Great nickname, academics and it seems personality. Our type of player off the court.
Very impressive job of spinning his stats in the official site.
Now is his time if he wants to take it, in terms of leadership and a chance
to shine in the paint. 
 An unlimited opportunity for a new start to demonstrate his skills.

Very excited about this season for us and for CC. Seems like the roster is coming together nicely and the addition of an experienced, athletic big is a plus.  Not knowing much about stretch, I’m glad he’s experienced and is a Bruce Pearl product.  How ever CC utilizes him, it’s nice having mature leadership along with JB4, and mixing with raw youthful energy freshman.
The international aspect is exciting as well.  There is so much chemistry to develop and my hope is that once the team finally meets each other it’s upward from there.
It’s so early with so much yet to happen, can’t wait.

Gwmayhem wrote:

At this point, anyone with the mere potential of being a game-changer on the defensive end via rim protection excites me to no end.  There's been Yinka.  And Zeke.  Anyone else?  Pops had some awesome blocks but falls a bit short.  Koul and Larsen took up space.  Koul was more of a defensive threat than KevLar but still, not quite Yinka or Zeke.  Dokun?  Did well with what he had but not quite elite. 

Stretch has height, athleticism, and perhaps most importantly, may be a hidden gem who was playing behind more talented players while at Auburn.  If he can give us minutes while staying out of foul trouble for the most part, this could easily be the team's most important newcomer this season.  Not nearly enough is being said about him on this board, IMO.
 

I sure hope you are right, Mayhem. and he really hope he is a defensive game changer.  I just can't get past the fact, however, that after getting into every game in 2020-2021, he played in only 10 games over the next 2 seasons,  Last season he played in only 4 games and saw the court for less than 16 minutes the entire season.   Unless this was injury related,  even if you are behind talented players in the depth chart, most schools have non scholarship walkons playing more minutes over the course of the season.  Can't help feeling that there is a reason for that, but again, maybe the change of scenery is what was needed to become a factor on a team.

Last edited by Long Suffering Fan (7/25/2023 1:51 pm)

Even if you account for an injury last year it appears he was limited by the fact that he was perceived 
as less talented than other big men on the team-as I understand it.That’s the SEC.In the A-10 he could 
be very effective.

Portal Talk podcast with Stretch. He seems like a really cool dude. Shame we’ll only have him for a short time. I can see him being a fan favorite.

Has Coach Caputo's request for a second year of eligibilty for Stretch based on playing time/health been officially denied?

I said "denied" because there were repeated references to him have only one year with us. Find something better to harp about.

moneybox wrote:

I said "denied" because there were repeated references to him have only one year with us. Find something better to harp about.

1) I was not harping.  I was joking.  Even said LOL to help make that clear.

2) Your response indicated that the joke was completely lost on you.  The point is that you could have said "officially accepted" as opposed to "officially denied" and the meaning would not have changed.

3) Lighten up Frances.
 

As someone who used to do a lot of couples therapy I recommend a trial separation!

You know, "long suffering" and "long deliriously happy" are not mutually exclusive.  It is a difficult balance, but can be done.  (If there was a like feature, I would have put one after GW69's comment.