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Amid portal era, Calipari hints at limiting Ark. roster to '8 or 9 guys'
Calipari mulls limiting Ark. roster to '8 or 9 guys'
As he prepares for his first season at Arkansas, John Calipari said he won't stack his rosters with an abundance of talent, which was his tactic during his lengthy tenure at Kentucky.
I'd be fine with the 4 - 12 minute quarters but would still like to leave the shot clock at 30 for now.
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I do hope Humrichous plays much better of an all-around game than what I have seen of him and his statistics indicate. Right now I see Booth as a more complete player including defensively. Right now based on what I have seen, I have Booth at 60% and Humrichous at 40% of approx. minutes. After a month of practices and some early season games, it will shake out more, on who starts and who gets higher minutes playing, it will be established then and of course matchups will have a lot to do with it too. Illini won't need to depend much on Humrichous for offense like they did Shannon and Domask. Offensive weapons are all spread out with Boswell, Demin, Ivisic, White, Humrichous, Booth, Johnson, Davis, DGL, etc. It will be a more balanced team and I don't really care who starts. Everyone will find their role and contribute and lineups will vary and change as need be, and as players's show who deserves more playing time. Still too early to make absolute calls on this IMO but it is entertaining to conjecture..
sacraig
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I hope that you are correct. He definitely can shoot. I am thinking his defense will dictate his minutes. If he can defend adequately then he will definitely get good minutes. It will be interesting to see how he adjusts to the B10.
Because all of Boswell, Demin, Hum, and Ivisic can shoot so Rodgers doesn't necessarily have to.
Plus, Rodgers will likely be the best defensive player and rebounder on the roster. Ty being able to crash on the offensive glass with the others starters will be incredibly important.
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Calipari mulls limiting Ark. roster to '8 or 9 guys'
As he prepares for his first season at Arkansas, John Calipari said he won't stack his rosters with an abundance of talent, which was his tactic during his lengthy tenure at Kentucky.
In regards to the discussion yesterday about shorter benches in the NIL era.
If we land Egor, I think we have a great team. I think this team would have everything except for one thing. And I think that 1 thing might a bit of an issue tbh - we won't have a AA type of alpha. This makes swinging and missing on Storr a bit dispiriting and doesn't seem like we're gonna add anyone else if we land Egor.
Happy we'd have a good team but felt like we left the need for that kind of a guy unanswered which is a bit of a bummer.
Still...the team would check all other boxes and would def. be top the big 10 again. Happy with that 4sure tho.
Happy we'd have a good team but felt like we left the need for that kind of a guy unanswered which is a bit of a bummer.
Still...the team would check all other boxes and would def. be top the big 10 again. Happy with that 4sure tho.
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I mean...he is our best shooter. Think he'd be a solid Goode replacement and honestly might even be an upgrade in the Goode role. Happy to have him but hope he's a bit better on D though than Goode was...
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Its so good to see DGL rising up in importance, he stayed through the tough times of not getting any game time and he could be monumental next season.
That's a pretty good 10 deep for sure...
But there is no way Morez will be the 10th best player on this team...
But there is no way Morez will be the 10th best player on this team...
He’s taken more charges than anyone in the history of Indiana prep basketball. I’d say that in itself speaks volumes about his defensive abilities.
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Amid portal era, Calipari hints at limiting Ark. roster to '8 or 9 guys'
Calipari mulls limiting Ark. roster to '8 or 9 guys'
As he prepares for his first season at Arkansas, John Calipari said he won't stack his rosters with an abundance of talent, which was his tactic during his lengthy tenure at Kentucky.www.espn.com
I am absolutely not advocating for injuries to players.....but the first P5 coach to go into a season with 8 or 9 and ends up with 2...or even 3 guys injured (not a stretch)....and has to put in PWO's ....is going to get obliterated in the media and by fans.
And since he's headlining it...I'm totally fine watching Calipari go through it!
Makes sense. Most teams only play 7-8 guys. What's the point of paying guys that never play and transfer at the end of the year anyway? I'd use all the rest of my scholarships on instate kids willing to play for NIL. So basically walkons with the benefit of a full scholarship.M
Amid portal era, Calipari hints at limiting Ark. roster to '8 or 9 guys'
Calipari mulls limiting Ark. roster to '8 or 9 guys'
As he prepares for his first season at Arkansas, John Calipari said he won't stack his rosters with an abundance of talent, which was his tactic during his lengthy tenure at Kentucky.
If you lose 2 or 3 players from your rotation, you're not going to win. The 11, 12, and 13 guys on your bench certainly aren't going to save you.
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FWIW, their TS% was identical last year (because White's 3pt shooting was bad), and Ty got lots of offensive rebounds and more assists. That's without considering defense, matchups, balance, etc.
White was actually not bad on catch and shoot 3s. He had to take a lot of tough ones off the dribble late in the shot clock because his team was so bad.
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