Comments on: Thursday Bullets

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:48:05 +0000

Kenny, this is true. I’m a student and I saw him limping around a couple weeks ago, but I almost suspect that he is never really going to get rid of this and may be very close to as healthy as he will ever be. Being tall definitely has its pros and cons.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:54:45 +0000

what I have heard on Ben is that he has been participating in everything. I haven’t heard anything to the contrary besides the lone Rivals post. I don’t know how big of a contributor he will be, but he’s participating.

By: Kenny

Kenny — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:52:32 +0000

The status of Ben Cronin continues to be mystery. There are conflicting reports coming from rivals message board. Not sure which one to believe but guess we will all know soon. There are more than one person saw Ben still limping which I have no reason not to believe that, but others claim that he always walk that way.

By: Evan

Evan — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:02:21 +0000

Hopefully D-mo will be good…but there was nothing he did in that video that was anything special

By: Paul F.

Paul F. — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:11:52 +0000

What Ben can bring is a thought that if you drive into the lane you just might have to dish out or change your shot. I think Ben’s impact will be far greater on the defensive side of the ball then the offense. At least here in his first full season.

By: JayRich

JayRich — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:00:25 +0000

I think Nick means we will split with Purdue similar to last year in West Lafayette. Michigan will play great in the first half until Manny is ejected and then we will fall apart in the second half. Therefore, it is a quasi-split. FWIW, I was at that game and it turned nasty in there after that call. Very few teams would have been able to handle it.

By: maxwell's demon

maxwell's demon — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:16:30 +0000

man people are going nuts over cronin and all he has shown to this point is that he needed surgery… i think people are overlooking the fact that at 7 feet + you need to be a hell of a physical specimen to even run up and down the court. i think he very well could never play significant minutes at the college level.once again i think the post will be our biggest liability. but here’s to a great looking incoming pg and sg + the talent we already have in the starting line up.

By: Tom, Too.

Tom, Too. — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:51:25 +0000

I think we should all remember Ben’s last game was probably in March of 2008. We all saw how rusty LLP was last year and he was only off for a year.

By: Kainkitizen

Kainkitizen — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:31:35 +0000

what’s so interesting about Ben Cronin is that he can be a few feet away from guarding or defending his opponent, that his “height and reach” will still be effective to the shot attempt by the other team near the basket. I think we all agree that if Ben can give this team 10-15 minutes of court time, to give Deshawn a break from the center position or just even give him resttime on the bench, that would be tremendous for 5pts/5rbs/3blks if he could do that for this years team.

By: Erik

Erik — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:13:42 +0000

El Capitain, that may be true about Cronin on the offensive end, but I think he’s a defensive liability due to his slow speed. I know he had a hip injury last year when he was S-L-O-W down the court, but I don’t think he’s exactly a gazelle. If he can’t get back on D I worry how much we may actually see him on O.