Pretty sure I saw him on one of those BTN half hour segment shows- Kopp basically saying how his dream was the NBA and he needed to showcase his ball skills and to the rim game. The implication being that NU didn’t allow him to do those things. I‘m sure CC knew Miller had those abilities and told him under no circumstances to get easy buckets…
Kopp leaving isn’t the issue. Kopp being one of Collins’ best recruits and then vastly underperforming while he was here is the issue. Massive recruiting fail. He is an inconsequential player. His leaving opened up a scholarship slot for someone who can be more productive. Although with Collins track record, it’s a tossup whether he will properly utilize the extra scholarship.
LOL. If Boo were to jack up a 35-footer in the forest, no one would hear it.
I don't think it's as simple as that. Kopp played a lot of minutes because he had shown at times that he could be a productive scorer. Collins had no one else to fill that "stand outside ready to hit the open three" role. Thus, he kept going to that dry well. Hope is a powerful thing.
Thing is, he played a lot of minutes because teams had to account for his 3-point ability potential. It became evident in the fact that the few minutes per game he was off the floor, our offense generally hit the skids because the other team's top defender was now free to focus on someone else.
I’d say the underperformance is on the shoulders of kopp. He was handed lots of minutes and plenty of open threes to take. He just couldn’t make enough…. That’s his fault
Agree and don't know why CC needed to slobber over him in the post-game press conference. He did zilch against his former team and ended it with an airball that had the NU fans (including Coach Fitz) going bananas. Understand CC not wanting to diss him, but why say "I never recruited anyone harder than MK." If I'm Boo or Nance, what am I thinking about that?
How soon you forget the legend of Jordan Ash.
Looks like I touched a nerve with that simple four-word post. I suspect that has more to do with your sensitivities than the four words in the post, but c'est la vie. Miller Kopp is just as responsible for his development as the coaching staff at both Northwestern and Indiana are...likely more so. Those coaching staffs are responsible for his recruitment and his usage, but if he had developed better, maybe it would have worked out better at NU.
He had the opportunity, he tried his best, he just isn’t good enough. Seems like a talent issue, no? That’s on Collins for failing in his evaluation and bringing Kopp here as one of his core recruits that year. And it’s on Collins that he didn’t have better players than Kopp to put on the floor which mandated Kopp getting so many minutes despite limited productivity.
Thanks for spelling that out. Some posters on here are willing to blame Kopp for everything that went wrong last year, without indicting the coach, knowing full well that the coach had Kopp out there 80% of the time. If Kopp was terrible, then everybody else was terrible. Collins never figured out how to take Kopp out of the game and adjust the lineup successfully.
I enjoyed myself immensely last night, and my feelings are just fine. I'm simply spelling out my thoughts on why many people are reacting the way they are, and the amount of engagement my post has gotten suggests I'm expressing something that resonates with others. The words directed at Kopp coming out of the mouths of the Indiana fans on three sides of me were far worse than anything anyone on this board has said about him since the day he transferred.
If that's the case, why did Indiana recruit him as a transfer?. Sometimes your anti-CCC bias gets your logic all askew.
Not a whole lot! That’s why he gets paid so much, with guarantees. The program is his responsibility. Only at NU do we have such dedicated excuse makers for failure in athletics.
Good one PWB. Thought you might have said the Virus, but I heard that was his fault too.
Since we're talking about the Collins effect on Kopp, the most aggravating thing about Collins is exemplified in Kopp. He was blind to Kopp's mediocrity, and was forever looking for a way to pull him out of his "rut." He wanted to believe some myth that he had the potential to be the team's most effective player, and went out of his way to get Kopp open looks. In several games, it was to the detriment of the team. He just refused to cut the cord and accept him for what he was ... what he is now.
All fair. Falzon was injuries and Beran’s story isn’t fully written yet, though I agree he needs to start hitting his open looks more often.
I would posit it says more about the stat than the player.
Congrats. You're a better guy than douchey IU fans who were acting like dumbasses. Huge feather in the cap there. In similar news, the ladies tell me I'm better looking than Nosferatu.
That is an excellent question.
Speaking of vampires, this thread is an energy killer! On to Illannoy.
I’m going to agree with PWB’s stats and say your positing is off base.
Those are good points as I did find it a bit weird Collins gave so much time to Falzon. And find it very similar to Beran. All based on perceived potential. Pound the rock baby.
Another difference between at least Beran and Kopp is that Beran is a quality defender. I can't imagine Kopp doing the job of Ron Harper Jr that Beran did last week. Beran is also better on the boards.
This is disturbing, only because I've not watched closely enough to see this pattern. TBF, Collins has to do that, to some extent. His supposed ability as a recruiting guru is BS to me, so he simply MUST develop they guys he has. No real option. Now that you mention it, though, there is a stubbornness that he shows with playing guys that just do not perform, whilst others languish on the bench. No idea why Beran plays so much. I don't get it. Fitz does some of it (kicker, certain WR's, LBs), but he has a bit more margin for error (except kicker. No excuse)
