Egor Koulechov will not visit :(
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What if he starts 1 game?
Imo unless we sign two grad transfers he'll start from Day 1 for the recruiting benefits alone, but he may not be top-5 in minutes right away. Then again, I anticipate a more even distribution of minutes for the top-8 rotation guys than what we've had.
Lol. Take a shot.
Like it or not 5 star players don't spend the whole year as the sixth or seventh man very often. Especially 5 star guards. And when they do 99 times out of 100 they have a loaded roster in front of them.
Do you not remember your bet?
Name me one 5 star player that went anywhere other than Duke, UK, KU, or any other blue blood and didn't start. Bet you can't.
It's already been done. But there are undoubtedly more. Just take one class for example, 2013:
Jermaine Lawrence didn't start at Cincy.
Zak Irvine didn't start at Michigan.
Robert Hubbs didn't start at Tennessee
Keith Frazier didn't start at SMU
Chris Walker didn't start at Florida.
And that's only one class. If we were to move the bar as much as you have been there would be several more that only started a small amount of games, which is very much in the spirit of the actual point of this debate.
I'm not sure why you wanted to create and take such a bad position out of a stance that almost everyone is in agreement on, but it's the offseason. While you needlessly chose that path, the real position is that previous classes show Wigginton starting (a majority) is a good bet. Like you said, it's possible Wigginton doesn't start, as it wouldn't be the first time. Particularly early in the year. Wigginton isn't yet a unanimous five star- he's not Sexton. But he's probably just as good of pg as we have on the roster, and let's be real, a tie goes to the Rivals 5-star.
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I know this doesn't fit your exact parameter of 0 games started, but i think we can both agree if Wigginton only starts a handful of games, then you were wrong.
2014:
Sabonis started 1 game
Lannier started 2 in regular season
Dwayne Morgan started 4
2015:
DJ Hogg started 3 games
@EvanDaniels Rice transfer Egor Koulechov starts his visit to Florida today. One of best grad transfer options in country. 18.2 PPG & 8.9 RPG last year.
I'll give you Morgan. A quick skim of rivals and I'm not seeing any of the other names.
The point is... To not think a 5 star player is going to start going somewhere without 2 and 3 other 5 stars on the roster is silly. They do 99 percent of the time. Especially guards.
And hell, how many 5 star players were at UNLV with Morgan? This is irrelevant to my argument as they definitely aren't a blue blood but without looking, I bet they had $ome other$.
Florida looks a little crowed at the wing position. Chase Johnson is a 4 star coming in, they have a 3 star in DeAudre Ballard, and a sit out transfer from Virginia Tech. Again, these are all guys that would more than likely play the same position as Egor. Hopefully that bodes well for us, but a lot of times in recruiting those things don't make sense. We lost Stokes to Florida in a situation where it looked like we offered playing time.
Lol I guess you are right...I don't know anything. Holdens 2 fouls in the first 2 minutes were far better than anything young could have done...my bad
Cyclonepride
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It's a balancing act with freshmen. You want to get them experience, but you do not want to hurt their confidence, and you definitely don't want to upset team chemistry by overplaying someone whose play is detrimental to the score at times. Coach Prohm was very careful in his approach throughout the year, and tried many different things. It's really hard to argue with the results.
I'll agree with that. I should clarify that young was the best option for a true 5. I agree against some teams playing small was even a better option. The fact is CSP have Bolden the benefit of the doubt because he was a 5th year guy that he would come around
Right that is what I was saying. CSP was careful with him last year. I would be surprised if he waits a week or 2 before he starts him....I will repeat that I think he starts day 1 but wouldn't be shocked
Good point. Every freshman is personality is different and will respond to starting/more or less minutes differently. thus you have adjust to the results on the floor instead of setting a plan before the season and not being flexible,
Monte and Matt are perfect examples of freshman with planned roles entering their freshman season and then changing by the time the regular season starts.
Paraphrasing here, but when Prohm was talking about Solomon after the season, he said that guards have a much easier time adjusting defensively because they don't have to make as many reads, etc. I think he views guards playing as freshman much differently than bigs.
I miss the days when we hated each other's opinion about things that actually did happen. Now we hate each other over things that haven't happened yet.
'Merica!
Wigginton off the bench? No way Canada lets that slide
I'll just say this. If Wigginton comes in and doesn't start, we must be in a pretty good spot.
