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Post by sdcoug on Apr 7, 2020 15:13:38 GMT -8
Markusson is definitely priority #1 right now. IMO we need insurance for Nate THIS YEAR, and unfortunately Joel's not the answer. You could play "small" with Keshad & AG, but not over a long period of time IMO & Nate's proven to be fragile.
Morgan would be great, but we can always find someone like him next year in the portal. Especially if 1st time transfers aren't required to sit.
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Post by ramrodd23 on Apr 7, 2020 15:43:46 GMT -8
Markusson is definitely priority #1 right now. IMO we need insurance for Nate THIS YEAR, and unfortunately Joel's not the answer. You could play "small" with Keshad & AG, but not over a long period of time IMO & Nate's proven to be fragile. Morgan would be great, but we can always find someone like him next year in the portal. Especially if 1st time transfers aren't required to sit. Get the best player available. Also, you can’t find defense players of the year as freshman in the transfer portal.
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Post by sdcoug on Apr 7, 2020 16:26:52 GMT -8
Markusson is definitely priority #1 right now. IMO we need insurance for Nate THIS YEAR, and unfortunately Joel's not the answer. You could play "small" with Keshad & AG, but not over a long period of time IMO & Nate's proven to be fragile. Morgan would be great, but we can always find someone like him next year in the portal. Especially if 1st time transfers aren't required to sit. Get the best player available. Also, you can’t find defense players of the year as freshman in the transfer portal. You can find very gifted, long athletic centers in the portal every year. We can turn them into "defensive players of the year". While I'd love to have Morgan, getting the best player available doesn't help you THIS year. If you believe Joel's the answer, great. I don't.
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Post by ramrodd23 on Apr 7, 2020 17:07:51 GMT -8
Get the best player available. Also, you can’t find defense players of the year as freshman in the transfer portal. You can find very gifted, long athletic centers in the portal every year. We can turn them into "defensive players of the year". While I'd love to have Morgan, getting the best player available doesn't help you THIS year. If you believe Joel's the answer, great. I don't. I’m not sold on Markusson. He shouldn’t be the number one priority. I would wait for another PF transfer or get Morgan.
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Post by sdcoug on Apr 7, 2020 18:20:45 GMT -8
You can find very gifted, long athletic centers in the portal every year. We can turn them into "defensive players of the year". While I'd love to have Morgan, getting the best player available doesn't help you THIS year. If you believe Joel's the answer, great. I don't. I’m not sold on Markusson. He shouldn’t be the number one priority. I would wait for another PF transfer or get Morgan. We need a 5 more than a 4. Insurance for Nate. We have Matt, AG and Keshad at the 4.
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Post by xohsxc on Apr 7, 2020 19:47:02 GMT -8
You can find very gifted, long athletic centers in the portal every year. We can turn them into "defensive players of the year". While I'd love to have Morgan, getting the best player available doesn't help you THIS year. If you believe Joel's the answer, great. I don't. I’m not sold on Markusson. He shouldn’t be the number one priority. I would wait for another PF transfer or get Morgan. Morgan is a 3 year problem solver at the 5. Markusson is questionable at best.
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Post by ramrodd23 on Apr 7, 2020 20:07:32 GMT -8
I’m not sold on Markusson. He shouldn’t be the number one priority. I would wait for another PF transfer or get Morgan. We need a 5 more than a 4. Insurance for Nate. We have Matt, AG and Keshad at the 4. We need a athletic big that can play the 4 and sub the 5.
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Post by aztecking on Apr 7, 2020 20:26:47 GMT -8
I’m not sold on Markusson. He shouldn’t be the number one priority. I would wait for another PF transfer or get Morgan. Morgan is a 3 year problem solver at the 5. Markusson is questionable at best. We need to maximize next year. After our seniors graduate next season there will be a drop off the following season.
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Post by sdsuball on Apr 7, 2020 22:57:19 GMT -8
Morgan is a 3 year problem solver at the 5. Markusson is questionable at best. We need to maximize next year. After our seniors graduate next season there will be a drop off the following season. So there are two different ways to look at it. The first way is that we need to maximize our chances of going on a run next year before we have a drop off. The other way to look at it is we need Morgan so that we don't have a drop off in the year after this upcoming one. For me it's not close- there will not be another conference defensive POY at the center position in the transfer portal next year, especially one with three years of eligibility left. Getting Morgan sets us up for three strong seasons when he is eligible.
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Post by gigglyforshrigley on Apr 8, 2020 5:12:29 GMT -8
I’m not sold on Markusson. He shouldn’t be the number one priority. I would wait for another PF transfer or get Morgan. We need a 5 more than a 4. Insurance for Nate. We have Matt, AG and Keshad at the 4. So ideally right now our plan is to get a 5th year grad transfer who will come here to come off the bench as our backup 5? Not against that, just wondering what the coach's plan is
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Post by aztecking on Apr 8, 2020 6:30:45 GMT -8
We need to maximize next year. After our seniors graduate next season there will be a drop off the following season. So there are two different ways to look at it. The first way is that we need to maximize our chances of going on a run next year before we have a drop off. The other way to look at it is we need Morgan so that we don't have a drop off in the year after this upcoming one. For me it's not close- there will not be another conference defensive POY at the center position in the transfer portal next year, especially one with three years of eligibility left. Getting Morgan sets us up for three strong seasons when he is eligible. Yes it’s sort of 2 different scenarios. Would you rather have 1 season of Elite 8 team potential followed by a season where you don’t make the tournament? Or would you rather have 2 seasons in the tournament but without the high end potential to make a deep run? Everyone has different thoughts on what they’d prefer.
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Post by biotec on Apr 8, 2020 7:30:57 GMT -8
IMO, the one-time transfer waiver is going to slightly change the way teams are constructed. There's going to be more player movement and there will be a bigger emphasis on the coming year rather than the next 2-3 years. Why? Because not only will there be more options in the transfer portal, but we're inevitably going to lose our own guys, underclassmen who are frustrated by their roles or lack of playing time, which will make it difficult to even know what exactly we'll have in 2-3 years.
We don't even know what we're going to have next year, let alone a few years after that. Assuming we get MM back, we're going to have at least 3 shooters to spread the floor in 20-21: Mitchell, Schakel, and Gomez. That's enough to work with to support a NCAA run, so get a big guy that can contribute immediately.
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Post by johnnyutah on Apr 8, 2020 8:05:32 GMT -8
Aztecs are in his final 3/4 -- SDSU, Minnesota, Louisville (or return to LMU). link
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Post by Gundo on Apr 8, 2020 8:12:27 GMT -8
Aztecs are in his final 3/4 -- SDSU, Minnesota, Louisville (or return to LMU). linkWith the addition of Go Go Gomez, and Mattias Markusson down to his final three, our coaches know that there is still roster options. Malachi to the NBA or someone else is leaving. I assume the first.
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Post by Gundo on Apr 8, 2020 8:16:32 GMT -8
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Post by sdcoug on Apr 8, 2020 9:03:19 GMT -8
We need a 5 more than a 4. Insurance for Nate. We have Matt, AG and Keshad at the 4. We need a athletic big that can play the 4 and sub the 5. We don't need a 4. Beginning this past season we didn't know if AG would be able to come back 100% & Keshad was a 1st year player. That's not the same issue this season. We're set at the 4. We need someone who can primarily play the 5, like Yanni did most of the season. Given Nate's history he'd not necessarily be coming here to just be a back-up. There's a good chance he'd get a lot of minutes. If you can land someone like Harms (sp?) who can hit the 15 footer & play alongside Nate, even better, but not necessary. Insurance for Nate is priority #1.
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Post by sdcoug on Apr 8, 2020 9:13:17 GMT -8
Morgan is a 3 year problem solver at the 5. Markusson is questionable at best. We need to maximize next year. After our seniors graduate next season there will be a drop off the following season. Agree 100% with your initial statement. You think this year first, because you never know what will happen 2-3 years down the road. In 2 years we'll have Butler, Dinwiddie, Evans, AG/Keshad & Nate, plus Seiko & any '21 recruit & transfers. That's an outstanding roster. There might or might not be a drop-off, but having another great season next year & a deep run would only make us even more appealing to recruits & transfers moving forward. Adding Morgan would add a RS next year, a back-up/insurance to Nate in '22, and then 2 years with Morgan while providing nothing for next season. Over the next 2 off-seasons there will probably be 20-30 potential transfers who can play the 5, block shots & step into the starting 5 after Nate leaves, plus any '21 recruits. Adding Markusson gives us insurance next year, when we really need it, allowing us to be even better & even more attractive to future recruits & transfers. We're following Gonzaga's model - they thrived on transfers who could help them win now, which only lifted their national recruiting landscape. Now they have a top 10 HS recruiting class. Worry about NOW, not 2 years from now. You never know what tomorrow brings.
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Post by ramrodd23 on Apr 8, 2020 9:19:37 GMT -8
We need a athletic big that can play the 4 and sub the 5. We don't need a 4. Beginning this past season we didn't know if AG would be able to come back 100% & Keshad was a 1st year player. That's not the same issue this season. We're set at the 4. We need someone who can primarily play the 5, like Yanni did most of the season. Given Nate's history he'd not necessarily be coming here to just be a back-up. There's a good chance he'd get a lot of minutes. If you can land someone like Harms (sp?) who can hit the 15 footer & play alongside Nate, even better, but not necessary. Insurance for Nate is priority #1. So you going to roll the dice on a injured prone AG and Keshad ( who I think will get better later on) that barely got any minutes at the 4? Man we are definitely set on the 4.
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Post by ramrodd23 on Apr 8, 2020 9:20:04 GMT -8
RP
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Post by docmm on Apr 8, 2020 9:32:55 GMT -8
Sounds from the article that he's leaning towards Louisville. They'll be tough to compete against unless they get another big soon.
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