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Post by DiMarz on Dec 5, 2023 9:24:20 GMT -5
He is signed He and Tyler will make an immediate difference to how we play. Ryan needs more minutes once he is in playing shape so he too can be ready for 24-25 Interesting comment on Ryan. Is there something delaying his getting into playing shape? Time to reshape his body...Doesn't happen over night with a pill...Look at the change is Luth's body, took time and work! Ryan has great feet, and a great feel around the hoop, plus he can shoot the ball...a great upside for him! He needs to get quicker, i.e. loose a few of those HS lbs...They made him a very HS player, but a slower college player, adapting is what it is all about!
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Post by hchoops on Dec 5, 2023 10:45:44 GMT -5
Interesting comment on Ryan. Is there something delaying his getting into playing shape? Time to reshape his body...Doesn't happen over night with a pill...Look at the change is Luth's body, took time and work! Ryan has great feet, and a great feel around the hoop, plus he can shoot the ball...a great upside for him! He needs to get quicker, i.e. loose a few of those HS lbs...They made him a very HS player, but a slower college player, adapting is what it is all about! Declan was overweight at Worcester Academy, but not as a senior at Canisius HS.
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Post by rgs318 on Dec 5, 2023 10:53:53 GMT -5
Delaying...no. But, as was said above, that doesn't come overnight. IMHO, he is moving in the right direction.
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Post by hcnj on Dec 5, 2023 11:29:10 GMT -5
Time to reshape his body...Doesn't happen over night with a pill...Look at the change is Luth's body, took time and work! Ryan has great feet, and a great feel around the hoop, plus he can shoot the ball...a great upside for him! He needs to get quicker, i.e. loose a few of those HS lbs...They made him a very HS player, but a slower college player, adapting is what it is all about! Declan was overweight at Worcester Academy, but not as a senior at Canisius HS. hoops, I'm probably mistaken but I thought you were the one who saw him in a HS playoff game, said he had some skills but out of shape? I don't think he had any public offers out of HS and went to WA for exposure and assumed conditioning? I'm less concerned about body sculpting than just dropping weight and running. Right now he's our only future hope offensively under the basket. Louth excepted as an upperclassman of some kind and better rebounder but improved offensively
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Post by hchoops on Dec 5, 2023 12:58:08 GMT -5
Declan was overweight at Worcester Academy, but not as a senior at Canisius HS. hoops, I'm probably mistaken but I thought you were the one who saw him in a HS playoff game, said he had some skills but out of shape? I don't think he had any public offers out of HS and went to WA for exposure and assumed conditioning? I'm less concerned about body sculpting than just dropping weight and running. Right now he's our only future hope offensively under the basket. Louth excepted as an upperclassman of some kind and better rebounder but improved offensively Only half mistaken I did see him as a senior in a March HS playoff game. He was solid, but in good playing shape. I thought he was skilled and effective enough to be a possible recruit for HC. I considered recommending him, but this was too late in the process. The tape from Worcester Academy was the first I noticed that he looked much heavier.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Dec 5, 2023 13:10:10 GMT -5
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Post by hcnj on Dec 5, 2023 15:41:56 GMT -5
Says he was 6-7 250 in regular HS, now he shows 6-8 260. How far out of shape could he be. I'd like to play him into shape. Much more upside than downside on this team. Thanks NAD and hoops.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Dec 5, 2023 16:11:07 GMT -5
Remember how big Gerrale Gates was his first two years in college before getting to HC?
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Post by hchoops on Dec 6, 2023 8:29:05 GMT -5
Back to Max Comp does not look strong( Ky 75 ?), but he has a complete offensive game
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Dec 6, 2023 9:20:36 GMT -5
I think Spencer County is a decent team as Spencer won the game 90-78 on OT. Max's Oldham County led 42-29 at the half but fell apart late in the game with Spencer outscoring Oldham 28-11 in the 4th quarter to force OT then 15-3 in OT. Max certainly looked impressive in the video
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Post by DiMarz on Dec 6, 2023 10:19:21 GMT -5
Uses both hands around the hoop, good looking shot, sees the floor well. All positive, physical size will change as he grows, and gets in the weight room. Hopefully hisAAU team played at a high level. But I love that he can score!
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 6, 2023 11:02:09 GMT -5
I'm relying on you experts for me to get excited about this recruit. Are you thinking he's a program changer (for the better, obviously)?
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Post by hc1996 on Dec 6, 2023 12:52:16 GMT -5
I'm relying on you experts for me to get excited about this recruit. Are you thinking he's a program changer (for the better, obviously)? If he's a program changer, it will be very difficult keeping him at HC given the current state of affairs with the transfer portal, etc. This is going to prove to be one of our biggest challenges as we try to rebuild.
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Post by rgs318 on Dec 6, 2023 14:33:21 GMT -5
I would say it is a challenge to HCDP and his staff. All we can do to help is show up at games to support the team and possibly avoid posting over and over about players entering the portal. Why promote that idea?
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Post by hc1996 on Dec 6, 2023 14:58:26 GMT -5
I would say it is a challenge to HCDP and his staff. All we can do to help is show up at games to support the team and possibly avoid posting over and over about players entering the portal. Why promote that idea? Agree, showing up is important. Hardly think posting about the transfer portal is at all informative or encouraging the student athletes.
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Post by rgs318 on Dec 6, 2023 15:05:58 GMT -5
It does bring the thought up about going there (to the portal) and IMO that is "informative...just not in a good way. It reminds me of a poster who's name escapes me who boasted that he predicted (for 5 years) that HCBC would be leaving. So far he has been wrong every time, yet he keeps saying it. Maybe some day he will be right. At this point I am sure HCDP knows of this possible issue and is addressing it already.
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Post by hchoops on Dec 9, 2023 14:15:15 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Dec 9, 2023 14:16:52 GMT -5
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Dec 9, 2023 15:02:17 GMT -5
I think CAL is a stronger opponent than some other Oldham Cty HS opponents. Our recent star football lineman Nick Olsofka graduated from CAL.
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Post by trimster on Dec 12, 2023 21:08:42 GMT -5
Hopefully this works.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Dec 13, 2023 8:37:31 GMT -5
Have to love his offensive skills....and confidence. Having said that, I'm thinking his biggest challenge will be adjusting to the physical aspect of college ball - gonna need to hit the weight room.
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Post by hchoops on Dec 13, 2023 16:58:43 GMT -5
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Post by hcnj on Dec 13, 2023 18:06:02 GMT -5
Have to love his offensive skills....and confidence. Having said that, I'm thinking his biggest challenge will be adjusting to the physical aspect of college ball - gonna need to hit the weight room. NAD, the cautionary tale was my memory of May from Mentor HS, Ohio. He played in a pretty high level league and scored a ton of points. He had a nice career but in the RW era of play D or die, he spent a lot of time adjusting to D and we only saw him early when we were really struggling to score or blowouts. Max looks to have better ball handling skills but no one is showing him much on the defensive end. Not a knock just don't know .
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Dec 13, 2023 19:13:13 GMT -5
Was just thinking about May, hcnj - if I'm not mistaken, he was the one who incurred the wrath of McCaffrey's bride during that game with Siena (when Francis pulled his team off floor before the postgame handshakes).
Anyway, looking forward to Max's arrival.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Dec 13, 2023 21:29:20 GMT -5
I’ll admit that I was extremely high on Adam May, thinking he’d be a big star for us. I was wrong. I believe Ralph said something along the lines of “not being able to guard a table”…..
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