(08-15-2022 05:23 PM)holybovine Wrote: (08-15-2022 03:33 AM)Miggy Wrote: (08-15-2022 02:56 AM)holybovine Wrote: Pranger isn’t going to play this year. I’d be happy to place a friendly wager that he redshirts.
EMU needed another good shooter who could help EMU win. Having Pranger red-shirting makes no sense.
I hope he proves to be better than 7 or 8 current roster players. We'll get to see if he is or not.
What's your basis for thinking he'll red-shirt? That's not happening nor should it.
There are a lot of mouths to feed at the 3 and 4. I don’t think he’s athletic or strong enough to contribute immediately.
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EMU needs good depth at both the SF and PF positions. Pranger's recruitment by Northern Colorado is a good sign as it's a good bb program.
I like Bates and Geeter. Pranger, Billingsley, Golson, and Jihad, all have to prove themselves as worthy back-ups.
It's just pre-season and players haven't practiced together. So I hope some good-back-ups emerge from this group.
As I said before, if Pranger doesn't earn playing time, then EMU may well signed the wrong player if others don't step up their game. Hoping that Pranger is a better version of Binelli on both sides of the floor.
As for the current roster, I like Noah, Lovejoy, Acuff, Rice, Bates, Ballard, Randle, and Geeter. That's eight players. Some may question why I included Ballard. I did so because EMU outscored their opponents by a big margin in the limted minutes he played in conference play.
EMU's starters should be stronger than last season, but still remains to be seen how well they gel together.
I want to have confidence in 10-players, and would like to add more names to that list. Surely, Luka S. and others may have improved their skill-set over tge summer.