Joel Goodson
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I think Epps has a ton of potential. I think many share my view. But there's a wide gulf between his current state and his ceiling.
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I think Epps has a ton of potential. I think many share my view. But there's a wide gulf between his current state and his ceiling.
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altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
It doesn't seem to me to be an Epps-bashing thread. He was enormously promising early in the season and just didn't fit (which is being kind to him.) I feel about him at this point the way I felt about Belo after he left: sad at the unfulfilled potential in O&B, resigned to the high probability that it's a good thing he's no longer in the locker room.
IIRC in the Texas game I kept remarking that he was playing like a grown-a$$ man.
Yeah, if he were coming back this year we'd be raving about the huge sophomore leap he's destined to take. He's a good college basketball player. I think the question is whether his attitude will improve with a new coach, or will he always be a difficult player to coach / play with?
Great scorer, but can't take a lick of coaching and is really poor defensively. He will put up good offensive numbers there though
Ty progressing talk got me drooling.
Here is the plan
Step 1: shoot 1 million shots in off-season
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit
That easy!
Do you expect him to start at the 3 over Domask and Goode?
No. I expect him to start at the 1 if we don't land another pg.
They are going to go for Paul, but I think the staff really really wants Reeves as well. They are super high on Ty as a pg. And yes it's a risk if they end up with Reeves or someone else over Paul.
I know Reeves really likes Illinois and would love to be here
Great to hear. Brings back an earlier question: if Ty and Dainja are starters, along with TSJ, Hawkins and PG… is Guerrier actually the likely roster opening? Love to have him, but doesn’t seem like what he thought he was signing up for?
Big Dain fan. He has the most to gain/lose by us getting a quality pg IMO.
Harmon is the one that might be leaving from everything I have heard. If that ends up happening, they will want to get Reeves, Paul, or another pg option
I don’t think he’d be a “PG” or primary ball handler at UK/UCLA. He’d be off ball and still add a ton of value with solid ball handling, shooting, passing.
I'd love to have Reeves, having another proven go to scorer outside of TSJ would be lethal...
However, just feel like if I had to chose between a vet PG and Reeves, I'd take the vet PG...
That is unless we can get both
However, just feel like if I had to chose between a vet PG and Reeves, I'd take the vet PG...
That is unless we can get both
Does Moretti know he is probably never going to see the court?
that would be beyond stupid...Mulcahy fills a position of desperate need way more than Reeves, ...something something, take pie when pie is a passing
Only will be one spot openI'd love to have Reeves, having another proven go to scorer outside of TSJ would be lethal...
However, just feel like if I had to chose between a vet PG and Reeves, I'd take the vet PG...
That is unless we can get both
Doesn't matter, RayJ is past...I have enough faith in Underwood that RayJ miss will have zero impact on Mulcahy or whoever is next
Does he need to add Trollman and TSJ?
Would Harmon’s leaving be an academic/transcript issue, or a “sorry kid, we found someone better” issue?
Is class related-they (I as well) actually really like him as a player. If it gets resolved, I think they are totally fine with that. Not sure if it will though
Is it something similar to what TSJ dealt with when leaving Texas Tech?
It matters in terms of strategy, timing, and confidence in how they read things internally. It also matters for those involved with the NIL collective.
Only impact it should have is knowing when to go with plan B rather than get string along
Admissions? Or Creaned?
Edit: nvm it’s entirely admissions per the post directly above lol
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