Florida Colonial wrote:

As posted in the Portal thread

Jeff Goodman
@GoodmanHoops
George Washington has landed Delaware transfer Gerald Drumgoole Jr., source told 
@TheFieldOf68
. 

Averaged 13.9 points last season and shot 37 percent from 3.

Welcome Gerald Drumgoole! 

He hir 75 threes last year and 74 the year before. (For reference, Bishop made 71 last year).

A lineup of Hutch, Drumgoole, Garrett Johnson, DBJ, and Sean Hansen would really surround Darren in the paint with a ton of outside shooting to stretch the floor for Darren to operate inside.

Now the question becomes do we use the last remaining scholarship? 

Presumably there might not be much PT to offer so it could go to an international or HS project.

Darn. I was hoping for just 1 transfer from a P-6 school this off season.

Joel Joseph wrote:

Darn. I was hoping for just 1 transfer from a P-6 school this off season.

I had hopes too

Wouldn't mind a good-sized or taller, very springy, jumping jack type forward.
No doubt easier said than done.
Or Yegor/Mike Hall-sized type. 
Someone who can hit the boards.
If we don't rebound, we will wind up missing Max more than we might think.

Mixed reaction.  Albany City Rocks guy which we've had some success with.  Good size, hopefully some leadership.  Could play the Max rebounding role if he puts his mind to it. 

Not sure how his natural talent will compare with that of Trey and Ty (or even Christian who we really haven't seen) but I'd hate to see their development slowed as a result.  Seems to be more of a scorer than a natural shooter, a statement I would love to be wrong about.  And of course, there's the pattern of putting up bigger numbers against lesser teams, for the most part.  That normally does not bode well for someone looking to play up. 

I am perhaps being naive but I was very comfortable heading into the season with Jacoi, Trey, Ty and Christian as our primary backcourt players.  We shall see.

Ugh.  Dayton lands one of my favorite players in all of college basketball in Posh Alexander. Might be the best defensive PG in the country.

Long Suffering Fan wrote:

GW0509 wrote:

Gwmayhem wrote:

Mixed reaction.  Albany City Rocks guy which we've had some success with.  Good size, hopefully some leadership.  Could play the Max rebounding role if he puts his mind to it. 

Not sure how his natural talent will compare with that of Trey and Ty (or even Christian who we really haven't seen) but I'd hate to see their development slowed as a result.  Seems to be more of a scorer than a natural shooter, a statement I would love to be wrong about.  And of course, there's the pattern of putting up bigger numbers against lesser teams, for the most part.  That normally does not bode well for someone looking to play up. 



I am perhaps being naive but I was very comfortable heading into the season with Jacoi, Trey, Ty and Christian as our primary backcourt players.  We shall see.

This is a total hunch but I don’t see him as a primary back court player and more of a direct replacement for Max at the 3 (when Max was coming off the bench). Hopefully with all his experience in CBB we’ll see a player who will be a bit more mindful with the ball and take better shots.

Certainly more of a "hunch" I would think.   Max is listed at 6'5", 215 lbs.  Gerald is 6'5", 205 lbs. Last season, Max averaged 12.4 ppg on 42.7% overall and 35.8% from the 3 while Gerald averaged 13.9 ppg on 43.3% shooting and 37.3% from the 3.  Max averaged 6.6 rpg whild Gerald averaged 3.8 rpg.   Max 1.2 apg whild Gerald was 2.4 apg.   I would say that these players look pretty similar to each other, at least statistically, with Max having a rebounding edge and Gerald slightly better in all other offensive categories.   Defense I have no way of knowing, but at least based on these offensive numbers, it would seem that Gerald would be able to slide into the Max role on the team.  Who knows...maybe his teammated would even like him, which I am not sure was always the case with Max based upon what I have heard.
 

I'm not sure that everyone on the team was as down on Max's favorite Nats player, Patrick Corbin, as outsiders may have been or assumed. At least I think I heard or deduced that somewhere. Hard to duplicate players based on stats as much as we'd like. Different team, different skill set, different personality, different year. But at least Caputo has his core back. McCombs is literally starting from scratch with the departures of  her leading scorer and rebounder and 8 new incoming players to date. Alas, hope springs eternal for both teams. 
 

Alum1 wrote:

Gwmayhem wrote:

Mixed reaction.  Albany City Rocks guy which we've had some success with.  Good size, hopefully some leadership.  Could play the Max rebounding role if he puts his mind to it. 

Not sure how his natural talent will compare with that of Trey and Ty (or even Christian who we really haven't seen) but I'd hate to see their development slowed as a result.  Seems to be more of a scorer than a natural shooter, a statement I would love to be wrong about.  And of course, there's the pattern of putting up bigger numbers against lesser teams, for the most part.  That normally does not bode well for someone looking to play up. 

I am perhaps being naive but I was very comfortable heading into the season with Jacoi, Trey, Ty and Christian as our primary backcourt players.  We shall see.

 
Completely agree, Mayhem. Not doing any handstands this morning.

Not doing handstands either, just some head scratching.

I like both pick-ups in Drumgoole and Moss. We need experienced scorers losing Bishop and Max and their 31 ppg last season.  Both of the these additions averaged over 13 PPG last year (13.9 and 13.5; respectively)

  Drumgoole is a career 34.3 3 FG% while Moss is a mere 27.7 3 FG%.  I expect Moss to penetrate and score inside or create open looks inside and out rather take a lot of 3’s. We needed Drumgoole for more perimeter and all around shooting.  Drumgoole  has 1 year of eligibility and Moss 2 years. Bevins can learn from Drumgoole and all of our Super Sophomores then slide into a more featured scoring role Year 2.  For comparison Bishop shot 32.9% and Max 35.6% from 3 for their respective careers. Drumgoole 3# are better than Bishop and a notch below Max.

For the last open spot, I am not as worried about landing a P6 or P5 recruit. I believe team and culture fit as well as the player’s skill set are more important attributes than what school they came from.  This team is pretty deep currently, so there’s not too many minutes available for the last recruit. I prefer to invest a young athletic BIG that can currently rebound and provide 5-7 minutes at the 5 or 4 positions.