I think he could have been a nice player for us eventually, but he needed a year in the weight room.
Wes Eikmeier
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Eik is the worst player McD has recruited. It's not even close. There was absolutely no part of his game that translated to the B12 and he never should have been offered.
HE HAD A FREAKING SET SHOT. Seriously, I haven't seen a set shot like that since Stacy Freese. He couldn't handle the ball. He couldn't play a lick of defense. He had the body of Michael Cera. Eik belonged on a B12 roster about as much as Lindsey Lohan belongs in a convent.
HE HAD A FREAKING SET SHOT. Seriously, I haven't seen a set shot like that since Stacy Freese. He couldn't handle the ball. He couldn't play a lick of defense. He had the body of Michael Cera. Eik belonged on a B12 roster about as much as Lindsey Lohan belongs in a convent.
My estimation Eik would have made a difference based on our sudden need for a shooter.
We lost several close games due to lack of firepower.
We had several games where our three guards could not even shoot at a broadside barn from outside. Shots were short, shotsa bounced off top of backboard, shots were blocked. Undfortunately, we mostly could not make a layup either for several games. The guard court was a shambles for most of the Biug 12 conference season.
We had several guard games where we stepped out of bounds nonchelently and threw away passes.
When Lucca left, he screwed our outside shooting game as DG, SC, and CC were not able to shoot from there with confidence.
Then it took several games for CB to decide that he did not necessarily have to dribble back outside with all the double teams. He finally decided last game to just drive the ball across the middle and shoot.
We had Gilstrap go through whole sections of game where nothing happended for him adfter a nice early start. He was effected by lack of guard shooting prowess.
Ham became the primary player showing improvement after Lucca left. Yet, he was not enough to undo the impact of no outside game.
Dendy had a great early start then he had a mid conference epidsode which negated his impact during our downtime.
As shooting percentages dropped, our eight players became hesitant to take a shot and the possessions wound down to a last second possession buzzer beater.
Eik would have helped win two games. Lucca the same. Maybe JVB would have also. We just did not have enough offense with our eight players for one reason or another when the main part of conference was played.
Eik would not have helped us win two games. He may have knocked down a couple open threes, but how many times would he turn the ball over, not box out his man on defense or allow his defender to blow by him.
You can't just look at his ability to shoot and assume with 6 extra points a game, we would have won a couple close contests. We would have been a much worse team on the floor, and I say we would have won fewer games than we actually did if Eik was a contributor for this year's team, which thank God he wasn't.
You can't just look at his ability to shoot and assume with 6 extra points a game, we would have won a couple close contests. We would have been a much worse team on the floor, and I say we would have won fewer games than we actually did if Eik was a contributor for this year's team, which thank God he wasn't.
"YOU PLAY BALL LIKE A GIRL!"
Yeah, that's basically what I'm saying. Eik is to B12 basketball as Smalls was to the Sandlot game. The problem is that we didn't have Benny the Jet to hide his deficiencies.
No joke, I actually once yelled after he missed a wide open 3 "You're killing me Eik!"
Well, to be fair to Eik, he wasn't playing a ton and he obviously wasn't taking very many shots, but that doesn't change my opinion about him. I'm not so concerned about his ability to put the ball in the hoop, but the problem is we're not playing the Grinnell offense, so unless Eik was wide open, he was an utterly useless player on the floor due to his deplorable defense, **** poor ball handling, and lack of a B12 body that could even add any semblance of physicality to the game.
Wes, like Lucca was a pure shooter. We would not have missed Lucca as much if Wes was on the roster. I like Wes Eikmeier a lot. Keep in mind, he was crazy sick a majority of last season and we didn't see his full potential.
He would've been nice to have another scholarship player down the conference stretch but I don't think we would've seen much of an impact in the w/l column.
I think that distinction should go to Clinton Mann and it shouldn't even be close. How did Mcdermott justify bringing Eik and Mann into the program in the same year?
I can concede some ground on this I suppose. Neither should have been brought in, but from what I'm told, Mann did have an outstanding GPA, which helped the program on the academic progress reports. I'm going to say Mann was slightly better than Eik though because Mann didn't have to push the ball from his hip when he shot it.
Originally Posted by CylentButDeadly
I was not a big fan of jake Sullivan, but he came into the league as a undersized set shooter too. Difference is he had a freshman year with a very solid team to hide his slow developing shot so he could work on a quicker delivery in the offseason.
Eik is the worst player McD has recruited. It's not even close. There was absolutely no part of his game that translated to the B12 and he never should have been offered.
HE HAD A FREAKING SET SHOT. Seriously, I haven't seen a set shot like that since Stacy Freese. He couldn't handle the ball. He couldn't play a lick of defense. He had the body of Michael Cera. Eik belonged on a B12 roster about as much as Lindsey Lohan belongs in a convent.
I think that is a little unfair as the kid was a freshman. You could see he had potential for decent ballhandling, above avg scoring and serviceable D. Yes, he had to work on all of those things as well as adding weight and muscle but that would have come in due time. I would have liked to see what he would have been like his Jr/Sr year (similar to Ham) but that is a long time to wait for a project in this day and age.HE HAD A FREAKING SET SHOT. Seriously, I haven't seen a set shot like that since Stacy Freese. He couldn't handle the ball. He couldn't play a lick of defense. He had the body of Michael Cera. Eik belonged on a B12 roster about as much as Lindsey Lohan belongs in a convent.
I was not a big fan of jake Sullivan, but he came into the league as a undersized set shooter too. Difference is he had a freshman year with a very solid team to hide his slow developing shot so he could work on a quicker delivery in the offseason.
