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these scholarship grids have me all messed up. They should reflect the actual class and put an * next to everyone that has the extra year of eligibility due to covid year.... anyway I was trying to go through the numbers of who can leave, and who can stay. then i thought everyone could stay, but also everyone could leave... the 5 seniors and TJD are the obvious potential departures. Point being... recruit on. i like your number of 4 Ideally im thinking 3-4 HS recruits and 1-2 transfers

not as confident as i was prior to the game. coulda used glass yesterday and going forward. team looks poised to make a run squarely on the shoulders of the monster in back at GK.

Maybe IU hire him under the table... to take a head coaching position at a mid-major, recruit the lesser known players, develop them for two years, and funnel them to IU? obviously just a joke.

get to work. hoepfully CMW is still around in 18 years

This is pretty cool. Shows not only the love the players have for CMW, but to go back to support the Knicks... it shows just of much love CMW has for his players.

I LOLed at this picture of LD

I do too! I just got Lasik. We are like twinkies!

I deleted the comment because it was unnecessary. i apologize.

No i just like your ... he played the most minutes argument lol. Tom Pritchard played the most minutes in 08-09 season. Without going back through this thread, i have a hunch not 1 single person said Kopp wasnt a good shooter. You are trying to erase half of the B1G season for Kopp to fit your narrative. I am sure there are A LOT of players i can erase 1/2 the B1G season and make them godsends. Again I do not believe ANYONE has said they are against this. I think for those who are not creaming their pants about it just think that their could have potentially been someone better. Who knows. I dont. Initial gut reaction was... this ....okaaaaay. Not a jump up and down screaming excitement.

there's a few things not to like about the links projections

Yah, lets just not count 9 out of 20 games within the B1G.

lol i might have said that. But i am not necessarily being negative. I dont hate this move. I just cant help to think there is someone better out there to fill the last spot. Im probably wrong. I was just hoping for a clear cut starter to fill the last spot. This would be a FANTASTIC get for Archie. With the last month maybe i am spoiled with the results, but i think with what the coaching staff has done thus far, there are bigger fish to fry. Again i mentioned it twice. The coaching staff hasnt done anything up to this point for me to question them. They know what they want. they know what they are doing. Just was throwing this out there to ease my concerns and see if anyone else had the same opinion.

Remove the last 6 games from last year because the whole of IU was poo poo. JH shot 21/51 (41%) from 3. Last 6 he was 4/22

ahhh. thanks.

That's fair. I mean i guess im a little eh on this. Kinda like you were with the coaching hire. Thought we could get someone better maybe? Im willing to eat crow on this. Im fairly confident he reclassified and came a year early to redshirt. I could be wrong.

How about player efficiency rating then (PER)? Kopp: 10.8 last year 11.3 career Hunter: 12.8 laster year 10.8 career

Thats apples and oranges. A starter and the 2/3 scoring option plays over 30 minutes a game. to a role player that plays less than 20. Per 40 minute stats via sports reference: Kopp: 14.3 pts 1.4 assists 3.9 rebounds Hunter 12.8 pts 1.0 assists 6.0 rebounds

It has been mentioned on boards and a podcast. Cant remember which podcast.

This is the third time someone is arguing a point that i never made. I never said that leal or galloway were better than Kopp. and i said overall Kopp was probably a lateral move for Hunter if you we were to compare them at the 4. I dont want to give up leal or galloway for someone who has 2 less years of eligibility that is going to come in as a role player. I guess i dont know everyone else's expectations. I see Kopp playing +/- 10 minutes a game averaging 6 points. I guess i have a little more sentiment for Hunter than others do. For someone who came in a year early to red shirt, then get hurt. on the bench for 2+ seasons before seeing the court and gutting it out in an IU uniform. To say Kopp has been one of the best B1G players last few seasons? I dont recall seeing his name on the award lists. not first team. not second team. not third team. not even honorable mention. according to the media and coaches of the B1G Kopp isnt even a top 25 player in the B1G.

Sorry. I was unaware I mentioned scoring. Kopp was a starter and 2/3 scoring option. Averaged double the shot attempts with 3% worse for fg % last year. Kopp per was 12.4 last year JH per was 11.0 last year the issue isnt the scoring. The issue is rebounding and defense. Which I would say JH is better at at least playing the 4 spot. my issue isn’t that we got Kopp. I’m not sure where he’ll fit in. The coaching staff does and that’s great. The word is IU isn’t done shuffling around yet. So who’s on the outs for the next incoming. Leal? Galloway? Hunter? Is Kopp worth losing one of those guys or someone else? I don’t know. let’s see how it plays out and make judgements then. It’s not December 23rd, but I just wanted to air my grievances. More of an open concern at the moment.

Double what? Rebounds? they both averaged 3 boards per game and Kopp played 12 more minutes.

This is precisely my point. and dont forget defense. Great Kopp can shoot. Awesome. But TJD with Kopp at the 4 rebounding and defense will be an issue. We will see how it plays out, but i would hate to think that Kopp's commitment forces someone out. I would say Kopp is a lateral move from JH overall. I was hoping for a outright starter not a role player, especially if it forces someone out. But F me for having an opinion.

He’s had good spurts. I don’t think you can compare career stats of Kopp and JH. didn’t really say it was a bad thing. We will see what happens. But what I said is I don’t want to force someone to move on and add Kopp who will be a role player. Kopp and TJD on the court at the same time will help offensively, but defensively we are in trouble.

Holy s*** Batman. You are absolutely correct. That 🛑 .... you got me there. how could I possibly have my own opinion now. maybe reread my post for comprehension

Definitely dont love it. Dont even know if i like it. I think Hunter could do a better job than what Kopp is offering overall. Seems like a step in the wrong direction, albeit a very very small step. i would have rather seen a starter and not a role player fill the spot if in fact someone is/has to move on. More so an actually big man that can step out. Kopp is a tweener, not quite fits the bill of a 4. However, in the coaching staff i trust. They havent done anything to this point for me to question.