***Official 2022 Transfer Thread***
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Agree. Just wanted to add the name so people knew. Dude is too fast for his own brain.
Also Keegan declared for the draft and Rebraca said he's coming back for his COVID year
I don’t want him. Joe T is better than his stats. Not his fault he played behind pointless Connor mccafrey
I’m not comparing just back in the day folks said Niang had that old man YMCA game. I’m for that, but ya need some high flyers like you said. Hopefully we score some in the portal.
Building a good defense is about creating the culture of toughness and buy in. Look around some of the best college defenses and it is less about getting great athletes or great defenders, but guys who will buy into playing great defense.
Look at programs like UNI, Virginia, Wisky (of old), etc. I wouldn't consider those schools having great shot blockers or athletes, but their players were taught defensive principles that allowed for great team D.
So when TJ is looking to bring guys in this spring, I don't think being known as a great defenders is critical, but guys willing to play great defense.
We;; yeah, TJ wants coachable players and guys that care. Best to recruit that than try to coach that.
One generally needs to have a good basketball culture to be elite on defense. You also need to prioritize it in roster and lineup/PT decision making, unless at a blueblood. So, although we know TJ's objective over the last 12 months was to build the culture he wants, even as going as far as alluding to not caring about what that meant in W/L, we could see him be amendable to styles of play. Because, at some point, W/L will be the co-objective.
I expect they'll be more open to leaning offense than we saw this past year.
Toussant is a crappy version of Hunter. Except Hunter was a freshman with a high ceiling and Joe was a 3rd year player making dumb freshman turnovers.
Another one to cross off. His brother also went to UAB so im guessing we stopped pursuing once they were known to be a package deal
I want to announce that I am entering the transfer portal. 6' 1/2" 255 and 68 years old. Can barely see the basket from the 3 point line and 65% FT in high school. No offers on the NIL.
True but he also never got to play full games because Connor had to get his 25 minutes and Ulis 10 minutes. I think a coach that would have started him and got him game time and coached him would have really helped him
