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Re: Looking ahead to 2020-21
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: April 22, 2020, 1:42 pm
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> [quote author=OldSeawolf link=topic=846.msg30285#msg30285
date=1587578669]
> Here's the press release. He has to sit a year:
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HTML https://stonybrookathletics.com/news/2020/4/22/jaden-sayles-announced-as-mens-basketballs-third-signee.aspx
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One report on Sayles ...
"Sayles had some good minutes at the end of the season. He is
not generally a good rebounder, tends to slap at the ball rather
than pull it down. He also can be unreliable underneath, missing
some bunnies. But like I said, he did play well at the end of
the year, and might be a good player for you. He finished on a
positive note for sure. Might fit in better in a different
system."
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Also, did you see the video that CoB posted in the Stony Brook
News thread? He looked so slow to me in that video, but maybe
it was just me.
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Re: Looking ahead to 2020-21
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: April 22, 2020, 2:52 pm
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> My initial reaction was WTH? What are we doing? You know that
deGrom GIF – that was me. What are we doing? Those Sayles vids
from HS were not good.
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> On second thought, while there isn't a ton that jumps off the
page with guys like Habwe and Sayles BUT ... there is something
to say for experience, width, energy, etc. I think of some of
the guys who have helped Albany and Vermont win ... Greig Stire,
Samuel Dingba, Travis Charles, the Rowleys, Drew Urquhart. Just
these physical bodies who don't need or even want the ball. And
I've clamored for guys like that for years – throw your body
around, get on the glass, let your presence be known, don't try
to do too much – so maybe we finally have them.
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> It's worth noting that Geno's younger brother, Dustin, is on
staff at Akron. One Zips message board member wrote: "I said on
a post back in January or February that I felt Sayles would
transfer because he's good enough to be a 25 minutes guy in a
conference like the American (sic) East." I asked them for a
full scouting report.
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yeah. this is the jules moor / ahmad walker type. we lost
both.
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Re: Looking ahead to 2020-21
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: April 22, 2020, 2:54 pm
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updated:
guards: 4man, mack, TPP, TSM, rodriguez
slash: olaniyi, gueye, garcia, kadisha, alleyne, habwe
bigs: christie, policelli
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Re: Looking ahead to 2020-21
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: April 22, 2020, 3:16 pm
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> updated:
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> guards: 4man, mack, TPP, TSM, rodriguez
> slash: olaniyi, gueye, garcia, kadisha, alleyne, habwe
> bigs: christie, policelli
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Wait. Where did Sayles go?
More scouting reports on Sayles ...
"You're getting a great team member in Sayles. He was recruited
by our old coach, Keith Dambrot (LeBron's high school coach).
During his freshman season, he had an unfortunate wrist injury.
A technical was called on either him or another Akron player for
supposedly hanging on the rim for too long, and during a later
breakaway dunk, Sayles let go of the rim too early with a lot of
forward momentum. He did a flip and landed on his wrist; the
injury seemingly derailed his career. Dambrot ended up leaving
after that year I believe, but Sayles stuck with our new coach
(and his staff including Dustin Ford) and the Akron program. His
wrist was never quite right, and this past season was the first
year he was fully healthy. He showed a lot of promise his
freshman year, but we haven't seen TOO much of him until this
past season when he fell a bit on the depth chart. I think the
speed of the game is the biggest thing he has had to overcome
after the injuries, but he's a talent, there's no doubt about
that. I don't believe Dustin would make a connection between
Geno and Sayles if he didn't believe Sayles could be a
contributor for his brother. Sayles sticking with Akron through
the coaching and system change (Dambrot and Groce run completely
opposite systems and there were quite a few players that ended
up leaving Groce's program early on) says a lot about who he is
as a person, his mental toughness, etc. The athleticism is
there, and if he's given the opportunity, I think he could be
quite productive for Stony Brook."
"He has displayed pretty good footwork in the post, but has
lacked touch finishing near the rim. Perhaps playing against
smaller front courts will help. Overall, he didn't play big
minutes for us, but down the stretch he played with lots of
effort on both ends when you did get in. I think it says a lot
because a lot of other upperclassmen would pout and look to
transfer midseason if they weren't getting the minutes they were
wanting. In the American East I can see him averaging something
along the lines of 8 points and 6 boards if he's able to get
20-25 minutes of playing time."
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Re: Looking ahead to 2020-21
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: April 22, 2020, 3:59 pm
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See above......he has to sit for a year.
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Re: Looking ahead to 2020-21
DIR By: sbu1991
Date: April 22, 2020, 4:40 pm
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> Just thinking out loud, I'd expect our starting five to be:
> Foreman, Olaniyi, Garcia, Policelli and Gueye, right?
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> That's a really strong five for the America East, FWIW.
>
> Then you have TPP, TSM, J-Rod, and Habwe backing up. We're
small with our reserves, but our starting five adjusts up, no
matter who we put in.
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> Olaniyi, Garcia and Policelli are all 2-4s.
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Wondering if Rodriguez steps in as the starting PG, with Foreman
at the 2 and Olanyi, Garcia and Gueye in the front court.
Policelli could get starter's minutes as the super-sub.
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Re: Looking ahead to 2020-21
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: April 22, 2020, 5:54 pm
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> See above......he has to sit for a year.
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Oh right right right. Duh.
Re: Rodriguez, from the video I saw of him, I don't see him as a
distributor. Foreman Lite maybe.
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Re: Looking ahead to 2020-21
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: May 5, 2020, 2:41 pm
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HTML https://twitter.com/shawnheilbron/status/1257729809880408065?s=21<br
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Fun tweet from Heilbron. It’s interesting he noted two games
that will interest “NYC fans.” That includes LIU Brooklyn, St.
John’s, Fordham, Columbia, St. Francis, Wagner, Columbia and
Manhattan. I’m confident that we aren’t talking St. John’s –
that would be a must-travel game. I’m thinking it’s Wagner here,
and maybe Manhattan again. A nice get would be Fordham at their
place or ours.
Orrrrr it’s two games in one of those non-conference tournaments
at Barclays or MSG.
I wonder how COVID will affect travel plans for everyone. Are we
really going to travel by plane to a place like Corpus Christi
for three games against three nobodies? Or can we keep it
regional more or less?
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Re: Looking ahead to 2020-21
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: May 5, 2020, 4:37 pm
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>
HTML https://twitter.com/shawnheilbron/status/1257729809880408065?s=21
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> Fun tweet from Heilbron. It’s interesting he noted two games
that will interest “NYC fans.” That includes LIU Brooklyn, St.
John’s, Fordham, Columbia, St. Francis, Wagner, Columbia and
Manhattan. I’m confident that we aren’t talking St. John’s –
that would be a must-travel game. I’m thinking it’s Wagner here,
and maybe Manhattan again. A nice get would be Fordham at their
place or ours.
>
> Orrrrr it’s two games in one of those non-conference
tournaments at Barclays or MSG.
>
> I wonder how COVID will affect travel plans for everyone. Are
we really going to travel by plane to a place like Corpus
Christi for three games against three nobodies? Or can we keep
it regional more or less?
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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It could be St. Johns at their place. Back when we first went
D1, and Laskowski was the AD (former St. John's guy), we did a
home-and-home with St. Johns over a 2 year period. And that was
when they were good with Jarvis at the helm. We lack that St.
Johns connection now, but with us on the rise, don't be
surprised if we play them at their place. I think his tease is
more than Wagner or Manhattan or Columbia, all of whom we've
played. I'm betting on St. Johns or Fordham, in addition to one
of the others.
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Re: Looking ahead to 2020-21
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: May 5, 2020, 5:54 pm
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we played them at carnesecca in late 09, i went, they did a nice
pre-game event at a pub. we hung around for maybe a half.
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