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We desperately need an infusion of athleticism, though. Obviously having heady players is great, but we were hideously slow this year and most games were at an athletic disadvantage (and then some) at positions 1-4 every game. We’re bringing in four heady recruits and three of them are not particularly quick/strong, etc. Even the good athletes were hopefully bringing back in Ball and Stew are consistently a step slow hence why they are sieves defensively.Timberlake was our #1 target. So this is a bit silly. Truth is, despite being athletic enough for this level, Timberlake lacked the processing ability to play at this level. That is super hard to evaluate coming up a level. I am wary especially of guys who dominated at lower levels on athleticism. A kid like Kolek, who dominated mentally, that is a kid who can step up.
I don’t know much about Monroe, but my fear is that as soon as he’s matched with guys who are bigger, faster and stronger he will be overmatched. That is my sense looking at the portal. Focus on guys who have Very high BBIQ.
The defense that Hurley wants to play requires some quickness to play tight man and rotate/switch as well as having a rim protector. This is why we saw Aidan struggle so much. He just didn’t have the physicality to play on an island like Hurley wants.