I am watching Coleman on twitch right now and I asked him about this, and he confirmed that it is true.
I'm calling it now.....CH is breaking out this year! He will play his way to minutes.
We should also have a hungry 2nd team that can score and have some rim protection.
ElGran, ElGran, ElGran. Do you not understand? This is the CoHawk HypeMan you’re talking to.
Yeah but I really don’t see many situations where you would leave yourself with Lieb as your only big available off the bench. I just don’t think OP and CH are that high in the rotation to need to both be on the floor. And I’m not convinced CH could guard a 3
If you’re the CoHawk Hype man, can I be the EPJr hype man?ElGran, ElGran, ElGran. Do you not understand? This is the CoHawk HypeMan you’re talking to.
Coleman Hawkins is going to go out there. He’s going to go out there and he’s going to give THE PEOPLE, what they want.
The People want a rangy stretch 4 that can play the 5, as they say, in a pinch. But we aren’t here to give The People what they want.
We are here to give THE PEOPLE what they need.
And that’s getting Illini to THE LEAGUE.
Yes, freshman CoHawk may have shown a weakness or two, but that’s why we, say it with me A.I.
CoHawk has been in the lab, honing the craft, getting ready for the season and beyond. Some say point-forward, this HypeMan would settle for minutes at the 3, because that’s how we’re going to get CoHawk to The League.
ElGran, ElGran, ElGran. Do you not understand? This is the CoHawk HypeMan you’re talking to.
Coleman Hawkins is going to go out there. He’s going to go out there and he’s going to give THE PEOPLE, what they want.
The People want a rangy stretch 4 that can play the 5, as they say, in a pinch. But we aren’t here to give The People what they want.
We are here to give THE PEOPLE what they need.
And that’s getting Illini to THE LEAGUE.
Yes, freshman CoHawk may have shown a weakness or two, but that’s why we, say it with me A.I.
CoHawk has been in the lab, honing the craft, getting ready for the season and beyond. Some say point-forward, this HypeMan would settle for minutes at the 3, because that’s how we’re going to get CoHawk to The League.
ok, so I will preface this by saying I had no idea what Twitch was.......but I clicked on this link and watched it. I then clicked on the newest video he did 10 hours ago. He was complaining of his shoulder and that it was killing him. He then went on to complain about a trainer that was supposed to give him treatments and the trainer never showed up. He then said he couldn't bench press the next day. Not a real warm and fuzzy about whatever trainer stood him up.
In defense of Plummer, it is not like he was a turnover machine — except for 1st game of Pac tourney when he had 6 (they still won) And Utah’s starting PG (Rylan Jones) battled injuries most of the year, so Plummer was asked to do more — and he is not a PG. Most of his higher TO games were when Jones didn’t play (including the 6 TO game) or was limited (less than 20 mpg; he averaged 31.5 mpg in his previous year). As long as AP isn’t asked to play point he’ll be fine. His numbers last year (1.0 to 1.4 a/t in 28.2 mpg were pretty similar to Adam Miller’s (0.8/1.1 in 25.5 mpg).
I could possibly see four bigs and Curbelo to feed them but then that means Trent is on the bench. Who is gonna guard the opponets best guard? I think AC and Trent will lead in minutes barring injury.
I hope CH can show us he can shoot well in games. He has not done that shooting 23% from 3, 35% from the field, and 68% from the line If he doesn't improve drastically thats what near GBs 26% career 3pt percentage. I think he can but I can't drink that kool aid until I see it improve drastically over last season given what we have actually seen.
I mean you could apply this line of thinking to literally any lineup. Why not try Kofi at PG and then if the analytics support it you stay with it. Saying that is useless. If BU sees any combination he likes he is sure to try it. All I’m saying is I don’t see it making sense to get Payne in with Hawk and Kofi. DW and grabs can play fairly big. No reason those 2 aren’t better at the 3 than Payne at the 4. Using your logic, if hawk is a stud ball handler why don’t we just make him the 2 and Payne the 3, Lieb at 4 Kofi at 5? I can sit here and say “if BU sees that in practice and likes it he will try it” but that’s such a hypothetical that what’s the point?
Okay that's incredible, but shouldn't it have a picture of him during the episode that got him teed up?
Some posters get a thrill out of imagining the tallest lineup possible and give little thought to the skills (quickness, ball-handling, etc) needed to play a position. Coaches will put the best lineup they can on the floor.
It is not just "some posters" who fantasize this way. Lou Henson visited the Law School during the 1978-79 preseason and spent a fair amount of time thinking out loud about putting Derek Holcomb and James (? not sure of his first name) Griffin on the floor together. I don't think he ever did so, and if he did it was not for a great length of time, but he thought putting the biggest possible line-up together was an intriguing idea.
