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[QUOTE="Kitaman, post: 3371734, member: 67"]
Context: I will always give freshman a pass.  He was in HS less than a year ago, all this D1 talent, scheduling  (traveling), large arenas, new Coach/teammates, Television, and crazy arse fans is a lot to adjust to.  He was not coming in as our Savior or a major contributor, just a recruit we can re-build our future with.  A piece to our future puzzle so to speak.

He's playing like a normal freshman who has potential.  With experience (i.e playing time) comes small improvements, with confidence better production.  Now Akok is a freshman+, meaning he's an advanced freshman.  Perhaps him practicing with the team last season attributed to that.

All of our freshman (to me) will always get a pass, even with bonehead mistakes (e.g. JB foul).  Its their sophomore years where they need to prove they belong at UConn or forever on the bench leading to the 'T' word.

The context is that he is playing good as a freshman and he is not failing or overwhelmed.  Just saying we have to take the positives, and let the Coaches deal with the negatives.  So yeah he may not have looked good, but for a freshman, to me, he looked pretty good (mistakes and all).
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