Hoops News: Iman is gone
by orientalnc on May 3, 2011 3:08 PM EDT
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PrintI was all set to post a long essay on our hoops chances for next year when I saw this. It will now be necessary for BG to find someone to play the point next season. Plus he is one player short on the roster. I wonder if this changes the equation for any of the guys who recently decommited to other schools?
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Come on Iman.
You should always stay in school. Wait until next year when you are GUARANTEED a 1st round pick after a great senior season. This year you are borderline 1st, and may not even get drafted. I hope you do, but a 2nd round pick is not guaranteed a contract.
But his problem is if he doesn’t get any better he won’t get picked in what should be a stronger draft class next year. There is some logic into staying in this year, especially since it will be a transition with a new coach.
by iamafirehazard on May 3, 2011 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Transition to a New Coach
That’s the perfect reason NOT to stick around. The team will go through some adjustment pains, and it could very well look bad on Shumpert. Just because there’s renewed hope for the program doesn’t mean that he will play better this year as an individual.
It's just my opinion...
But a new coach doesn’t mean a tough season of learning a new scheme. If I remember right, Paul Johnson’s first year was VERY good and the team was made up of a bunch of young players. They went from a pro style offense with mostly pro style offense players to the triple option, and they were very successful in the transition between the different coaches.
If you look at Brian Gregory’s resime, one of his best seasons was his 1st season as the head coach of Dayton. Why can’t his 1st season at Georgia Tech be just as good if not better? It’s not that hard to learn a different type of defensive or offensive scheme in one off season. They do practice a lot, you know.
Also Shumpert will only get better his senior season if he comes back.
by RamblinWreck7 on May 4, 2011 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
It may not be the scheme that is difficult to learn
But the learning and executing itself is what may be most difficult, especially on the offensive side of the ball. You have to remember that Hewitt has pretty much built a culture of no rules as it relates to what the players did on the court offensively, so adjusting from that mindset to having to play your role could be difficult. It’s much harder to teach someone to stop doing something than it is to teach them to do something new.
"You could spend the next fifteen seconds of your life watching a man and a tiger scream together, or you could be an idiot."
Fact.
Just to make sure.
Has he hired an agent yet? I’m still holding out on this guy coming back to GT. I think that we could have a special year next season if he comes back.
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