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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 4267665, member: 1329"] Relying on freshman outside of the top 30 early isn't very smart. Offensively talented doesn't always mean you know what to do for team defense. Most freshman aren't ready right away and we've also had some weird bad luck with freshman having issues (off court troubles, injuries) in the off-season shortly before season starting the last 3 years. [LIST] [*]I believe Hawkins was going to start last season before his injury based on the team he was on in the blue/white scrimmage (It was Cole/Martin/him/Whaley/Sanogo on one team). We eased him back in before Atlantis but then he saw very good minutes when we got back (partially due to Martin injury). He hit a bit of a wall and lost some minutes in BE play when Martin returned, but Hurley did stick with him, and he was turning a corner and getting more minutes by the end of the year before his 2nd injury. [*]Bouknight had his motor vehicle incident. Then he saw his minutes increase incrementally from around 15 to 20 to 25 (Polley injury) to 35 (Gilbert sabbatical). Pretty normal progression for a freshman as is. He got the start when Polley went down but was already getting 20 min a night before that. [*]Diggins got hurt and missed a few weeks during the fall with a knee injury right before the season started. Then never showed anything. [*]Jackson's injury was during the season but he missed 7 games in Dec/Jan. We needed him right away when he got back and he jumped to 20+ min a game after playing ~10 before he got hurt. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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