Point is lot of hype from some select BYers for a couple small samples. This is a deep roster and it’s unlikely he’ll be a featured player, and part of a sum this year. He has the best player on the team in front of him at his natural position and a 5 star to battle for the 3.
Mahaney, Stewart, Karaban are locks to start in my eyes. If McNeeley can handle playing the 2 spot he probably starts over Ball there. No idea at the 5 spot.
Maybe I'm projecting too much, I just think the reason Stewart didn't score was because he wasn't being asked to do it. If he were on the same team as Hawkins was freshman year I think he could have put up similar numbers
Definitely 9 guys you could make a case for starting. And at that point it's already tough to squeeze Ross or Abraham into the rotation. Obviously these things work themselves out, but the depth is crazy with next year's team
For those who have him as a lock as the starting 3, I agree it's a tad premature, but his D was impressive down the stretch and conversely, the little video I've seen from McNeeley on D didn't look very good. Now based on comments from Hurley, the focus for the first summer session was offense, so McNeeley likely hasn't been drilled heavily on their team D and how to best keep yourself between your assignment and the basket. I have a feeling that Stewart's D is going to earn him a lot of minutes, particularly early in the season while McNeeley's need to improve on that end of the floor might keep him on the bench longer than some expect. Maybe, I'm wrong and both players will be solid on both ends of the floor, making it difficult for Hurley to find enough minutes for both of them.
Don't take this in a negative way but I'm curious. You have pretty strong opinions (which is fine) and have been posting a lot lately. Your profile says you joined in 2011 but only have 665 posts. What gives? Were you mostly a lurker for a long time and have come out of your shell recently?
And Ross has been getting rave reviews. I think he was last year as well, but he has also been on the podium for practices, so his work is matching the talent it seems.
Been around for way longer than 2011. Where is that old battle ax Fishy these days anyway?
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I'm not as high on Stewart as he is but this is a hilarious way to frame a freshman getting minutes in the biggest games possible for one of the best college teams of all time.
To me the easy call for Hurley is to have McNeeley come off the bench. It's super easy to sell him on playing starters minutes coming in for Stewart, who is also a very good player, has paid his dues for a year, and honestly is going to be better defensively at the start of the season than McNeeley anyway. McNeeley can still close games, and he's been in the NBA pipeline for years playing on the FIBA teams, so it's not going to effect his NBA stock at all to come off the bench. It's just way more logical in a situation where you have a bunch of guys all good enough to start.
Thanks. So did you not post for a long time? So the success the team had with Hurley brought you back? I'm just wondering how you didn't post for so long and why compared to how much you're posting now. Were you reading the Boneyard and just not posting? I post a decent amount and I can't imagine reading the board and not posting at all.Been around for way longer than 2011. Where is that old battle ax Fishy these days anyway?
Been a die hard home grown Husky fan since I was a kid late 80s, good chunk of the family Alum. The Ollie years and AAC were hard to watch. Like an oncoming accident you hope sorts itself out while not looking, for something you grew up with so much pride in. I guess everyone treats sports trauma differently. Hurley has created a lot of renewed enthusiasm obviously and reinvented the program into something so amazing it’s hard to believe sometimes.
As a former professional athlete, I don’t wear rose colored glasses 24-7. I know some here do, and expect everyone else to. I just don’t find it objective, or interesting
Who are these prognosticators?
Sent his season stats and another poster shared his overall tourney stats, a tourney where we blew out opponents every game, except for Bama.
Variety of life factors, multiple business’, etc and was honestly following more realignment stuff at the time than hoops as kinda knew the future of the program really depended on getting out of the AAC. Ollie was on a clear downward trajectory. I’d consider myself a prideful spoiled fan as watched JC build this thing from nothing to the apex, to then see it flushed away. It was hard to watch. I’m beyond grateful for Hurley.
not uncommon, I read for years before I posted. Retired and bored, the Yard is a hobby now, lotsa fun!
What??? Listen, you may be proven right, but to think that he WILL definitely go from fringe rotation player to the NBA is more crazy than thinking that he will take an extra year to work on his game. This topic must be read in conjunction with how incredibly deep we are. It wouldn’t be a shame on him to back up Liam and Alex. Your take is too radical.
I followed the board for 10-15 years and never posted for what its worth