2021-22 Roster

[TheRealMick]

Play the game don’t let it play you! We should always keep teams stacked with JR and SR until they change rules. Why bother with FR?

 

[Union Bearcat]

Outside of UC recruits, I'll equate him to John Brannen. Coach recruited himself

 

[Jon Rycek]

You think the recruits leaving were good enough to get us a top 4 seed? That's the goal, get a high seed and advance in the tourney. Eason was, the rest though...

Are you going to say but he was actually good when mason transfers to Toledo or where. Seems hypocritical considering you judged Cronin recruits by where they transferred to.

If we kept our same team next year we compete for conference, first or second, the next year we are a top 15 squad. Absolutely. But then again you think the worst about everything

 

[kskenyon4]

Stop it. Jermaine Lawrence

Always fun to try to do player comps, but Spell is getting compared to some great/good UC players (except Lawrence). Going back and looking at win shares is fun.

To compare, JD led this team in 1.9, and Tre Scott led 2 years ago with 4.1.

Kirkland had two years with over 2 W/S's, and Dermarr's lone year he had 4.8. Kenyon had a God-like 9.

I'm assuming Spell's absolute ceiling is Kirkland, and even that may be too much. I have much lower expectations.

 

[TheRealMick]

Always fun to try to do player comps, but Spell is getting compared to some great/good UC players (except Lawrence). Going back and looking at win shares is fun.

To compare, JD led this team in 1.9, and Tre Scott led 2 years ago with 4.1.

Kirkland had two years with over 2 W/S's, and Dermarr's lone year he had 4.8. Kenyon had a God-like 9.

I'm assuming Spell's absolute ceiling is Kirkland, and even that may be too much. I have much lower expectations.

Lawrence wanted to be stretch 4 and Mick needed him in paint, sorta like Eason/JD this year. I’ll say Kirkland would’ve scored 15night in aac.

 

[TheRealMick]

Honestly I see Qudri Moore in Spell without mental lapses.

 

[sedziobs]

In a dream scenario he's Sam Dekker.

 

[TheRealMick]

In a dream scenario he's Sam Dekker.

Wally world

 

[kskenyon4]

Honestly I see Qudri Moore in Spell without mental lapses.

I would take a Quadri Moore who got out of his own way. Obviously expect less post presence from Spell, but decent comp there.

 

[TheRealMick]

I would take a Quadri Moore who got out of his own way. Obviously expect less post presence from Spell, but decent comp there.

Jr/Sr should be strong enough to handle his own in post. I just hope he has decent guard skill from get go

 

[cincyguy13]

Honestly I see Qudri Moore in Spell without mental lapses.

I always liked the idea of Quadri. I thought mick should have taken more chances on guys like Quadri. Very skilled offensive players and tried to make them ok defensively. Instead of the other way around. Quadri just wasn’t a good player.

 

[Loser Mentality]

If Brannen and Company are still on staff after ALL the smoke clears, I wonder what type of offense they will run? I doubt it will be completely Brannen's offense coming into this season, especially with mix and match players...

I also wonder if Brannen will have the year 1 Keith Williams sort of situation, which was when Brannen arrived, one of his major talking points was, "This is Keith's Team." Then Cumberland returned, and it was no longer Keith's team. This may be nothing, but as a player would you trust the Coach after how that transpired?

These days when dealing with youth and young men your WORD as a Coach is everything.

 

[TheRealMick]

I always liked the idea of Quadri. I thought mick should have taken more chances on guys like Quadri. Very skilled offensive players and tried to make them ok defensively. Instead of the other way around. Quadri just wasn’t a good player.

He was outstanding player. UC just wasn’t his coaching fit. Getting yanked and yelled at for ever little mistakes came be detrimental to certain players. Moore would’ve been 3rd best player on last year team under Brannen. He went toe to toe with towns in high school

 

[TheRealMick]

If Brannen and Company are still on staff after ALL the smoke clears, I wonder what type of offense they will run? I doubt it will be completely Brannen's offense coming into this season, especially with mix and match players...

I also wonder if Brannen will have the year 1 Keith Williams sort of situation, which was when Brannen arrived, one of his major talking points was, "This is Keith's Team." Then Cumberland returned, and it was no longer Keith's team. This may be nothing, but as a player would you trust the Coach after how that transpired?

These days when dealing with youth and young men your WORD as a Coach is everything.

Guys told me yesterday a coach be stupid not to lie. It went from Keith perfect player in system to can’t wait until Keith was gone. Why wouldn’t Keith come back another year?

 

[Loser Mentality]

Guys told me yesterday a coach be stupid not to lie. It went from Keith perfect player in system to can’t wait until Keith was gone. Why wouldn’t Keith come back another year?

Man. I hope your "Guys" were joking and not in the coaching field.

There are too too many players that come from broken or single parent homes, that may or may not have their Father's in their lives for a multitude of reasons.

So some coaches may not realize that these players may value them more than just a coach.

Coaches aren't replacement Dad's on the surface, but in some cases they are rather they realize it or not. So coming out the gate lying, these young players will easily detect a coach that is not in their best interest.

The "Covid Portal" has become a safe space .

 

[TheRealMick]

Man. I hope your "Guys" were joking and not in the coaching field.

There are too too many players that come from broken or single parent homes, that may or may not have their Father's in their lives for a multitude of reasons.

So some coaches may not realize that these players may value them more than just a coach.

Coaches aren't replacement Dad's on the surface, but in some cases they are rather they realize it or not. So coming out the gate lying, these young players will easily detect a coach that is not in their best interest.

The "Covid Portal" has become a safe space .

“My guys” are members of this board. Huggins and Mick were like fathers to their players. I don’t see Brannen wanting that type bond

 

[sedziobs]

I hope MAW and Davenport are in fact committed to sticking around no matter what happens. A little bit of continuity would be nice. Other than Harvey, they were the only guys on the team with an ORtg above 100.

 

[sedziobs]

Torvik's, 2022 projections are in. We're top 200!

 

[Cin City]

Harvey to UCSB...per his twitter.

 

[Bcatfollower]

Harvey to UCSB...per his twitter.

Uhhhh