Bear Best 6th Man at Iowa Since...
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Every fan, other than Hawk fans, hated Moe. He could be kind of chippy at times. Loved the fire in him.
Lol, I wonder if the band Moe. typed that exact sentence & that's how they came up w their name??
He reminds me of Ryan Bowen, only with better offensive skills. I suppose Bowen was a starter though.
Gabe O was our 6th man, wasn't he? I liked him.
Yea Gabe was 6th man of the year in the big ten. Tough for me to say Baer has a greater impact than Gabe. By the time he was a senior he was a really good player. Granted Baer is still only a RSS. Doug Thomas is another name that comes to mind.
Going to get in the way back machine and mention Ben McGilmer.
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Gabe was great, but Baer can do just about everything: rebound, pass, shoot, handle, play D. Baer is one helluva basketball player, one that no college offered a scholarship. Never forget that. Baer would be a key player on all but maybe half a dozen teams in the country, but nobody wanted him. Well, for example the POY candidate from Purdue had 8 rebounds Thursday night in 35 minutes. Baer? He had TEN in only 19 minutes...after getting kicked in the gut.
Baer is worth the price of admission all by himself. And, frankly, I would like to see him back in the starting lineup. Either way, he needs to play at least 30 minutes a game. What a great part of this Hawkeye program. Thanks to Fran for giving the kid the one thing he needed: an opportunity.
Baer is worth the price of admission all by himself. And, frankly, I would like to see him back in the starting lineup. Either way, he needs to play at least 30 minutes a game. What a great part of this Hawkeye program. Thanks to Fran for giving the kid the one thing he needed: an opportunity.
I don't know who the other 6th men are in the B1G this year - does Baer really have any competition for 6th MOY? He'd follow nicely with Thomas and Olaseni.
Funny - I was thinking Jeff Moe also before I opened the thread, but couldn't remember if he was maybe a starter. I like Baer much better. Strong in all phases and has a knack for being in the right place on the court.
Well.....Hass is a damn good 6th man and they talked about that on the broadcast. I remember when they were talking about Big Gabe as the best 6th man and the announcers then were saying like they are with Hass what a great 6th man to have coming off the bench.
Back to Baer and the stat line production on both ends of the floor, his picture should be next to the definition of the 6th man in basketball.
I was sick as a dog during the Purdue game, so I somehow missed that Haas was coming off the bench. He's the obvious choice. My bad.
Ok. Not that far back, '79-'80 Bobby Hansen. When Lester went down in the tournament Bobby put the team on his back, carried them to the final four..... well, maybe not, but he hit some clutch shots
I luv Baer. If I had to vote on best 6th Hawkeyes of all time, I would pick Baer, and he's a soph?!!!
I hope you were able to enjoy the game being sick.....that medicine had to help....
This is the correct answer.
Baer also had an awesome rejection of Haas right under the basket. Nick looked like a toothpick going up between Haas arms! I'll bet Drago was shocked to have that ball swatted away! Haas said"I must break you", and Nick said "Get that out a here!"
I think Baer is the 2nd best player on the team and will be very good over the next two years, but right now I love his energy and leadership coming of the bench. When Jok is out, they need a guy like Baer to steady the ship.
Loved dunking Doug Thomas. Believe he was a 6th man of the year as well. Baer is so versatile is what makes him so valuable off the bench. Two things I've loved about his game this year is shot blocking ability and rebounding. 2 things we knew this team would be lacking in coming into the year.
I'd say he's up there with Gabe but doesn't really offer the next level skills and NBA range that JL had. I was there, he had the crowd going bananas!*
*I was at about 80% of the TL era games so I would know
I was a bit behind real time with the DVR, but by the second half I felt amazing. A Hawkeye win is always the best medicine!I hope you were able to enjoy the game being sick.....that medicine had to help....
I was going to,post that too, but you beat me to it. Most on this board probably do not know who we are talking about. I also thought of McGilmer when they were talking about who had the sweetest shot prior to Peter Jok. Ben was a pleasure to watch in the old field house and on a great team with no BIG loses. Damn you.... Pembrose Bouroughs, Jacksonville and the refs!
Sky king had a great shot too, he just got called for traveling a bunch on his Prescott step that lost track of the shot
Made the Jones reference to a buddy the other day. They're almost twins...
The Baer Trap impacts more areas of the game than any other reserve I can recall.
I love Baer as well, really him and Gabe have the same type of effect and what you need from a guy off the bench. I can remember a game I think Gabe's junior year where he just exploded on Illinois for like 18 pts. Everything was going in for him, loved watching his development over his 4 years.
