jinxy wrote: ↑April 11th, 2020, 9:09 am
If asadaullah stays he will put up 40 and 20
Against us. Shiloh developing is the only hope we have to slow him. I still would have loved to see a grad transfer big instead of mcdowell. Id rather see his min go to warfield jackson if ready. He and price are so limited its hard to tie up 2 schollies on guys that are so 1 dimensional.
Assadulah might do that if we played him straight up with Robinson or Preston like we did with Scottie/Myo. I highly doubt we will.
I saw no indication that we were getting anywhere in trying to land a big man in the grad transfer market, especially one who would actually be better than what we have. Keep in mind that the way we play it, the packline requires all 5 players be very mobile, and there is a significant learning curve, especially for big men. They also need to fit the school and team culture.
I don't see McDowell as a one dimensional player at all. He is primarily a 3 point shooter offensively, but he is a solid defender and passer, and obviously he knows the system, which is a huge advantage. I think it's naive to assume that we are better off with true Freshmen, but the beauty of Ritchie as a coach is that once they arrive he won't hesitate to use them if they show they are better than the veterans. As I have stated before, Price is in a tough spot. His prospects for PT going forward don't look good, but having used his red-shirt year, he's better off toughing it out til he graduates next Spring.
The big wild card is the vote the NCAA is scheduled to take on May 20 regarding the one-time transfer rule. If that passes (as it likely will) we will see an unprecedented second surge in the transfer portal. It could get really crazy some places, but probably not so much for us.