Yeah, I can imagine it. I see his shaky handles and non-existent shooting skills and I'm thinking, "This is going to be a fun night for my team."
Captain, my Captain
Are you old enough to remember Steve Bardo?
I came for the recruiting conjecture; I stayed for the spicy content. That last sentence was almost pornographic.
Well, good thing a basketball court has two sides…
Alston
Bolded sentence says a lot about underwood and staff. Obviously the staff didn’t think podz could contribute by the number of minutes he received. No one thinks podz became Superman last summer. There were several who got put in timeout in 21/22 for inferring Williams should have received about half the number minutes when the 3 talented freshman hardly got off of the bench.
If you're suggesting that Ty Rodgers is at all the pg equivalent of Bardo, clearly, you aren't old enough to remember him.
Well, I'm baffled at people who have been a fan of college basketball for any period of time and think they can predict with certainty the play of a sophomore who got limited minutes as a freshman.
Haven't seen it mentioned here, but playing PG would take away a big part of his game: offensive rebounding. He can still get some as a point guard, but it'll defonitely cut down on his chances.
No one has a crystal ball. All we have to go on is the past. And in the past, when Ty tried to play point, to say that he looked uncomfortable is an understatement and a half. Could a miracle occur and in a single season, he morphs into Steve Smith? Sure. Is that likely? What we have to go on says no.
Agreed. Which one of the many reasons why the move makes so little sense.
AKA last year’s Luke, the prior year’s Hutch.If you spell Ty Rodgers in Scrabble, you win. Forever.
Ty is the new Chuck Norris.
Actually, the past includes a ton of players that have made a substantial jump from year one to year two. I guess you were one of the people that was certain that Podz would amount to anything.
You have not been reading this board long if this is your take. He was all about bringing in Sean Miller at the beginning of this off season
Well it's not really fair to Rodgers to say he didn't excel at PG last year, because he wasn't practicing as a PG. This year it seems he will be spending most of his practice time there. It also isn't really fair to expect a ton from him because it is not easy to just learn the PG position your Soph year of college, and his skillset is really not a great match. He's not a great shooter so moving him to the perimeter is not ideal and he is a great rebounder, so being on the perimeter, again not ideal.
Ty is going to be better. Just sayin.
Would like to see that.Ty is going to be better. Just sayin.
Edit: didn’t see “pg”. Ty will be a better player than Bardo though, definitely. Sorry not sorry
Yikes. That's quite an assumption. I am and always have been a big fan of Podz's game and was sorry to see him go. Being able to face facts about the chances of a college power forward developing B1G level pg skills within a single year doesn't equate to "total hater and downer." I'm simply realistic about the meas the staff has made of our chances at contending for a title this season given that they've neglected the pg position completely and, seemingly, without explanation, are refusing to explore options that are out there that would solve the problem.
Some 'idiots' that' get paid for their opinion at TOS also seem to think the big kid from Yorkville is a high major prospect. I am not discounting an insider's take. It just isn't the last word. I know what my eyes saw on the video.Can we just get that genius back in here that was taking shots and arguing with our legit Loyalty Insiders who....literally...actually...Talk. To. The. Staff., and have Sean Miller on speed dial?
I like...was at the airport today and actually stopped at Garrett's for extra popcorn. So....yeah...more of that would be great. Thanks.
As you should. DGL looks like a good athlete and could very well be a great college player and not be half the player Rose was.Be careful….I got somefor saying DGL looked a “little” like D Rose in his highlight reel months ago. I’m not expecting miracles but one would be nice!!! Here’s for hoping.
Tournament runs are the prize. I think in a perfect world people want a program where getting to the sweet 16 is the baseline and theyre getting elite 8 and final four appearances with the odd year that maybe everything comes together and they can win a championship.Exactly! Don’t get me wrong, I want that Sweet Sixteen like the rest of us. However, I can’t honestly say that I remembered the 2002 season (tied with four teams for first in the Big Ten and lost in the Sweet Sixteen) as this inherently superior result than the 2003 season (second in Big Ten, BTT champion and lost in the Second Round). They were both just kind of “good Illini teams that won a game or two in the Tournament.”
I guess I grew up viewing the Final Four as this epic accomplishment and everything from Second Round to Elite Eight as a progressively better version of falling short of that. I certainly never thought of winning in the Second Round as catapulting a team into this superior “next tier” up of “Second Weekend teams.”The reason I want it so badly with Underwood is just to shut up the haters, but a “Sweet Sixteen” isn’t a prize to me the same way a Final Four or Big Ten banner is - the latter only seems like not that big of a deal because we just did it.
He is about to get drafted top 15 in this upcoming draft class. Are you saying that we should trust the evaluations of anonymous posters who are simply relaying to this board what the IL staff was thinking/saying about him over the NBA draft scouts who evaluated him over the past college season?
