Re: Taron Barker

[Keith Wedinger]

I believe it wasn't until after a 75 - 66 loss at DePaul on 1/15/92
that NVE got his first start.


On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 11:49:33 -0500, jon breiner <address@hidden> wrote:
> LOL!  I'd take Barker.  That would be a good, albeit slightly negative poll
> for bearcatnews.com: "who is the worst PG during the Huggins era?"
>
> Without thinking through all of them, I think Horton gets my vote.
>
> Of course, I am trying to lighten the mood a bit regarding Jihad.  I am
> disappointed thus far, but also realize it is early.  While I don't expect
> jihad to approach NVE type status, NVE was not exactly going crazy at this
> point his first year.
>
> jon
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mick Bergman" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 11:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Taron Barker
>
> > Where would Michael Horton fit in with this years team? :)
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 11:33:50 -0500, jon breiner wrote:
> > > 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


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