I'm very curious to see how he and Miller mesh. I don't see him as a Miller guy at all, but Miller recruits many guys who you wouldn't think are his type of guy.
ChooChooCat wrote:I'm very curious to see how he and Miller mesh. I don't see him as a Miller guy at all, but Miller recruits many guys who you wouldn't think are his type of guy.
ChooChooCat wrote:I'm very curious to see how he and Miller mesh. I don't see him as a Miller guy at all, but Miller recruits many guys who you wouldn't think are his type of guy.
Why don't you see him as a Miller guy? I feel the exact opposite. He has a solid foundation and is all-character for sure. I wouldn't be surprised to see him stay 3 years and graduate. Shaq is a lot of things but one thing he is above all else is a hell of a father to his kids. Shareef is exactly the kind of guy Miller wants her IMO.
Reef is joining what could potentially be a solid (but quite young) team.
PG - Williams/Barcello
SG - Randolph/Smith/Akot
SF - Reef/Akot
PF - Lee/Reef
C - Jeter
That's just a rough guess. Who knows how the lineup actually shakes out?
I mean let's face it: Oregon should be the preseason Pac favorite next year with that recruiting class. No idea what's going to happen with UCLA, but is a mass exodus and coaching change so far-fetched? USC losing key guys. ASU losing key guys. Looks like another down year for the Pac. Maybe a young, hungry AZ team can surprise people.
Beachcat97 wrote:Reef is joining what could potentially be a solid (but quite young) team.
PG - Williams/Barcello
SG - Randolph/Smith/Akot
SF - Reef/Akot
PF - Lee/Reef
C - Jeter
That's just a rough guess. Who knows how the lineup actually shakes out?
I mean let's face it: Oregon should be the preseason Pac favorite next year with that recruiting class. No idea what's going to happen with UCLA, but is a mass exodus and coaching change so far-fetched? USC losing key guys. ASU losing key guys. Looks like another down year for the Pac. Maybe a young, hungry AZ team can surprise people.
Brandon Williams may be the toughest dude on that team and that concerns me.
ChooChooCat wrote:I'm very curious to see how he and Miller mesh. I don't see him as a Miller guy at all, but Miller recruits many guys who you wouldn't think are his type of guy.
Why don't you see him as a Miller guy? I feel the exact opposite. He has a solid foundation and is all-character for sure. I wouldn't be surprised to see him stay 3 years and graduate. Shaq is a lot of things but one thing he is above all else is a hell of a father to his kids. Shareef is exactly the kind of guy Miller wants her IMO.
How coachable he is will certainly impact how his stay at Arizona goes. I'm not saying he's not a good kid and doesn't have a good father, but he's gotta do and play the way Miller wants him to and I'm far from certain he's going to do just that.
Beachcat97 wrote:Reef is joining what could potentially be a solid (but quite young) team.
PG - Williams/Barcello
SG - Randolph/Smith/Akot
SF - Reef/Akot
PF - Lee/Reef
C - Jeter
That's just a rough guess. Who knows how the lineup actually shakes out?
I mean let's face it: Oregon should be the preseason Pac favorite next year with that recruiting class. No idea what's going to happen with UCLA, but is a mass exodus and coaching change so far-fetched? USC losing key guys. ASU losing key guys. Looks like another down year for the Pac. Maybe a young, hungry AZ team can surprise people.
If we're starting Shareef at the 3, we're screwed pretty deeply. He's a stretch 4 all the way and we lack post depth.
It's Randolph, Akot and Smith on the wing, maybe some Barcello if he's ready. That would be a nice place to add some depth too with a freshman.
Spaceman Spiff wrote:
If we're starting Shareef at the 3, we're screwed pretty deeply. He's a stretch 4 all the way and we lack post depth.
It's Randolph, Akot and Smith on the wing, maybe some Barcello if he's ready. That would be a nice place to add some depth too with a freshman.
Fair enough, so we're looking at
Williams
Randolph
Akot
Reef
Jeter
Bench: Lee, Smith, Barcello
Will Reef start over Lee? Is he that good? Or maybe we start Lee and Reef together? Way, way too early for this forecast, but maybe not too early to say whether Reef and Williams are good enough to start from day one.
Spaceman Spiff wrote:
If we're starting Shareef at the 3, we're screwed pretty deeply. He's a stretch 4 all the way and we lack post depth.
It's Randolph, Akot and Smith on the wing, maybe some Barcello if he's ready. That would be a nice place to add some depth too with a freshman.
Fair enough, so we're looking at
Williams
Randolph
Akot
Reef
Jeter
Bench: Lee, Smith, Barcello
Will Reef start over Lee? Is he that good? Or maybe we start Lee and Reef together? Way, way too early for this forecast, but maybe not too early to say whether Reef and Williams are good enough to start from day one.
I think it will end up Shareef vs Ira for the starting spot, but we need both to be ready to play because we lack any other options at the 4/5. If they aren't both ready, we have no big man off the bench. Who starts is waaay less important than both contributing.
Spaceman Spiff wrote:I think it will end up Shareef vs Ira for the starting spot, but we need both to be ready to play because we lack any other options at the 4/5. If they aren't both ready, we have no big man off the bench. Who starts is waaay less important than both contributing.
That makes sense. Hopefully the competition for minutes brings out the best in both of them.
Don't know about you guys, but I'm curious about Jeter. I liked his HS/AAU vids, but didn't get a feeling one way or another about his Duke play. Was "soft"(my Dukie buddies) a bad rap or not? Was it more of a "didn't meet expectations", the Duke fan malady?
What I liked was Jeter's play in the RED/Blue. Looked poised and mature, moved well, played fairly aggressively. Three for 6 in 12 mins and two blocks, no boards. He managed to pick up 5 fouls which wouldn't suggest soft play, and could also explain why he didn't get more minutes.
Any word, any thoughts?
(I see Reef's thread has turned into an 18/19 lineup talker.)
Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
Unless he knew about this before ESPN caught hold from the "source," the timestamp on that tweet was at like 5pm AZ time, and that ESPN article didn't come out until after 8pm. Not sure it's related??
Unless he knew about this before ESPN caught hold from the "source," the timestamp on that tweet was at like 5pm AZ time, and that ESPN article didn't come out until after 8pm. Not sure it's related??
Maybe he got a heads up from the staff/school. Think espn asked for a comment in the Friday morning. Of course that's if this is even related.
Bordercat wrote:yeah whatever.. he isn't an impact player anyway.
No big deal.
We’re about to be left with 6-7 non-impact players, but yeah ..... whatever .....
Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
Brandon Williams probably next. I think we'll have 4-6 scholarship players next year. Of course that's if Akot/Randolph/others don't bounce, could be less.
Romar will be cruising the rec center next year looking for walk ons. Maybe build a good relationship with Sumlin and get the some dual sport players to walk on.
Well if he hasn't said anything yet, and this whole thing is a big smear campaign..... here's holding out hope. If I had to choose one of the two I'd rather have bw, could be up pg creek next year without him.
Arizona State might have the most surprisingly anemic history in men's basketball of any program that you might think is better than it is.
-Norlander.