RE: Everyone cross your fingers!!

[rj]

This is the theory....it takes most juco guys a year to get with the concept.
 
It takes many HS guys 2 years to get with the concept. (late signees might take 3 years)
 
What it really comes down to is....dont use the scholarship....or take a gamble on a kid that clearly wont be ready for at least 2 years.
 
If Souly is where an average juco is by the midpoint of his junior year (considering redshirt year, it might have been worth it.)
 
Rememeber, they couldnt find ANYONE else they wanted to sign so it was a "roll the dice or wait til next year and roll the dice on someone else".
 


"Holdheide, Brad" <address@hidden> wrote:
But if it takes 5 scholarship years to get one good year out of Souly was it
worth the investment???? I don't know.


-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Marshall [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 10:19 AM
To: address@hidden
Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Everyone cross your fingers!!

It did take Kenyon a couple of years to mature as well... NO I am not
comparing souly to Kenyon, BUT, drastic changes are possible.

-----Original Message-----
From: rj [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 10:15 AM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Everyone cross your fingers!!


I believe the staff knew that Souly was a project and took the
calculated gamble that he, after a redshirt and a year practicing but
rarely playing, would be better than what they could get in a juco
player at that time.

Frankly, I think it came down to him or not using the scholarship till
the next year.

Remember, you cant teach height. No matter how much you scream at them
or run them !

And, players have regularly put on 20-40 pounds of muscle after 2-4
years in the program.

Lou D'Ambrosia wrote:
Sadly, I have to agree with you Mike. I watched Souly warm up last year 
when UC played DePaul at the Roller Skating rink (AllState arena) and
again 
last saturday against Purdue. Personally, I didn't see much of a
difference 
in his development both physically or mentally. Where as watching a more

focused and determined E.Hicks going through his pregame was a huge
change 
from his laughing and joking around with Bobbit during pregames last
year.

Souly, again in my humble opinion just looks a bit out of place on the 
floor. I really, REALLY hope he proves me wrong but I think we are a
year 
or two away from seeing any real contribution from him.

~Lou

> From: address@hidden
> Reply-To: address@hidden
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Everyone cross your fingers!!
> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 21:03:15 EST
>
> Sorry, we saw souly in the second exhibition game. He has more than a 
> long way to go. He is not going to be an impact player at any point. 
> Perhaps as a senior he will be able to spell someone but its not 
> happening soon.




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