Redshirts

[Panther Cat]

I was just seeing if anyone has been to practice lately to see how the redshirts are progressing (Bohannon & Olivia).

I haven't heard too much of them lately. Is Olivia healthy yet?

[jnutt]

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more concerned about where the heck is Singleton?

[ceaser150]

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more concerned about where the heck is Singleton?

Agreed. Why not redshirt a guy if he is only going to play in garbage time? The risk to not redshirting a player is if he decides to transfer, he can then use the redshirt year when they have to sit out and not lose eligibility. If Singleton is upset with the lack of playing time, and sees all the players ahead of him, he may now decide to transfer and not lose any eligibility.

[jnutt]

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i think he may have taken a redshirt year but with Pehl hurt, kinda forced Jake's hand a bit

[Panther Cat]

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i think he may have taken a redshirt year but with Pehl hurt, kinda forced Jake's hand a bit

I agree. I thought Singleton needed a redshirt year as much as anyone. Just felt with Olivia & Pehl hurt he had to play him. As of now Singleton seems like a solid player but without a true position. A little undersized for the post and not quick enough for the perimeter.

Give him a few years and he could develop into a nice physical player for us.

[TommyT]

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I agree. I thought Singleton needed a redshirt year as much as anyone. Just felt with Olivia & Pehl hurt he had to play him. As of now Singleton seems like a solid player but without a true position. A little undersized for the post and not quick enough for the perimeter.

Give him a few years and he could develop into a nice physical player for us.

Hopefully you are correct. I don't think Singleton has Eric Coleman's wingspan, but if he can produce the same kind of play Coleman did (and have a better free throw percentage), then we will be in good shape.

[desertcat]

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Is it his defense that's keeping him off the court? I think he could contribute offensively by the little I've seen of him so far.

[D Panther]

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After the Brazil trip the 2 freshman that were talked about most were Mitchell and Olivia. Olivia's injury changed that. It would not suprise me if Singleton redshirdts next year.

[clenz]

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After the Brazil trip the 2 freshman that were talked about most were Mitchell and Olivia. Olivia's injury changed that. It would not suprise me if Singleton redshirdts next year.

At that point it wouldn't surprise me to see him go elsewhere, unless his attitude is different than pretty much every other competitive player.

What it would amount to is wasting a year to then do what he could have done the year prior....


I agree a redshirt would have been great for hi, but I can't see him being happy with red-shirting next year after playing 3 min every couple games this year.

[desertcat]

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I hope that he wouldn't leave just because he isn't getting many minutes his freshman year. This is typical in many major programs. Hopefully he keeps improving and earns some more minutes before the season is done, which is definitely possible. But even if he doesn't see much time this year it doesn't mean he won't next season and then after that I could still see him getting starter minutes his final 2 years. Hopefully he has a lot of foresight and determination.

[ceaser150]

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I hope that he wouldn't leave just because he isn't getting many minutes his freshman year. This is typical in many major programs. Hopefully he keeps improving and earns some more minutes before the season is done, which is definitely possible. But even if he doesn't see much time this year it doesn't mean he won't next season and then after that I could still see him getting starter minutes his final 2 years. Hopefully he has a lot of foresight and determination.

With only Moran graduating, there will not be many free minutes for him to pick up next year. You know they will find a way to get Olivia on the court, so I don't see where Singleton fits in unless he steps up his game big time over the off season. Unless he is really patient, I would expect him to transfer.

[Casey'sitsallgood]

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Just for fun, let's look at who'll be eligible to play next season:

ANTHONY JAMES
Jake Koch
Marc Sonnen
Austin Pehl
Tyler Lange
Matt Morrison
Chip Rank
Nate Buss
Max Martino
Matt Bohannon
Jevon Lyle
Deon Mitchell
Chris Olivier
Marvin Singleton
Seth Tuttle
+ any recruits?

That's 15 people, not including recruits. (I'm not sure where the team stands, as far as bringing in someone that'd be ready to play right away.) We all know, barring injury, AJ, Jake, Marc, Chip, Deon and Seth are going to get heavy minutes. We also know Coach Jake will play 10 guys if he can. It was pretty well known that CO was going to play had he not gotten injured, so we'll add him. Same with Nate. (?) That's eight guys. Now, who are your other two (or maybe more)? Looking at it this way, would anyone be surprised if perhaps someone transferred? Absolutely not. We're going to be extremely deep next year, it would make a lot of sense for someone in Marvin's position to transfer, being that he has that RS year still in his pocket, even though I'd hate to see him go.

[achrist70]

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My guess is that a few of those guys (Bohannon and Lyle) know that they will get some time next year but also understand that they will get alot of time in 2013-2014, same is probably true with Olivier and Singleton, as for redshirting Singleton next year, things like that have happened before, but tend to be rare. I do it all the time while playing NCAA football for what it is worth

[9YRPLAN]

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it would be unfortunate if anyone would transfer considering all the minutes that are available in 13-14

[achrist70]

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it would be unfortunate if anyone would transfer considering all the minutes that are available in 13-14

Hopefully we put together another great class in '13 though