(03-27-2014 08:10 PM)80sTiger Wrote:  This thread will be hilarious when he transfers ...

Why would he transfer? Why did he come to Memphis?

(03-27-2014 09:12 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  Why so mad?

So offensively skilled that he scored 49 points the whole season on 42% shooting.

lol

huh?

You can not be serious with this nonsense.

Why are you trying to be a jerk?

(03-27-2014 09:14 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 08:10 PM)80sTiger Wrote:  This thread will be hilarious when he transfers ...

Why would he transfer? Why did he come to Memphis?

I have no idea what he's going to do ... just a educated guess based on his drama this past season. He may get things straight and work out fine. I hope so. I thought he had a nice little post game from time to time.

He's not transferring. Which is good IMO.

(03-27-2014 09:41 PM)80sTiger Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 09:14 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 08:10 PM)80sTiger Wrote:  This thread will be hilarious when he transfers ...

Why would he transfer? Why did he come to Memphis?

I have no idea what he's going to do ... just a educated guess based on his drama this past season. He may get things straight and work out fine. I hope so. I thought he had a nice little post game from time to time.

they have already said that everyone is expected to come back. Where have you been?

(03-27-2014 10:11 PM)BigTigerMike Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 09:41 PM)80sTiger Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 09:14 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 08:10 PM)80sTiger Wrote:  This thread will be hilarious when he transfers ...

Why would he transfer? Why did he come to Memphis?

I have no idea what he's going to do ... just a educated guess based on his drama this past season. He may get things straight and work out fine. I hope so. I thought he had a nice little post game from time to time.

they have already said that everyone is expected to come back. Where have you been?

I guess I'm slipping. Who is 'they' and who is 'everyone' ? Ha Ha ...

(03-27-2014 09:41 PM)80sTiger Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 09:14 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 08:10 PM)80sTiger Wrote:  This thread will be hilarious when he transfers ...

Why would he transfer? Why did he come to Memphis?

I have no idea what he's going to do ... just a educated guess based on his drama this past season. He may get things straight and work out fine. I hope so. I thought he had a nice little post game from time to time.

Alright Negative Nellie. A lot of kids have been in the doghouse, but Pastner is pretty good at getting those kids going. You sound like the guy that posts the transfer crap, and hopes it comes true so you can tell us all later on here.

(03-27-2014 11:02 PM)tnzazz Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 09:41 PM)80sTiger Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 09:14 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 08:10 PM)80sTiger Wrote:  This thread will be hilarious when he transfers ...

Why would he transfer? Why did he come to Memphis?

I have no idea what he's going to do ... just a educated guess based on his drama this past season. He may get things straight and work out fine. I hope so. I thought he had a nice little post game from time to time.

Alright Negative Nellie. A lot of kids have been in the doghouse, but Pastner is pretty good at getting those kids going. You sound like the guy that posts the transfer crap, and hopes it comes true so you can tell us all later on here.

On a side note, I hate those "I hope I'm wrong but.." quips

(03-27-2014 04:01 PM)thagr82008 Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 03:41 PM)Cotten Wrote:  I think the most important thing for next year our guard play. We've got a tandem of 3 guys who haven't played a minute of D1 ball...can they learn fast? will they make good decisions with the ball? can they shoot? can they minimize turnovers?

Those are the $1million questions imo.

can they shoot?

OMG I'm sorry, I just cringe when I hear anything rel8ted to "we must make shots to win" scratch anything about making shots! PLAY DEFENSE!!!!o

That's worth more than making a shot...JMO

See Cincinnati Bearcats. Gr8 defense. Low octane offense.

(03-27-2014 09:03 PM)Jedi Master Sipho-Dyas Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 08:41 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 08:24 PM)Jedi Master Sipho-Dyas Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 03:43 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  If we are going to play the same style of defense as we did last year we will need a shot blocker...

Woodson is not that and I don't think we have one coming in.

He can eat up a lot of space though and he will block a few shots. I still think a maturing Dom being about to give real minutes would change us into a much more physical team. I'm also assuming Nichols will add more size. I know he did his last year or so in HS. I expect he will add 10-15 pounds and hit the weights. We actually can be a physical team next year with Dom, Shaq, Nichols and Hawkins all in the rotation.

That front line should be a very powerful rebounding unit on both ends of the floor.

Almost no one would ever push that group around.

Well, you did claim Woodson to be the most offensively skilled big Memphis will have had in nearly two decades.

Unfortunately, his gpa (3.0) was higher than his ppg (2.6).

WOW bro.......You've lied about that quote every time you've brought it up. I can't believe you are still obsessing over this.

That post from LAST YEAR was about guys listed 6-10 and up. (must be the 4th or 5th time we've covered that now)

And its still true. Hopefully he commits himself to getting in shape for next year.

He can be a real beast if he wants to be.

David Vaughn, Ren, Kelly Wise, Angel Garcia, Shawn Taggart. All those guys were 6'10 or better and skilled offensively.

(03-27-2014 11:55 PM)idroot4russia Wrote:  David Vaughn, Ren, Kelly Wise, Angel Garcia, Shawn Taggart. All those guys were 6'10 or better and skilled offensively.

Agreed.

But that's not what that old thread was about.

That discussion was about was the type of true bigs Memphis rarely seems to land but certain big 10 and big 12 schools land consistently. We're talking about 6-10ish types out of HS who are...
A- top 100 recruits
B- known for their low post skill set
C- within the last 20 years

So scratch Vaughn (23 years ago) and Taggert (a transfer). Garcia had a perimeter game, not a post game. Scratch him too.

Ren and Wise were the two I mentioned as having those type of skills, Though Wise was not considered a top 100 recruit coming out of HS. So we basically landed 2 of those guys in 20 years...... Ren and Woodson. BTW- its been 20 years now on Ren as well. His freshman season was 1994-95.

Most posters agreed with that. Saluki was the only poster who seemed to have a problem with that thread.

Nearly a year later, its STILL on his mind.

Every time he brings it up, he lies about what was said. His latest flame attempt..... "Well, you did claim Woodson to be the most offensively skilled big Memphis will have had in nearly two decades."

No such thing was ever said. We've had several bigs with more offensive skills than Woodson such as Massie, Omar Sneed, Austin Nichols, Angel Garcia. They just weren't the type of classic 6-10 bigs we were discussing.

The Big 10 & Big 12 gets bigs and actually develops them. OTOH our focus has primarily been on the backcourt with our bigs being ignored or relied on for put backs or garbage baskets. Of our bigs in the past 5 years Shaq is the only one who has shown noticeable improvement and no doubt, most of this came from weight loss and getting in better shape.

Austin got an early break at the expense of Pellom’s injury, and at times he produced well when we got him involved. Other than that King, Dom, Iverson, and Wilson IMO didn’t get enough in game experience to be ready to come out at the start of next season and produce. King got the most PT of the 4 but spent all but a few minutes playing out of position.

With that said I don’t know what to expect from this team next season. It wouldn’t surprise me one bit to see the 3 (and sometimes 4) guard set again.

I'd say next year will be the 22-12 range, probably an "on the bubble" year. There's no freshman game changer coming in and the other new guys don't have much playing time. To expect anything more than that next year is the definition of insanity.

(03-28-2014 07:28 AM)hopeum Wrote:  I'd say next year will be the 22-12 range, probably an "on the bubble" year. There's no freshman game changer coming in and the other new guys don't have much playing time. To expect anything more than that next year is the definition of insanity.

That number may even be a little generous but I certainly agree with your logic.

I see no reason for Dom to transfer. He'd have to sit out a year and I think he'd have a huge problem with that. Also, if he transfers without fixing whatever problems he's having with Josh (of vice versa), he'll only take those problems with him. He'll never mature to the point of excelling on the court and in life. If he becomes focused on the right things at Memphis, I believe he could be very good. Good enough, in fact, to earn a spot in the NBA. He has the kind of body that fits there, but he has not developed the potential to make NBA scouts look his way. That could change. Next year could be a big one for Dom, and I hope he makes the right decisions about his future. Maybe he'll decide that playing at Memphis for Pastner is not his cup of tea. Who knows. I'm hoping he stays and becomes focused in life, in school and on the basketball court.

(03-27-2014 04:00 PM)Briskbas Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 02:53 PM)Tiger46 Wrote:  He can help, but if he was halfway decent he would have played a lot this year. 6-10 300 lbs and talented plays. Period.

He will have to work his butt off and improve his mental approach to being a ball player to get 10 minutes a game.

He's halfway decent. You don't finish a coast to coast fast break like he did with his kind of size if you aren't halfway decent.

He is out of shape and in the dog house, though.

You are right, but both of those should have been flushed. the fact remains, if he was good he would have played major minutes.

(03-27-2014 11:02 PM)tnzazz Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 09:41 PM)80sTiger Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 09:14 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 08:10 PM)80sTiger Wrote:  This thread will be hilarious when he transfers ...

Why would he transfer? Why did he come to Memphis?

I have no idea what he's going to do ... just a educated guess based on his drama this past season. He may get things straight and work out fine. I hope so. I thought he had a nice little post game from time to time.

Alright Negative Nellie. A lot of kids have been in the doghouse, but Pastner is pretty good at getting those kids going. You sound like the guy that posts the transfer crap, and hopes it comes true so you can tell us all later on here.

I prefer 'Reasonable Ralph'. And I'm crushed you feel this way about me. And your insights are so revealing. You got me. Seriously though, I don't understand why this is 'crap'. How can you be honest with yourself and say that if any/all of these 3 guys decided to transfer, you wouldn't be entirely surprised (Dom, KI, DW). There have been behavior and playing-time issues. That's all I'm saying. I'm not saying, nor have I every implied, I'd like 'to see them gone'. That's it.

(03-27-2014 06:49 PM)450bench Wrote:  Dom can certainly be a factor, a big factor, no pun intended. I think he's got a chance to be really good. Like someone else said, he can be a key. One of many actually. If Pastner goes through the bigs and makes them the focus of the offense and defense, Dom will be really good.

Dom will never see the court, he cusses-

Dom has got to drop fitty, then the Dude can bring it! Sources say he is thinking about transferring to west va. playing for bobby huggins, hope he stays a TIGER

(03-28-2014 07:15 PM)memphisike Wrote:  Dom has got to drop fitty, then the Dude can bring it! Sources say he is thinking about transferring to west va. playing for bobby huggins, hope he stays a TIGER

He'll be here.