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Who cleared Prince? He never should’ve been allowed back on court to begin with. Yes some players have serious health issues that messes up their conditioning. For most part though these players are slim and long, we shouldn’t be having multiple players not finish sprints. Conditioning was major problem come March for Cronin teams, Brannen teams looked like they got stronger and better come March. It’s not for everybody but I believe strongly in well conditioned teams
 
cincrulz11 said:
You're putting kids lives in danger. That's not caring about human life. It doesn't get lower than that.
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Uh...yah! This is nuts.

There is an optimal level of training to achieve benefits. There is a point where the effect is on the negative side of the bell curve. Not monitoring heart rates is a good way to screw up a great workout or to kill someone. Not every person has the same capacity.
 
Still plenty of good players out there and I would guess someone else will leave. Vik or DDJ maybe.


Top needs in my opinion:

2 bigs,
Would love to get the big from wake forest. He’d be perfect.

Another good big if possible.

Scorer, preferably a player dropping down from a big conference. Similar to Newman.

I don’t feel like we are that far away from competing for second in the conference, which would be a start.
 
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cincyguy13 said:
Still plenty of good players out there and I would guess someone else will leave. Vik or DDJ maybe.


Top needs in my opinion:

2 bigs,
Would love to get the big from wake forest. He’d be perfect.

Another good big if possible.

Scorer, preferably a player dropping down from a big conference. Similar to Newman.

I don’t feel like we are that far away from competing for second in the conference, which would be a start.
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Id take Oby from Wake Forest and Quinn Slazinski from Louisville
 
cincyguy13 said:
Still plenty of good players out there and I would guess someone else will leave. Vik or DDJ maybe.


Top needs in my opinion:

2 bigs,
Would love to get the big from wake forest. He’d be perfect.

Another good big if possible.

Scorer, preferably a player dropping down from a big conference. Similar to Newman.

I don’t feel like we are that far away from competing for second in the conference, which would be a start.
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If we get two impact players I think this team can put up a good fight for top 3 in conference. As it stands now I would say we can be top 5ish. I'm not just talking two more good role players either. I am talking starter quality players. 20 minute plus guys
 
waterhead said:
If we get two impact players I think this team can put up a good fight for top 3 in conference. As it stands now I would say we can be top 5ish. I'm not just talking two more good role players either. I am talking starter quality players. 20 minute plus guys
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High motor big. Scoring wing
 
waterhead said:
High motor big. Scoring wing
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I’ll take the scoring wings if they 6’5+ and developmental big. If we have 4-5 6’5 wings to throw at teams, that’ll do in this conference. We don’t necessarily need a big. If Koval can protect paint we should be good.
 
Sounds like we will be rounding out the staff with two former players. I love that! Depending on the pool of money we could even see some other good staff news happening. Wes is not done yet! Wow
 
Yeah, seems like Kyle Washington is being worked on, maybe as a GA? Not sure.

I didn't love Washington as a player, but I'd gladly take him back to coach. He definitely epitomized toughness.
 
If we got 2 bigs, ody from wake Forrest, and either the Louisville kid or josh gray, LSU, would we be a bubble team team. I kinda think we would. Especially if we scheduled easy and just racked up wins. Maybe I’m being optimistic.
 
cincyguy13 said:
If we got 2 bigs, ody from wake Forrest, and either the Louisville kid or josh gray, LSU, would we be a bubble team team. I kinda think we would. Especially if we scheduled easy and just racked up wins. Maybe I’m being optimistic.
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I guess if we get a kid who can rebound and play the 3 and 4 that would be nice. It would allow Davenport to play some 3 and 4 as well. I think we need a player to go along with Newman out there at the 3 who can shoot.
 
waterhead said:
I guess if we get a kid who can rebound and play the 3 and 4 that would be nice. It would allow Davenport to play some 3 and 4 as well. I think we need a player to go along with Newman out there at the 3 who can shoot.
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I just don’t think we are that far away from competing in our league. Houston will keep rolling, but they lost a lot. After that, there isn’t much. WSU, nothing special, Memphis lost more guys than us and are Memphis. After that who we counting on to be good? I think we are closer to competing in the league than it seems. Get a couple pieces and it could be fun.
 
If we can get both of these bigs I'll be pretty happy. I think a lineup with Newman at the 2 and Davenport at the 3 will be our best.
 
cincrulz11 said:
If we can get both of these bigs I'll be pretty happy. I think a lineup with Newman at the 2 and Davenport at the 3 will be our best.
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If Newman can work on that 3 ball I would agree. I guess as long as he can top 30% I would live with it. But I like the idea of having 2 shooters out there. Davenport and Mason/MAW or player TBD
 
cincyguy13 said:
I just don’t think we are that far away from competing in our league. Houston will keep rolling, but they lost a lot. After that, there isn’t much. WSU, nothing special, Memphis lost more guys than us and are Memphis. After that who we counting on to be good? I think we are closer to competing in the league than it seems. Get a couple pieces and it could be fun.
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I don't see an amazing roster here TBH so hopefully Wes is the real deal as a coach and can get these guys fired up. Then he can start developing relationships with future recruits and keep the ball rolling. I don't expect CWM to make the dance first year. But the coaching staff he has put together will make things easier this year and should be awesome for building in future.

I just don't see much scoring punch right now or go to guy. And I am not sure we have enough athleticism to be elite on D. I think we will get off to a better start than last year and have a better record but I don't see an NCAA tourney caliber team right now. I hope I am wrong and Wes took the players he already knows are going to kill it for us.

Sounds like Banks will stay on scholly so we are likely down to two more players. If Lakhin decides to leave we will have another big to get and might get luck in the late portal.
 
waterhead said:
I don't see an amazing roster here TBH so hopefully Wes is the real deal as a coach and can get these guys fired up. Then he can start developing relationships with future recruits and keep the ball rolling. I don't expect CWM to make the dance first year. But the coaching staff he has put together will make things easier this year and should be awesome for building in future.

I just don't see much scoring punch right now or go to guy. And I am not sure we have enough athleticism to be elite on D. I think we will get off to a better start than last year and have a better record but I don't see an NCAA tourney caliber team right now. I hope I am wrong and Wes took the players he already knows are going to kill it for us.

Sounds like Banks will stay on scholly so we are likely down to two more players. If Lakhin decides to leave we will have another big to get and might get luck in the late portal.
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Our roster isn’t amazing but neither is anyone in our league. WSU won the regular season last year and we beat them with 6 players that were freshmen and sophomores. If we get a good big or two, won’t be far behind WSU or Memphis in my opinion. I think if we do get a big or two, who knows if we will, schedule easy, could easily win 20 games, and might be in the conversation. I don’t really care about limping in to the tourney but being a bubble team would be a decent start in year 1.
 
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If we happen to get Ody.

All defense team

Koval
Ody
Newman
MAW
Saunders

All offense team

Koval
Davenport
Newman
Madsen
Dejulius
 

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