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Message: [QUOTE="Towney007, post: 3133034, member: 5832"] I think you're being a little optimistic. You're boiling this down to: Polley will get better! Adams will get better! Sid will get better! WHALEY will get better! Sure - I mean if everyone we have returning gets better and all our freshman play above their heads year one - sure we'll be a lot better. I just think that's being too optimistic. Although I think overall, we'll be better - especially by year's end. I think the freshmen will help, but this idea they're going to come in and instantly solve the massive scoring issues we're going to have right off the bat is expecting too much I think. Love both guys, they'll contribute - but they're not going to be good enough to carry that load early on. I've seen a lot of Akok and while the practice reports have been good, I'm telling you - be prepared to lower your expectations a bit. He's going to be really, really, really, really, really good - but when people say he's raw - trust me... he's raw. We still have depth and front court issues, we don't have a dedicated scorer although it's safe to ASSUME we can probably figure that out - but until we do it's still a question mark... I mean we've got a lot of the same issues as last year except we're just more talented. I think people expecting a 25 win season are setting themselves up for a manic depressive episode in January. I really hope i'm wrong, but we did this a year ago, did it this year - so now we're going to play pretend again this year? What I'd agree with you whole heartedly on though is the roster construction is much better. And i'd say that's the most important thing. This team wins 22 games next year and recruits well, i'll be over the moon. 2020-2021 will be a ton of fun. [/QUOTE]

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