Ah gotcha, sounds like we generally agree then! Like you said, unfortunate that this happened but every program has this happen. Great coaches, like BU, don't let these situations affect their program and still go out and get great talent. We are in good hands.
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Coming into the season we had:
Skyy - 1
Epps - 1/2
Harris - Defensive energy guy at 1/2
TSJ - 2
Melendez - 2/3 (projected to be the next Kris Murray)
Goode - 3/4
Rodgers - 3/4
That doesn't leave a lot of room for a guy hungry for minutes. How can you account for the following:
Skyy quitting mid season
Epps having to move to the 1 to cover
Harris getting extended minutes because Epps is now our 1
Goode getting hurt for 80% of the season
Melendez falling inexplicably short of expectations, possibly due to a shoulder injury
In hindsight, Podz could have been the man that we were missing, but you can't project all that happened to this team when you need to choose between a former top 10 PG and a guy that was a major liability in practice (according to insiders). Maybe Brad said, Podz, we want you to stay at a reduced role, and he decided to go elsewhere.
A whole lot of speculation and revisionist history from a whole lot of people who know little to nothing. I was bummed Podz left, I thought he could be a guy. Glad he went out and made it himself.
Please stop. We don't need to continue to discuss it. I'd rather talk about the differences between low-fat cottage cheese vs whole milk cottage cheese than listen to idiots continue to look in the past and criticize when we all would have taken Skyy at the time.
Skyy - 1
Epps - 1/2
Harris - Defensive energy guy at 1/2
TSJ - 2
Melendez - 2/3 (projected to be the next Kris Murray)
Goode - 3/4
Rodgers - 3/4
That doesn't leave a lot of room for a guy hungry for minutes. How can you account for the following:
Skyy quitting mid season
Epps having to move to the 1 to cover
Harris getting extended minutes because Epps is now our 1
Goode getting hurt for 80% of the season
Melendez falling inexplicably short of expectations, possibly due to a shoulder injury
In hindsight, Podz could have been the man that we were missing, but you can't project all that happened to this team when you need to choose between a former top 10 PG and a guy that was a major liability in practice (according to insiders). Maybe Brad said, Podz, we want you to stay at a reduced role, and he decided to go elsewhere.
A whole lot of speculation and revisionist history from a whole lot of people who know little to nothing. I was bummed Podz left, I thought he could be a guy. Glad he went out and made it himself.
Please stop. We don't need to continue to discuss it. I'd rather talk about the differences between low-fat cottage cheese vs whole milk cottage cheese than listen to idiots continue to look in the past and criticize when we all would have taken Skyy at the time.
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
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Unfortunately for all of us, that won't stop people from claiming BU erred in bringing in those players in the first place.
So for those of you keeping score at home:
(1) When a player improves after leaving Illinois, BU screwed up and should have done more to spotlight/retain them.
(2) When a player does the same or worse after leaving Illinois, BU wasted a scholarship on them and should have recruited better.
All that, and you didn't even include Meyer as another 3/4.
anything worth reporting? i caught it right when CH came out and his backup puts up 10pts in 2 min
chiefini
- Rockford, Illinois
I didn’t see much from CoHawk. He‘s back in. Saw Podz hit one three. CH setting lots of screens and just had a steal. Podz just had a very good assist.
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He should feel right at home, then.
Podz dishing the rock pretty well- making good decisions from what I've seen. CoHawk has been quieter and Vukcevic went off when he was substituted in for Coleman .
Coleman had a nice bounce pass to a cutting teammate for an assist
Podz has been slow at times on defense thus far, but offensively he's been shining as a facilitator who can shoot and will pull down some boards as well. He's being rewarded it looks like with some extra tick right now- his team definitely is playing a lot better with him on the court.
On the other hand, CoHawk really hasn't gotten himself much in the game- teammates really haven't gotten him involved and he just got a quick pull for Vukcevic. Probably not the showing he wants thus far.
On the other hand, CoHawk really hasn't gotten himself much in the game- teammates really haven't gotten him involved and he just got a quick pull for Vukcevic. Probably not the showing he wants thus far.
Terrence with ho-hum scoring stats but the rebs/asts in 18 mins (and he had the highest +/- by far)
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Yeah, Shannon only had 6 points, but his +/- was +31. Wowzers.
And in recruiting competitions, teams will use Podz as an example against us.
Coleman playing good D on Emoni right now. Got a steal then shut him down on the next possession.
Anyone complaining that Podz' growth reflects poorly on Illinois just screams insecurity to me.
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