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(04-17-2020 04:59 PM)anti-zip Wrote:  Rob's been pretty successful with the sit a year get a year guys. Simons and Pollard were the previous two. Hopefully Nuga keeps that trend going. We've had much more luck going that route than grad transfers or sit a year get two in recent memory. Galal Cancer and Craig Brown being the grad transfers and Harris and Johnson being the two year transfers. It makes sense. If you have to commit two years to get one year from a guy the level of player available will be higher than guys you can commit 1 for 1 or 3 for 2. You pay more for less time you should get more in that time.

Beck is the rare 2 for 2 D1 transfer. Mixed bag so far, but I think he'll play an important role next year.

Also, I agree on the practice aspect of this addition. That makes him more valuable in his redshirt year than typical redshirts.

Usually, when teams redshirt one guy they often redshirt two ... Davis might be the perfect No. 2 as the staff takes a year to figure out just what position he'll be most successful in.

I think what set Duling behind (then out) was Kent trying to figure out where to play him as a true freshman, then being forced to play him in the post as a sophomore. He never had that year to grow and fjnd his niche. So it was never clear if he was really any good or not.

Davis has some of the same Duling characteristics, primarily an undersized but physical baseline player in high school who should transition to the perimeter. Although I must say, based on highlights, Davis seems more offensively advanced.