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Message: [QUOTE="Gurleyman, post: 5178720, member: 175"] A healthy Liam means we have a triple threat in our offense (shoot, drive or pass). Right now we have Hass, who isn’t a great shooter, Solo, who isn’t a great passer, and AK, who isn’t a great driver. Even when Stewart is on he’s not a driver. Ross is a defender who is kinda 0-3 at this stage of his career. The one who can do all three is Mahaney, but his other shortcomings keep him off the floor too much - although maybe the door is opening. The guy I saw yesterday was who I expected - if he could shed the weird turnovers. McNeeley really added to his game in the first couple months and was showing a greater ability to drive and pass - so much so that he was emerging as a clear alpha and All-Big East candidate. We might not have an All-Big East player. AK will probably make it based on reputation and maybe Solo has a chance without a shooting slump. But nobody is in the first team conversation. Kalk, Dixon, Jones, Ashworth, Luis, Freemantle, Ejiofor are all in line before any of ours. The thing is that I don’t think we won’t see the Liam we remember for a few weeks after he comes back … or maybe at all (unless we see him as a sophomore). That high ankle is like a pitchers shoulder. It’s a mechanism that when you have to “shut it down”, it takes away your muscle memory and your feel for your skill. He hasn’t been able to shoot normally and you figure it’ll be heavily taped. He maybe has enough guile to will the ball in from time to time and make some plays, but by the time he shakes off the rust and gets his muscle memory and his feel back, there won’t be much season left, if any. Hope I’m wrong and he hits the ground running - and even a lesser McNeeley can help around the margins. But we are setting ourselves up for a disappointment if we expect him to rip off his warmup pants at Marquette or Creighton and make all the difference. [/QUOTE]

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