Yuuuup. @kickballpro told me this in secret that last week and made me promise not to ruin Calvin’s moment by posting it here.
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Lol, good one. I think the joke is a little old now. I am pretty sure multiple people had already said he was going to commit though, so it wasn’t a surprise.
Yeah, you’re right. Better to make up rumors and claim credit afterwards.
Lol even if I did “make up rumors”at least that is value add information that im sure some may find interesting. However, that is not the case as pretty much everything I mentioned other than juwan newton was correct. Im not claiming any credit, multiple people already knew this guy was possibly coming.
Anyway, calvin Solomon is a damn good player with potential to be one of the best defenders in cusa.
Yes, they may not be able to score next year, but they will defend and rebound at a high level.
He should have a decent role on this team. If he is a starter then we will be pretty small up front.
I will believe it when I see it. Goldings style on defense is not conducive for big rebounding numbers.
Shave the head and he sure does. Let's hope he has the same motor
Better than what we have and he's been improving every year. We have him for 2 more. I will take it.
Yup. 6 boards per game is nothing to sneeze at. We're going to see some double doubles out of him this season.
I'm not knocking the kid. I'm knocking this board that ALWAYS over hypes a player then is disappointed when he doesn't live up to expectations.
I sure ****ing hope so. We we murdered on the boards this past season. Closed casket ugly.
SFA played MTSU in the Cancun Classic last year. SFA won 87-74 and Solomon had 3 offensive rebounds and 4 defensive in 20 minutes. He had 13 points on a team who dominated us twice.
Middle Tennessee 74-87 Stephen F. Austin (Nov 19, 2021) Box Score - ESPN
Box score for the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders vs. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks NCAAM game from November 19, 2021 on ESPN. Includes all points, rebounds and steals stats.
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He's a good addition, but we needed some better help up front. Otherwise one of our bigs needs to really step up. Again though, our style of defense is not conducive to big rebounding numbers from the bigs (even when the recovery phase is mastered).SFA played MTSU in the Cancun Classic last year. SFA won 87-74 and Solomon had 3 offensive rebounds and 4 defensive in 20 minutes. He had 13 points against a team who dominated us twice.
Middle Tennessee 74-87 Stephen F. Austin (Nov 19, 2021) Box Score - ESPN
Box score for the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders vs. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks NCAAM game from November 19, 2021 on ESPN. Includes all points, rebounds and steals stats.www.espn.com
Don't see that happening. Golding was on SportsTalk and although he mentioned getting a Big, he said Onyema and Kalu are coming along and putting in the work. Also, said that our league doesn't really have any 5's. It makes it hard to put them on the Floor because they have to guard a 6'6 guy.
I think the final signing will be a 3 point specialist.
A graduate transfer like Daryl Edwards, who can shoot AND defend, would be a great addition.
Really? I could have sworn that there are plenty of 5s in our league and beyond. How are we going to guard them?
Or maybe he is just unable to sign a 5. If he would just come out and say so or that he wants to play smaller then that's fine. I'm glad Kalu and Z are coming along and putting in work.
Golding actually mentioned several points regarding recruiting another true 5 player. First, he said he likes where Onyema, Kalu, and Hamilton (to a lesser extent) are at developmentally. He said it is tough to find those type of players, and every team is looking for one (high demand). If that big is unable to score, it is tough keeping him on the floor because he likely won't be able to guard a smaller man. In terms of defending a big, he mentioned the philosophy of three quartering the post forcing a lob over the top, which makes it difficult to get the ball to the opposing team's big. He mentioned that there were only three CUSA teams last year with true post players (UAB, WKU, and LAT).
Coach Golding also said he likes his team as it is right now. And they may get into Summer Workouts in June July and realize they need to go get someone.
Also, CUSA will be a 20 game league schedule with no divisions. Everyone plays everyone twice.
May also host an exempt tournament or travel to one. But will be in an exempt tournament.
Also, CUSA will be a 20 game league schedule with no divisions. Everyone plays everyone twice.
May also host an exempt tournament or travel to one. But will be in an exempt tournament.
I realize he was young, but even as a true freshman I was totally unimpressed by Kalu. I thought he was habitually weak going up with the ball, especially for his size.
With that said, he had one really EXPLOSIVE dunk towards the end of the year. I hope we see that version of Big KK.
With that said, he had one really EXPLOSIVE dunk towards the end of the year. I hope we see that version of Big KK.
Well that sounds more honest, but I still don't like the thrown in excuses. I guarantee that if he could get a skilled big now that he would. It's obviously a chink in his armour
One more tidbit about the Golding interview. Said only 1 of the players from last season that entered the Portal was a surprise.
