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(03-25-2022 08:49 AM)truEMU07 Wrote:  
(03-24-2022 04:50 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  Better now than later.

I'm actually shocked that Penn St would give him a scholarship. Mo has one major talent, he is 6'11". Not only is he clumsy, have a poor set of hands, but he is also not very strong and really does not get off the floor. I don't think I can remember a MAC game this year where we had a decided advantage in the paint unlike the days of JT4 and Toure. Sparks absolutely schooled him.

Lucky and I discussed him, and we both felt Mo was NEVER going to be an ALL-MAC player, but with intensive work and coaching, he could develop into an asset in his junior and senior years. But the B1G? Hunter Dickinson, Trace Jackson-Davis, Cofi Cockburn, Zach Edy, Trevion Williams? I don't see Mo ever getting to that level.

This is exactly why I am in wait-and-see mode on the Penn State thing. Yes, his brother is committed to school there. But (unless the rumor is founded from more than just that fact alone) I just don't see him as a fit in the B1G. Jerry is absolutely right that Mo isn't even in JT4's class, let alone the bigs of the Big Ten.

Mo isn't in Toures class either. He could have been if he stayed here. Now he may be PSU 12 or 13 man.
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Didn't Miggy share that he heard some thoughts, preseason, that Mo could be a pro?
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(03-25-2022 11:04 AM)emu79 Wrote:  
(03-25-2022 08:49 AM)truEMU07 Wrote:  
(03-24-2022 04:50 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  Better now than later.

I'm actually shocked that Penn St would give him a scholarship. Mo has one major talent, he is 6'11". Not only is he clumsy, have a poor set of hands, but he is also not very strong and really does not get off the floor. I don't think I can remember a MAC game this year where we had a decided advantage in the paint unlike the days of JT4 and Toure. Sparks absolutely schooled him.

Lucky and I discussed him, and we both felt Mo was NEVER going to be an ALL-MAC player, but with intensive work and coaching, he could develop into an asset in his junior and senior years. But the B1G? Hunter Dickinson, Trace Jackson-Davis, Cofi Cockburn, Zach Edy, Trevion Williams? I don't see Mo ever getting to that level.

This is exactly why I am in wait-and-see mode on the Penn State thing. Yes, his brother is committed to school there. But (unless the rumor is founded from more than just that fact alone) I just don't see him as a fit in the B1G. Jerry is absolutely right that Mo isn't even in JT4's class, let alone the bigs of the Big Ten.

Mo isn't in Toures class either. He could have been if he stayed here. Now he may be PSU 12 or 13 man.

Mo didn’t have Toures or JT4s reaction time and athleticism. He is a big bodied player with solid fundamentals. To Jerry’s point, he seemed to have cement in his shoes and to Miggy’s point he was clumsy and TO prone. However I believed he would be a very solid MAC center in his junior season
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https://twitter.com/MONJIE_5/status/1507...CatPobxIxw

"Recruitment is back open !"

Is it just lip service and the announcement on heading to Penn State is eminent?

I feel like has to be a true recruitment. Shrewsberry won't be long in the Big Ten if he's bringing in guys that averaged 6.6 and 5.3 in the MAC and expecting to compete in the Big Ten.
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This transfer reminds me of Ben Bryant's. It's obvious that neither player planned on being at Eastern more than one year. They essentially used EMU as a JUCO. A chance to get experience and then move on.

The NCAA needs to fix their rules.

Hopefully Stan doesn't take too many freshmen in the future. If they're good, they leave.
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(03-25-2022 01:55 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  This transfer reminds me of Ben Bryant's. It's obvious that neither player planned on being at Eastern more than one year. They essentially used EMU as a JUCO. A chance to get experience and then move on.

The NCAA needs to fix their rules.

Hopefully Stan doesn't take too many freshmen in the future. If they're good, they leave.

My take is players stay if they feel good about their own trajectory and the team’s trajectory. I felt it hurt Stan when we didn’t make the MAC tournament. I felt it would have been a way to distinguish himself/EMU from CMU and WMU. If we win players will stay. For example, how many underclass starters do KSU, Toledo, Ohio, and Akron have leaving?
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(03-25-2022 11:33 AM)KPJ Wrote:  Didn't Miggy share that he heard some thoughts, preseason, that Mo could be a pro?

I was told in pre-season that Njie was a very good shooter and that he could hit three’s well. That proved to be true.

My source didn’t mention that in team practices Njie was turnover-prone and fouled excessively. Given the level of competition he was facing in team practices that probably wasn’t evident. We all saw his problems on both sides of the ball throughout the season.

He’s now likely to play less in games as he’ll be facing better players.

Even though one doesn’t want to see a young player transfer, his leaving will hurt EMU going forward.
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Mo is not very good, and I doubt the Penn St coaching will expend the energy to develop him as Heath would have. Two years from now, he might have been a "serviceable" MAC center, he clearly does NOT have the same B1G potential. WRITE IT DOWN, I say that Mo does not SLIMMER of hope succeeding at that level.

Nevertheless, Mo may have realized such but sitting the bench watching his brother at a more prestigious institution with larger crowds is indeed alluring. Good luck to him.

This is NOT a big loss for EMU.
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I have to believe that Mo will go workout for PSU at some point (players can scrimmage each other in open runs and camps). So maybe PSU will evaluate Mo this spring and decide whether or not to offer him. Regardless he’s definitely worthy of a scholarship at PSU, but he’s not going to win them games.
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(03-26-2022 09:03 AM)Luckeyone Wrote:  I have to believe that Mo will go workout for PSU at some point (players can scrimmage each other in open runs and camps). So maybe PSU will evaluate Mo this spring and decide whether or not to offer him. Regardless he’s definitely worthy of a scholarship at PSU, but he’s not going to win them games.

I dunno. Penn St offering Mo reeks of a coach with a roster of smaller players deciding he needs a "tower". Similar to the reasoning Murph used when he brought Love and Okongo to EMU. They were clearly out of their element in ability, but they were indeed tall!

I truly hope I'm wrong, but I don't see Mo doing much more in the B1G than being a "scout team" player of sorts.

Then again, Mo comes from a reasonably affluent city in Ohio, and he is a business major. He may have realized that he truly has no pro future in basketball but a Penn St degree and the opportunity to play with his brother in a Power 6 program is an opportunity that he could not pass up. I would not blame him for doing so.
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(03-26-2022 06:04 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  
(03-26-2022 09:03 AM)Luckeyone Wrote:  I have to believe that Mo will go workout for PSU at some point (players can scrimmage each other in open runs and camps). So maybe PSU will evaluate Mo this spring and decide whether or not to offer him. Regardless he’s definitely worthy of a scholarship at PSU, but he’s not going to win them games.

I dunno. Penn St offering Mo reeks of a coach with a roster of smaller players deciding he needs a "tower". Similar to the reasoning Murph used when he brought Love and Okongo to EMU. They were clearly out of their element in ability, but they were indeed tall!

I truly hope I'm wrong, but I don't see Mo doing much more in the B1G than being a "scout team" player of sorts.

Then again, Mo comes from a reasonably affluent city in Ohio, and he is a business major. He may have realized that he truly has no pro future in basketball but a Penn St degree and the opportunity to play with his brother in a Power 6 program is an opportunity that he could not pass up. I would not blame him for doing so.

Jerry, I agree with you. I believe Mo is worthy of a scholarship but I don’t believe he would ever start for them. I would see him playing a role similarly what Okongo played for us - an insurance policy of sorts. If starter needs a rest or gets in foul trouble then Mo gets possibly 10 minutes a game. However, Mo thinks he’s NBA material - which I do not see based on his freshman performance.
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(03-26-2022 06:04 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  
(03-26-2022 09:03 AM)Luckeyone Wrote:  I have to believe that Mo will go workout for PSU at some point (players can scrimmage each other in open runs and camps). So maybe PSU will evaluate Mo this spring and decide whether or not to offer him. Regardless he’s definitely worthy of a scholarship at PSU, but he’s not going to win them games.

I dunno. Penn St offering Mo reeks of a coach with a roster of smaller players deciding he needs a "tower". Similar to the reasoning Murph used when he brought Love and Okongo to EMU. They were clearly out of their element in ability, but they were indeed tall!

I truly hope I'm wrong, but I don't see Mo doing much more in the B1G than being a "scout team" player of sorts.

Then again, Mo comes from a reasonably affluent city in Ohio, and he is a business major. He may have realized that he truly has no pro future in basketball but a Penn St degree and the opportunity to play with his brother in a Power 6 program is an opportunity that he could not pass up. I would not blame him for doing so.
It might be better if the boys played together at EMU.
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(03-26-2022 06:45 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  
(03-26-2022 06:04 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  
(03-26-2022 09:03 AM)Luckeyone Wrote:  I have to believe that Mo will go workout for PSU at some point (players can scrimmage each other in open runs and camps). So maybe PSU will evaluate Mo this spring and decide whether or not to offer him. Regardless he’s definitely worthy of a scholarship at PSU, but he’s not going to win them games.

I dunno. Penn St offering Mo reeks of a coach with a roster of smaller players deciding he needs a "tower". Similar to the reasoning Murph used when he brought Love and Okongo to EMU. They were clearly out of their element in ability, but they were indeed tall!

I truly hope I'm wrong, but I don't see Mo doing much more in the B1G than being a "scout team" player of sorts.

Then again, Mo comes from a reasonably affluent city in Ohio, and he is a business major. He may have realized that he truly has no pro future in basketball but a Penn St degree and the opportunity to play with his brother in a Power 6 program is an opportunity that he could not pass up. I would not blame him for doing so.
It might be better if the boys played together at EMU.
Listen I would almost guarantee the majority of us, if we had A D1 athlete child that choose between E Michigan, and Penn St to play any sport would choose Penn St! Also, E Michigan going 10-21, and getting embarrassed in many MAC games didn't help! I don't blame him either! I'm a proud E Michigan graduate, who has done fairly well in my life, and career, but Penn St is A top 50 university more on par academically with Michigan, Ohio St, and Purdue! That degree holds more merit! And, playing in the big 10 in front of 10-15k fans is completely different then playing at A MAC school!
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Maybe I am overestimating the talent level on last years team (I know ‘79 is more than happy to point out my “overestimation”). But Mo was a talented big and will likely contribute at Penn St. Huge loss for EMU and a decent gain for Penn St. He definitely has his flaws which is why he will never be looked at by a Michigan and Michigan St caliber program. But at Penn St, I fully expect him to contribute off the bench at least, if not compete for a starting position. I believe he turned down an offer to Kansas St, so he was always. In that realm of lower end P5 program. Now he found one that is a little closer to home, with his brother, prestigious as ‘Glory sites, etc.

Wooden’ is probably correct that he used EMU as a JUCO school until he found a better situation. It does NOT sit well with me. But he has that right, and I am not critiquing him. But I sure as heck am not going to wish him well either. And I further agree with Wooden, Freshman recruits should be devalued for this kind of scenario.

Regardless, this loss may ultimately benefit EMU. Mo was good enough to gather special focus in EMU’s strategy, but not good enough to provide benefit from that focus. So EMU might be better by having less.
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Looks like Mo is looking for a bigger stage because he’s ready for an elite level lol

“I loved Eastern Michigan. The academics were amazing, the coaching staff and my teammates were great but for me, I believe that I can take my game to an elite level and to the next level,” Njie told Pittsburgh Sports Now. “I want to take my game to a higher stage and Pitt is possibly giving me that opportunity. I believe that I can give a team real good versatility, I’m 6’10” and I’m long. I can contest a lot of shots around the rim, I can finish with both

https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2022/03/...isit-pitt/
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(03-27-2022 11:04 AM)Luckeyone Wrote:  Looks like Mo is looking for a bigger stage because he’s ready for an elite level lol

“I loved Eastern Michigan. The academics were amazing, the coaching staff and my teammates were great but for me, I believe that I can take my game to an elite level and to the next level,” Njie told Pittsburgh Sports Now. “I want to take my game to a higher stage and Pitt is possibly giving me that opportunity. I believe that I can give a team real good versatility, I’m 6’10” and I’m long. I can contest a lot of shots around the rim, I can finish with both

https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2022/03/...isit-pitt/

We'll see... BTW, he did have positive words to say about EMU. Recruits should take heed.
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Be interesting to see if Njie can be taught how not commit so many turnovers and not excessively commit fouls., Can be done.
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(03-27-2022 11:04 AM)Luckeyone Wrote:  Looks like Mo is looking for a bigger stage because he’s ready for an elite level lol

“I loved Eastern Michigan. The academics were amazing, the coaching staff and my teammates were great but for me, I believe that I can take my game to an elite level and to the next level,” Njie told Pittsburgh Sports Now. “I want to take my game to a higher stage and Pitt is possibly giving me that opportunity. I believe that I can give a team real good versatility, I’m 6’10” and I’m long. I can contest a lot of shots around the rim, I can finish with both

https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2022/03/...isit-pitt/
Just what I thought, he's glory hunting. Wants to show how great he is on the big stage. Wonder if if that is coming from him or if somebody is pumping gobbledygook into his head.

If it ain't broke don't fix it. Should have stayed at emu. If you're that damn good the NBA will find you no matter where you're at. You've got a better chance of making the league by averaging 12 points in the MAC then 3 points at Big Name U.
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(03-27-2022 06:30 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  [quote='Luckeyone' pid='18166487' dateline='1648397070']
Looks like Mo is looking for a bigger stage because he’s ready for an elite level lol

“I loved Eastern Michigan. The academics were amazing, the coaching staff and my teammates were great but for me, I believe that I can take my game to an elite level and to the next level,” Njie told Pittsburgh Sports Now. “I want to take my game to a higher stage and Pitt is possibly giving me that opportunity. I believe that I can give a team real good versatility, I’m 6’10” and I’m long. I can contest a lot of shots around the rim, I can finish with both

https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2022/03/...isit-pitt/
Just what I thought, he's glory hunting. Wants to show how great he is on the big stage. Wonder if if that is coming from him or if somebody is pumping gobbledygook into his head.

If it ain't broke don't fix it. Should have stayed at emu. If you're that damn good the NBA will find you no matter where you're at. You've got a better chance of making the league by averaging 12 points in the MAC then 3 points at Big Name U.
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The guy set a HS record for blocked shots! He did, however, play in a "white boy" league where his 6'10" size allowed him to do so without much skill, his THIRTY in twenty eight starts at EMU was hardly noteworthy. Rebounding? Nate Scott and Spottsville had more. Defense? Fellow frosh Sparks ATE HIM UP as well as did all the other MAC centers he was forced to guard. Honestly Mo was NOT very good, but Heath was presented with a choice of playing the freshman Mo with eligibility left or Binelli, Okongo and Ballard. Thus Mo played a bunch because a 10-21 guard laden team had nobody else and made the ALL-MAC freshman team, a participation trophy for sure.

I do admire his confidence in himself. He is long and has a nice shooting touch. I just don't see a Power 6 basketball program investing the same effort to develop him that Stan Heath would have.
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(03-27-2022 07:13 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  
(03-27-2022 06:30 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  [quote='Luckeyone' pid='18166487' dateline='1648397070']
Looks like Mo is looking for a bigger stage because he’s ready for an elite level lol

“I loved Eastern Michigan. The academics were amazing, the coaching staff and my teammates were great but for me, I believe that I can take my game to an elite level and to the next level,” Njie told Pittsburgh Sports Now. “I want to take my game to a higher stage and Pitt is possibly giving me that opportunity. I believe that I can give a team real good versatility, I’m 6’10” and I’m long. I can contest a lot of shots around the rim, I can finish with both

https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2022/03/...isit-pitt/
Just what I thought, he's glory hunting. Wants to show how great he is on the big stage. Wonder if if that is coming from him or if somebody is pumping gobbledygook into his head.

If it ain't broke don't fix it. Should have stayed at emu. If you're that damn good the NBA will find you no matter where you're at. You've got a better chance of making the league by averaging 12 points in the MAC then 3 points at Big Name U.
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The guy set a HS record for blocked shots! He did, however, play in a "white boy" league where his 6'10" size allowed him to do so without much skill, his THIRTY in twenty eight starts at EMU was hardly noteworthy. Rebounding? Nate Scott and Spottsville had more. Defense? Fellow frosh Sparks ATE HIM UP as well as did all the other MAC centers he was forced to guard. Honestly Mo was NOT very good, but Heath was presented with a choice of playing the freshman Mo with eligibility left or Binelli, Okongo and Ballard. Thus Mo played a bunch because a 10-21 guard laden team had nobody else and made the ALL-MAC freshman team, a participation trophy for sure.

I do admire his confidence in himself. He is long and has a nice shooting touch. I just don't see a Power 6 basketball program investing the same effort to develop him that Stan Heath would have.

Exactly Jerry! You hit the nail on the head again! Mo is never playing in the league because you either have reaction time or you do not and he doesn’t. At EMU, he could have developed into a very nice MAC player that could go on a run to win the MAC championship possibly his junior or senior year. He would have played a nice role later in his EMU career. Now he’ll be a 3-5 minute guy that i bet transfers his senior year once he gets tired of sitting on the P5 bench. Players want to play and not sit. We will revisit this thread in a couple of seasons.

I wish Mo the best but certainly these players feel they are much better in their minds.

Now next season Stan must coach his a$$ off because players won’t leave if the program has upward trajectory.
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