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BBIQ

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pc2004 said:
BBIQ, As a die hard i can justify almost anything but Kofi was absolutely a generational talent for the Illini. He’s the most dominant big man in Illini history, a 2x All-American, and his name is in the rafters no matter how you slice it. Underwood has said he was a great safety net because he was 20 and 10 nightly. Kofi got an astounding offer in terms of NIL to stay for one more year. I’m pretty sure a player that ticks all those boxes would be, to quote BU, “elite”.

Kofi is a throwback big man and his limitations are well-documented on this forum. Why he’s not in the NBA is equally as well-documented.

If getting to the league is your end-all in defining what players are generational then you’re fully entitled to your opinion and I will respect that fully.

I guess I just tend to consider that there are countless cases of absolute college studs who weren’t NBA material. This doesn’t meant they weren’t NCAA generational talents however.
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I agree he was dominant, maybe I'm getting hung up on the word talent. I guess when I think talent I think skills like Dainja. Kofi just dominated largely due to his size.
 
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BretMyBeachHouse said:
Giorgi had some great moves in the post. Outside of that, where he was increasingly asked to play, not so much. BU made it point to say he'd figure out a way to continue to use Giorgi's strengths, but it just wasn't possible. On top of that, I think there was a consensus that Kofi would not be such a monster his freshman year.

Like I said before, I've no interest in assigning some sort of blame here. But Giorgi absolutely regressed. The team absolutely improved though, so it's hard to argue as a fan as to how things developed. There's always a theoretical spot where things would have been better for both, but I'm not sure there was a real world solution.
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If you are saying playing more at a position where he was less effective, was a regression, then I guess so.

Others have pointed to this alleged regression as a player development problem. As you allude to, it was a player personnel issue.

GB's basketball skills probably improved some, just not enough to be very effective as a college 4. He was much more effective as a college 5. The team was better with Kofi at the 5.
 
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alaskaillini

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We also had Hutcherson for those three years and not Ayo's first year. Maybe our success in those three years was due to Hutcherson. Or maybe it was BVD or Grandison since they were here those three years also and not Ayo's freshman year. Just saying.
 
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The Galloping Ghost

The Galloping Ghost
Washington, DC
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It's Monday morning, what's new in the ol' coaching carousel thread...
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