McCarter and Houston to Redshirt; Graham and Weber Signed
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Re: McCarter and Houston to Redshirt; Graham and Weber Signe
Pierria' will sign today. Had a signing party originally scheduled for Wednesday but had a family issue that had it postponed to today. The official release will be up tonight when the LOI comes in.
Pierria' will sign today. Had a signing party originally scheduled for Wednesday but had a family issue that had it postponed to today. The official release will be up tonight when the LOI comes in.
Re: McCarter and Houston to Redshirt; Graham and Weber Signe
Well, you never know... Brandon Rozzell was supposed to be redshirted his freshman year. After a 4-3 start to the 2007-08 season, we decided to play him in the conference opener against William & Mary.
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Well, you never know... Brandon Rozzell was supposed to be redshirted his freshman year. After a 4-3 start to the 2007-08 season, we decided to play him in the conference opener against William & Mary.
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Good move by McCarter and Houston. A year to get stronger, adapt to the program and an insurance policy if someone gets hurt.
Nice to hear that Perry is signing today. Just from what I have read about the kid is that he is a high character kid. Can't get enough of those.
Good move by McCarter and Houston. A year to get stronger, adapt to the program and an insurance policy if someone gets hurt.
Nice to hear that Perry is signing today. Just from what I have read about the kid is that he is a high character kid. Can't get enough of those.
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Re: McCarter and Houston to Redshirt; Graham and Weber Signe
good point
Redshirting isn't actually something you have to file for or make officially official at the start of a season... the officialness of it doesn't kick in until the end of the season. Granted, there are planning decisions involved in that you have to make an initial decision not to play someone, but nothing ever locks you into that decision should circumstances change.
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good point
Redshirting isn't actually something you have to file for or make officially official at the start of a season... the officialness of it doesn't kick in until the end of the season. Granted, there are planning decisions involved in that you have to make an initial decision not to play someone, but nothing ever locks you into that decision should circumstances change.
Re: McCarter and Houston to Redshirt; Graham and Weber Signe
I wish we had redshirted Brandon during his freshman year because he only contributed about a bucket a game that season and I'd love to see him back next year contributing double digits. Oh well, here's to hoping that McCarter and Houston can remain redshirts throughout the season and that Brandon (64% FG, 56% 3P, 6 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL, 23 PTS vs. UNC-G) gets the start against Winthrop over Ed (25% FG, 0% 3P, 3 REB, 1 AST, 0 STL, 4 PTS vs. UNC-G).
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I wish we had redshirted Brandon during his freshman year because he only contributed about a bucket a game that season and I'd love to see him back next year contributing double digits. Oh well, here's to hoping that McCarter and Houston can remain redshirts throughout the season and that Brandon (64% FG, 56% 3P, 6 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL, 23 PTS vs. UNC-G) gets the start against Winthrop over Ed (25% FG, 0% 3P, 3 REB, 1 AST, 0 STL, 4 PTS vs. UNC-G).
Re: McCarter and Houston to Redshirt; Graham and Weber Signe
This is great news! I can't recall being as big a fan of a recruit who has not yet suited up. This young man seems to have tremendous character and athleticism. With a year or so of physical conditioning and bb focus/coaching by this staff, he could become a first team CAA type player before his career is over [IMHO].
Regarding Houston, I wonder how much this decison is being influenced by coaching staff's belief in other freshmen bigs this year AND the near misses with other bigs for next year? Perhaps coaches are developing Houston for longer-term to provide option on upcoming recruit to be a development project vs. a quick producer...if we had gotten Carl would we have redshirted Houston this year?
This is great news! I can't recall being as big a fan of a recruit who has not yet suited up. This young man seems to have tremendous character and athleticism. With a year or so of physical conditioning and bb focus/coaching by this staff, he could become a first team CAA type player before his career is over [IMHO].
Agreed. This gives McCarter a great break-in opportunity providing back-up minutes to Burgess next year.
Regarding Houston, I wonder how much this decison is being influenced by coaching staff's belief in other freshmen bigs this year AND the near misses with other bigs for next year? Perhaps coaches are developing Houston for longer-term to provide option on upcoming recruit to be a development project vs. a quick producer...if we had gotten Carl would we have redshirted Houston this year?
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What about Nixon? His freshman stats were pretty similar to Rozzell's. In fact their careers almost mirror each other. Do you think we should've redshirted Nixon too?
What about Nixon? His freshman stats were pretty similar to Rozzell's. In fact their careers almost mirror each other. Do you think we should've redshirted Nixon too?
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As you say, their careers almost mirror each other. Perhaps not having two guys who play the same position be in the same class would've been a good thing.
That being said, they seem to have great chemistry together, so I don't think I would've changed a thing.
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As you say, their careers almost mirror each other. Perhaps not having two guys who play the same position be in the same class would've been a good thing.
That being said, they seem to have great chemistry together, so I don't think I would've changed a thing.
Re: McCarter and Houston to Redshirt; Graham and Weber Signe
Pav,
That is an excellent point. If they didn't compete for time their production would be different. Also, Nixon was far ahead of Brandon their freshman year. Brandon's issue was physical maturity, and playing behind Shu. Ed originally was a starter. He simply couldn't convert those layups into points at which point AG went to Joey.
Also, Brandon wasn't redshirted because he didnt want it he was really in the coaches ear trying to get him to reconsider. Also Brandon's decision may have been ego driven. He really didn't want the Florida crew to be seen as better than him. He really didn't warm up to those guys until well into their freshman season. Brandon had to really bust his hump to get AG to change his mind. All in all, I think both Brandon, Ed, and VCU would have been better if Brandon would have redshirted.
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Pav,
That is an excellent point. If they didn't compete for time their production would be different. Also, Nixon was far ahead of Brandon their freshman year. Brandon's issue was physical maturity, and playing behind Shu. Ed originally was a starter. He simply couldn't convert those layups into points at which point AG went to Joey.
Also, Brandon wasn't redshirted because he didnt want it he was really in the coaches ear trying to get him to reconsider. Also Brandon's decision may have been ego driven. He really didn't want the Florida crew to be seen as better than him. He really didn't warm up to those guys until well into their freshman season. Brandon had to really bust his hump to get AG to change his mind. All in all, I think both Brandon, Ed, and VCU would have been better if Brandon would have redshirted.
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Re: McCarter and Houston to Redshirt; Graham and Weber Signe
I agree.
I agree.
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Re: McCarter and Houston to Redshirt; Graham and Weber Signe
My point was that Brandon missed a quarter of the season where he could have played. Nixon right off the bat was getting 11 minutes of play in the season opener against Maryland-Eastern Shore. There was never any question that he was not going to be a redshirt. Barring injury/suspension, I think if you commit a player to a redshirt then you should stick with it. Personally, I think Nixon could have used a redshirt year himself as well but my statement wasn't about who I thought should have been redshirted back in 2007-08. It was about the fact that it would have been nice to have Brandon back for another season especially if we had been getting 23 point games out of him as a redshirt junior.
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My point was that Brandon missed a quarter of the season where he could have played. Nixon right off the bat was getting 11 minutes of play in the season opener against Maryland-Eastern Shore. There was never any question that he was not going to be a redshirt. Barring injury/suspension, I think if you commit a player to a redshirt then you should stick with it. Personally, I think Nixon could have used a redshirt year himself as well but my statement wasn't about who I thought should have been redshirted back in 2007-08. It was about the fact that it would have been nice to have Brandon back for another season especially if we had been getting 23 point games out of him as a redshirt junior.
