Taron Barker

[jon breiner]

I thought I would really get some of you going.  Do you realize this would 
be the second year in a row since he left, and 3rd or 4th year in a row 
overall that Taron Barker would be our best PG?  :)

I still support Barker!  :)

Jon

ps. Of course, we can now debate what that says about the ability to recruit 
PG's for this system, but regardless, Barker'd still be the best.  :)



> On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 09:09:59 -0500, jon breiner <address@hidden> 
> wrote:
> > Jihad is going to have to gel with his teammates the way Tony B did, and 
> > it
> > will take some time.  As for the players getting on Jihad (and I am not
> > saying they don't have a good beef!) I would ask some of them the 
> > following
> > question(s):
> >
> > Armein, Did Jihad's gunning cause you to shoot 2 airballs and take 
> > another
> > 3-4 bad shots?  Did his gunning cause you to not pay attention to the in
> > bounds pass that bounced off your chest?
> >
> > Eric, did Jihad's gunning make you miss those dunks?  What about those
> > passes that hit your hands and bounced off?  Did his gunning cause you to
> > revert to last year's FT form?
> >
> > Jason, did Jihad's gunning cause you to miss another dunk?  Did it cause 
> > you
> > to think Illinois was too physical?
> >
> > James, did Jihad's gunning interfere with your ability to rebound the 
> > ball
> > again?
> >
> > Should I stop or go on?  My point is before these guys spend too much 
> > time
> > worrying about how Jihad is hurting the team, maybe they could worry 
> > about
> > themselves first.  I think that is likely what Huggins had them talk 
> > about
> > after the game.
> >
> > Anyway, it is only the end of the NC season.  In other words, still very
> > early.  I will get more concerned if there are issues a month or more 
> > from
> > now, but I am not going to get bent out of shape by losing to the best 
> > team
> > in the country at this point.
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <address@hidden>
> > To: <address@hidden>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 8:48 AM
> > Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Huggins
> >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 1/3/2005 9:27:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > > address@hidden writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > Um,  Jihad took more shots than anyone else in the Illinois game
> > > (2-for-12)
> > > and was on the receiving end of some unhappy remarks  from  teammates.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I was going to post this before but I do so much negative stuff I 
> > > passed.
> > > What it was is I noticed that players wouldn't pass Jihad the ball 
> > > unless
> > > they
> > > had to after the first offensive set broke down. This was prior to the
> > > Illinois game. Kirkland for one wouldn't . I think the worst thing to
> > > happen for
> > > Jihad was he made those shots to win the NI game and became an instant
> > > star of
> > > the fans and it went to his head. He wants to score first and pass to 
> > > his
> > > teammates second. Not good. Will it get worked out. I don't know.  Don
> > >