It was just announced that Sterling Gibbs will graduate and leave Seton Hall to go to another school and be eligible immediately. This is a huge hit for SHU.
Sterling Gibbs is leaving SHU
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This is a hit, no way around it.
Zags has article:
http://zagsblog.com/articles/seton-halls-sterling-gibbs-to-transfer/
Zags has article:
http://zagsblog.com/articles/seton-halls-sterling-gibbs-to-transfer/
As much I am thrilled with Nigel Johnson coming here, imagine if we could have gotten Gibbs...would make the SHU game heated lol
addition by subtraction here for SHU....Gibbs brings a lot of baggage with him and SHU will be OK turning keys over to Whitehead....can't have 2 alpha dogs on the roster taking all the shots.....marginal impact on their win-loss record, gets other players involved and a chance to get minutes and shots.....SHU wasn't much with him and Whitehead anyway.
We definitely don't need a senior alpha dog here...it is not about '15-'16 performance. A base that hasn't been built needs to be. I hope Jordan doesn't fal in to any more traps.
Addition by subtraction?
I don't know about that one. They have a competitive starting five but not a lot of quality depth. Gibbs was the one guy on that team who could be relied upon for scoring every night.
It's a pretty big loss IMO. More PT for the sophs to develop I guess but still...
I don't know about that one. They have a competitive starting five but not a lot of quality depth. Gibbs was the one guy on that team who could be relied upon for scoring every night.
It's a pretty big loss IMO. More PT for the sophs to develop I guess but still...
Not sure I agree with you there Hawk. Cold-cock episode aside, Gibbs was a legit candidate for BE POY.
I'm all broken up about SHOE losing their star
oh and BTW, this is further proof that what players/recruits tweet is absolutely meaningless. He tweeted numerous times that he was staying at SHOE
70% of the shots next year would have been between those two players if he stayed (in games that would be competitive)....There were very bad chemistry problems and issues surrounding both Gibbs and Whitehead last year, and there were a bunch of behind the scenes items working against their roster if he stayed.
The Big East is not a great league, so if Gibbs takes 20 shots a night and averages 22PPG and Whitehead takes 18 shots and you have 70 possessions and 12 to 14 turnovers a games, where are your first shots coming from in the flow of the offense with the other players?? It's not as if the other players on the roster weren't split or divided on who they were aligned with during games and after games.
They were not making the NCAA's with Gibbs and Whitehead and were at best an NIT team. I would have pegged them for at best 5th in the Big East with them both, but the thought that SHU is now going 9-23 is not happening either. I am more inclined to avoid looking at stats only and watched a bunch of their games closely, especially once things unraveled late in the year. Players freezing others out and ignoring open players, while the other guard forces up shots. What happened last year to SHU was not by accident and wasn't repairable......that's the main reason Gibbs is departing.
One or two game swing at worse, if they make an extra pass and get others involved. Angel Delgado is the most valuable resource and player on their roster by a country mile. They would be 10-22 with Gibbs and Whitehead together, if you removed Delgado from their lineup for the year.
The Big East is not a great league, so if Gibbs takes 20 shots a night and averages 22PPG and Whitehead takes 18 shots and you have 70 possessions and 12 to 14 turnovers a games, where are your first shots coming from in the flow of the offense with the other players?? It's not as if the other players on the roster weren't split or divided on who they were aligned with during games and after games.
They were not making the NCAA's with Gibbs and Whitehead and were at best an NIT team. I would have pegged them for at best 5th in the Big East with them both, but the thought that SHU is now going 9-23 is not happening either. I am more inclined to avoid looking at stats only and watched a bunch of their games closely, especially once things unraveled late in the year. Players freezing others out and ignoring open players, while the other guard forces up shots. What happened last year to SHU was not by accident and wasn't repairable......that's the main reason Gibbs is departing.
One or two game swing at worse, if they make an extra pass and get others involved. Angel Delgado is the most valuable resource and player on their roster by a country mile. They would be 10-22 with Gibbs and Whitehead together, if you removed Delgado from their lineup for the year.
No way RU looks at Gibbs in this scenario.....publically coaches have to say all the right things, especially in recruiting, but this is just my opinion from what I've heard....Temple Gibbs will likely follow Sterling to Notre Dame, that was the long rumored location 2 to 3 weeks ago when the Final Four was ending, with UConn as 1A or 1B, dependent on who you listen to.
no argument there but really who was more of the source of the discord--the player who left or the player who is returning? IMHO, its the latter.
I disagree about taking Gibbs. I would take him. I would also recruit his younger brother hard, and this might help with that. To compete in the B1G, RU needs to upgrade its talent as much as possible. Sterling has talent. EJ has experience managing different personalities from the NBA.
I heard Gibbs was close to Sina and wonder if the way Sina was supposedly treated at the Hall had Sterling decide he didn't want to stay .
Don't know if it would be a help if Gibbs came on board, might not help Sanders take control of the team and might unnecessarily upset the chemistry of the young 2015-2016 RU MBB team.
Can't say if it would or not, but Sanders is supposed to be a shooter and with Gibbs popping his share, might not have enough shots to keep everyone happy.
Just throwing out thoughts and not giving an opinion about Gibbs transferring to Rutgers, because he might be the shooter RU needs next year and the PG that will give Sanders time to adjust to the college game.
Don't know if it would be a help if Gibbs came on board, might not help Sanders take control of the team and might unnecessarily upset the chemistry of the young 2015-2016 RU MBB team.
Can't say if it would or not, but Sanders is supposed to be a shooter and with Gibbs popping his share, might not have enough shots to keep everyone happy.
Just throwing out thoughts and not giving an opinion about Gibbs transferring to Rutgers, because he might be the shooter RU needs next year and the PG that will give Sanders time to adjust to the college game.
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No way RU looks at Gibbs in this scenario.....publically coaches have to say all the right things, especially in recruiting, but this is just my opinion from what I've heard....Temple Gibbs will likely follow Sterling to Notre Dame, that was the long rumored location 2 to 3 weeks ago when the Final Four was ending, with UConn as 1A or 1B, dependent on who you listen to.
Notre Dame might take Sterling for one year if it means Temple will come.
But don't know if adding 2 Gibbs this season to have one the next would be what Notre Dame is willing to do.
I think they are losing Grant and might consider Sterling a one year fix so Temple has time to take over.
No way RU looks at Gibbs in this scenario.....publically coaches have to say all the right things, especially in recruiting, but this is just my opinion from what I've heard....Temple Gibbs will likely follow Sterling to Notre Dame, that was the long rumored location 2 to 3 weeks ago when the Final Four was ending, with UConn as 1A or 1B, dependent on who you listen to.
Notre Dame might take Sterling for one year if it means Temple will come.
But don't know if adding 2 Gibbs this season to have one the next would be what Notre Dame is willing to do.
I think they are losing Grant and might consider Sterling a one year fix so Temple has time to take over.
SHU is only left with 3 guards counting Whitehead who often plays the SF/swing position. The other 2 are Carrington and Soffer, the incoming freshman from California who originally committed to Loyola of Baltimore. They are really thin at guard. I guess Morton's son might have to finally play. We only had Mack, Daniels & Williams for the most of the season last year. When Daniels was out we only had Mack and Williams when we played SHU and Williams got 2 fouls in the first 5 minutes and we had to throw Batie and Dadika into the game for important minutes. Very quickly the score got blown way out of proportion when SHU pressed our walkon's. They will have almost the same situation that we had that day unless they can find another guard. Carrington and Whitehead cannot play 40 minutes game in and game out. I can see us coming with a hard press this coming season.
I think Tiny has cleared out all of Whitehead's competition for shots at Seton Hall now. Well done.
I would take Gibbs over any Rutgers player because he was a go to scorer at a high level of competition.At the same time I don't expect him or his brother coming to Rutgers because they want to be on a team that will play in the NCAA Tournament.Notre Dame fits their needs along with the fact they played for Catholic high schools.
Well if SHU should add Eli Carter than Whitehead will again have someone who likes to shoot the ball to take Gibbs' place.
If I were SHU I would take Eli Carter-----a 1 year experienced player who can shoot.
Now does he come with baggage ? Sure but most transfers do and it isn't like people are crawling all over one another to go there.
I don't see Gibbs at ND-----would love to have him but IMO he ends up at UConn.
We are recruiting his brother hard. Brey was at 2 games this year and he fits what we do offensively.
Now does he come with baggage ? Sure but most transfers do and it isn't like people are crawling all over one another to go there.
I don't see Gibbs at ND-----would love to have him but IMO he ends up at UConn.
We are recruiting his brother hard. Brey was at 2 games this year and he fits what we do offensively.
Carter will shoot, a lot, but he's still not a real accurate shooter. Could see more problems with Carter and Whitehead.
There is only one basketball. Somehow I think if there was an ego thing between Gibbs and Whitehead it will show up again if Carter and Whitehead play on the same team.
The only way Gibbs would help here or anyone for that matter is if they could play into a team concept. Ugly watching gibbs play iso ball this year at times. Not a greater defender.
Whoever plays here has to want to play with other period. A great starting five with a decent bench wins basketball games. Every person has a part in the win.
Whoever plays here has to want to play with other period. A great starting five with a decent bench wins basketball games. Every person has a part in the win.
The notion that a player with Gibb's talent wouldn't help is absurd because he is a proven scorer which is something that Rutgers simply lacks season after season.Talk about team concept is meaningless .There have been far too many complementary players at Rutgers that simply couldn't score.Uconn is a elite program that wants Gibbs which tells me all that I need to know.