Basketball Eugene Omoruyi Transferring per Instagram
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This post is pure gold.
Yup its a nice spin when the leading scorer and rebounder leaves your team suddenly and you want to spin that adding some transfer who has never played a minute with rest of roster will just step in for him without missing a beat?suddenly there is depth also?
#spin
To some extent, getting rebounds is like a baseball team getting wins. Like the Orioles are still going to win 50 games this year. And Rutgers is still going to get rebounds. Freeman was our leading rebounder in 2017-18. We lost him and both our offensive and defensive rebounding percentages improved. Omoruyi was a good rebounder but not a special one. He didn't rank in the top 15 in the league in OReb% or DReb%.
I hope it works out with Eugene realizing he'd rather come back, even if he takes a medical redshirt year to rehab the knee and plays in 2020-21. That would take some work to rebuild bridges with the coaches and teammates based on this being a total blindside move, assuming that is accurate. If the locker room can make it work, great!
But if he decides he doesn't want to be a part of the program going forward, for me it'll be...
And I will root like crazy for the guys that are still Scarlet Knights.
But if he decides he doesn't want to be a part of the program going forward, for me it'll be...
And I will root like crazy for the guys that are still Scarlet Knights.
Would love to know what school is so desperate for a sit-one play-one guy.
I will take a guess and venture it’s a top profile program For some reason, I’m thinking Kansas or a douchy acc program
It's unfortunate but they'll never actually uncover it or have it come with any consequences
for starters I do not rehash anything from espn, I do not visit their site, I hardly watch it so not sure where that comment is coming from
secondly we lose the HEART AND SOUL PERIOD/. Who got the rebounds late, who got the free throws late, who was the calming influence late. Who showed up
RU could survive Sanders leaving because he wasnt a team player and was no leader. Yet Sanders left and the team finished with a worse record even with more talent.
Eugene wasnt knocking down 3s...I am concerned about rebounding. Once again we have posters pinning their hopes on a lesser league players like Yeboah coming and being gangbusters..how did that work for Kiss where multiple posters laid rose petals at his feet....and I like Yeboah, he is a great addition, but lets be real here as well, he comes from Stony Brook, things are a lot different in the Big East as an undersized guy. Also we lost Shaq and now Doucoure who is incredibly questionable is up next...the loss of Eugene really puts pressure on him to perform and its wishful thinking until he does perform.
RU was only 14-17...why would I take that bet with an easy schedule
you miss the point but carry on and think all is well, its spin less than a day after he bolts. Its not Pikes fault and Eugene should get lots of criticism on this but the typical RU thing is to say oh its no big deal, oh its no big deal to lose your senior starter and breadwinner.
RU went from 3 B1G wins to 7 B1G wins (in a tougher league). Went from #130 in kenpom to #78. Sports Illustrated called us the most improved team in the country. Takes a special kind of twisting to say we were worse a year ago.
talking record...well actually 15-19 is similar to 14-17..point remains, RU had a slew of new talent last year and still was similar to previous season in the end
and Eugene was responsible for much of that..no? the team was hot garbage for the 3 games he missed
We won 7 B1G games last season. I say we win more than 7. I say we finish better than #78 in kenpom. I'll throw out the overall record if you like. Pick any measure you like. I say we will be better. B1G record. Kenpom rating. You like NET ranking we can use that if you like.
Man, what a cesspool basketball is. You have to be recruiting your own roster as much as you are recruiting for your roster. I wouldn't get into that profession if i was making Saban money.
that is your call, I disagree, you are entitled to your opinion, its year 4, this team will not be going to the NCAA next season, it pushes the timeline back another year where NIT becomes a 50/50 proposition
If you think the '17'-18 team and the '18-'19 team were similar in terms of season result then I don't know what to say other than there is not one coach in the B1G that would share your opinion.
Can anyone dig into Canadian and or aau teammates and or coaches that Eugene had. I think he was a teammate of ziggy at Michigan but can’t see a fellow big 10 school tamper with him. Kansas or Duke? Hypocrite coach k has poached us before.
EO looks like a real schmuck in all of this.
When building a team there are players you, as a coach, try and build the team around and then there are players you build the team with. Corey was a guy RU tried to build the team around. It is harder to replace and/or overcome the loss of the player, like Corey, who is the guy around whom the team is built. I do not see him as the guy this team was being built around. As a matter of fact I don't think we have that one guy just yet. As a result Pike has put together a team of ten/eleven players that are a blend of interchangeable parts. Consequently I think EO's loss is replaceable. I am not saying he is replaceable because he wasn't that good. The guy was fabulous for us at times and I loved his game. But, the way this team is constituted I think we could be as good without him only because there are guys here who fit his role and style well. We will be different, but not necessarily worse.
dude I am talking about record...because in the end that is how everything is measured. the program still has not had a plus 500 season in eons....Eugene was a major factor in last years improvement on the court, you seem to ignore that. He was arguably the most consistent player and best player....so you be you and downplay it. I also dont think one coach would say that its no loss for RU
he will be replaced but where is this guy...that guy is in the future, what it does is impact a chance for a special run NEXT SEASON which alot of people were rallying around (not necessarily me)
the question is will it be easier or harder to get to the NCAA next season with or without Eugene or the same
I'll wager we have a better record this coming season than we did last. Without Eugene.
I agree, the way it seems to be handled, and its a cautionary tale along with Thiam about getting too close to these players
if we arent above 500 in year 4, its a problem..so yeah I can see the team 16-15 next year but where does that get us...will this team be 18-13 to contend for a NIT bid...that is the real question
Zero chance Duke is going after a 2 for 1 with knee issues who, in the grand scheme of college basketball, is slightly above average. Unless the want some back ups. He's certainly not going to go to Duke and take minutes from a one and done lottery pick.
Maybe he doesn't mind being a back up in that case. Who knows.
We wouldn’t go to the NCAA anyway with our garbage OOC schedule though. 19 wins wouldn’t get us in the NIT with it either.
I agree but the hot take on this board has been for posters to get beyond their skis and put NCAA expectations for next year...hope the ones saying this isnt a loss keep those same expectations up then
There’s ZERO question that someone not on this kid’s ear. It’s just a question of who, when, why, and (potentially) how much.
Meanwhile. SHUs senior captain is returning.
I can't tell you specifically. Baylor finished 2nd in the nation in offensive rebounding without a starter taller than 6'7".
It is a loss. How big depends on what type of offense Pikiell looks to run, and how good Yaboa is. Tampering doesn’t make a ton of sense. Well see how it shakes out. I’d still take PIkiells job. Not sure how long I’d last, though. NCAA sports is nasty and corrupt.
It’s a loss. But still a lot of time til August. Who knows who we can get.
The problem is depth. Stony brook guy can replace production, no problem. But we need a back up guy and soon
yup depth and consider me not sold on Doucoure at all until he proves something....you are right there is still time, but the hot take spinning has got me fuming, RU can recover from it but today its a body blow
great...how many double double for Eugene last year..i dont care what he finished overall in stats in the country, I want to know his percentage of rebounds he got for this team
yes way to throw him under bus...we dont need him because he is hurt...love that particular spin
Agree on Doucore.
One thought - Harper may not be done growing and may be that “stretch 4” everyone oogles about. So that means Yeboah (sp?) could back up the three and four as originally envisioned. Then you could interchange the five guards/swingmen (baker, mulcahy, McConnell, Mathis and young) anywhere from 1 through 3. And Myles at center.
Not spinning the loss by any means, but that lineup sounds fun.
