That's assuming he is able to recruit some depth. Fran didn't stress defense it appeared, but he didn't have much depth, so to sit say Dix or Sandfort because they were getting schooled and bring in an upgrade off the bench wasn't happening.
Scratching my head on your response. It's sounds like you are agreeing with me on choosing Dix over Harding. You stated 'Dix is an elite defender in this new world." Elite is well above being just an average player. You didn't say that Harding was an elite player.
Never understood those types. If you’re a gazillionaire like that you can literally walk into any dealership/store/showroom, point at something, say “I want that” and hand them a credit card. Tell them what address to drop it off at and you’re aces. Easy peasy and you’ll make more in interest that day than that lawnmower’s even worth.
I'm not so sure depth was a big issue except maybe the post. Playing in his system at that level is going to wear guys down. He played guys in stretches for too many minutes. It caused players to be gassed and to not be able to defend at a decent level. Fran never really used the TV timeouts to his advantage to get his best players rest. Almost every game the guys that started would not get a rest until the 14-12 minute mark of a half. Some would go to the 10 minute mark or later. That is a recipe for disaster in that type of system. It is one of the main reasons they lost to Iowa St and Michigan St.
If it's who I think it is, that would suck.
Well I'm not sure about his previous seasons at MO ST but this yr at Drake Ben didn't play a lot of players. He had a really short bench and his starters played a lot of mins. PG Stirtz or however it's spelled played damn near the whole game all the time.
Well BIG schools all got the best looks at him so of course the ones needing a combo guard would throw their hats in the ring. It seems like if Creighton ponies up they should be in the drivers seat.. But who knows what he's thinking and who'll win the bidding war.
Too bad since Iowa supported him after he broke his leg.
He's more than made up for that IMO, playing 3 great seasons for the team, and now can go and get life changing money for a family that is facing a lot of financial hardships. He's going for the biggest bag from what I understand.
I'm a Josh Dix fan. Good for him if he can help his family.
As much as I hate to lose Josh, I don't look at it this way. He probably played at Iowa this past year at a huge discount. There were a ton of rumors of him going to Creighton and I'm sure there were other schools interested. He deserves to grab some good money while he can and we can't give that to him, unfortunately.
More like.............. I want that vehicle, and that one, and that one!!!
Ben has his work cut out for him teaching any of Fran's former players how to play defense........... of course that is what benches are for right???
Did you not see the thread already posted on this?
I was outside in the back yard of my home here in Utah and thought I heard you.
