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I thought this was interesting from Coach Jake, openly stating that they planned to keep a scholarship open for the possibility of landing a transfer:
“With what’s happened the last few years, we’ve talked about having at least one scholarship available when it gets to the spring because so many guys are transferring,” he said.
“If we don’t have a scholarship available and they want to come back close to home ... they’re great fits for our program and they may end up in our league or somebody we play. We haven’t made any drastic changes with our recruiting strategy, but we have talked some about having one (scholarship) available in the spring.”UNI FIGHT
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Is this possibly why we didn't get uthoff after he left Wisconsin? Then shortly after he committed to iowa, didn't Olivier leave? Or is my timeline messed up?Originally posted by 06panther10 View PostComment
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Not necessarily. I think he was just speaking generally, that this is going to be a strategy going forward more often than not. Last year we landed Jesperson, and the year before we landed Washpun.Originally posted by UNIdadtobe View PostUNI FIGHT
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I'm not positive, but I believe that is correct. Uthoff was considering UNI, but we did not have any scholarships available. That's not to say he would have come here even if we did, but that obviously was a big obstacle to landing that high profile transfer.Originally posted by Moose39 View PostUNI FIGHT
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yes. Chris was still on the roster but not playing. It would have been nice to have that extra scholly nowOriginally posted by 06panther10 View PostComment
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Most likely not for next year as all of our slots are spoken for. Not a bad strategy going forward. We were able to land Jesperson because Olivier left, Washpun replaced Moran after we had not filled his scholarship with any HSers and he transferred prior to Uthoff so he got the first and only available one, Olivier was only able to be landed (good or bad) because someone gave up their scholarship to bring him in.Originally posted by UNIdadtobe View Post
Interesting side note, every one of our NCAA teams has had a transfer player on it.Comment
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Correct, we gave the available one to Washpun before Uthoff announced his plans. Had Olivier left after his redshirt year, we might have had a shot at Uthoff, emphasize might.Originally posted by 06panther10 View PostComment
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Uthoff's first call was to Jake, I actually feel pretty confident that he would be here if we would have had a ride open...Comment
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I think he realized that his game and skill set fit better in the valley, Iowa fans think he is going to be a stud in the B1G, I really have a hard time seeing that, I think he will contribute, but not to the level they are thinking.Comment
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Uthoff was going to iowa as soon as the conference and Wisconsin restrictions were lifted. Not Jakes fault at all for not preparing and I'm glad he didn't waste any resources. Uthoff was covered his bases by visiting elsewhere.
I haven't heard of anyone who thinks he will be a stud at Wisconsin or Iowa. Possible starter and versatile role player a worst tho.Last edited by 9YRPLAN; 10-17-2013, 11:35 AM.Comment
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hmmm... Good leadership, but do we want Tuttle shooting threes?Tuttle, who averaged 11.4 points and 6.6 rebounds a season ago, walked into the gym at 7a.m. five days each week, all summer long, for a regimen of 500 3-point shots. One after another, Tuttle let fly from beyond the arc.Comment
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We don't want him sitting on the perimeter obviously but he's shown that he can knock down those shots when needed. I felt like last year he tried to flex that muscle a little more often than was necessary or wise but the guy is a gamer and our best player. Anything that makes him even better cannot be a bad thing IMOOriginally posted by sivert View PostComment
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