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Re watch the first 6 B1G games or so. Connor was swarmed. He was harrassed on the dribble and given little space for shooting. Teams sagged only after the confidence was lost and it showed on the tape.

In what way? I've been physically assaulted and sexually assaulted. Which one are you saying should have made me not a person anymore? Just because people have similar experiences doesn't mean they have the same psychological effect. I find it funny that people expect victims to just fall...

Well there are typically 2 ways to lose confidence in your shot. 1 it doesn't feel good for a stretch and your clanging the rim or air balling. 2 is not being able to release clean because of defensive pressure. I think Connor's is the 2nd variety. Confidence is a funny thing. Connor may or...

I really believe that the guys have the offensive skills to be a good offense. I'm automatically skeptical of the defense, and I would only ever reasonably assume a 7th or 8th place finish. I believe there is potential for more though. I just don't have alot of faith in Fran to get it done.

Kansas! Fucking Self wants him? What is wrong with my eyes? This might just be the dagger for Fran. My guess is Moss is leaving to get better coaching to try and make the NBA. If that happens and word gets out. Fran won't even be able to talk to 5* recruits.

Maybe not though this season. Passing to Jbo, JW, JN and LG could be the only thing needed from our PG this year. It has potential to be a deadly shooting team.

Why? Too soon?

I think most people agree that he is probably playing out of position. His body is a 2 or 3 guard, but his game isn't strong enough in those traditional areas. Shot needs work, drive needs work and finishing around the hoop needs work. If he improves those areas I could see him sliding to SG for...

Well he definitely penetrated too far.

Well he should fit in perfectly with the basketball team then.

Same here.

It's looking to me as if your hang up is feeling that Baer is being slighted here. I can't speak for others, but I personally am making no slight. I don't think any one player currently is going to give us exactly what Baer did. As for the role that Baer filled well that's easy enough to...

Oh I get it now. You took objection to me saying CJ could be Baer's replacement. Let me explain better. CJ is not going to replace Baer's intangibles. Certainly not right away. However he can fill Baer's roll and do some similar stuff for the team. It's the idea of position cohesion. When 1 guy...

I think you might be overthinking it. Baer is an awesome guy and was a great hawk, but I think the conventional wisdom here is the right wisdom. We had more talented and athletic players that simply didn't give us the same effort. Baer was pivotal for this team because his play was often a...

Ok so we established that Baer is a hustle guy. So now the question to debate is if in fact Baer was the most talented guy on the team. I'm assuming that from your protest to my statement that you believe he was. While I believe that more talented players simply aren't playing as hard as Baer...

Lol what do you call a guy who gets shit done without all the fancy tools that others have? I call that a hustle guy. Baer was the literal definition of this term to me. The fact that he was that high statistically is a reflection of 2 main team issues. First is a lack of team wide...

Well Baer was a hustle guy that could shoot the 3. He came off the bench so we pretty much just need a rotation guy that can 3pt, rebound and defend. I think CJ should fit this role. Nunge replaces TC. Could be better, could be worse. Hopefully at least its net zero. Moss and Dailey are the...

Really good player. Just not elite. Hard to replace, but not impossible. Noone yet knows how much Nunge can bring to the table, but if he is good the loss of TC will not be felt as bad.

It's possible and we wont know for awhile, but it feels to me as if our defense has always been hamstrung by the offense. I could easily be wrong, but it doesn't feel like that is changing under Fran.

I think Fran is probably a better recruiter than we give him credit for. He gets interest from a lot of talent. Yes I know that interest doesn't amount to shit, but at the same time it would be naive to think that Fran is recruiting on an even playing field. I do believe that Fran's tenure at...