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Post by dss03 on May 16, 2024 11:29:08 GMT -6
I still think it’s incredibly naive to think BU had a chance or identified a player who could contribute with substantial minutes and opted to not bother giving him a phone call or recruiting him because the staff was worried about hurting someone’s feelings or was lazy. I don’t know BW personally, but his professional persona seems anything but lazy. And I’m 100% confident that if that player comes across their radar we will absolutely try to bring them in on scholarship which is why nothing has officially been announced regarding the last two. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I could accept every word you say and still come back to the point that you could leave a scholarship open for whenever that landscape improves and an opportunity opens up.
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Post by catalyst82 on May 16, 2024 13:32:53 GMT -6
Linke will probably be back. He is definitely going to still be a student at BU. Still TBD if he wants to be on the team or not. Timo might surprise some folks with what he can bring to the table. Same with Bully. Any chance that Linke will be a mid-term graduate? His dad told me he would be at BU for a year no matter what, because there were two classes he had to finish, one of which was only offered in the Spring. I don't think he is going to play. Wouldn't you rather he get the scholarship than Goanar?
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Post by Butler Blue on May 16, 2024 18:34:12 GMT -6
Any chance that Linke will be a mid-term graduate? His dad told me he would be at BU for a year no matter what, because there were two classes he had to finish, one of which was only offered in the Spring. I don't think he is going to play. Wouldn't you rather he get the scholarship than Goanar? That said, maybe he doesn’t want to be a full-time student. Just spit-balling.
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Post by catalyst82 on May 16, 2024 22:06:15 GMT -6
His dad told me he would be at BU for a year no matter what, because there were two classes he had to finish, one of which was only offered in the Spring. I don't think he is going to play. Wouldn't you rather he get the scholarship than Goanar? That said, maybe he doesn’t want to be a full-time student. Just spit-balling. That and put in a time commitment for an unknown amount of playing time, but he also probably didn't think Thomas would leave and they wouldn't bring in another big. Which means we are probably staring down another season of Almar at the 5.
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Post by Braves4Life on May 17, 2024 8:13:23 GMT -6
His dad told me he would be at BU for a year no matter what, because there were two classes he had to finish, one of which was only offered in the Spring. I don't think he is going to play. Wouldn't you rather he get the scholarship than Goanar? That said, maybe he doesn’t want to be a full-time student. Just spit-balling. That's a great point BB. Perhaps Linke already has an engineering job and just wants to finish his classes (while working) to get his degree.
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Post by SFP on May 17, 2024 16:31:58 GMT -6
Is it a second degree or masters? Strange that he's not done. These guys take summer, winter classes and if a decent student they're on track to graduate early. Anyway, perhaps he knows he's not going to play pro ball, wants to enjoy college as a regular student, take a few classes and have fun. Nothing wrong with that and from here, that looks to be ideal.
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Post by catalyst82 on May 17, 2024 17:13:20 GMT -6
Is it a second degree or masters? Strange that he's not done. These guys take summer, winter classes and if a decent student they're on track to graduate early. Anyway, perhaps he knows he's not going to play pro ball, wants to enjoy college as a regular student, take a few classes and have fun. Nothing wrong with that and from here, that looks to be ideal. I was told it was classes needed to finish up his current degree and then he would be going onto his masters (not necessarily at Bradley).
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Post by Braves4Life on May 18, 2024 9:13:38 GMT -6
Is it a second degree or masters? Strange that he's not done. These guys take summer, winter classes and if a decent student they're on track to graduate early. Anyway, perhaps he knows he's not going to play pro ball, wants to enjoy college as a regular student, take a few classes and have fun. Nothing wrong with that and from here, that looks to be ideal. I think many students take longer than 4 years to complete an engineering degree, especially if the right classes don't quite line up to be scheduled in sequence towards the end.
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Post by jeffr16 on May 20, 2024 7:19:29 GMT -6
Is it a second degree or masters? Strange that he's not done. These guys take summer, winter classes and if a decent student they're on track to graduate early. Anyway, perhaps he knows he's not going to play pro ball, wants to enjoy college as a regular student, take a few classes and have fun. Nothing wrong with that and from here, that looks to be ideal. I think many students take longer than 4 years to complete an engineering degree, especially if the right classes don't quite line up to be scheduled in sequence towards the end. Yeah the problem with being a smaller engineering school is that most of Bradley's engineering programs have specific classes only offered in fall or spring. If for some reason you cannot take one of those classes, you could essentially get pushed back an entire year. I had a lot of friends that took 5 years to finish and they weren't playing D-1 Sports.
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Post by dss03 on Jul 1, 2024 5:03:27 GMT -6
Almar having a good run in the U20’s.
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Post by tribecalledquest2024 on Jul 1, 2024 7:38:03 GMT -6
That’s some really good stuff from Al.
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Post by bradleytownie on Jul 1, 2024 8:25:05 GMT -6
Wow, those are some monster point totals. U20 Estonia or Finland may not be at the D1 level as a team, but I'm sure they have some D1 level guys.
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Post by catalyst82 on Jul 1, 2024 9:46:32 GMT -6
How I expect Al to be used >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> how we actually use him.
If we just use him as low-post whipping boy again this year, I'm going to lose my mind.
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Post by tribecalledquest2024 on Jul 1, 2024 10:01:16 GMT -6
How I expect Al to be used >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> how we actually use him. If we just use him as low-post whipping boy again this year, I'm going to lose my mind. If the other teams we play have guys like Estonia U20’s have on its roster then we can use him however we want 😀
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Post by dss03 on Jul 1, 2024 10:11:12 GMT -6
How I expect Al to be used >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> how we actually use him. If we just use him as low-post whipping boy again this year, I'm going to lose my mind. If the other teams we play have guys like Estonia U20’s have on its roster then we can use him however we want 😀 We can run some sets that help him get more 3’s off, though. He doesn’t have the fastest release in the world, but it isn’t awful either.
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Post by tribecalledquest2024 on Jul 1, 2024 10:46:34 GMT -6
If the other teams we play have guys like Estonia U20’s have on its roster then we can use him however we want 😀 We can run some sets that help him get more 3’s off, though. He doesn’t have the fastest release in the world, but it isn’t awful either. For sure. Last year we ran exactly zero plays for him.
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Post by SFP on Jul 1, 2024 12:51:21 GMT -6
We can run some sets that help him get more 3’s off, though. He doesn’t have the fastest release in the world, but it isn’t awful either. For sure. Last year we ran exactly zero plays for him. This year we'll need to run plays for him or our offense will be stagnant. Hoping the summer made him more confidant. He had open shots available that he deferred last year. How many time did you yell, just shoot it!
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Post by catalyst82 on Jul 1, 2024 13:55:54 GMT -6
How I expect Al to be used >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> how we actually use him. If we just use him as low-post whipping boy again this year, I'm going to lose my mind. If the other teams we play have guys like Estonia U20’s have on its roster then we can use him however we want 😀 Have you seen the Valpo roster? But anyway, you look at this video of how he is able to play versus how we used him last year. He's putting up 40 in these games but he's putting up 0 for us, and I'm sure there's a middle ground somewhere. I don't want to just see him get fed to the Darnell Brodie's of the world night in and night out.
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Post by tribecalledquest2024 on Jul 1, 2024 14:32:12 GMT -6
If the other teams we play have guys like Estonia U20’s have on its roster then we can use him however we want 😀 Have you seen the Valpo roster? But anyway, you look at this video of how he is able to play versus how we used him last year. He's putting up 40 in these games but he's putting up 0 for us, and I'm sure there's a middle ground somewhere. I don't want to just see him get fed to the Darnell Brodie's of the world night in and night out. Agreed 100%
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Post by Jli2636 on Jul 2, 2024 22:59:09 GMT -6
Wow, those are some monster point totals. U20 Estonia or Finland may not be at the D1 level as a team, but I'm sure they have some D1 level guys. Having these numbers is great. Howeva, based on the video I think some intramural squads at Markin could have given them more of a fight.
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