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Re: 2011-2012 Men's Roster...
^^^^^^^ Yeah, That! This is a great post!!! Well said! On point! Rep points for you!^^^^^^^
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Originally posted by Kemo
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Lots of gloom and doom talk for the season still being 4 months away...
I understand there are a lot of people upset about not adding a Big for the upcoming season, but keep in perspective the make up of the team and who we bring back.
First off, I would have loved to see a Big brought in to at least add depth, but unless he was a juco transfer, the likely hood of him being more than a fill-in player were slim. Kids coming from high school are rarely ready to bang with college posts right away, and if they are, they usually are going to a power-6 conference school. Coughil would have been a nice get for the Jacks, but he chose to backup Alec Brown in Green Bay, so the team needs to move on with what they have, which are some long, talented individuals.
SDSU didn't lose one scholarship post, and the three that played last year were two true freshman and a true sophomore. This tells me that the development of these three players will have much more of an impact on how the team performs in the upcoming season than anyone the Jacks had a realistic opportunity to add in the off-season, and their ceilings are a lot higher than I think most of you are giving them credit for.
Secondly, the Jacks run mostly a 4 out, 1 in offense, so while having 4 legitimate posts would have been nice, it's not a reason to panic. Keep in mind that two of the Jacks wings are 6'6" (White and Horstman), which will help reduce or eliminate the effectiveness of teams trying to go big against us, as there are few if any posts in the Summit League that can run with/ guard those two.
Third off, I feel a lot of fans misinterpret that our rebounding woes were due to lack of front line size, where I completely disagree with this. The main reason for the teams rebounding deficiency was that of poor defense, not lack of size, as if you are out of position for a rebound, height becomes inconsequential. The good news is that the team has the physical tools to fix this, they just need to be more mentally prepared to do this, and feel it will come with another year of maturity under their belt.
The bottom line is player development will effect this upcoming season more than any player we could have added this off-season, and the current roster has the talent to improve in the trouble areas, and they are more than aware of it. Giving up 105 points to Oakland in the semifinals may have been just want this team needed going into the off-season, as the players have no doubt what they need to work on to take the next step.
I understand there are a lot of people upset about not adding a Big for the upcoming season, but keep in perspective the make up of the team and who we bring back.
First off, I would have loved to see a Big brought in to at least add depth, but unless he was a juco transfer, the likely hood of him being more than a fill-in player were slim. Kids coming from high school are rarely ready to bang with college posts right away, and if they are, they usually are going to a power-6 conference school. Coughil would have been a nice get for the Jacks, but he chose to backup Alec Brown in Green Bay, so the team needs to move on with what they have, which are some long, talented individuals.
SDSU didn't lose one scholarship post, and the three that played last year were two true freshman and a true sophomore. This tells me that the development of these three players will have much more of an impact on how the team performs in the upcoming season than anyone the Jacks had a realistic opportunity to add in the off-season, and their ceilings are a lot higher than I think most of you are giving them credit for.
Secondly, the Jacks run mostly a 4 out, 1 in offense, so while having 4 legitimate posts would have been nice, it's not a reason to panic. Keep in mind that two of the Jacks wings are 6'6" (White and Horstman), which will help reduce or eliminate the effectiveness of teams trying to go big against us, as there are few if any posts in the Summit League that can run with/ guard those two.
Third off, I feel a lot of fans misinterpret that our rebounding woes were due to lack of front line size, where I completely disagree with this. The main reason for the teams rebounding deficiency was that of poor defense, not lack of size, as if you are out of position for a rebound, height becomes inconsequential. The good news is that the team has the physical tools to fix this, they just need to be more mentally prepared to do this, and feel it will come with another year of maturity under their belt.
The bottom line is player development will effect this upcoming season more than any player we could have added this off-season, and the current roster has the talent to improve in the trouble areas, and they are more than aware of it. Giving up 105 points to Oakland in the semifinals may have been just want this team needed going into the off-season, as the players have no doubt what they need to work on to take the next step.
SUPERBUNNY
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