So no Mulcahy, possibly won’t have Harmon, Reeves may go elsewhere, and it’s pg by committee for next year. I’ll support the team regardless but Underwood’s seat is warming up if this doesn’t work.
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There's always a place for more three-point shooting, especially in a spread-motion attack that is specifically designed to produce open looks from three.
Illinois has some decent shooters, but no knock-down 3-point shooters.
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Is this strike 2, 3, 4, or 5 to the future of Daddy Brad?
This is MIND blowing. Clearly they didn't learn from the Ray J situation. I just can't comprehend not putting all the stops out to get either Reeves or Paul.
Almost nobody pushed Sergio around on the court. I remember his Senior year some publication did one of those articles where they ask the conference players who's best at this and that. When they asked who was the strongest player in the BIG, Sergio got the most mentions.
He would have been like a boulder against booty ball.
And Flashbacks of Sergio trying to play PG. Sergio was definitely one of our five best players and furthermore he was way closer to a PG than Ty.
My hope is that Williams is somehow healthy and eligible this year. But that seems quite unlikely.
He was much closer to a PG skills-wise than Ty. And it was still ugly when we tried to play him at there.
Anyway, OP said PG by committee of Sencire, Ty, DGL, and Shannon. IMO they are all bad options. This is if Williams not ready.
Or have skillsets completely unfit for the position (Ty).
If we are in the middle of another mediocre B1G season in January, I think we'll point to this as the pear-shaped moment.
Playing like a man among boys.
I don't feel the returnees are "bad" options but certainly not ideal. As far as what Harmon or DGL we have no idea what they may or may not be. It certainly isn't ideal but it may be fine. I still hope we add another and with more shooters and experience it should improve. Hopefully Williams will be good to go. If so we should be fine. I still hope we add someone.
I'm 100% with you on this one. Absolutely maddening.
Joel Goodson
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we didn't reach out to Mulcahy or we did and he said nope? huge difference
This does make sense...felt like a major longshot from the get-go. But, man, you still have to give it a shot. Crazy!
I do not understand the fascination with Reeves when you still desperately need a PG. Gonna be tough to explain if it doesn't go well this season.
Joel Goodson
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this will age well
“It was probably futile anyway”
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These seem a bit contradictory?
I’m just saying I would do whatever I could to get Paul. Even if he was apprehensive at first. I’d make it really hard for him to say no to us.
Wow, never seen Bert this dapper before!“It was probably futile anyway”
Seriously, I get that this is a disappointing offseason PG search thus far, but some of the talk in this thread about Brad's seat warming up and strike 3, etc. if he just makes the tournament again is still kind of mind boggling to me. I remember where we were prior to BU and, personally, I'm not ready to go back there again. Still hoping the tournament every year is BU's floor and with the right matchups/luck we can make some noise one of these years.
HoopCity
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I am 100% behind this, how many other supporters are for this?
Yeah, got it. Check back with me when this team gets a one seed and makes an Elite Eight.
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I'm a HUGE BU fan. I'm thankful that he got the program out of the disaster that it was in. We're nationally relevant again. That said, the PG position, last year, was the undoing of that team. Our top two returners were banking on a veteran PG to be put in place to navigate this season. It world be INCREDIBLY disheartening if we going into this season worse off than we were last season at the point. That seemed unfathomable, yet here we are.
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Sports is a tough business, the more you win, the higher the expectation. Saying you are better than complete irrelevance will only get you so far. Not saying Brad should be fired, but the people that are paying him have higher expectations than just making the tournament.Wow, never seen Bert this dapper before!
Seriously, I get that this is a disappointing offseason PG search thus far, but some of the talk in this thread about Brad's seat warming up and strike 3, etc. if he just makes the tournament again is still kind of mind boggling to me. I remember where we were prior to BU and, personally, I'm not ready to go back there again. Still hoping the tournament every year is BU's floor and with the right matchups/luck we can make some noise one of these years.
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