I don't disagree with you at all, derrick, because you're basing your "pass" on basketball analysis, not resentment over his departure.
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Do you remember his freshman year?
DevILLDawg
- Meredosia, Illinois
Ace Wolf!!!
Anyone who played with Ayo, DMFW, and Frazier should be welcomed back. Some of that DAWG had to of rubbed off on him, right?
pruman91
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hmmmm.......did he really ????..........seems like I remember him leaving us without notifying anyone that he was leaving....I also remember his leaving was with a lot of chatter from family members on the negative nature towards the Illini program....I could be wrong but there was some animosity there......
If he comes back and it's thinking he will start ??....then I give that a big NO.............if he's ok as an off the bench player then I WOULD say MAYBE........
a lot depends , to me , on what other additions we could get.....I watched 8-10 games he played in while at LSU and ASU and nothing he did stood out to me as noteworthy......and I don't think he would be viable as a PG backup in the B$G.......
if BU think's he would be a good roster fit then maybe it would work..........JMHO.......
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So we are ignoring the fact that Ace shot 43% last year from 3? Nice.
Are you kidding? With everything that's going on in college sports, you're going to try to find an angle where there's a moral high ground?
If we're 22-13 again, you'll be one of the people who'll want our entire program flipped on its ear, but hey.....we stood strong on a transfer situation.....4(??) years ago??? Stop.
IF IF IF he can shoot it coming off the bench, that's a huge upgrade. We lacked that badly, especially at the guard position. Actually, we lacked shooters at every position. Immediate take IMO.
If we're 22-13 again, you'll be one of the people who'll want our entire program flipped on its ear, but hey.....we stood strong on a transfer situation.....4(??) years ago??? Stop.
IF IF IF he can shoot it coming off the bench, that's a huge upgrade. We lacked that badly, especially at the guard position. Actually, we lacked shooters at every position. Immediate take IMO.
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100% agree. I was searching for a way to express that and you did it better than I could.
Yep. Did you watch any of those games?
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I did.
I don’t think most are ignoring that at all. Certainly have to question though whether he’d be OK coming off the bench given he’s started 96.5% of the college games he’s appeared in. And if he’s going to start, is a 10 ppg guy enough from that spot given how team is shaping up?
A highly recruited freshman leaving a program after 1 season in which the team was successful and he started every single game is not something that shines a favorable light on a program.
But the same player returning after seeing the grass wasn't greener says a lot to both recruits and current players.
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Therfore all transfers shed less than a favorable light on their previous programs. Correct?
I don't think all transfers are highly recruited freshman that play a significant role for a highly successful team. That makes people wonder what was going on in the program that would make a player want to leave.
Taken in a vacuum, I don’t mind Ace coming back. He’s a good high major starter.
But if taking him makes it much harder to also get someone like Cedric Coward - who I think would have a better chance of being a star that could put you in a different tier as a team, then I’m less excited about it.
But I don’t know whether that’s actually the situation, or what our chances actually are of landing someone like Coward, so I don’t know how to feel
But if taking him makes it much harder to also get someone like Cedric Coward - who I think would have a better chance of being a star that could put you in a different tier as a team, then I’m less excited about it.
But I don’t know whether that’s actually the situation, or what our chances actually are of landing someone like Coward, so I don’t know how to feel
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If you're a freshman starter on a high D1 program, you're also highly recruited.
There are thousands of players in the portal. And therfore, thousands of reasons.
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I totally agree here. You get the best players you can that fit the mold of your system.Taken in a vacuum, I don’t mind Ace coming back. He’s a good high major starter.
But if taking him makes it much harder to also get someone like Cedric Coward - who I think would have a better chance of being a star that could put you in a different tier as a team, then I’m less excited about it.
But I don’t know whether that’s actually the situation, or what our chances actually are of landing someone like Coward, so I don’t know how to feel
If that player happens to be former Illini, I think that should not be a factor.
Few of us actually know any of the real details of why a player would or would not transfer.
It shouldn’t affect Coward at all- he would be a starter at the 3/4 and require 7 figures. Miller should be an affordable rotational GTaken in a vacuum, I don’t mind Ace coming back. He’s a good high major starter.
But if taking him makes it much harder to also get someone like Cedric Coward - who I think would have a better chance of being a star that could put you in a different tier as a team, then I’m less excited about it.
But I don’t know whether that’s actually the situation, or what our chances actually are of landing someone like Coward, so I don’t know how to feel
blackdog
- Champaign
Miller was actually a plus defender especially as a true freshman. He's not the biggest two guard but he played tough D. Don't know if that's held up but with more experience under his belt I would expect him not to be able to be a reliable guy on that end.
Nobody cares outside of Illinois fans.
I don’t hate it but don’t love it. Seems like this just prefills the portal paperwork for our incoming freshman as the chances of them being lost on the bench go up significantly. I just miss the days when we got to see freshman become sophomores.
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