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Date Posted: 11:37:24 02/25/05 Fri
Author: JC
Subject: This year's recruits.
In reply to: Tom Huckaby 's message, "Re: Enough is enough" on 10:00:49 02/25/05 Fri

While I think the class may be better than TH describes, i'm not sure recruiting and the talent level was the primary problem this season.. Calvin Johnson was rated at Texas Hoops as #89 in Texas but another website rated him #105 in the country, which is probably higher than any Bronco in any rating since BJ. Street and Smith rated him a High Honorable mention All American; that would also place him with the top 150 or so. Not great, not Aaron Affalo, but not bad. Prep West Hoops rates Bryant as the 10th best post in the West. For a point of reference, Niessen was ranked 11 as a power forward three years ago. Sammet is not as highly regarded, but received a pretty good review from Prep West. I suspect at the end of the recruiting season, they Broncos will be in the middle of the WCC as far as rankings go.

The bigger concern I have is one of consistency and motivation (recall the death march through late December v. bottom feeders). Doron Perkins is a versitile player, with more talent then anyone here since a healthy Jones (and much more atheletic). After the LMU game, DLew asked him if he was upset about the previous tough OT loss to P'Dine. DP replied "no, we didn't play well and we still took them to OT." How can you not be pissed off about losing to a team you man-handled on the road (and yes the Waves had their starting center for that game, 'cuz I watched him push Denison all over the floor)? If this team played to it's potential, its talent, we'd be debating NCAA v. NIT bids; they haven't and we're not.The players did not produce on a consistent basis. It still gets back to coaching.

Even if the class is as good as this "polly" might think it will be, it will be a young team and we're losing the majority of our points, rebounds,assists and steals. unless there are some real steals, next year could be tough under any circumstance.

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