Nojus Indrusaitis Enters the Transfer Portal

[Bret44]

How did a player whose position is not PG lose to a player who is a PG, played PG in high school, and practiced as a PG? You do realize the positions require a different skills, abilities, and experience?

I don't. Please teach me.

 

[NoCreativity]

How often did grandpa leave those kids he stuck at Coffeyville hanging? Think he never had to tell a kid they aren't going to get the role they wanted?

Please elaborate. I don't even know what this means.

 

[Bader]

Please elaborate. I don't even know what this means.

I don’t know what’s worse. Jereseib being jerseib or everyone giving him the attention the troll so desperately craves.



**** I did it too

 

[qwerty]

Two freshmen last year, five in ‘23 I believe. You’re forgetting Pierce probably.

Rock should probably be considered as a 2024 recruit as it was always the plan to redshirt at college instead of playing his final year in high school.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Just stop taking any freshman at all. They either won't play or think they should and bolt. I hate what this sport had become, it's a shell of itself. I don't know why when 95% of people hate thus nobody will do anything about it.

I was of this thinking too before listening to CW and Blum where they said we need a portion of the team that needs to come from freshman.

We don't have NIL to restock the roster through the portal.

 

[MTCyclone43]

Don’t blame him or Watson for moving on.

I do not blame anyone in the portal looking for a bag and minutes. After all, eligibility runs out quick.

 

[syclonefan]

Two freshmen last year, five in ‘23 I believe. You’re forgetting Pierce probably.

Pierce didn’t make it to fall, so I guess I don’t really count him? Still TJ has typically gone 3+ freshman in a class each year.

 

[MTCyclone43]

Pierce didn’t make it to fall, so I guess I don’t really count him? Still TJ has typically gone 3+ freshman in a class each year.

Heck, I am not sure he made it through the week.?

 

[Acylum]

Pierce didn’t make it to fall, so I guess I don’t really count him? Still TJ has typically gone 3+ freshman in a class each year.

He signed and made it to campus. How can you not count him?

 

[Dgilbertson]

Matt Thomas was a prized HS recruit. He started as a Fr and struggled mightily. We played through until Naz started to emerge. Then he out it together Jr and St seasons.

Now we have more sr and grad transfers to help us be immediately competitive, as do our opponents.

The landscape has changed. You’re not swung significant minutes for serious programs if you’re not seriously contributing.

That’s not to say you don’t have talent but clearly not enough to beat out those getting mins ahead of you.

Biggest beefs I got into w ZURB were around Osun and Big Rob.

He contended Osun needed more mins. I held that if the staff believed Jones had earned those mins that’s their call. Even more of a knock if the natural ability and ceiling are higher if you’re getting beat out in practice by lesser talent.

 

[ClonesFTW]

ISU will not survive without being able to retain talent at a discount. You have to keep rolling the dice on prep players.

This. We have to gamble on HS players and hope that in the event they actually pan out they will be bought into TJ and Iowa State enough to stick around for less than what they could get by transferring.

The coaches from blue blood schools saying they are basically done with HS recruiting is indeed the right strategy if you have 6 mil banked to hand out.

 

[cyclonehomer]

This. We have to gamble on HS players and hope that in the event they actually pan out they will be bought into TJ and Iowa State enough to stick around for less than what they could get by transferring.

The coaches from blue blood schools saying they are basically done with HS recruiting is indeed the right strategy if you have 6 mil banked to hand out.

Bingo. Rick Pitino, the 72 year old with huge NIL funding can definitely do that if he wants. I think it's both short-sighted even for those programs and a route only a few could conceivably take without having unreal stinkers some years. Look at Kansas! They've been spending a massive amount on transfers and just stacking up the big portal commitments. They've also stopped winning conference titles and their fans are begging for more of a focus on prep recruiting/retaining/development.

 

[Peter]

Only a few years ago you could count on top 100 players to contribute meaningful minutes right away. Every blue blood in the country was fighting for those guys. Crazy how much things have changed in a few short years.

 

[ISUTex]

Dang. I was hoping to avoid that one.

How? He was behind Kelderman.

 

[MeowingCows]

Nah, I'll keep wanting guys like Tamin and Milan.

That seems to be part of the problem. We need more than just 2 of them over 4 recruiting cycles.

If the talent identification is better for transfers than HSers, then put more focus on the the transfers... At least they hit more often. Missing on HSers is very, very costly now that transfers operate on a salary.

That's not saying we have a bad coaching staff, it's merely regurgitating real results. We need more from HS recruits.

 

[1TwistedCyclone]

This feels like we simply couldn't afford a highly rated recruit. Probably needed some time to adjust and develop, and we don't have the coin to pay for the marinade process.

 

[ISUTex]

How did a player whose position is not PG lose to a player who is a PG, played PG in high school, and practiced as a PG? You do realize the positions require a different skills, abilities, and experience?

Seriously? I could've sworn that players are allowed to have the skills and abilities to play multiple positions.

 

[JP4CY]

That seems to be part of the problem. We need more than just 2 of them over 4 recruiting cycles.

If the talent identification is better for transfers than HSers, then put more focus on the the transfers... At least they hit more often. Missing on HSers is very, very costly now that transfers operate on a salary.

That's not saying we have a bad coaching staff, it's merely regurgitating real results. We need more from HS recruits.

Yep we sure do need more. Just saying we can't throw in the towel on high schoolers.

 

[MeowingCows]

Yep we sure do need more. Just saying we can't throw in the towel on high schoolers.

It's a ****** place to be. You know the guys you bring in will likely need a couple seasons to cook, but by and large, the players themselves won't be that patient. Every one who leaves early is a wasted roster investment by the staff. How do you identify players who will be patient enough to stick it out? Crapshoot.

 

[Die4Cy]

Good luck to the young man. I do think he's a P5 player, he's only young. If he gets into the right place, somewhere that plays pace and space like Freddy used to, or BYU does now, he's going to put up numbers, in my opinion.