If he indeed does plan to transfer, he would be eligible next January at another school if he does transfer now. He cannot play tomorrow if that is his intention.
He's gone.
If he indeed does plan to transfer, he would be eligible next January at another school if he does transfer now. He cannot play tomorrow if that is his intention.
YepHe's gone.
I certainly agree with the rookie comment and about the hype, but let's not overthink things here. The reason why we were so excited about his commitment was because he had excelled against outstanding talent at the high school level. I know nothing about the AAU scene, but in his first two high school games last year, Midlothian played South Garland and Guyer. Off the top of my head, he scored 29 and 27 against guys who are committed to: Kentucky (surely a one-and-done),Texas A$M, Michigan, Oklahoma, and another D-I destination TBA, and another guy currently at Georgetown. Midlothians's district his junior and senior years included Waxahachie, Lancaster, and Timberview, and each of those schools had multiple DI recruits. Red Oak probably did, too. They played 6A state champ Allen in nondistrict.3.1% of HS Basketball players will play in college, only .885% will be at a D1 school. Meaning he likely never played against D1 talent, possibly played against a couple NCAA D2-D3/JUCO guys and likely never had one on a team, let alone a locker room full with them.
It's hard to go from being the best to being a rookie. These kids have tons of hype around them just to realize competition actually exists.
Agree with majority of this post. The speed of the game is a big adjustment to a lot of the players too. You should look up the scoring numbers RJ put up in high school.I certainly agree with the rookie comment and about the hype, but let's not overthink things here. The reason why we were so excited about his commitment was because he had excelled against outstanding talent at the high school level. I know nothing about the AAU scene, but in his first two high school games last year, Midlothian played South Garland and Guyer. Off the top of my head, he scored 29 and 27 against guys who are committed to: Kentucky (surely a one-and-done),Texas A$M, Michigan, Oklahoma, and another D-I destination TBA, and another guy currently at Georgetown. Midlothians's district his junior and senior years included Waxahachie, Lancaster, and Timberview, and each of those schools had multiple DI recruits. Red Oak probably did, too. They played 6A state champ Allen in nondistrict.
He was a bad dude against great competition last year. But, barring significant development on his part or a TCU Football-like injury situation, he was not going to see significant time this year with such experienced players as Miller, Noi, Bane, Fisher, and Robinson getting/deserving large chunks of minutes, Nembhard getting a good look in his second year in the program (hmm), Samuels and Alok holding down the 5, and Davis basically demanding that we spend entire games with three guards on the court. Despite that, Davis is averaging 11.3 minutes per game and Archie 10.1. (Bet they'd have both been averaging double (triple?!) that on our teams a decade-ish ago.)
You get these guys hoping their belief that they are the baddest dudes around will be justified by the time they leave the program. There were some indications that we might see that with Archie. If he is transferring, it's disappointing, but there's plenty of talent present and future. What an awesome "problem" to have.
Annnd, if that isn't enough.
Annnd, if that isn't enough.
I’m at Schollmaier. Fish has the look of a guy who ain’t playing today.
No. Story I’m hearing is he injured himself in a pick up game back home but who knows? He is moving around ok...walking.But in uniform?
Former player - not really, no. The only time it can mess with your depth perception is if you're playing in a huge place (like a football stadium) where's theres a lot more negative space behind the hoop than you're used to. DMC (and any arena like it) is a shooter's gym, IMO, and his issues shooting run (ran?) way deeper than the arena setup.Question for those who have played: Does the hoop/backdrop in some arenas just not suit the eye of certain players? Any chance that's part of the issue with Archie's shooting numbers? I'm sure there are many better reasons to transfer. But his shooting has been so bad it has me wondering. What do players say about the sight lines in DMC?
We won't miss him.
If R.J. continues to play at today's level (or, hopefully, continues to improve his overall play), I think we'll be fine this year (I'm ignoring Fisher's missing today and us missing free throws today).long term they have already recruited basically his replacement in smith and fuller
this year, i just hope we don't miss him defensively w fisher having an issue with the knee again
If R.J. continues to play at today's level (or, hopefully, continues to improve his overall play), I think we'll be fine this year (I'm ignoring Fisher's missing today and us missing free throws today).
Oh, absolutely. And I would be comfortable calling Archie an elite defender right now (At least, individually. Hadn't seen him enough of him to gauge his impact on team defense). It would've been nice to have stuck him on 24 this afternoon when he was carrying them offensively and just not particularly worry about him until the next media timeout.agree in almost every area expect the defensive potential he had on the perimeter.
i guess noi would be the next guy with that ability, but he seems to zone out at times