RE: EHicks

[dfairchild]

I would not go so far as to call Hicks the MVP, put I agree with your point,
Hicks could be more involved in the offense.  Though you call his shot ugly,
it seems to me he has hit several from the high post.  I do not understand
why they do not run a little bit more offense with him in the high post, if
his man is slow to come out, let him take the jumper, if he's defended, Max
should be free to receive a pass and work without a double team.

The only reason I can imagine Hicks not be more involved is that he often
appears lost at the offensive end.  Huggins has commented several times
about a player not on the same page as the other 4.  I have to believe he is
referring to Hicks.

DF

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Swaney [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 3:50 PM
To: address@hidden; address@hidden
Subject: [UC Basketball] EHicks


Eric Hicks may be the MVP of our team this year.  Nobody else on the team
has put more of a consistent effort or has more consistent hands to GRAB
rebounds, GRAB loose balls, GRAB errant passes and DUNK BALLS HARD.  The one
problem is that Huggins still refuses to let Hicks be part of the offense.
We never attempt to try to get him the ball down low to see if he can beat a
bigger and slower defender with his quickness.  We never even run the
offense through him unless its a swin pass around the arc 30 feet from the
basket!  I know most of his shots he's taken have been ugly at times but
that's because whenever he actually does get the ball he is so surprised
that he decides to just chuck one up.  If we do give him a few oppurunitues
we may find he can get us some easy baskets and free up Max from some double
teams eventually.  Enough of this bombing 3-pters and making 5-30, lets
start dunking some basketballs.  And, not to mention, if Hicks starts
getting involved in the offe!
ns
e I think his defensive intensity will only get even better.  BOO
Louisville!!


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