There is some talk that Randy Bennett at St Maryās might take the Stanford or Arizona St jobs when they open up.
Aidan Mahaney? Do we need another point guard? (yes, yes we do especially with Blissā ankle surgery).
Man I always loved the swagger that kid plays with, definitely the stereotypical white kid the other teamās fans hate. Even his high school clips I remember he was yappin it up. But plays like a Bennett guard.
There are two lineups for day 1 that would excite me/give me hope.
Reece
McKneely
Brakefield
Cade Tyson
Buchanan
Aidan Mahaney
McKneely
Gertrude
Lubin
Buchanan
(This is the run it back lineup because they can all return 2025-2026 as well)
Cool idea. But why would he not be option 1 at his coachās new gig?
Cause I just huffed two cups of hot cocoa with peppermint marshmellows that double as a coat hanger in my candy land home.
Also Stanford and ASU are not even top-100 teams. He may want a chance at the NCAAT.
His mom is a Stanford alum. Again all the coaching stuff is āpossibilityā not reality yet
I can get behind atleast part of this. Would love to see Brakefield.
You know, I am so depressed about this team that I canāt imagine why a good player would want to come at this point. That goes for Mallory as well.
Because the team is bad and therefore a good player sees opportunity to play. (Bond is a project wing and Gertrude is more athletic than Dante/Rohde and probably should be playing all their minutes/really high ceiling but heās also a little raw and not this unbelievable polished player that would force Tony to play him no matter what)
Again schemes are bad but the talent and lack of complete players is also bad.
#boeheimwasright
I read Bobby Hurley might take DePaul. But I canāt see Randy Bennett leaving Moraga
I feel like (outside the āheās missing a lot of things LOLā) this is the thing Rohde is missing that a guard like him needs. Jerome had it too.
I also think heād have a good shot here if we completely changed the offensive scheme.
Sounds like he was a stud in the summer. Likely because they werenāt installing the offense. Maybe you can do something that allows him to be himself.
If we get in the tournament, youāll probably get a good look at him. Theyāre a very likely opponent for us.
Aiden Mahaney (UVA should have offered)
Cam Christie (UVA should have pushed harder)
Ven Lubin (UVA should have offered)
DaRon Holmes (UVA should have pushed harder but not happening)
Tucker Anderson (Kyle Getter and numerous power 5s watched him in hs and aau but passed on skinny project in portal era)
Tony leans into the humility pillar and apologizes to these kids/lands them in the portal, essentially creating the team we should have had anyways while dropping half the UVA endowment to make it happen.
Mahaney
Mckneely
Christie
Lubin
Buchanan
Bliss
Gertrude
Anderson
Cofie
Robinson
Dont mind me, just monday manifesting
Questions by position (one each day)
If Reece doesnāt come back for his 5th year, do we need a portal guard? One year or multi year guy?
Will Bliss be ready coming off his ankle surgery? And can he give us that Perrantes/Kihei/Reece freshman guard impact?
What does a UVA offense look like with a lead guard who can hit a runner and shoots 3s without looking uncomfortable? Itās been so long.
If they donāt leave, what will Rohde and Danteās roles look like next season compared to this season?
Can UVA land one of Mallory/Acaden/Stevens and reclass them to 2024? And if so will they impress enough to be a rotational piece instead of the planned redshirt they will be reclassing into?
Will playmaking improve with more established screeners day 1 next season? (hopefully)
Love that you sent this at 3 am lol.
Iām bullish on bliss giving us that day 1 impact we need but I donāt trust Tony not to play Harris a ton so Iām hoping he doesnāt have that temptation. Strongly believe itās best for all parties if he transfers and we can add a veteran guard
Is it really in Harris best interest to transfer? Where else is he going to get 20-30 minutes at a P5 school?
Iām just thinking a system that doesnāt value possessions like we do. Somewhere he can push the tempo and run.
Yeah Iām sure he can find that, but itāll be at a lower level. And not trying to be a mega jerk here, but I donāt think thereās any guarantee he would get 20-30 minutes at that level
