that has a starting 5 that could be one of the best starting 5s in school history
I might stay and see what happens instead of going to some other school and sitting out a year and restarting all of my relationships and hoping that I chose correctly.
having non-offensive big men hasn't worked out for us in a long time. I love having Grant at the 5 and hope a guy like Sal becomes a force with length on both ends of the floor. and Bryce of course.
we know they have a good bond. I think it'll come down to what they feel about each other as players. we lost a lot of games and some are saying we'll lose again because we're playing the same players. that doesn't account for natural development and improvement. but if they don't believe the team will be a ton better next year then yes, I can see guys leaving.
if you're a starter and you think the other starters are really talented, you probably stay. unless you hate the school that much, or have a terrible relationship with the coaches. I don't think a starter is thinking about depth as much as some here think. I've never known a competitive basketball player looking for a better player behind him so he can rest more. you want to be on the floor.
Kneepad, I crept past 20 years old a few weeks ago
, but that is exactly what I would be thinking. Hopefully each one of these young men have someone around them that reminds them of the excellent reasons to stay that you gave.At the risk of exploding people's heads, Ryan Daly of Delaware is transferring. We know he can score in the Robins Center at least.
Kid appeared to be a total d-bag, but screw it. Bring him on. I want to win.
Guess that explains why we haven't been recruiting much... Mooney is busy re-recruiting his current players.
I agree with the second statement but objectively we are undersized against most of our A10 competition, not just at the forward spots but the guard spots too:
UR - 5-9/6-0/6-4/6-4/6-10
VCU - 6-1/6-5/6-5/6-6/6-8
URI - 6-0/6-3/6-3/6-4/6-6
GWU - 6-2/6-4/6-8/6-8/6-9
DAV - 6-4/6-5/6-6/6-8/6-11
GMU - 5-11/6-4/6-4/6-5/6-7
SLU - 6-4/6-6/6-7/6-7/6-8
SBU - 6-2/6-3/6-4/6-5/6-6
DAY - 6-1/6-2/6-5/6-5/6-7
FOR - 6-1/6-3/6-6/6-7/6-10
DUQ - 6-1/6-2/6-2/6-5/6-8
LAS - 6-0/6-2/6-4/6-6/6-10
MASS - 5-11/6-2/6-4//6-6/6-11
SJU - 6-0/6-3/6-6/6-8/6-9
There is no team except URI who played as small as UR at the 4. There is also no team that played as small at 1&2 combined as UR.
Size isn’t everything and I don’t think this hurts us tangibly on offense but I think our defensive style is poorly served with a lineup that’s small. I expect the answer doesn’t have to be to play bigger guys, but it may require we play a defensive set that doesn’t disadvantage our players due to size.
I actually think we could afford to lose Fore if we were able to pick up BG. That would potentially leave us with JG, DB, NS, GG, and BG starting, with Cayo, JJ, and possibly Sal coming off the bench. It would be interesting if we were able to add one of the redshirts to the rotation, we might actually have some decent depth.
But that means that CM needs to make sure the others stay onboard. Easier said than done, I think.
But that means that CM needs to make sure the others stay onboard. Easier said than done, I think.
These are the kind of actual players we need to be going after. Glad to see this.
On the plus side, DWill was 270#, had a 7 foot plus wingspan, his hands were over 10 inches from fingertip to wrist, and he could bench 350# for reps, which is impressive for a guy with such long arms.
On the minus side, which was a big minus, was that he was a foul machine and that limited his time on the floor. He had terrible foot speed (worse than TJC) and he ended up with a lot of reaching and holding fouls. Not to mention the big strong guys almost always get the short end of close calls. Recall the Charlotte debacle when CM was tossed at the end of the game.
I think Terry Allen was a better offensive player in the low post. I just wish he would have finished out his senior season like he started.
DWill couldn’t turn his head either. I am sure that was an injury at some point, but would get beat on defense often because of it.
Incredible assist rate, incredible steal rate, and incredibly efficient scorer by the stats. Haven't seen him play, but I suspect he will be getting a ton of attention from very high level programs. Would be an incredible get for us.
His senior year, after his back problems, DWill did have a higher foul rate, but before that he did not foul more than TJC or TA on a per minute or per possession basis.
Yes, the whole team except one guy, although they may not all end up going elsewhere. But eight transfer releases plus two recruits who were given NLI releases.
This is the kind of players we need? A two star recruit with no Power5 offers, best offer from Indiana State. Where is 97 when you need him?
Fishing in the guard pond for transfers has to make you think we’re going to have some open guard spots, right?
Either that or M doesn't think Bryce Scheider will contribute 5-10 minutes next year, even though certain posters told us what an assassin and how athletic he is.
Or it could mean we're getting depth at a position we were shallow at last year and that we may end up having a bench player we can have more confidence in. Also, just looking through his profile on ESPN, he was listed as a forward his freshman year
Mooney going to a 5 guard line-up because 4 isn't cutting it.
The difference is that he has proven himself at this level. The number of stars he had two years ago no longer matters.
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