IU_Realist

What I am saying is he isn’t that and wasn’t used right at NW. I don’t think he is a 2. I don’t think he is a 3. I am a big believer in you are who you guard. I think he is a stretch four at the college level and that is what he should play at. He was used differently than what I hope he is used here for. I don’t want him taking the same shots. I want him taking fast break threes, corner threes and any other jumper. I don’t want plays specifically ran for him. I want him to be a complimentary piece when teams react. Utilization should be different than how he was used there.

Difference is usage and where he plays. I don’t think Kopp is going to be running around doing what he did at NW. Watch some videos. Don’t think he will be running around shooting to shoot. He is more a four than a two or three no matter what people are saying.

Until someone leaves

I would say most of the teams played small ball four. Purdue is at their best when they do. Ohio State played two 6’7”. Illinois was a 6’6” kid and Underwoods MO. It just opens things up for people like Xavier and Lander to probe and allows for TJD to work when you have shooters around.

You are in this old view of basketball. Unless you get some Dirk type to play the four it is going to be a 6’5” to 6’8” type. Gonzaga 6’7” at the four, Baylor 6’5” at the four, Illinois 6’6” at the four, Purdue 6’6” at the four, OSU 6’7” at the four... Tweeners at the four are fine. It’s a position that needs a shooter more than size.

TJD is our FIVE. Understand that? We aren’t getting a starting five. Four out and one in means what to you? It means your four must be able to shoot. Gonzaga and Baylor started a 6’7” and 6’5” at the four last year. Just 🛑

Turning threads into tirades that make you look like you have ignored IU’s 20 years of suckage.

If you have other things mixed in there, it would be fine. You are just sounded unreasonable now. You turn everything he says into a pissing match. Just stop.

He had a 14 PER which isn’t good. His assist percentage was really low for a guard of his size based on utilization. Could be the system that one could blame it on. We will find out.

Franklins and Durham’s PER weren’t the greatest. I am assuming that is the reasoning behind it.

True. Most of the 100-150 kids don’t contribute to winning teams until their junior or senior seasons.

Oh my god....he talked with Larry Brown...who got busted for cheating multiple times...... Being dramatic on purpose. Contacts are good. There has always been a grey area in recruiting. Every coach uses it.

Seen him. He would be interesting. He would be mostly a spot shooter at this level. Duncan Robinson has 3-4 inches on him. Probably a mid major player if I guessed. Best level for him to do more.

I am assuming the kid at Indiana Wesleyan.

He knows him. Woodson knows Kenny Payne. It’s not like Woodson is being forced to hire him.

Probably met him through Kenny Payne. Don’t be naive.

Fans are dumb as crap. It’s pretty obvious. It happened with Keady and Knight and on and on and on.

“This is from Lasko to Fenny,” Schachter said, reading the text to Kaplan. “‘Fenny, I am in Indiana and Coach Ostrom asked me for an update. They are super willing to do what it takes to recruit Silvio. Is that something of interest for us?’”

There is no portal for him since he never started. He would just be an uncommitted player.

Decommit and ask for his release. That is it. If he gets his release which would look bad if they didn’t he will be able to go to another school without sitting. He hasn’t started classes there so no issue.

Or he could still like IU and had other reasons to not take it? I love IU but I don’t want to live there. There are other reasons people take jobs.

Well yeah. I am just saying you take Fife before Alford. Why go for someone who has failed twice? That is just crazy talk for me.

Maybe he just wants to have a summer? NBA is supposedly better for coaches.