Quickzips Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 I am with you guys. Red shirting three players makes more sense over the long run.Like I said before. Redshirt McClanahan, Parrish and Sullivan. You would still havePG-Steward, HitchensSG-McNees, RobertsSF-Linhart, B.McKnight, ConyersPF-C.McKnight, CvetinovicC-Swiech, BardoThat's still a very deep rotation. Plus you have the walkons there for garbage time if you need it and some guys can play multiple positions (McNees at PG, Conyers at SG, Linhart at PF, etc.). Then down the road you can stagger out recruiting a bit more. In '08-'09 we have one scholarship to give (Linhart). In '09-'10 we have two (Conyers (assuming he gets an extra year) and C.McKnight). In '10-'11 we have four (McNees, Bardo, B.McKnight and Roberts (assuming he gets an extra year back)). In '11-'12 you would have four (Steward, Hitchens, Swiech and Cvetinovic). In '12-'13 you have three (McClanahan, Parrish and Sullivan). 1, 2, 4, 4, 3 is a lot better staggered IMO than 1, 2, 4, 5, 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbs95 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 5 - The biggest question mark and the only place where we need people stepping up is the C position. I know we all are excited about Zeke, but were we not all excited when Swiech signed with akron. Wasn't Steve a 27 ppg 10 rpg guy as a senior in HS? and Bardo is definitely not the most polished player but he is not a weak hole either. I mean if the guy can deffend and rebound and have a few putbacks every game, i will live with him not being a scoring threat.Thank you it's about time!! some remembers Swiech. I remember how thrilled to have Swiech sign with the zips. Then zeke comes along and Swiech who??Taking to the coachs Swiech is not the same player thet came to Akron last year. He is not the player you saw the last 1 min of last year preseason game. he is stronger fast ant more of a threat. Swiech has worked very hard over the last year I don't think you will be disapointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Watcher Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Taking to the coachs Swiech is not the same player thet came to Akron last year. He is not the player you saw the last 1 min of last year preseason game. he is stronger fast ant more of a threat. Swiech has worked very hard over the last year I don't think you will be disapointed.Nobody questions Steve's drive & effort .. that's for sure. I for one am looking forward to Swiech anchoring the center position for 4 years. Zeke's quick enough to guard the 4 .. so I expect them to be playing together for a lot of minutes.Swiech brings offense in the post .. and that's going to be needed this year and beyond. Besides the fact that he's an enormous man .. his post offense will be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zip37 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Maybe a double post low/high, double low. double high or a continuous rotation? double S is HUGEand improving almost daily. Don't forget Mike, either! He is improving greatly!With ball ammunition lock and load, and of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 I'm also excited to see Swiech out there! I used to enjoy watching Swiech shake hands w/ the other teams following games last year - he usually dwarfed anyone on the opposing team! I absolutely loved Jeremiah Wood but I can't wait to get a 6-10, 250, long-armed body out there!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zips Win! Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 I am with you guys. Red shirting three players makes more sense over the long run.Like I said before. Redshirt McClanahan, Parrish and Sullivan. You would still havePG-Steward, HitchensSG-McNees, RobertsSF-Linhart, B.McKnight, ConyersPF-C.McKnight, CvetinovicC-Swiech, BardoThat's still a very deep rotation. Plus you have the walkons there for garbage time if you need it and some guys can play multiple positions (McNees at PG, Conyers at SG, Linhart at PF, etc.). Then down the road you can stagger out recruiting a bit more. In '08-'09 we have one scholarship to give (Linhart). In '09-'10 we have two (Conyers (assuming he gets an extra year) and C.McKnight). In '10-'11 we have four (McNees, Bardo, B.McKnight and Roberts (assuming he gets an extra year back)). In '11-'12 you would have four (Steward, Hitchens, Swiech and Cvetinovic). In '12-'13 you have three (McClanahan, Parrish and Sullivan). 1, 2, 4, 4, 3 is a lot better staggered IMO than 1, 2, 4, 5, 2.I'll be disappointed if by mid-season the starting rotation isn't:Hitchens, McNees, McKnight, NcKnight and Linhart.....Will need both Roberts and Steward to come off the bench at the guard spots.....Have no clue who will step up on the front line...Counting on Bardo and Conyers to help would be huge....still think Bardo is a year away....Conyers had no clue who to even pass the ball to last year, so I'm not sure what has changed that will make him a contributer....BTW, if we can find that 20 point a game scorer, bring him on...there are many a "team" players out there that can score....would love to have one....Brett.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziptrumpet87 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 I'll be disappointed if by mid-season the starting rotation isn't:Hitchens, McNees, McKnight, NcKnight and Linhart.....That would be a McWonderful lineup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickzips Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 I'll be disappointed if by mid-season the starting rotation isn't:Hitchens, McNees, McKnight, NcKnight and Linhart.....That would be a McWonderful lineup.We could call it the golden arches lineup. It's kind of a small lineup though. I wouldn't mind it late in a half, but we've got some beef up front this year with SS and Bardo, I think we need to use that to our advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziptrumpet87 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 I'll be disappointed if by mid-season the starting rotation isn't:Hitchens, McNees, McKnight, NcKnight and Linhart.....That would be a McWonderful lineup.We could call it the golden arches lineup. It's kind of a small lineup though. I wouldn't mind it late in a half, but we've got some beef up front this year with SS and Bardo, I think we need to use that to our advantage.Maybe swap in McClanahan for Hitchens Wonder if McD's would do a promo with UA for that one? Think Bardo or SS would become an honorary "Mc"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Watcher Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Swiech would just need to change his name to something ....... maybe McLovin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdZip Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 McSweich ("McSwick") has a nice ring to it...And when Cvetinovic gets in, he can be "McNik"...And we could probably get away with calling Humpty "McQuick"...As we identify our steals leaders, they can be the Hamburglars...OK, that might be pushing it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 KD's interview is interesting. Couple things I picked up.Worst kept secret in the program. McNees will move to playing more SG next year.The mentions of Oklahoma St. and Xavier are kind of interesting. Getting a home and home series with both of those teams over the next couple years would be HUGE.Youth, youth, youth. I totally agree with KD that this might be the most talented team we've had in a while, but it's sooooooooo...... young.It kind of sounds like we'll continue to run some small sets. With no Wood or Romeo to lean on inside and (again) a very young front court it makes some sense. We do need to develop guys like Bardo, Swiech, Cvetinovic and Parrish too though. I hope KD doesn't fall into the trap of leaning too much on a deep backcourt and not developing the young frontcourt talent.I think KD makes a good point when he says that if one of the new guys (freshman or redshirts) steps up we will be okay, if two step up we will be better, if three step up we can make some noise. My best guess in order of guys who can step up: 1) Steward 2) Swiech 3) Humpty 4) Cvetinovic. GoZips, I agree to some degree with your point that it may make sense to redshirt Humpty. We are so deep at the guard spots as it is, and getting an extra year out of him in the program would be pretty nice. But like you said, he just seems so talented. I don't know if we can keep him sitting on the bench for a whole year. Kind of a good problem to have though. Too many PG's.With the play of McClanahan, Humpty and Cvetinovic today, Keith is looking pretty prophetic. I'm still excited about the remainder of this year (and getting to play the east one more time) and now looking even more forward to a loaded team next year. With 8 regular season games left, 20 wins again is a real possibility. Never would have thought that was possible at the beginning of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 With 8 regular season games left, 20 wins again is a real possibility. Never would have thought that was possible at the beginning of the year.I remember Nate saying that his goals for the season hadn't changed. He wanted to win the MAC, and it didn't matter how young the team would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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