Newbies Comparison to Last Year's Players

[Chescat]

Champagnie vs Ellison
Hamilton vs Chuka
Muphy vs Frame
Drumgoole vs N'dir or Davis
Coulibaly vs ???

To me this is a big difference from last year to now. It's still early, but I saw enough
in the FSU game to know that Champagnie and Hamilton are major upgrades.
I put Murphy vs Frame, but maybe it should have been Murphy vs Davis. I really
liked Frame and what he brought to our offense, but Murphy is really going to help
us IMO.
Drumgoole didn't score against FSU, but he's a legitimate shooter and will be scoring
sooner than later.
Coulibaly didn't play, but he's clearly an addition if only because he's a third big which
we didn't have last year.
These are obvious upgrades. They represent a step upwards in Capel's recruiting. He's
already well on his way to even a better recruiting class for 2020. I'm very optimistic.

 

[4Mark_Marty]

Champagnie vs Ellison
Hamilton vs Chuka
Muphy vs Frame
Drumgoole vs N'dir or Davis
Coulibaly vs ???

To me this is a big difference from last year to now. It's still early, but I saw enough
in the FSU game to know that Champagnie and Hamilton are major upgrades.
I put Murphy vs Frame, but maybe it should have been Murphy vs Davis. I really
liked Frame and what he brought to our offense, but Murphy is really going to help
us IMO.
Drumgoole didn't score against FSU, but he's a legitimate shooter and will be scoring
sooner than later.
Coulibaly didn't play, but he's clearly an addition if only because he's a third big which
we didn't have last year.
These are obvious upgrades. They represent a step upwards in Capel's recruiting. He's
already well on his way to even a better recruiting class for 2020. I'm very optimistic.

Yes Murph v Davis And Sidy is the more apt comparison. Drumgoole v Frame is a more apt comparison.

By the way, I loved Frame. Such a great kid. Total team player. Drumgoole can be better with time.

 

[FieldHouse12]

Last season is history .
Would rather look ahead to next season , who are we losing from this roster ? Hamilton and Chuckwuka.
Johnson should come back and Pitt will be primed for a memorable season, esp with Horton on board . Actually, I don't think there should be any question as to whether Johnson should return. I don't think he will be even close to being ready for the NBA.
But I'm getting ahead of myself , Lets enjoy this season and beat WVU next week and Syracuse later .

 

[Pitt2006]

I wouldn't underrate Johnson just yet. He basically played a top 25 defense and had 13 points, shot 40% from three, with two steals and 6 rebounds. Not too shabby. It was ugly, but number wise not as bad versus watching it.

 

[FieldHouse12]

I wouldn't underrate Johnson just yet. He basically played a top 25 defense and had 13 points, shot 40% from three, with two steals and 6 rebounds. Not too shabby. It was ugly, but number wise not as bad versus watching it.

Love the player, just dont think he is NBA ready is all.

 

[JS School]

Love the player, just dont think he is NBA ready is all.

The athleticism is there, just needs to learn to make a jump shot off the dribble. Seems like everything is either a drive to the hoop or the occasional set shot from the outside when the defender is laying off to protect against the drive.

 

[Tonyt66]

These next 10 games Karim will get a lot of playing time to get caught up to speed which will allow him to produce by the time the league game start. IMO

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

I think the biggest difference is we have established ACC-level starters that you can count on. So the new guys can play "roles." Last year, our new guys had to score 30 (at least 1 of them) or we couldn't win.