Moyer to Redshirt

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[bballbeadle]

Oh my gosh, huh! I feel badly for him because of all the excitement about being on "this" team. So hard to redshirt! But undoubtedly best thing for him, and for us as well.

 

[orangefog]

Oh my gosh, huh! I feel badly for him because of all the excitement about being on "this" team. So hard to redshirt! But undoubtedly best thing for him, and for us as well.

He will still be very valuable in practice.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Does that make Moyer our 1st Class of 2017 recruit?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Jeremy L.]

Kid seems like he's got a positive outlook on it. He's helping himself by doing this. Glad he's wearing orange.

 

[FrancoPizza]

Seems to me that a redshirt is only a good idea if you plan to stay all 4 years. Time will tell.

 

[Briancuse]

I just hope we don't have any injuries, if we do all the sudden we won't have as much depth as we though.

 

[jdubs30]

Moyer can still practice, the only thing he wont' get is into the actual games, but it was pretty unlikely he would have played much anyway. I think this was an easy sell to him - the kid loves SU, and now will have 4 years of eligibility left (if he doesn't leave early) and be a main piece as a freshman in 2017.

Howard/Gillon/Battle at the Guards
Battle/White/Lydon/TRob/TT on the wings
DC/PC/Lydon/TT at the 5

We have so many versatile pieces that it will be hard to get Moyer any decent PT. Ironically, he would have gotten playing time last year!

 

[Oráiste]

Clubhouse leader for 2017-8 ACC ROY

 

[jdubs30]

I just hope we don't have any injuries, if we do all the sudden we won't have as much depth as we though.

We can sustain 1 injury probably (depends who) - but in the nature of how CBB is today, most schools don't have more than 8 quality players.

Also, we could burn his RS at any time if something of signifigance happened

 

[dan7800]

Great to hear. We may need bodies for the future, so this will help.

BJ Johnson needed to do this, so I', glad MM is.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Good decision for the young man. He's very bright, and this will give him time to rebuild himself physically and get to his best.

 

[pearl31]

He simply was not going to get any serious run whatsoever after December - this is the best move for everyone involved

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[JrodCuse]

I think this is a silly question but you can play in the exhibitions and still redshirt right?

 

[Frozen]

, if we do all the sudden we won't have as much depth

For all intensive purposes.

 

[two3zone]

I think this is a silly question but you can play in the exhibitions and still redshirt right?

Yes,

 

[cuseinseattle]

This is best for him and us. I couldn't see minutes for him even if we had an injury. TT yes but not Moyer. He will be a big part of next years team though. It has to be a hard decision but of all the kids to do it I would think he would be the one. Really positive and hard working kid from everything I've seen.

 

[pearl31]

and, this absolutely speaks to the quality and depth of our squad this year. I think Matt could be productive this year if there was available PT for him.

 

[OttoMets]

Great decision. His only path to minutes would have required a couple of our most important players to get injured, and then he'd have still been an overmatched kid getting minutes for a middle-of-the-road team.

We're going to be real happy to have him as an All-ACC player in 2020 and 2021.

 

[Knicks411]

Great decision. His only path to minutes would have required a couple of our most important players to get injured, and then he'd have still been an overmatched kid getting minutes for a middle-of-the-road team.

We're going to be real happy to have him as an All-ACC player in 2020 and 2021.

That was basically the same comment I made 5 years ago (wow, 5 years ago!) when Cooney redshirted. Cooney maybe never reached all league level, but his value last year was a hell of a lot more than it would have been on that stacked 2012 roster

 

[sutomcat]

Great decision. His only path to minutes would have required a couple of our most important players to get injured, and then he'd have still been an overmatched kid getting minutes for a middle-of-the-road team.

We're going to be real happy to have him as an All-ACC player in 2020 and 2021.

Agreed. The quality of the players playing his position, coupled with where Matt is right now made this a really good decision. A year spent lifting weights and working on his game, especially his outside shooting, is really going to help him.

In October of 2020, we are going to be really happy this happened.

 

[bballbeadle]

Moyer can still practice, the only thing he wont' get is into the actual games, but it was pretty unlikely he would have played much anyway. I think this was an easy sell to him - the kid loves SU, and now will have 4 years of eligibility left (if he doesn't leave early) and be a main piece as a freshman in 2017.

Howard/Gillon/Battle at the Guards
Battle/White/Lydon/TRob/TT on the wings
DC/PC/Lydon/TT at the 5

We have so many versatile pieces that it will be hard to get Moyer any decent PT. Ironically, he would have gotten playing time last year!

And he can spend time playing the violin! He can serenade us at halftimes! I can picture it now . . . . . .

Kill the wabbit! Kill the WA - oops! (Wrong thread.)

 

[dasher]

Love this move.