Comments on: Austin Etherington joins Indiana’s 2011 class

By: tomcreansdietcoke

tomcreansdietcoke — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:02:55 +0000

Have you all considered that if we do in fact get Irving next year – which I hope we do for obvious reasons – he may only be around a year or two. I read that he ideally wants to stay 2-3 years, but that if the option to go pro after one year was available he would consider it.

If this were the case, getting Jeremiah Davis would be a blessing.

By: tomcreansdietcoke

tomcreansdietcoke — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:02:55 +0000

If this were the case, getting Jeremiah Davis would be a blessing.

By: CreamandCrimson

CreamandCrimson — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:45:41 +0000

You're right. I would hate to see Roth go though. I think he will be much improved if he gets a little bit stronger and learns to not be a liability on defense. Also, he is going to get some open looks off the penetration that is created by guys like Creek, VJ3, Rivers and Watford. I would expect him to hit a couple of threes a game this season. However, if you look at the scholarship situation there are really only two guys that you would not mind seeing go. David Williams (he might be great but we don't know) and Matt Roth. As I said, I think he could have a good year but in two years it might be tough to find minutes for a one-dimensional player. Again, this is not a terrible problem to have.

By: hoosierboy

hoosierboy — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:54:33 +0000

I thought Plumlee was better than Zeller. He is rated higher on all the recruiting websites. It sounds like neither of them are really dominant post players. They are more finess.

By: MillaRed

MillaRed — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:46:43 +0000

I think you are right, and I think guys like Matt Roth are in danger of finishing an IU career.

By: psvirsky

psvirsky — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:57:04 +0000

totally agree with your asessment

By: CreamandCrimson

CreamandCrimson — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:38:49 +0000

Austin should be a great addition to the Hoosiers. It looks as if Jeremiah Davis is going to be committing soon as well. I like that we would have three guys (at least) from a high-caliber AAU squad (Indiana Elite). They will have some experience playing together and that always helps. Also, this can only help in the recruitment of Zeller and/or Plumlee. I have been reading the posts about the numbers crunch that we are going to be running into and it is kind of scary (not a terrible problem to have though). Don't forget that transfers do happen and guys that currently have scholarships may not be staying around. I hope it will work itself out.
So, a top five priority list now that Etherington is on board:
1. Kyrie Irving
2. Cody Zeller
3. Marshall Plumlee
4. Stacy Poole
5. Jeremiah Davis
I leave Teague off because I think that ship has sailed, hope I am wrong though. What do you guys think?
Great job TC, keep it up.

By: GFDave

GFDave — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:49:01 +0000

I don't know how far his comments can be extrapolated, but it isn't unreasonable to think that he is considering an imminent IU commitment. I've been looking for video on Jeremiah but have come up dry. If anybody has a link to some vid, please post. Thanks.

By: psvirsky

psvirsky — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:49:50 +0000

if true, are we pretty much out of the running for Irving? Do we want that many PG's? Even if we still wanted Irving, we won't have space for another big like Zeller or Plumlee? The numbers game isn't fun, although it's definitely better than the “can we get anyone decent at all” game from the last couple years.

By: Kelin Blab

Kelin Blab — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:45:25 +0000

Ron and everyone check this out….I think something is brewing here…..

http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20090804/HS...