Post by mnbonnie on Apr 30, 2021 20:25:46 GMT -5
I'm listening to the podcast of Coach Schmidt that is linked below, good stuff.
OK, we've got 10 guys, three front court guys, Shoon, Karim and Duro. And, really the rest are guards, Kyle, Jaren, Dom, Jalen, Quadry, Justin NT and Joryam. That's a lot of talent. It's hard to know for sure, but as somebody in the Bandwagon who had listened to the podcast had said, Coach pre Joryam commitment, was saying two more scholarships. In part to leave a couple open, or at least that's what it sounded like. If I was hearing Caoch Schmidt correctly, he said a guard, to me that's Joryam and a combo forward, that too me says Dalen Ridgnal. I'm not saying we'll get him, but he is clearly the best piece to add to this team at this time. I don't know what happens if Lindon Brown says yes on Sunday. My gut feeling is that he's going to chose New Mexico. But, let's look at it both ways. If Linton says I'm headed to New Mexico, well that's that and we wait for Dalen. If Lindon says yes, there's your two scholarships that it sounded like Coach Schmidt had said he would like to use. In that case, I still think we take Dalen Ridgnal, he is just too good and IMO he gives us that player that can do so many things well, you want him on the court for your team. In some ways while I like Linton's game as well, just adding Dalen Ridgnal and going with 11 guys, is the way to go. Finding minutes for everybody is going to be hard enough, but I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you look at this roster and we are at least two deep at every position with the exception of power forward. Karim is the only guy that really fits that job description, but we know in a pinch, we can get minutes out of Jalen Adaway and Dalen Ridgnal can play the 3 or the 4. And, maybe depending on his development in a pinch against a real big front court with Karim, not available, let's say fouls, In think we could operate with Shoon and Duro. Back to my point, with this roster, you can sub and not feel like the oh my god, we can't afford to have these guys on the floor for more than 45 seconds. I really think Karim is going to take up significant minutes at the 4, that means you've got Jaren, Dom and Jalen and perhaps Quadry, rotate through the 2 and 3 and you've got Quadry to back up Kyle. I haven't even mentioned Justin or Jaymor. I think we are going to find minutes for Jaymor when we need more shooting, or maybe he will spell Kyle some as well. I can see Justin getting some minutes at kind of a point forward role, because he can see so well over the top of the defense or conversely at the top of the 1-3-1.
I saw Quincy Guerrier is now in the portal for the Cuse, if we couldn't land Dalen, bite your tongue, I'd take a run a Guerrier. Maybe I'm batting above my pay level with that kind of thinking, but he's a combo forward, who like Dalen can play the 3 ir the 4, That's the kind of guy I want if that's the last ship we're going to use. I know it's a different situation but Villanova coach Jay Wright, rarely fills his squad because he doesn't want to recruit guys that are not going to play. I believe Caoch Schmidt hasn't done this in the past because he hasn't had guys who could do the job. Not a knock on Justin Winston, I think he saw his role differently than Coach Schmidt. We needed him to play defense, be physical and rebound, in addition to shooting the ball and for some reason he seemed unwilling to do that. That's not going to be the case if we put Karim or Dalen on the court, and it's obviously true of our other guys. I think we're going to have the buy in from all our guys that you get on the court by your willingness to play tough defense. We've just added guys willing to, and capable of doing that who are also good offensive players as well.
OK, we've got 10 guys, three front court guys, Shoon, Karim and Duro. And, really the rest are guards, Kyle, Jaren, Dom, Jalen, Quadry, Justin NT and Joryam. That's a lot of talent. It's hard to know for sure, but as somebody in the Bandwagon who had listened to the podcast had said, Coach pre Joryam commitment, was saying two more scholarships. In part to leave a couple open, or at least that's what it sounded like. If I was hearing Caoch Schmidt correctly, he said a guard, to me that's Joryam and a combo forward, that too me says Dalen Ridgnal. I'm not saying we'll get him, but he is clearly the best piece to add to this team at this time. I don't know what happens if Lindon Brown says yes on Sunday. My gut feeling is that he's going to chose New Mexico. But, let's look at it both ways. If Linton says I'm headed to New Mexico, well that's that and we wait for Dalen. If Lindon says yes, there's your two scholarships that it sounded like Coach Schmidt had said he would like to use. In that case, I still think we take Dalen Ridgnal, he is just too good and IMO he gives us that player that can do so many things well, you want him on the court for your team. In some ways while I like Linton's game as well, just adding Dalen Ridgnal and going with 11 guys, is the way to go. Finding minutes for everybody is going to be hard enough, but I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you look at this roster and we are at least two deep at every position with the exception of power forward. Karim is the only guy that really fits that job description, but we know in a pinch, we can get minutes out of Jalen Adaway and Dalen Ridgnal can play the 3 or the 4. And, maybe depending on his development in a pinch against a real big front court with Karim, not available, let's say fouls, In think we could operate with Shoon and Duro. Back to my point, with this roster, you can sub and not feel like the oh my god, we can't afford to have these guys on the floor for more than 45 seconds. I really think Karim is going to take up significant minutes at the 4, that means you've got Jaren, Dom and Jalen and perhaps Quadry, rotate through the 2 and 3 and you've got Quadry to back up Kyle. I haven't even mentioned Justin or Jaymor. I think we are going to find minutes for Jaymor when we need more shooting, or maybe he will spell Kyle some as well. I can see Justin getting some minutes at kind of a point forward role, because he can see so well over the top of the defense or conversely at the top of the 1-3-1.
I saw Quincy Guerrier is now in the portal for the Cuse, if we couldn't land Dalen, bite your tongue, I'd take a run a Guerrier. Maybe I'm batting above my pay level with that kind of thinking, but he's a combo forward, who like Dalen can play the 3 ir the 4, That's the kind of guy I want if that's the last ship we're going to use. I know it's a different situation but Villanova coach Jay Wright, rarely fills his squad because he doesn't want to recruit guys that are not going to play. I believe Caoch Schmidt hasn't done this in the past because he hasn't had guys who could do the job. Not a knock on Justin Winston, I think he saw his role differently than Coach Schmidt. We needed him to play defense, be physical and rebound, in addition to shooting the ball and for some reason he seemed unwilling to do that. That's not going to be the case if we put Karim or Dalen on the court, and it's obviously true of our other guys. I think we're going to have the buy in from all our guys that you get on the court by your willingness to play tough defense. We've just added guys willing to, and capable of doing that who are also good offensive players as well.