I live overseas and don't have access to full replay, but noticed in the highlights how we went after the Kopp matchup defensively in the second half. I think the announcers called it 'taking advantage'. Really glad that there are no defensive liabilities in our starting 5. Defense wins games - and it's not an overstatement to call ours elite.
VPN, my friend. That's how I get my American sports.
I don't really have any animosity towards Kopp, but he was basically a non-factor in the game yesterday. He made a 3 pointer and apparently made another shot as well. Five points. Plus he had a costly turnover late in the game, throwing the ball to Chase instead of his own teammate. He's just not that impactful of a player. Move on.
My post may sound like i have animosity towards him but I don’t could literally careless about his decision to transfer, just like poking fun at him for being the same player he was with us.
I meant it really as a response to the board overall and not specifically to you. The team has been fine without Kopp. He made what he felt was the best decision for himself, but he probably could have handled it better in terms of his comments on the way out.
Hold on there, I explained myself in another thread. I don’t begrudge a kid for leaving, but if he does it in a ****** *** way throwing his teammates and coach and university under the bus, then F him. Typically no issue with grad transfers or kids who are plain homesick or have to be closer to family. Kids who think they are too good for NU and badmouth us on their way out or afterwards. F them. That goes for kids who don’t transfer but exhibit the same behavior. Including certain Union organizers who should never have played QB for NU in the first place.
Three pointer and two free throws. He’s a good shooter when nobody is guarding him.
I actually think the opposite - Kopp was given a chance by CCC to be an aggressive offensive player who created shots, and he failed. We saw him fail many, many times in this way, in addition to standing around. Transferring (at least to IU) allowed him to be someone on a better team who could just stand around; it’s the only we he can add value.
Yeah, it was the whole how he handle that with the comments like you can have your personal thoughts , not announce them just go out and transfer the classy way, but he didn’t so it made me dislike him as a person.
He was super-aggressive in his final game at NU, like he was trying to prove he could get to the hoop and score at all three levels. He went 4 for 18, including 3 for 12 from inside the arc, and then COVID hit. It would have been comical if it weren’t so sad.
He can’t play and he big timed NU by saying he wasn’t used properly. Plenty on this board agreed with him and blamed the staff for not developing him. He has got worse every year and doesn’t bring much to the table.
I agree. The way it seemed to play out was that CCC told him after his last season at NU that he would be getting a diminished role going forward after it became clear that Kopp was a very one-dimensional shooter, and even his shooting was pretty bad. He left, and to his credit landed a good gig with Indiana. His departure was a bit of a shocker for the fan base, but in retrospect, it was the best thing for both parties.
Even more devastating than an FU call - just a pragmatic choice to go after the soft spot on defense. It's not like we had the kind of lead to forget about scoring and just act on a grudge. They wanted the W too much to get distracted by FU's. He was the easiest mark - which makes the indictment even more brutal, of course.
Yeah - I'm showing my tech ignorance with my admission above.... What streaming service do you use?
You had me at epicaricacy.Fixed your post. We're all about the epicaricacy around here.
