tdhoosier

I just want our opponents to pay if they sag off of our guards on the perimeter and go under screens. Move the ball and keep the defenders honest. That's all i'm asking.

Not that i've seen. On the Insiders podcast they were saying ND is a possibility because he'll get a lot of shots in Shrew's offense and they also have a great Business School. But they both seemed to think it's going to be IU.

I'm not the one to ask. i'm just sharing info I've seen in other places. My feelings should hold no weight.

I only feel better about Goode than Essegian because of the big family connections to IU. His dad and uncle played FB at IU. His brother attends IU right now. His parents apparently have season tix for basketball. And most importantly he wants to attend a business grad school. But other than that I know nothing - I'm just sitting back and eating popcorn like the rest of us.

We have 4 players who can play the 1: Carlyle, Cupps, Gallo and Rice. Granted that you ideally don't want Gallo to play PG for long stretches, but he can help out in a pinch. I think that if we get Goode, the next main priority would be a 4/5 guy who can get rebounds and protect the rim. I don't think we'd need him to score much.

Overall, I like the potential versatility. We have a lot of multi-positional players. The question on everybody's mind is how versatile Woody will get and what combos will work defensively. Gallo 1-2-3 Carylle 1-2 MM 3-4 Malik 4-5 Tucker 2-3 Goode (fingers crossed) 3-4 Ballo will probably only play the 5. And while Rice may be able to play off the ball, I'd imagine he'd be the primary ball handler at the 1 when he's on the court. We always say we hav a lot of depth at this time of year, but at least on paper, it seems that we can show the opposition a lot of different looks.

He averaged 20 minutes on a top 20 team last year. I’d think so.

I don't think they tried as hard as they could have. At least not compared to this year. I see a huge turn around in their organization and effort this year. Plans. Back-up plans. On-campus visits. It seems like we've at least reached out to more than half of the 'gets' in the portal. Credit to the staff this year for learning from their mis-steps and seemingly turning it around.

Love ya man, but at this point you're trying to argue that elephant dung don't stink. Can you not see the urgency from the staff in the transfer portal this year vs. last year? Woody didn't get any guards and Mgbako fell into his lap. Last year there was room to get a guy BETTER than one who'd accept a 13th spot. So if you want to use Joey Hart as an example, I'll still say yes (to what degree, I don't know). But I'll also say we should've have had 10 prospects better than Joey Hart on the radar. And it's not true we didn't know about Newton until August. Maybe officially, but there was uncertainty in April on whether or not he'd play because the procedure he had is really tough to recover from. Iron sharpens iron. 13 is better than 12.

What can go from an attitude of 'a meaningless spot to just appease the fans', can quickly go to 'oh shit, we don't have as much depth as we though and 3 players are injured'. I'm sure I can dig up posts of people shrugging off that 13 spot last year. There are, what, about 2000 players in the portal? Nobody is talking about walking down to the rec center to find a player. I'm sure there are plenty of worthy players in the portal who can contribute as a valuable teammate, with potential to give minutes. This is still Indiana University, a top 3 program in terms of value. We can get a player. No unwarranted 'gifts' given. No fans being appeased. Just coaches utilizing all the resources given to them.

If coach and player will are on the same page, yes. A player gets a chance to prove himself and make some money in a big time program. The team gets an insurance policy (in case of injuries) and another body in practice to up the competition. i see this as win win.

Why? What about another body in practice. Sure, the attitude needs to fit, but I don’t understand why coaches wouldn’t fill all spots on their roster. Transferring is a 2 way street now. And whether we like to admit it or not, rosters are getting ‘creaned’. A spot for unnamed 24/25 guy is not going to be taken up by 13th guy on a roster. There’s also ample NIL opportunities here outside of collectives. Just imagine how Priller would’ve cleaned up in tshirt revenue. Hell, I’d buy a ‘Priller the Thriller’ right now if it was available.

Trying to temper my expectations, but i think Goode is that piece we need. in only 20 mpg he made 61 total 3's last season. in comparison: That's 11 more than our best 3pt shooter, MM, who averaged 27 mpg. That's 35 more than out second best 3 pt shooter, Gallo, who averaged 33 mpg. That is the perfect, highly efficient offensive spark plug we need off the bench.

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I personally would want a player who is proven in conference. Goode had a 126.3 offensive rating last season.