Future

[WstateU]

New Shockernet anthem...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IU_y9FB0QKk

[mjbaker84]

Shaq stated that Barney was actually a pretty decent player ( of course this is going against him in practice.

Maybe he see's some decent minutes for a walk on? (3-5 minutes average?)

[shockmonster]

I certainly don't expect much from Barney or any of the walk-ons. It's probably a bad thing if the walk-ons play meaningful minutes as this means bad things (injuries, under performance, etc) for the 13 scholarship players.

That said, Barney red-shirtting last year seemed all kinds of weird. He already had a year at sunrise, and...you know...he's a walk-on. Are we limited to the number of walk-ons we can have? Or spots on the bench?

But JRS has played meaningful minutes (I don't remember exactly but I remember a minute or two before half time when FVV and Baker had two fouls (Gregg didn't want to risk another). For Gregg to trust our team to JRS when the game is still at risk is important. Gregg knew that JRS wouldn't turn the ball over. However, if Gregg trusts a scholarship player, they will get the minutes first. My point is that Gregg and his staff don't take the walk-ons for granted.

Another point is that I don't see any Freshman walk-ons getting meaningful minutes.

[Aargh]

I sat beside Barney and his parents at WSU games for 3 years. Barney taking a RS is probably his hoping that an extra year might get him some additional physical maturity and get him some extra minutes.

I'd rather expect that he thinks an extra year might give him an additional opportunity to learn from Marshall. Barney's future is more likely to have coaching implications than NBA implications. I wouldn't be surprised to see Barney take an extra year after he's out of eligibility to pursue a sports administraion master's degree and become a grad assistant somewhere.

[pie n eye]

Got to be careful about what you see at Shocker Madness. Players are likely to let the new guys show what they can do. In games the other team is trying to prevent them from showing what they can do.

Just a few examples of Shocker Madness performances that didn't translate into regular season performances: Kyles was a sure All-Valley pick coming out of every Shocker Madness. Nurger was a strong post player who could stroke 3's like a guard in his single SM appearance. Barney had some good moves, a nice shooting stroke, and shooting range at SM. His foot speed and quickness was not challenged.

I very seriously doubt anyone is "letting others show what they can do" by not playing defense against them. Just doesn't jive with a GM team.

Also, I have very different recollection of David Kyles and Nurgers SM appearances.

[ShockerPhi]

We'll be lucky to have Barney for 3 more years. He'll be headed to the NBA in no time.

(Please don't delete your account, Doc. I'm just kidding.)

[Rocky Mountain Shock]

Walk ons have an important role to play in practice and in the locker room. There are some things that are just as important, but maybe not as visible, as minutes per game.

[Dave Stalwart]

Walk ons have an important role to play in practice and in the locker room. There are some things that are just as important, but maybe not as visible, as minutes per game.

Either way you look at it, the better the walk-ons you have, the better your team is. Whether that means one of them earns playing time in games or just brings it at a higher level in practice every day, the end result is the same. These guys that have opportunities outside of WSU, yet choose to be the practice squad here deserve a high five for that, and we get to be the beneficiaries of their choice. I have little doubt that most of our current walk ons are starters in d-2 and/or key roles players if not even more on all the sub-200 d-1 teams. That's pretty good to have on your practice squad in addition to your own key players.

[ShockingButTrue]

New Shockernet anthem...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IU_y9FB0QKk

Lol.

Changing hearts & minds, one opinion at a time.

[Dan]

JRS would start on some Valley teams and probably a good number of D1 schools

[shoxilla]

Speaking of the future, is the Arizona game countdown clock getting on anyone's nerves?

[shockmonster]

Did anyone hear Paul Suellentrop on with Bob and Jeff (The Drive) yesterday afternoon. He was talking about basketball and he mentioned some things about this years team practicing. I heard him mention Conner but didn't hear everything. Can anyone who heard, paraphrase what he said about our players?

[pie n eye]

Did anyone hear Paul Suellentrop on with Bob and Jeff (The Drive) yesterday afternoon. He was talking about basketball and he mentioned some things about this years team practicing. I heard him mention Conner but didn't hear everything. Can anyone who heard, paraphrase what he said about our players?

I sucked it up and listened to the podcast of that portion of the drivel. Here's my summary of Paul's comments:

-He has no idea how Steven Solomon will figure into the mix and WSU can't comment on him yet. He has no reason to think he will be a big part of next year's team but again, he doesn't know if he'll be a practice player, someone they think can contribute down the road, or somewhere in between.
-Jeff asked if, on May 4, he can see any single player getting 30 minutes at the PG position or will it be mix and match? At this point Paul thinks it will be mix and match but he spoke to a person close to the program who said that Frankamp has looked good, more assertive in spring practices.
-They talked for a while about the CBS sports article about the Mountain West. Paul thinks they'll stay in the MVC most likely. They will need 1 or 2 more shakeups for an opportunity to arise. The comments by Big 12 commish could start one of those shake ups. It is likely easier to change conferences than it is to start football. Bob and Jeff argued back and forth about the plausibility of joining the Big East.

[Ricardo del Rio]

I thought the comment by the MWC commissioner was a little bit on the smart ass side.

[ShockdaWorld]

I thought the comment by the MWC commissioner was a little bit on the smart ass side.

MWC fans act like they think about as highly of him as we do of Elgin.