Post#978 » by Diggr14 » Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:16 pm
Player Movement:
Storr is gone.
Essegian said he was staying, but immediately after he said that Gard didn't play him again.
Ilver is likely gone
Hodges gone.
Hopefully McGee / Gilmore gone (ok that's just me hoping).
- Hepburn needs to find his shots more, he is out best player on both ends
- Crowl - we need to find a starter to move Crowl to the bench. Maybe Winter puts on 30lbs.. Someone from the outside is more likely. Crowl is way too soft to play on the interior and be a top team. Everyone knows he wont block your shot, they attack us at will inside. (on a side note, the change in the offensive foul rules has really hurt wisconsin. Their bigs for years were more built and coached to get position and not foul. The change in the rules, has hurt teams that guard the right way. They can no longer draw charges on wild driving guards. You have two choices - 1. reach in and reach in some more (like what JMU did) or 2. have bigs that can block shots on the interior. You can no longer draw that charge on the crazy ass YMCA drive to the basket with a full head of steam and chuck it up at the basket hoping for a foul or a prayer player anymore.
- Wahl - graduated program
- Storr - NBA or big NIL deal
- Gilmore / McGee / Ilver / Hodges - hopefully leave, should never play at a big ten program.
- Essegian - needs a new coach, talent is there, confidence is not. Kid loves being a Badger. I hope he stays and finds redemption.
- Klesmit - heart of the program now, him and Hepburn. Our back court is good enough to be a NCAA championship backcourt.
- Winter - needs sandwiches and weight room. needs to learn to handle the ball better, have stronger hands. Similar to Crowl as a 1st year player by eye test. More offensive potential, Less defensive presence (hard to say that - but he is a year 1 player - he has a chance to improve).
- Blackwell - Could make a massive jump in year 2, I think its more likely he gradually gets better each year. He needs to be scoring option 3 or 4 next year.
- Yalden - likely gone, didnt travel to NCAA tournament - Greg Gard decision. Other redshirts came. It just suggests to me that the kid is a knucklehead. I haven't asked what happened there but based on the things i heard last summer/fall about him, they try to cover it up for a bit, but the story always comes out.
Incoming likely to play -
Frietag - He is a skilled on ball guard. Strong defender. Can get to the rim. He wont get big minutes unless someone gets hurt or someone unexpected leaves. Likely guard 4 behind Hepburn/Klesmit/Blackwell - which still will get him 15-20 minutes a game.
Robison - probably wont play alot, unless he ends up being the best shooter on the team outside of Klesmit. It's possible, but he is a likely redshirt.
The way I see it: We need to add 2 bigs for 2024/2025. A rotation of (Portal Player / Portal Player / Crowl / Winter) should be ok. But you need 2 guys. Crowl should be coming off bench.
Khris Middleton - Beating up on Trash Can Teams since 1943. Invisible Man status otherwise.