Oso planning to go pro
Is Dex > Mane? If you had to pick one, who would you choose?
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Please be the real deal, please be the real deal, please be the real deal, please be the real deal...
I had no idea Dexter was that strong. He is built. Did that happen last year. I thought he was a lot skinnier than that. I want on this bandwagon. However, if he really is the stud he looks like in this video why redshirt him?
I'd much rather we start seeing these videos after a couple "where did that come from" performances after the season starts. Last year it was McEwen who was supposed to shock the league, Bailey the year before, Froling before that, and in the years before players like Traci Carter, Jajuan Johnson, Juan Anderson, and others that were expected to come in and immediately have a huge impact but it never materialized that first year (if ever). For every Dwyane Wade, there's a dozen Dan Fitzgeralds.
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
I don't remember anyone expecting Traci to have an immediate huge impact. IIRC people were more excited that it potentially signaled that MU coaches could recruit Philly again after the Newbill situation. Not sure how true that ended up being as Traci transferred, we haven't gotten a Philly kid since, and I can't even remember being mentioned with one.
The hype Was when he played during the European trip
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Eh, he might have looked good, but it was pretty well noted that those games were against second tier Italian league teams. Expectations should have been tempered by level of competition alone. Not saying that I'm buying that Dex is the real deal yet, but you get a better picture seeing him compete against NBAers rather than Serie A2 Basket players.
Expectations should've been tempered for all of those guys. These are still non-competitive scrimmages. I'm hoping it proves to be more than that, but whether it's Juan's mixtape, how Traci fit in against Euro competition (and it was also how well he found Ellenson/Fischer/etc), or Froling being a ready-for-the-pros steal, the hype more often than not falls short. I really hope Dex counters that trend, but I'm not getting hopes up for it until we see it against quality non-con opponents.
Watch Wojo's post game interview in our last game without Harry where we beat the isht out of bucky, he was certainly expecting Harry to be a big time contributor.
We as fans certainly should do our part to try to temper expectations (just a few months ago there were posts about how Osa and Lewis would be getting more minutes than BB or Jamal), but a certain level of expectations were placed by the staff. Watch Wojo's post game interview in our last game without Harry where we beat the isht out of bucky, he was certainly expecting Harry to be a big time contributor. Look at Stan's comments about (I believe) Lewis. Saying something along the lines of he is the most polished offensive prospect he's seen since Markus. Those are some monster shoes to fill. When fans see and hear stuff like that from the staff, expectations will be (possibly unfairly) set high.
The good news is that now have an abundance of long and strong athletic guards . Big East games generally get decided in the last few minutes of the game. So the depth at guard position gives MU the ability to be at high energy all 40 minutes. May end up winning a few games through sheer out -hustling the other team.
No...and after reading many many psosts from people on this board that do...I have to say I'm MUCH better off, if this is the type of "intelligence" a degree from MU gets you. It sure is on full display I will say that.