inknow people on here expect Handy to be ok next season, but it’s not just about getting healthy. He has to first get healthy, then get in shape and then get back basketball skills. To me while he may play some next season, I would be surprised if he was even able to provide what he did last season. He may decide for a medical redshirt. That’s just my thought. No inside info. If I was involved in him as a player I would tell him get healthy and use the year to improve offensively vs wasting a year working your way back. As for Haugh, I love him, maybe my fav player to watch, but he didn’t play the 3 at all this year and more importantly spent this whole last season practicing with the bigs. I’ve had some of my players go thru the same thing. Very similar players. in practice they often split up bigs and guards. Often times players like Haugh actually lose some guard skills because they don’t get to work on them much. So while I would love to see him some at the 3 I would be surprised if it happened in bulk. Lastly, even though he moves his feet great for someone his size, there is a difference between having to guard a 3 all game vs short bursts after a switch let’s say. He may have trouble throughout a game staying in front of a 3 depending on the opponent. I truly believe he will give us great minutes at the 4 with Alexis mixing in as well. I can see a world where both those guys get avg about 20 min a game with variation here and there depending on match up and how well they are playing.
The majority are broke after retiring, so it’s not jealousy for me. I will retire comfortably. But the value society places on professional sports is really frustrating. The guy who can hit a 23 foot basketball shot consistently makes many multiples of the people out there saving lives in medicine, or those putting their lives in the line through military or law enforcement service, or a hundred other things that actually benefit society more than the guy who can hit a baseball really far. And the thing is, it’s a relatively modern development. In 1963, a baseball player made around 200k in 2024 dollars. Today they make 4 million. And I get the reasons…increased TV revenue, players having to strike to get their share etc. But it’s also in an era where the average fan is priced out of many venues now, or at best can afford a few games a year. And players are also treated to a different set of rules. Leonard Little as one example killed a guy and got back in the NFL. Who among us could find a job after that? Winning is all that matters. Anyway, rant over, but some anger towards professional sports is certainly valid imo.
In the 1960s a Fortune 500 CEO made about 16 times the lowest employee in their company’s salary. Today that is above 400 times. Recognition of value for ceos and athletes or society changing? I don’t contribute to nil so what do I care about a kid getting paid a lot (other than the farce that is college sports being other than a business, and I reconciled with that decades ago). CEOs of companies I hold stock in who do horribly but get a golden parachute? That ticks me off.
I actually don’t like celebrity culture generally, be it movies, sports etc. it’s largely superfluous and silly to me. Doesn’t mean I don’t watch some movies or some pro sports, but I am not sure how anyone can argue that they are paid proportionally to their true societal value. We reward the wrong things as a society, and that’s on all of us, we are the problem, not them. Jmo.
Ok, well I'm in the military and I never once thought that I should be paid like a professional athlete, nor did I worry about them or any other high paying profession making more than me. Don't be a pocket watcher.
Are we still looking at the FAU guard Martin? Seems like a solid player but wondering who our true PG prospects are...
Have spent many years around the sport, coached a top level travel team and have many close connections with people all over the country. Think Sears and Estrada or Newton and Spencer: not to say that combo would be as good as those combos but that would be the idea. No just pure pg. Not saying I like it or don’t like it if it happens. I would have my concerns, but they sure are two talented guys.
If what Handlogten is saying it true, then he starts conditioning as soon as July, which should give him plenty of time to get into basketball shape by the start of fall practice. Unless what he's saying isn't true and I have a hard time thinking he doesn't understanding he doesn't know his own diagnosis, but guess we'll see Yes makes sense on guards and bigs practicing separately, though as a wing/SF you're kind of a tweener...think Corey Brewer at 6'8/6'9 practicing with the guards for dxample. It also depends if you play a 3-guard offense or a more traditional 2-guard...but I digress. Like you said maybe not significant time at the 3 but would be nice to see us go with a big 3-man frontcourt from time to time with him at the 3. Hopefully Alexis can really excel in that 4 position, and by the looks of it can be a stretch 4 a little different than we got from Samuel
