Count me among those who though Martinelli looked goofy and awkward when he first came in. Of course, I like to think that was almost a compliment, because it lulls other teams into a false sense of confidence. No way this guy can be this good around the rim! It took most of the year for the Big Ten to realize he's a lefty!

Boo *was* really frustrating early in his career. I don't even think the biggest Boo supporters on this board could have foreseen when he was a freshman how great he was going to be by the time he was a senior.

As for NU fans overrating players, I just don't see it. One thing I noticed in the Wisconsin game last week was how much the announcers were hyping NU players that even our own fanbase is meh about, like Joe Himon and Thomas Gordon. My thought was: am I underrating these guys? I didn't think so.

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Some guys translate, and some don't. Domask turned out to be really good for Illinois last year, but I would expect he would've had similar numbers and quad 3/4 games the year before (I could be wrong - I'm not looking it up). And of course we were talking about Langborg as well, who likely played a lot more Quad 3/4 games the previous year and still seemed to be fine.

If Leach turns out to be Ryan Taylor, we'll all be disappointed I suppose. If he turns out to be Langborg, we'll be thrilled. If he turns out to be Domask, we're going back to the NCAAs. You just don't know which guy you're going to get when someone transfers up.

Purple Pile Driver said:

If I hated every player that’s fanbase overrated their own players, I would hate the whole conference.

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This is an interesting assumption about other fanbases.
Around these parts, there are people with a habit of degrading everybody on the team until that player proves them wrong.

Martinelli ("clownish") and Nicholson ("useless") come immediately to mind, but even Buie had haters into his 3rd season.

Is that a Northwestern thing?

He played in 8 Quad 3 games. His averages in those games were 17.5 points, 2.4 assists, 2.4 turnovers, 4.6 rebounds, and 38.5% from 3 in 35 mpg.

In 21 Quad 4 games, he had 16.9 points, 3.4 assists, 1.4 turnovers, 4.2 rebounds and 38.0% from 3 in 33 mpg.

Our schedule currently features 1 Quad 3 game and 6 Quad 4 games out of 30...

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EagerFan said:

Dood, if he can replace Langborg's production we will be singing his praises.

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I agree. I think as long as we don't expect him to fill Boo's shoes (and no one can, really), we would be thrilled if he merely filled Langborg's.

PurpleWhiteBoy said:

Gonna take a wild guess that the fouls were largely bs.
Its the NBA. If you're in the club you can draw a foul on every play.

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Come on..... not everything is a conspiracy.

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I dunno. I didn't watch the game, but I've seen a lot of Edey playing and if he played in the NBA the way he played for Purdue, I can see him fouling out a lot. The NBA is full of VIPs and he isn't going to be able to just throw elbows and arm lock guys with impunity at this level.

Dood, if he can replace Langborg's production we will be singing his praises.

TheC said:

At the risk of completely turning this thread to Purdue, I had to chuckle when I saw that Zach Edey fouled out in 15 minutes in his NBA debut last night. This ain't college kid. That slow, plodding crap won't cut it at the next level.

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Gonna take a wild guess that the fouls were largely bs.
Its the NBA. If you're in the club you can draw a foul on every play.

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PurpleWhiteBoy said:

Sure thing corbi. You're guessing.

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No, I am not guessing. I've watched him play and so has this coaching staff. That's why he is not playing.

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Salute to the kids
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All bow to the Cats

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Vistas of steamy styscapes
Cats reawaken

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PurpleWhiteBoy said:

Looking ahead to 2021, the QB room consisted of...a new double threat named Carl Richardson.

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Turned out he was a triple threat.

This is absolutely a “must win.” If we win, I assume we can beat Purdue and then have to steal 1 of the final 3… if we lose, I still think we beat Purdue but then we must beat Michigan (at the big house) AND Illinois at Wrigley. The latter seems pretty unlikely.

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