Re: Chadd Moore Answer

[Brian Johnson]

5th starter White?

Thanks for the answer, Mark.  Sounds like a bad deal
for Chadd, and I wish him a rapid recovery :-(

Did Huggs mention who would back up at PG?

--- Mark Seger <address@hidden>
wrote:
> I don't think I am revealing any insider information
> here, but I attended a
> UCATS dinner last night and Coach Huggins publicly
> stated that Chadd may in
> fact miss the season due to a back problem.  He has
> been in a lot of pain.
>
> Other comments by the Coach:
>
> He is very proud (and rightly so) of the number of
> players graduating; some
> even in 3 years.  Mentioned Stokes, Flowers, Field,
> and a couple others.
>
> James White is a great athlete. Don't miss the dunk
> contest at Midnight
> Madness.  Melvin had a higher vertical leap, but
> White can high jump over 7
> feet.
>
> We will be very strong at the wing.  With White,
> Nick Williams, and Armein,
> Bobbitt and Field will need to fight for minutes. 
> (Sounds like a good
> problem).
>
> We will try to press. We aren't as quick as the
> pressing teams of the 90's,
> but we are very "long."
>
> We should rebound much better as a team.  Whaley is
> not a great rebounder,
> but he can rebound "in his area" and his presence
> will free up the double
> teams on Max.
>
> Whaley is in much better shape than the Summer
> league.
>
> We won't recognize Kareem Johnson.  He is much
> stronger.
>
> Kirkland is much improved.
>
> Nick Williams will have to start at the point with
> Chadd Moore out.
>
> When asked if James White will be hurt by the
> year-long layoff, Bob
> humorously said that James didn't think so.  In
> fact, he decided to miss an
> extra game by playing in the And One game.
>
> Many magazines have us ranked in the top 10-15.  Bob
> thinks we will be
> better than that.
>
> Soulamain (sp?) is great to coach.  He says "Thank
> you Coach" all the time.
> He may redshirt.
>
> Pilgrim is not ready to play yet.  He needs to
> adjust to the competition
> level.
>
> The starting line-up changes every day, but it could
> be Whaley, Max, Nick
> Williams and Kirkland (I can't remember the 5th)
>
> That's all I can remember.  As usual, Bob was very
> entertaining.
>
> Sincerely, 
>
> Mark 


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