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Post by kingsley75 on Nov 6, 2009 14:59:36 GMT -5
I was just curious if anyone has heard anything about whom they plan on red shirting for this season. With our team being set in depth at most positions it seems inevitable that at least one of the new freshmen will be red shirted. The questions is who is it going to be?
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Post by nate on Nov 6, 2009 15:05:34 GMT -5
I heard one or two will get the redshirt besides Reggie Hamilton, so we will have to wait and see.
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Post by hoopsfan on Nov 6, 2009 16:37:25 GMT -5
I heard one or two will get the redshirt besides Reggie Hamilton, so we will have to wait and see. Reggie is a transfer, so that's not redshirting. The one I want to see this year is Thames- He redshirted last year- so He should play this year. Yet, none of the pre-season stuff talks about him.
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Post by Grizzfan1 on Nov 6, 2009 16:53:49 GMT -5
Might be Eackles or Valentine (keep in mind I'm basically guessing) since we are basically set with guard play this season.
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Post by blackandgold on Nov 6, 2009 17:11:24 GMT -5
I have a feeling Eackles will play this year. He is a 20 year old freshman, but will be turning 21 roughly at the beginning of conference play. Plus the dude looked rather ripped at Midnight Madness, suggesting he doesn't need the year off to bulk up or get conditioned. The argument against, obviously, is whether they plan to play him as a PG or at the 2. If he's a point guard, I would say let him play so we have someone backing up JJ, probably in a Matt Samuels kind of role.
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Post by Germane on Nov 7, 2009 11:35:18 GMT -5
It might make the most sense to redshirt Valentine, since he's 2 years younger than Eackles and can probably benefit the most.
But I agree with hoopsfan - it will be interesting to see how Thames looks now, after redshirting last year.
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Post by nate on Nov 7, 2009 21:11:44 GMT -5
I seen Valentine at the open practice and I would not want to redshirt him this year. He definitely has talent and same with Thames. I can't wait to see Thames get on the court. I wish we had a 10 man rotation.
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Post by Germane on Nov 13, 2009 9:01:34 GMT -5
Season starts tomorrow night. Anyone hear anything more about the redshirting situation?
Some of Kampe's comments after the Hope exhibition did make it seem like he thinks Valentine can contribute this year.
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Post by ouguy on Nov 13, 2009 16:41:37 GMT -5
This is in no way official and it is only my impression after the preseason game, but I'd guess it would be Bader and then maybe someone else. Valentine was really good for a freshman in the game and he doesn't look too small out there. I'm torn between Eackles or not because it seemed he did have quite a ways to go on defense, but he is also pretty old for a freshman. We'll have to see tomorrow for sure.
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Post by blackandgold on Nov 14, 2009 22:39:26 GMT -5
Bader was not dressed for the game, so I would assume he is our redshirt. Gotta hope one day he'll be a sharpshooter for us and nail all those threes Wright and Cush couldn't make tonight.
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