Trimble

[quote="Class of 72" post=318089][quote="L J S A" post=318084]Keep him happy until Duke game. He might be our best option to guard Zion.:lol:[/quote]

Trimble can't guard anyone with quick feet. Marcellus has a better shot as a football player.[/quote]

Let’s wait until we confirm Trimble is leaving before we bash him. For my part, I hope this is just a rumor started by some kid on twitter in need of attention. I haven’t given up on this talented squad eight games into the big east season although I of course and frustrated and disappointed like many.

The roster is bone thin and Trimble helps with depth. Plus, if he is leaving, it suggests there may be chaos with the team. The one thing Mullin has managed to do during his tenure is keep his kids focused and playing hard for him no matter their record.

Trimble is not a transfer. He was a late signee and one that many lauded at the time. By all accounts, he’s a good kid who worked hard to get his body in shape this past year. Despite being undersized as a guard, he has valiently battled the other team’s bigs down low. He’s supposed to be very close with Clark who is considered one of the leaders of the team. I would not be surprised if Trimble ultimately transfers, but to do so now would speak poorly of his character.
 
[quote="Boo Harvey" post=318098]
Trimble is not a transfer. He was a late signee and one that many lauded at the time.[/quote]

True, but he signed a NLI with Florida State (November 2016) and in June 2017 his NLI was released.
So in those 7 months he was not being recruited by any school. Like the transfers.
 
If we have any glimmer of hope to salvage this season, we need all 8 of our core guys staying focused and playing together. Starting transfer rumors about any of them serves no constructive purpose.
 
[quote="cappy105" post=318104]i say he's gone and his scholarship is going to be used on Andre Curbelo.[/quote]

Assume you are being humerous, but I know for certain Curbelo is not moving up a class.
 
[quote="Paultzman" post=318105][quote="cappy105" post=318104]i say he's gone and his scholarship is going to be used on Andre Curbelo.[/quote]

Assume you are being humerous, but I know for certain Curbelo is not moving up a class.[/quote]

Unfortunately, I think he is being serious.
 
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This thread is insane. Just because the kid posted an image of a plane he's transferring? They fly out tonight. Also, he's from the area so maybe he took an early flight to meet up with friends and family? Aren't either of those explanations more plausible?

KC to Omaha is like NYC to Albany.
 
[quote="Marillac" post=318153]This thread is insane. Just because the kid posted an image of a plane he's transferring? They fly out tonight. Also, he's from the area so maybe he took an early flight to meet up with friends and family? Aren't either of those explanations more plausible?

KC to Omaha is like NYC to Albany.[/quote]

with all of things that have been on the outside of the st. john's basketball universe, sometimes social media can be good thing and sometimes it can be toxic.
 
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[quote="Adam" post=318070]There's 3 major issues with transfers:

1. As Class of 72 said above, they were unhappy campers once and could be again
2. They all have less eligibility (anywhere from 1-3.5 years)
3. They take up scholarships by sitting out for a year on the bench

Look, some of our transfers are great players and I'm happy they're on the team, but we have too many of them. There's a reason nobody else has the Transfer U strategy that we do.[/quote]

Nevada
 
Trimble' strength is 3-point shooting. His defense is hot and cold. He gives up too many 3s because he is too late to his mark. On the plus side, he's not afraid to go up against bigs.
 
[quote="Knight" post=318169]Trimble' strength is 3-point shooting. His defense is hot and cold. He gives up too many 3s because he is too late to his mark. On the plus side, he's not afraid to go up against bigs.[/quote]

His strength is 3 point shooting? Then I shudder to think what his weaknesses are.

Seems like a good kid, and a hard worker, but just not a Big East level player (and he was originally committed to Florida State - the ACC would have eaten him alive). He's the new Amar Alibegovich of this team.
 
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[quote="Knight" post=318169]Trimble' strength is 3-point shooting. His defense is hot and cold. He gives up too many 3s because he is too late to his mark. On the plus side, he's not afraid to go up against bigs.[/quote]

People keep posting that Trimble's strength is 3 point shooting. He is shooting 31.6% for the year. Not very good.
 
[quote="Knight" post=318174]20 games he's taken 38 shots.[/quote]

He's a career 31.9% from 3.

38-119

It may be his personal strength relative to other skills needed but not a strength for the team.
 
[quote="SJU61982" post=318170][quote="Knight" post=318169]Trimble' strength is 3-point shooting. His defense is hot and cold. He gives up too many 3s because he is too late to his mark. On the plus side, he's not afraid to go up against bigs.[/quote]

His strength is 3 point shooting? Then I shudder to think what his weaknesses are.

Seems like a good kid, and a hard worker, but just not a Big East level player (and he was originally committed to Florida State - the ACC would have eaten him alive). He's the new Amar Alibegovich of this team.[/quote]

If they treated him like Simon, he'd be shooting almost 60%. He's a very good shooter...the problem is that he isn't a threat to do anything else offensively so that makes him easy to guard. Look at the respect he's given by the opposition when he's on the floor. They guard him past the 3 pt line. They give Simon 10-15 feet (if they even cover him at all). He's marked and accounted for at all times. He plays within his abilities--probably too a fault.
 
I just don't see the point of constantly picking at Trimble. He does what he does, which is hold the fort and not make mistakes; he is way more valuable than Amar ever was.
Will we all be happy when we drive our 7th or 8th man off the team and are left with even less of a bench?
 
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[quote="NCJohnnie" post=318197]I just don't see the point of constantly picking at Trimble. He does what he does, which is hold the fort and not make mistakes; he is way more valuable than Amar ever was.
Will be all be happy when we drive our 7th or 8th man off the team and are left with even less of a bench?[/quote]

Because, our pathetic fan base always has to have somebody they need to pick on. The last four years it was Amar.

Despite my comments earlier on this thread, I always root for him to do well, and will give him credit, when I think he has helped us win a game (Bowling Green and Georgia Tech being two examples).
 
over the years we've always pointed out weaknesses in our line ups. Trimble is no different. The point was that Mullin had him as 6th man most of year and he seems overmatched. Cant argue that he is best suited to transfer. Part of blame was the staff. Id rather Roberts and Williams come in take those mins and grow from them.
 
[quote="cappy105" post=318210]over the years we've always pointed out weaknesses in our line ups. Trimble is no different. The point was that Mullin had him as 6th man most of year and he seems overmatched. Cant argue that he is best suited to transfer. Part of blame was the staff. Id rather Roberts and Williams come in take those mins and grow from them.[/quote]

There's a difference between pointing out someone's weaknesses, and fans groaning every time a player comes into a game (or screaming "No! No" every time he touches the ball). Amar got the latter treatment for four years, and some of that is now spreading over to Trimble.

It's especially hurtful, when stuff like that happens to two young men, who have been nothing but fine representatives of this university (that's why I was happy to see Amar have the game he did against Butler last year - it allowed him to go out of CA with much to be proud of, and the show of support was appreciated).
 
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