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Very LONG kid. Despite being 6'8"ish, his long arms will help tremendously. Fits in really well in our system

I think Geronimo is going to follow the path of Arman. Get some minutes here and there, play good D, etc.

I'm liking the young kids we are bringing in. I believe we will start seeing a nice, steady flow of 4 year kids that get better over time.

Not to diss Crean, but we either had freshmen that had to step in and play big minutes, or they didnt stick around long enough to develop. Franklin and kids like Geronimo are ones that may sit the bench a good amount their freshmen year, but you can see the potential and at the very least, are capable of stepping in if needed and not tanking the flow or becoming a liability. Kids like these are critical to a good program.

Just now, Seeking6 said:

They still had him under contract for a few years unless he said he isn't showing up....there's no way to make this trade. 

Not saying I agree with it. But that's what I read. Arizona is going to shell out money that Houston wouldn't.

So you could be right.... He may have been threatening to sit out, and Houston decided to just send him away before it could be seen as Houston HAVING to deal him.

2 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

I know they wouldn't have traded him in division but if I were the colts I would had offered  Marlon Mack.

Hopkins wants crazy money in his next deal (understandably so). More than the Texans wanted to give. Trading now gave Houston a little more leverage.

4 hours ago, btownqb said:

What is so confusing that I've been told, as of now, he will be playing at IU. This wasnt a BS commitment. 

You're guessing. I have info. 

Whatever you say

3 hours ago, btownqb said:

So Colson is a liar? 

He's yet to be drafted. How can he say he's going pro when no one has drafted him (yet)? 

Was Scott Rolen a liar when he committed to Georgia to play basketball and ended up going pro in baseball?

I'm done with this conversation. If Colson plays at IU, terrific. Good for everyone. Great for IUBB. I dont see it happening, assuming he doesn't have a dip in production.

14 minutes ago, btownqb said:

This isn't an opinion. You are wrong. 

We will see

3 hours ago, btownqb said:

This is false

Agree to disagree

5 hours ago, DC2345 said:

Not as low as you’d think. He’s good but baseball drafting is more than that especially with drafting high school kids. He probably doesn’t get drafted until rounds 5-10 at the earliest. He would benefit from going to college at that point much like Zack Thompson did.

Guys I know that have been around awhile say first 3 rounds. I agree though, if he ends up being projected 5-10, may as well go to college.

2 hours ago, IU/Butler/Notre Dame said:

Think he’ll go way of the draft ? Someone had posted that players who commit to a school typically hurt their draft stock by doing so ...I’ve not followed enough to know if that’s accurate 

That'll be interesting. Actually just had that discussion with someone. Could cause him to fall a bit if teams are uncertain whether he will for sure sign.

He will have a big decision to make, but it's tough passing up that much guaranteed money

47 minutes ago, IU/Butler/Notre Dame said:

I’ve gotten to see him play basketball 3 times and baseball zero .....I thought he was intriguing ....do you think he’s given up on the prospect of playing two sports ?

The chances of him ever playing baseball at IU is low. Not zero by any means, but below 50%

3 hours ago, IU/Butler/Notre Dame said:

You think as in first few rounds good ? Scott rolen is pretty high praise.  I was intrigued enough after the game to read up on him and by all accounts he seems like a good kid on top of being an exceptional athlete ....easy person to cheer for ...also impressive southridge was in final four in football his freshman year and state finals in baseball his sophomore year 

An umpire/ref that has been doing it for decades and does his games told me 1st round wouldn't surprise him. Said he has the smoothest swing he's ever seen.

Still a long way to go though

On 12/24/2019 at 12:21 PM, IU/Butler/Notre Dame said:

I didn’t know you guarded bailey !  Anyways I saw the montomgery kid for the first time last night ...hadn’t heard of him previously ( not strange since I’m 3 hours north ) ...I was impressed!

He will be a top pick in the MLB draft. Won't be playing basketball. Very much like Scott Rolen

12 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Then why is he playing all summer on EG10's AAU basketball team and not on a travel baseball team? I mean is this your opinion?

Because he likes to play basketball. And if you talk to any MLB scout, they'll tell you they LOVE when prospects play multiple sports. They prefer it actually.

He'll have a really tough decision. But like Bob Saccamanno said, it''ll be much like Scott Rolen. People don't realize how good Scott Rolen actually was at basketball.

29 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Well baseball wouldn't be giving him any money if they had to share him with another sport, I can promise you that. 

I doubt football would be interested if it were a QB unless he was an absolute stud. Can't waste schollys on someone like that. If it were a DB or WR it wouldn't be a big deal. 

It's pretty likely at this point that he plays baseball.

He has much more of a chance to having a professional career in baseball as opposed to basketball. 

He's a really good athlete though. Wouldn't surprise me if he went the other way around, but at this point, it's baseball.

1 hour ago, BGleas said:

Trout does play in the second largest media market in the country though. I’d say the general public also doesn’t know who Mookie Betts, Bryce Harper or Stanton are. MLB has just really struggles to market their individual players. In the NBA it doesn’t really matter where you play. Kevin Durant can spend 9 years in OKC and everyone knows his name. 

I don't know if you can really blame it on the MLB though. MLB will always have an issue bringing on new fans. I don't think you can really expect the general public to know the name of an MLB star when a game lasts 3+ hours.

Taking that into account, a game lasts 3+ hours. Taking Trout for example, he comes up to bat, what, every 30-45 minutes? Then you take into account that a successful hitter gets on base 30-40% of the time. Of that 30-40% only a small percentage is an eye popping home run. You literally have to watch an entire game to maybe see that player make a fun, eye popping play.

I don't think the MLB can really "entice" the general public to watch 3.5 hours for maybe a few good plays. Someone who appreciates baseball will. Your average fan? Not a chance.

The NFL and NBA simply has more action. More big plays, more often.

3 minutes ago, BGleas said:

I don’t understand your point?

I said the NBA is the standard for player marketing. The NBA is the best at it and set the template for it. If you’re an NBA player it really doesn’t matter what market you’re in. MLB has had a terrible time marketing their athletes. Mike Trout is arguably on pace to be the best player ever and he’s not a household name. 

Absolute great point with Trout. If he played on the East Coast people would understand that he is the greatest player in the league since Albert Pujols