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Message: [QUOTE="Bricklayer, post: 3418001, member: 8032"] hello everyone. coming into the season, i had thought that our guard play was going to be uconn's greatest strength, especially considering the lack of depth up front. an improving gilbert and vitale - even tho he can be a bit of a loose cannon now and again - a second year from adams - who showed signs - plus two highly regarded freshman, made this a pretty safe assumption. and it is obvious how important guard play, especially the point guard, is in collegiate hoops, and we seemed to have plenty. yet, somehow, gilbert has regressed as the season went on, for probably a variety of reasons, while everyone else at least maintained their ability levels, while the freshmen got their feet wet. i must admit that i was surprised, after several end of game mishaps, just how long hurley allowed him to finish games. altho i agree that this was probably a show of support for a personal favorite and an upperclassman, it can also be construed as the definition of crazy - doing - or watching - the same thing and expecting a different outcome. what started out as a strength has become a liability, so clearly, for the good of the team, something had to be done and now we are seeing the repercussions of that decision. i am sure that this is not easy for anyone involved, but this is big time college sports and the team has to come first. and so far, so good. [/QUOTE]