2003/4 questions

[dfairchild]

I am as excited about next year's team as anyone.  I agree, they look great
on paper.  Of course, this year's team looked great on paper too (Donald was
still on the team and there was hope BJ would get in shape).

Here are the questions I see that need to be answered.

1) Leadership (particularly senior leadership).  Huggins has talked repeated
in the past about how seniors come with an urgency that others lack.  Field,
Bobbit, Flowers, Johnson?  I can't see a leader in the bunch.  May the
spirit of Bobbie Brannen be visited upon one of them.  I voted for J Max in
the poll - he has more experience than anyone who is left.  Will it
translate into leadership?  We have been critical about how Lenny
disappeared at times during this season.  I think the same could be said
about Jason.  Granted he was hampered by the lack of a true center, but
isn't part of leadership overcoming the obstacles?

2) Center - Whaley is unproven and it is a long time till he arrives here -
he could end up out of shape (BJ), off the team (Don), or recovering from a
gunshot (Eric).  Also, we still have to worry about depth.  I think Kareem
might be able to fill that role, if he knew that was going to be his role.
He could work hard for short periods, he just couldn't sustain it.  But,
right now, 2 quick fouls in the first half and we are looking at CBC again.

3) Point guard - I like what I have seen of Chadd and what I have read of
Williams, but I think the is room for doubt. IMO Chadd lacks a killer
instinct.  He is just a little too "happy go lucky" for me.  I look at
Hollis Price and TJ Ford, they are not going to back down from anyone.

4) Chemisty - I think this could be the biggest question.  In the backcourt
we have a lot of talent.  Who is going to be happy on the bench?  N.
William/Moore, F. Williams/Bobbitt, White/Hicks/Kirkland  I'm not a fortune
teller, but if I looked in a crystal ball I can see atleast one player
quitting the team, one player being suspended, one player not dressing for a
game, etc.  And without a clear leader - this problem could be magnified.

How many days to Midnight Madness?  Can we get a counter on the webpage to
count it down?

DF

-----Original Message-----
From: DXlover [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 7:57 PM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] 2002-03 season postmortem


However, I am not looking at
> Whaley as being the savior next year.  I would be totally pleased next
year,
> if he was able to draw enough attention down low next year to allow Max
room
> to operate.

Jason,
That would be my defintion as 'savior' for this team.  Chance are if UC had
Whaley this season,  they win at least five more games and beat Gonzaga IMO.
That is where Robert is going to be HUGE.

Gregg
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