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Post by beaverology on Apr 14, 2023 14:35:03 GMT -8
OSU MBB loses another guard. Good luck Nick.
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Post by lebaneaver on Apr 14, 2023 14:43:40 GMT -8
A long way from home, in a crappy program, with NO clue of playing time. Those factors coupled with the relative EASE of the portal? No brainer
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Post by Werebeaver on Apr 14, 2023 15:41:46 GMT -8
A long way from home, in a crappy program, with NO clue of playing time. Those factors coupled with the relative EASE of the portal? No brainer I think it's great that athletes have options they didn't use to have. As a fan, I can live with it. |
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Post by beaverinohio on Apr 14, 2023 16:22:54 GMT -8
A long way from home, in a crappy program, with NO clue of playing time. Those factors coupled with the relative EASE of the portal? No brainer Yep, seemed like a strange take by Beavs in the first place. Wish him the best, and it frees up a schollie. |
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Post by rgeorge on Apr 14, 2023 16:28:38 GMT -8
A long way from home, in a crappy program, with NO clue of playing time. Those factors coupled with the relative EASE of the portal? No brainer Yep, seemed like a strange take by Beavs in the first place. Wish him the best, and it frees up a schollie. Ya take what you can get in OSU's case! |
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Post by rgeorge on Apr 14, 2023 16:31:56 GMT -8
A long way from home, in a crappy program, with NO clue of playing time. Those factors coupled with the relative EASE of the portal? No brainer But, wait... are we going to see a post from the resident MBB hoops apologist telling us how much progress he made, what potential he brought to the coming season? As for the Krass, good luck to you. You took what appeared to be your best D1 offer. No shame in admitting it was not your best fit. Students do it all the time, far more than student athletes do. |
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Post by treasurevalleybeav on Apr 14, 2023 17:54:50 GMT -8
He definitely had major issues on offense. Granted that made him anything but unique here of course
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Apr 14, 2023 20:50:06 GMT -8
He definitely had major issues on offense. Granted that made him anything but unique here of course Statistically, among scholarship players, Krass was the worst defender on the team and the second-worst on offense. Fourth-worst defensively is Taylor. And Taylor had a lot more offensive punch. If things went well, Krass was never really going to be a big part of the bigger picture moving forward anyway. Losing Taylor might be newsworthy. Losing Krass is freeing up space for somebody better. |
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Post by fridaynightlights on Apr 14, 2023 20:55:39 GMT -8
A long way from home, in a crappy program, with NO clue of playing time. Those factors coupled with the relative EASE of the portal? No brainer But, wait... are we going to see a post from the resident MBB hoops apologist telling us how much progress he made, what potential he brought to the coming season? As for the Krass, good luck to you. You took what appeared to be your best D1 offer. No shame in admitting it was not your best fit. Students do it all the time, far more than student athletes do. Won't be long before we receive another lecture on how anyone who is the least bit critical of the program is an embittered loser with no life. |
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Post by treasurevalleybeav on Apr 14, 2023 20:59:28 GMT -8
He definitely had major issues on offense. Granted that made him anything but unique here of course Statistically, among scholarship players, Krass was the worst defender on the team and the second-worst on offense. Fourth-worst defensively is Taylor. And Taylor had a lot more offensive punch. If things went well, Krass was never really going to be a big part of the bigger picture moving forward anyway. Losing Taylor might be newsworthy. Losing Krass is freeing up space for somebody better. Yeah I can’t disagree. Not the best recruit, that’s for sure |
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Post by rgeorge on Apr 14, 2023 21:04:49 GMT -8
But, wait... are we going to see a post from the resident MBB hoops apologist telling us how much progress he made, what potential he brought to the coming season? As for the Krass, good luck to you. You took what appeared to be your best D1 offer. No shame in admitting it was not your best fit. Students do it all the time, far more than student athletes do. Won't be long before we receive another lecture on how anyone who is the least bit critical of the program is an embittered loser with no life. I'll only disagree on the point of "lecture" as in my mind they are usually based on some pretense of intelligence. But, don't forget the list of excuses why we should all accept mediocrity (or below) and that OSU basically is doomed by history to be Pac12 MBB doormats. I keep forgetting that one's history completely determines our future. So there is really no reason to try to achieve. And, that OSU's investment in hoops is so bad that no other P5 school with a lower investment actually succeeds. Oh yeah... that crap just ain't true!  |
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Post by seastape on Apr 15, 2023 21:52:09 GMT -8
But, wait... are we going to see a post from the resident MBB hoops apologist telling us how much progress he made, what potential he brought to the coming season? As for the Krass, good luck to you. You took what appeared to be your best D1 offer. No shame in admitting it was not your best fit. Students do it all the time, far more than student athletes do. Won't be long before we receive another lecture on how anyone who is the least bit critical of the program is an embittered loser with no life. I think that lecture comes long after the lecture on how anyone who says something positive about the program is a loser who accepts mediocrity. |
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Post by nabeav on Apr 20, 2023 7:32:38 GMT -8
OK....Nick Krass - not a great freshman player. In the olden times, he'd have redshirted, but nobody does that anymore.
But all you people bashing him like he could never be an impact player...come on. Zach Reichle was pilloried for three years as "not Pac-12 level" or "it's a shame that we have to start Reichle" or whatever.
Reichle turned out just fine. Not going to get a jersey in the rafters or anything, but he was a legitimate starter and key piece of the most successful OSU team in a couple generations.
I'm not surprised that Krass transferred. His playing time was sporadic, he's thousands of miles from home, played at a high school that would be 3A in terms of enrollment if it were in Oregon. While I have never been to Biloxi, MS, I can't imagine that there are many similarities between that city and Corvallis. He tried something, it didn't work for him, and he's moving on. I get it.
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Post by beaverology on Apr 20, 2023 7:40:59 GMT -8
I saw some positive things with NK. He can shoot the 3. It's too bad he won't be around to prove it in Corvallis over the next 3 years. Yes, he struggled with the transition from HS to Pac12 MBB, but most expected that. I think the Zach comparison is a good one. Did any of the Zach bashers come to forum and confess they were wrong about him? Of course they didn't, they don't have any integrity and their ego won't let them admit they were wrong. You know who you are.
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Post by beaverinohio on Apr 20, 2023 8:35:16 GMT -8
I think most would agree that Zach developed into a pretty solid piece for the Beavers whether they specifically came on here to say it or not. But let’s not make it out like he became a star or anything. But he was a nice piece of the puzzle for sure.
When they signed Krass or maybe prior to season I believe I posted on here that hopefully he could have a career trajectory like Zach. And they did have somewhat similar stats in their freshmen years I think. Not the ratings are the be all and end all, but Zach was rated higher coming out of HS. Don’t think Nick was rated. I wish nothing but the best for the kid, but can’t say I’m broken up about him leaving.
By the way, saw this today.
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