seaofred92 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 (edited) Mack will be gone and I wouldn’t be surprised if Cross was too. Also Easley won’t have a scholarship and Mack is gone. Edited March 18, 2020 by Mavric Original tweet was deleted Quote Link to comment
SouthLincoln Husker Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 3 hours ago, seaofred92 said: Mack will be gone and I wouldn’t be surprised if Cross was too. Also Easley won’t have a scholarship and Mack is gone. I could see cross staying arop leaving. Quote Link to comment
Caveman Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 On 3/17/2020 at 7:21 PM, seaofred92 said: Mack will be gone and I wouldn’t be surprised if Cross was too. Also Easley won’t have a scholarship and Mack is gone. Why do you think Cross might leave? He played good minutes and made an impact. Quote Link to comment
seaofred92 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Caveman said: Why do you think Cross might leave? He played good minutes and made an impact. It’s just a guess. Someone else will be gone, maybe another too. Arop or him are most likely to be gone. Quote Link to comment
Comish Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I think a year of "ahh" ..."redistributed" weight via the weight program would help Cross tremendously, and I think there is big upside to Arop developing as well. I hope they both stay. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 36 minutes ago, seaofred92 said: Arop or him are most likely to be gone. Why do you think that? Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 31 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: Why do you think that? It was a pretty open secret earlier in the year that Arop was quite a ways behind the skill level anticipated by the new coaches. However, he did get some playing time later in the season (not that there were very many guys left ahead of him) so maybe he made up some ground. Still, with three guys already here that are almost assuredly ahead of him and bringing in several more transfers, it would not be a shock if he saw the writing on the wall that he has a long road to significant playing time. From the times I watched him this year, Cross just doesn't look like a legit threat to me. Maybe I just don't see it. His shooting form just looks awkward to me - and his 27% shooting on 3s tends to agree with my assessment. But he still fired up basically as many as anyone on the team. And he just doesn't strike me as overly athletic. As with Arop, I could see him realizing he is getting recruited over and look for other options. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 9 minutes ago, Mavric said: It was a pretty open secret earlier in the year that Arop was quite a ways behind the skill level anticipated by the new coaches. However, he did get some playing time later in the season (not that there were very many guys left ahead of him) so maybe he made up some ground. Still, with three guys already here that are almost assuredly ahead of him and bringing in several more transfers, it would not be a shock if he saw the writing on the wall that he has a long road to significant playing time. Interestingly, he has our highest FG and 3pt percentage. 9 minutes ago, Mavric said: From the times I watched him this year, Cross just doesn't look like a legit threat to me. Maybe I just don't see it. His shooting form just looks awkward to me - and his 27% shooting on 3s tends to agree with my assessment. But he still fired up basically as many as anyone on the team. And he just doesn't strike me as overly athletic. As with Arop, I could see him realizing he is getting recruited over and look for other options. I agree. but, I could say that about almost all players this year. Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: Interestingly, he has our highest FG and 3pt percentage. If you are referring to Arop, his percentages are inflated due to a very small sample size. The guy shot two 3-pointers all season, and shot less than 1 FG attempt in all of his games played. 1 Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 13 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: I agree. but, I could say that about almost all players this year. Not really. Even with how bad we generally shot threes this year, Cross was still the worst. Noticeably worse than anyone but Green (of those who shot a bunch). And his shooting motion is definitely worse than anyone. And, for my money, he's the least-athletic person on the team by some margin. Quote Link to comment
seaofred92 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 2 hours ago, BigRedBuster said: Why do you think that? They’re the only remaining two I’d consider “expendable” Banton sat out last year Walker sat out last year Stevenson sat out last year Thor is a Senior- could move on but Fred stood up for him and wanted him here last year after kicking everyone off the team. Mack- Gone Green- Gone Burke- Gone Ouedraogo- confirmed he’s back Allen- newcomer Mayen- newcomer Webster- grad transfer King- transfer that’s 9 Scholarship guys. We’re after multiple transfers still, including guards and bigs. We’ve been linked to 7-8 guys still out there in the market, I’m thinking we’ll take at least one, possibly two more. Then: Cross: Atrocious PER and shot 27% from 3. Not saying I want him to leave just wouldn’t be surprised if he did. Arop: didn’t play meaningful minutes until we had nobody left Plus what Mav said above. It’s not unthinkable to think these two would be processed and we’d bring in another PG/JUCO/Transfer 1 Quote Link to comment
HuskermanMike Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 3 minutes ago, seaofred92 said: They’re the only remaining two I’d consider “expendable” Banton sat out last year Walker sat out last year Stevenson sat out last year Thor is a Senior- could move on but Fred stood up for him and wanted him here last year after kicking everyone off the team. Mack- Gone Green- Gone Burke- Gone Ouedraogo- confirmed he’s back Allen- newcomer Mayen- newcomer Webster- grad transfer King- transfer that’s 9 Scholarship guys. We’re after multiple transfers still, including guards and bigs. We’ve been linked to 7-8 guys still out there in the market, I’m thinking we’ll take at least one, possibly two more. Then: Cross: Atrocious PER and shot 27% from 3. Not saying I want him to leave just wouldn’t be surprised if he did. Arop: didn’t play meaningful minutes until we had nobody left Plus what Mav said above. It’s not unthinkable to think these two would be processed and we’d bring in another PG/JUCO/Transfer I believe Thor will return. Burke isn't 100 percent gone according to Heady but he will assuredly grad transfer. He knows he will be coming off the bench if he sticks around. Arop may get processed but we will see who all they can get. Cross should stay and develop. This was a throw away year anyway and he hung around out there despite never lifting weights until he came to Nebraska. He also played way out of position because he isn't big enough to guard fives in the Big ten. Next year he will play more of his 3 and 4 spot and might even bring the ball up. I see him staying because it was his first year and he now knows what it takes to play big boy ball. He will get a reduced role next year so that could be a reason he leaves. Nothing is guaranteed though and maybe he surprises and can get 20 plus minutes a game. 1 Quote Link to comment
seaofred92 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 24 minutes ago, HuskermanMike said: I believe Thor will return. Burke isn't 100 percent gone according to Heady but he will assuredly grad transfer. He knows he will be coming off the bench if he sticks around. Arop may get processed but we will see who all they can get. Cross should stay and develop. This was a throw away year anyway and he hung around out there despite never lifting weights until he came to Nebraska. He also played way out of position because he isn't big enough to guard fives in the Big ten. Next year he will play more of his 3 and 4 spot and might even bring the ball up. I see him staying because it was his first year and he now knows what it takes to play big boy ball. He will get a reduced role next year so that could be a reason he leaves. Nothing is guaranteed though and maybe he surprises and can get 20 plus minutes a game. He’s too slow to play 3. He needs to work his butt off and be a power forward and small ball 5. He actually initiates the break well and I don’t think he’s total deadweight. I just think if they chose to move on from him it won’t be the end of the world. Quote Link to comment
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