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  • Originally posted by bballfan03 View Post

    Interesting
    Joe always wishes his assistants well when they leave (Twitter). He did not in this instance.

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    • Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post

      He left in August. Left or told to leave ... I don't know.
      Yeah whatever happened there's nothing about it nowhere lol

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      • Anyone know anything about the new assistant coach?

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        • Originally posted by Cobra Hawks View Post
          Anyone know anything about the new assistant coach?
          He's the back-half of the Dolan Waldo trade.

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          • Originally posted by Cobra Hawks View Post
            Anyone know anything about the new assistant coach?
            It's a good hire. That's all you need to know.

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            • Second time now Joe's went to Twitter and referenced this team as 'young and inexperienced'.

              He's either trying to fool everybody ... or setting low expectations now.

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              • Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
                Second time now Joe's went to Twitter and referenced this team as 'young and inexperienced'.

                He's either trying to fool everybody ... or setting low expectations now.
                Classic coachspeak. Ship will have four true freshmen, two RS freshmen, and three transfers, one of who has yet to play in college, so he won't get much sympathy from this quarter.

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                • Originally posted by Ship69 View Post

                  Classic coachspeak. Ship will have four true freshmen, two RS freshmen, and three transfers, one of who has yet to play in college, so he won't get much sympathy from this quarter.
                  I don't think it's coach speak. I think he has a disaster looming.


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                  • Originally posted by Ship69 View Post

                    Classic coachspeak. Ship will have four true freshmen, two RS freshmen, and three transfers, one of who has yet to play in college, so he won't get much sympathy from this quarter.
                    Don't think Marcus Frank had played college basketball prior to being awarded freshman of the year and he seemed to do alright!

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                    • Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post

                      I don't think it's coach speak. I think he has a disaster looming.

                      Interesting. What’s made things turn so potentially dire?

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                      • Originally posted by Chuck Norris View Post

                        Interesting. What’s made things turn so potentially dire?


                        The Bad News:

                        * Two key returning guards (Dallis Dillard and Denzel Kabasele) are both coming off ACL surgeries. Both are about 9 months removed. That's a somewhat quick turnaround. We've seen some come back the following year as good as new (Shawndale). Some don't (Tommy Demo). I'd say these two are question marks.

                        * Joe's top two returning scorers from last year are ... Damir Brooks (3.2 ppg) and Sarp Furtun (1.3 ppg).

                        * Joe has too many players he can redshirt -- and, we know where this story will end.

                        * The stretch between Opening Night and Christmas isn't an easy one. This team is going to get tested immediately (the first four games are on the road). And, we all know Joe's teams are famous for growing pains. There's a whole lot of moving parts to this (essentially) totally rebuilt roster.



                        The Good News:

                        * Joe did pretty good in the transfer portal. I think he could have done more, but, ...

                        - Christian Moore (New Hampshire) has star potential at this level. He's a very dynamic scoring guard. Best comparison is probably a mix between Malik Miller and Anthony Glover.

                        - Alfonso Pickens Jr. is a lightning fast guard and an elite defender. I'd compare him to Brandon Spain (only a little bigger).

                        - Luke Triggs won't replace the offense lost by Ethan Porterfield, but he will be an upgrade on the defensive end. He's a big body (6'7", 225 lbs), very strong and runs well. He's a tenacious rebounder and is hard to defend around the basket. He's also a strong defender. His weakness is staying out of foul trouble.

                        * Dillard and Kabasele return. Both were MAJOR losses a year ago. Kabasele was lost for the season in camp. Dillard in the 10th game. If both are healthy, it gives Joe two big guards (both are about 6'4"). Dillard is a known shutdown defender and an elite rebounder.

                        * Ian Herring has Freshman of the Year potential. He's a year removed (he played a post-grad year at Kiski Prep) so he's a little further along than most freshmen. He's in the 6'5" - 6'6" range and will play both SF and G at IUP this year. He's an extreme high-flyer and is very dynamic getting to the basket. He can also shoot from the outside.

                        * Anthony Watson returns after missing all of last season. He will likely be the backup PG. He's pretty solid.

                        * The West -- top to bottom -- is kind of unknown at this point. It's safe to assume SRU, Cal and Gannon will be pretty good.


                        The Returners:

                        * Brooks is a well-known enigma. He's a freak athlete for his size. He's also a Gold Member of the Lombardi Doghouse. Less is usually more with Damir. Too many minutes and he's in foul trouble. His best role -- if he can stay in it -- is a spark plug off the bench.

                        * Furtun would have never played as a true freshman in a normal year. We all know last year was far from a normal year. He wasn't ready and got thrown to the wolves. He had some moments as the season went along -- good and bad. He has some upside and good size. I do question, however, if he will redshirt this season. Minutes will be scarce at the guard position.

                        * Callum MacNamara missed the entire second half last season (non-basketball injury). He was just starting to see non-garbage minutes when he was injured. He gives Joe a big 6'8", 230 lb forward off the (deeper) bench.

                        The Freshmen:

                        * Bautista Rodriguez looks the part. He's a jacked up 6'7", 215 lbs. He's a 'Euro Big' and runs the floor very well.

                        * Tyler Grove (SF) was one of Joe's perceived top recruits. He will likely redshirt this season.

                        * Kymani Merraro is a true freshman from Toronto. It's highly likely he redshirts.



                        My 'guess' at a Starting Five and Rotation:

                        G - Dillard
                        G - Pickens
                        G - Moore
                        F - Triggs
                        F - Herring

                        Rotation (at least early until Joe takes it down to 6 or 7)

                        G - Kabasele
                        G - Watson
                        F - Brooks
                        F - Bautista




                        So, I just went over the whole roster. It could be a good team. It's deeper than usual (not that it really matters). There's a ton of speed (way more than last year). Size is decent. We'll see.

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                        • Originally posted by Cobra Hawks View Post

                          Don't think Marcus Frank had played college basketball prior to being awarded freshman of the year and he seemed to do alright!
                          Markus Frank was not a typical freshman at Ship. Carlos Carter was the East Division Player of the Year for us a couple of years back and he wasn't having 20- and 30-point games his freshman year. Neither was Jake Biss, who also turned out to be a pretty decent player. I'll be happy if we have a couple of competent freshmen who can compete. Some of the recruits seem to have good resumés and all-around potential, but how that plays out remains to be seen.

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                          • Originally posted by Ship69 View Post

                            Markus Frank was not a typical freshman at Ship. Carlos Carter was the East Division Player of the Year for us a couple of years back and he wasn't having 20- and 30-point games his freshman year. Neither was Jake Biss, who also turned out to be a pretty decent player. I'll be happy if we have a couple of competent freshmen who can compete. Some of the recruits seem to have good resumés and all-around potential, but how that plays out remains to be seen.
                            Well I for one am hoping that Ship have a great season

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                            • Originally posted by Ship69 View Post

                              Markus Frank was not a typical freshman at Ship. Carlos Carter was the East Division Player of the Year for us a couple of years back and he wasn't having 20- and 30-point games his freshman year. Neither was Jake Biss, who also turned out to be a pretty decent player. I'll be happy if we have a couple of competent freshmen who can compete. Some of the recruits seem to have good resumés and all-around potential, but how that plays out remains to be seen.

                              Carter and Biss were both on very strong teams, though, as freshmen. Those Ship teams had a lot of mouths to feed. Frank essentially had to be 'the man' as a freshman on a pretty rough team.

                              I'm looking forward to watching him in December.

                              If he stays in D2 (beyond this year) and Fite can build around him, he'll be something to watch the next few years. If he blows up this year I could certainly see him following the recent trend and going up.

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                              • One of IUP's early opponents, Charleston, had a very 'big' late addition. Zach Loveday, formerly of Baylor and more recently of Samford, was signed just as classes started.

                                He's a big boy at 7'0", 240 lbs.

                                He came off the bench at Samford last year. We'll see how he transitions to the D2 game. He was recruited to Baylor when they were really humming a few years back.

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