Trey Gone
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Not a surprise. Hopefully Toney stays.
When he didn't comment on Femi I knew he was thinking of not coming back. SMH
I hope works on his game and Bball IQ an lights it up his last 2yrs.
I hope works on his game and Bball IQ an lights it up his last 2yrs.
Yep, good luck Trey
Yep. Hope he finds the right place for himself and does well.
Trey and XJ clearly were not working well together. If Horton and XJ are a better combo, then there is nothing else to do but move on if you are Trey. He wasn’t going to accept coming off the bench.
There’s no if. He’s gone.
Wish him well, but we will be just fine without him.
A big hit to depth if he were willing to cede minutes, but he’s not obviously willing to do that.
Too bad. He was a solid player and would have gotten better as an upperclassman. Anyone who committed to this program at its lowest point will always have my support.
GL to Trey but was pretty expected.
Hopefully Capel fills his spot wisely.
Hopefully Capel fills his spot wisely.
Given our very poor outside the 3-point line shooting this past season, IMHO, it was a given that a better 3-ball shooter (Horton?) was going to get more minutes than Trey next season. I imagine he knew that and that is why he decided to transfer. Just my uniformed (zero inside info) personal opinion, however.
Interesting that we now are back to having two open ships remaining. One is clearly earmarked for Jeffress if he comes.
What will Jeff Capel do with the last one?
(1) Look for a tall grad transfer 3-point specialist who can shoot over the top vs ACC opposition?
(2) Look for a plug and play grad transfer bigman to help smooth the transition of our freshmen bigs to a 2 in 3-out style of play that is perhaps better suited for success vs ACC-level competition?
(3) Not fill it and save it for a class of 2021 recruit?
Interesting that we now are back to having two open ships remaining. One is clearly earmarked for Jeffress if he comes.
What will Jeff Capel do with the last one?
(1) Look for a tall grad transfer 3-point specialist who can shoot over the top vs ACC opposition?
(2) Look for a plug and play grad transfer bigman to help smooth the transition of our freshmen bigs to a 2 in 3-out style of play that is perhaps better suited for success vs ACC-level competition?
(3) Not fill it and save it for a class of 2021 recruit?
Can we trade for Landers Nolley? Throw in Jacob Stallings for good measure.
Do you think 1. Trey was told he’d be THE cornerstone of the rebuild he said Pitt was it, and when 2. the thought creeped into his mind that he wasn’t going to be THE MAN, then he decided Pitt wasn’t it?
I had a good resource a week ago he was transferring sometime this week. This was expected. Wish him nothing but the best
Best comment I’ve read on the Trey situation. I’ll always be a fan of him and hope he Excela at next stop. And I’ll be rooting for him to make NBA
There’s no denying his athletic ability , but unless he develops a reliable outside shot I don’t see him as anything more that a bench player at any decent program . Maybe he feels he’s not 100% responsible for his progress or lack of it , but not developing any midrange or perimeter shot is 100% on him . It would be best that wherever he ends up at he takes the year off to work on his weaknesses .
As far as Pitt goes next season as long as Toney stays I don’t see this as a horrible thing . If we knew he’d come back next season and shoot the ball better , make better decisions with the ball and be less selfish then he’d be a big loss . As Ralph Kiner was told we can come in last place with or without you !
His minutes next season would’ve definitely decreased with Horton and now Femi . If Jeffress comes on board and with JC Pitt will be just fine .
Personally never liked his swinging elbows , looked intentional to me . Playing hard tough bb is one thing throwing your elbows around is another .
As far as Pitt goes next season as long as Toney stays I don’t see this as a horrible thing . If we knew he’d come back next season and shoot the ball better , make better decisions with the ball and be less selfish then he’d be a big loss . As Ralph Kiner was told we can come in last place with or without you !
His minutes next season would’ve definitely decreased with Horton and now Femi . If Jeffress comes on board and with JC Pitt will be just fine .
Personally never liked his swinging elbows , looked intentional to me . Playing hard tough bb is one thing throwing your elbows around is another .
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He was gone the second his younger brother committed elsewhere.
I wish him luck, but his game needs much work
He drives thru traffic like a bull in a China shop and his jump shot is bad.
No worries — we’ll just get a solid grad transfer guard to replace him, and we‘ll be just fine. Hoping Drumgoole makes some progress this offseason, or at least shoots the ball better. If Toney leaves, maybe Jeffress commits after that. Pitt basketball should be better next season either way.
Not surprising, kid looked like he was playing for stats all season long — killing possessions with bad shots, not passing to open teammates, driving the lane against two defenders. Not a huge loss imo
I'm sure that was part of it. But from what I have heard there is more to it than just that.
I will miss his athleticism and defense but Horton and X will complement each other a lot better because he's a shooter henceforth a shooting guard so they should be able to play off each other really well.
First let me say thank you to Trey for taking a chance with a new coach for a team who went 0-19. He gave us hope and without him, we may very well have gone 0-19 2 years in a row.
I was very excited about him during his FR season. To me, he looked like a kid who was an outside shot away and better decision-making away from being an all-league potential NBA player. Part of me even thought if he made major improvements, he could even leave after his soph or junior season for the NBA. But not only did he not make those improvements, he actually got worse in just about every aspect. In fact, he didnt improve at all really from FR Game 1 to SO Game 33. He finished the season as arguably the worst SG in the ACC. He and Johnson despite playing together for 2 years never felt "connected." Looked like 2 guys trying to "get there's." Part of that was that their games were too similar.
I think this is a good move by all parties. Trey needs a scenery change and the team is probably better without him even if he goes on to big things elsewhere. This reminds me of when Huggy kicks off a talented player then the team gets better. You arent going to be able to turn Trey into a reserve and having 2 ball-centric lower bball IQ guards is not a winning formula.
Good luck to Trey and Souf, you owe me a hundred.
I was very excited about him during his FR season. To me, he looked like a kid who was an outside shot away and better decision-making away from being an all-league potential NBA player. Part of me even thought if he made major improvements, he could even leave after his soph or junior season for the NBA. But not only did he not make those improvements, he actually got worse in just about every aspect. In fact, he didnt improve at all really from FR Game 1 to SO Game 33. He finished the season as arguably the worst SG in the ACC. He and Johnson despite playing together for 2 years never felt "connected." Looked like 2 guys trying to "get there's." Part of that was that their games were too similar.
I think this is a good move by all parties. Trey needs a scenery change and the team is probably better without him even if he goes on to big things elsewhere. This reminds me of when Huggy kicks off a talented player then the team gets better. You arent going to be able to turn Trey into a reserve and having 2 ball-centric lower bball IQ guards is not a winning formula.
Good luck to Trey and Souf, you owe me a hundred.
So when he said at the end of the season that the problems were cause by people with their own agendas, was he talking about himself?
I am pretty obsessive about watching the post game interviews and noticed a few things...Capel said at one point this season that Horton can be so good in practices that it messes with current players heads. I also watched the joint interview after Pitt's last game where X hesitated and seemed afraid to mention that he was excited for Horton to show up because he was standing next to Trey.
I am sure a lot more goes into it, but Horton seems to have had an impact on Trey in leaving and perhaps even affected his play.
I am sad to see him go. He is a big part of the momentum Capel has started and is a talented player. Perhaps it is for the best but you never like to see a young guy with that much talent leave.
I am sure a lot more goes into it, but Horton seems to have had an impact on Trey in leaving and perhaps even affected his play.
I am sad to see him go. He is a big part of the momentum Capel has started and is a talented player. Perhaps it is for the best but you never like to see a young guy with that much talent leave.
I gave shit to X early this season for being selfish but I saw an effort to be more of a distributor late on the season which he needs to be. Trey never figured out how to be a team player. Too many Hail Mary three pointers and wild drives down the lane.
Coming out now his reason for leaving is to be the Starting PG somewhere. I know his freshman year I saw an interview with his dad saying it was a tough adjustment to Trey playing off the ball.
I wonder if it was more because of X then anything else and his lack of opportunity as a PG here. Who knows unless he gets a waiver this gives him his post-grad year back and gives him a year to work on his game. I think he will be a really good PG on a team with some better players.
I will miss watching him play and really appreciate him helping to start bringing our program back by committing and reclassifying without even visiting Pitt.
I wonder if it was more because of X then anything else and his lack of opportunity as a PG here. Who knows unless he gets a waiver this gives him his post-grad year back and gives him a year to work on his game. I think he will be a really good PG on a team with some better players.
I will miss watching him play and really appreciate him helping to start bringing our program back by committing and reclassifying without even visiting Pitt.
That makes perfect sense regarding wanting to be a starter at PG. I suggested in another thread that if he had stayed he would likely have become XJ's backup at point and gotten other minutes only late in games or when team was in all out pressing mode. Overall I believed that role change would have dropped his minutes from about 34-ish to 24-ish per game next season.
Whatever the reality, I was happy he was here the past two seasons and I wish him well wherever he ends up.
Same I will be keeping an eye on him wherever he goes and hope for nothing but success for him except when and if he plays Pitt.
Trey doesn't have a great handle, and consistently makes bad decisions with the ball. Not the kind of traits that you want in a PG. It will be interesting to see which program bites by promising him a PG role.
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