Article on Durley: "Unleash the beast"

[AZWarrior]

This is a message board.  Uninformed speculation based purely on emotion is what we do, and do well!

Why, I resemble that remark!   

[GGGG]

Durley absolutely needs to redshirt his first year. With Gardner & Otule back, Durley would get virtually no playing time next season.

If Durley were on the roster now, he'd be playing tomorrow.  Hell, he'd probably be playing 8-10 minutes a game since the Otule injury.  Ya never know...

[tower912]

Durley absolutely needs to redshirt his first year. With Gardner & Otule back, Durley would get virtually no playing time next season.

I agree.   However, Buzz says that he evaluates on a player-by-player basis.   What if CO (or, God forbid, DG? is slow to recover.    What if DG declares?   What if the kid comes in and is so far beyond what anybody thought?     Those scenarios aside, yes, red-shirt him.   Let him spend a year with Todd and beating on CO and DG in practice.   Then unleash him as a red-shirt frosh.  

[MU82]

There are many, many, many huge concerns in the world.

Marquette successfully recruiting too many big men would not appear to be one of them.

I agree with the posters who have said within several of these posts that these things take care of themselves. The best player(s) and/or the best fit(s) will be on the team. And I say this even though I am a skeptic by nature.

[dwaderoy2004]

Good thing we have Gardner.  It's not like Durley is gonna be pushing him around in the post or be afraid of hurting him.  I look forward to watching him develop.  In all seriousness, this is what has to happen...bring in one big project a year and let him develop.  And if you happen to recruit a stud instead, all the better. 

[frozena pizza]

Actually, Durley's role on the team going forward and whether we will find a way to bring in Nolan is as good a topic as any for this board.  I find it far more interesting than reading everyone's predictions for the next game or someone posting a link to ESPN bracketology.

Durley sounds like a good kid who has high major size and the right attitude.  Hopefully he will be a steal and we will all be praising this signing in few years.  If he needs to redshirt or go JUCO in order to develop then fine, but I disagree with the view that because we have Otule we have no use for another big man.  Given Otule's history, you have to assume about a 50/50 chance he misses significant time next year due to injury.

[Tugg Speedman]

There are many, many, many huge concerns in the world.

Marquette successfully recruiting too many big men would not appear to be one of them.

There are many other message boards for those concerns and you're welcome to go visit them.  In the meantime, in case you forgot, this message board is only about Marquette basketball and successfully recruiting a big man (men) is arguably the most important issues facing the program.

Now please tell you fell and hit your head and was still dazed when you wrote this post.

[wadesworld]

Their are many other message boards for those concerns and you're welcome to go visit them.  In the meantime, in case you forgot, this message board is only about Marquette basketball and successfully recruiting a big man (men) is arguably the most important issues facing the program.

Now please tell you fell and hit your head and was still dazed when you wrote this post.

There.  I think I've seen this error from you in a number of posts.  I hate to be a grammar police, but that is as basic of grammar as it comes.  I think I learned that in 2nd grade.  If that.

[Tugg Speedman]

There.  I think I've seen this error from you in a number of posts.  I hate to be a grammar police, but that is as basic of grammar as it comes.  I think I learned that in 2nd grade.  If that.

Their, I fell and hit my head and was still dazed when I wrote that post.

[wadesworld]

Their, I fell and hit my head and was still dazed when I wrote that post.

Haha

[g0lden3agle]

There are many other message boards for those concerns and you're welcome to go visit them.  In the meantime, in case you forgot, this message board is only about Marquette basketball and successfully recruiting a big man (men) is arguably the most important issues facing the program.

Now please tell you fell and hit your head and was still dazed when you wrote this post.

I'm pretty sure MU82 was saying that having too many big men is not something to complain about, rather it's something we should be embracing.  I don't think he was trying to say we shouldn't be talking about this on the board.

[Les Nessman]

As one of the posters who was glad we had signed such a big dude (physically) but was totally baffled as to whether he would be any good due to his lack of playing time on the high school team, it was refreshing to hear the reason directly from his coach and totally puts my mind at ease with the signing. I am really pumped about it now and am excited for Durley to have the chance to develop under Otule and Gardner for a year before unleashing the beast on our opponents.

[tower912]

http://www.ihigh.com/vypewest/gallery_67801.html?articleid=101634

This picture has been on here before, but I think it is appropriate to be shown again in this thread.   Aaron is #50.     The one making the 6'10, 245 lb guy behind him look like Trend Blackledge.   I worry about his footspeed, but DG isn't going to win many sprints and he seems to be surviving. 

[MU82]

I'm pretty sure MU82 was saying that having too many big men is not something to complain about, rather it's something we should be embracing.  I don't think he was trying to say we shouldn't be talking about this on the board.

Thank you.

[77ncaachamps]

Forget that he is a basketball player...

On this article alone, he sounds like he'd make a great Marquette student: studies hard, has good manners, is used to getting picked on.

[wildbill sb]

There.  I think I've seen this error from you in a number of posts.  I hate to be a grammar police, but that is as basic of grammar as it comes.  I think I learned that in 2nd grade.  If that.

"Police," I believe, is a plural noun; whereas, "I" is a singular pronoun.  One of the basic grammatical rules is that a pronoun should agree with its antecedent in number.  Actually, the second clause in the same sentence is rather clumsy ("...basic of grammar...") and probably should be rephrased, as well.  I'm here to help.  You're welcome.

[The Maestro]

Great article and Aaron sounds like a great kid with the world ahead of him. I can't wait to see what he's capable of doing on the court and hope he meets with nothing but success while he's at MU.

[Stretchdeltsig]

Sounds like Durley is an ideal red shirt candidate so he can develop.  Wish there was a way to sign Nolan too.  Would be great to have 4 "bigs" on the team!

[BrewCity83]

Where there's a will, there's a way.

[wadesworld]

"Police," I believe, is a plural noun; whereas, "I" is a singular pronoun.  One of the basic grammatical rules is that a pronoun should agree with its antecedent in number.  Actually, the second clause in the same sentence is rather clumsy ("...basic of grammar...") and probably should be rephrased, as well.  I'm here to help.  You're welcome.

Police is both singular and plural.  Just like deer.  Nice try, though.

[frozena pizza]

Police is both singular and plural.  Just like deer.  Nice try, though.

Nerd slam!

[WarriorHal]

Wish there was a way to sign Nolan too.  Would be great to have 4 "bigs" on the team!

If we had 4 bigs, we would finally have the size most Big East teams and most other top 25 teams have virtually every season. Probably too much to wish for.

[tower912]

Of little notice, assuming everybody stays and everybody who says they are coming is coming, we will also have a selection of forwards > 6'6.    I have been racking my brain trying to figure out the last time we had 4 athletic forwards in the 6'6 - 6'8 range.    That is the kind of length that other teams take for granted.   

[DomJamesToTheBasket]

The two rarely even play at the same time, because Fort Bend coach Ronnie Courtney likes to run a full-court press, and that doesn't work as well with a pair of centers.

I'm not sure this really explains the lack of playing time.... Does Ridley really play EVERY minute for a team that likes to run a full-court press? It's certainly possible, but I'm beginning to think that Fort Bend is plugging someone else in at the 5 for stretches. 

[MUMac]

Nerd slam!

LOL  well played.