Heck yea! Hey you've been pretty quiet on here about all the transfer rumors swirling...got any nuggets for us? U hearing the same things? Any truth to straughn possibly bringing a certain player with him? A simple wink will suffice and put the board in a state of euphoria for the rest of the night!
I was initially hoping for a national search but I’m 100% on the Red Express.
Same. Was completely locked in to wanting a national search, but it didn’t take long for me to buy into Red. Feels like he’s revitalized the program immediately. Recruiting picked up as soon as he took over, from HS recruits to transfers he’s been all over and it’s really just been a breath of fresh air.
I am rooting for him, but think it’s a bit early to say that he’s knocking it out of the park. So far it’s JJ (which was helped by Brey getting the boot) and rumors. I am cautiously optimistic.
JJ and Benny for sure, a solid assistant, OV from a solid recruit who we were out on, retaining our one pledge, maybe Bell would have left, sounds like Jesse is back. More than just JJ and if even one of these transfers shakes out, I'd say he had a pretty good first month.
Agree. I’m all for Red, but the current roster is sad. As of right now, our three leading scorers and best players are not back. We still have the same forwards who were outclassed all season. If Jesse and Judah come back, that changes things. We are still woefully weak at forward.
Yeah, but it was a lazy hire.
100%
I love Red. But we never doubted his ability to get players. The true test will be on the court
A glass half full person might point out that only one of our leading scorers has actually left, and that player was replaced by Starling. There's still a long time to go before the roster is finalized.
Yeah as of now if Starling isn't better than Joe we have the same team. I like Red and think he will be great, but it's a tad early to be doing too many victory laps.
Lots of pressure going to be on JJ. The expectations right now are through the roof. He needs to improve quite a bit from last season.
I wanted to go outside. Not against Red, but just new. It might be the best of both worlds, new ideas with continuity.
Exactly, just as it's a tad early to be doom and gloom.
I don't think we're going with a 3 guard team, exclusively. If we only have 3 guards, they can't all play 40 minutes, especially at a higher tempo. I think it will depend on the opponent and game situation. I could even see situations where we go with a PG, 3 wings and a center. When you don't play zone, you have a lot of possibilities.
Right - not being exclusively a zone team means he's just going to get the best players he can get and then mold his system to his talent. If Red has Judah, JJ and Moore, then it's a 3 guard system because he couldn't justify not starting any of those high caliber players. If he only has Judah and JJ and 2 really good forwards, then that's what he'll use.
Except it’s NOT the same team. It’s a year older and more experienced. And after an off-season of development individual skills will improve before we get to November. The team that ended the year doesn’t lose to St. John’s or Bryant. Probably beats Colgate too. We lost 5 conference games by less than 5 points pre February. A more experienced team conceivably turns one or two of those around.
Putting your five best guys on the court isn't necessarily your best team. Red would do well to recruit to fill out a "team" as opposed to the Coach Cal method of adding up all of his stars.
I take back any skepticism i ever had
I mean, he’ll get to 34,000 eventually. But the first game???
