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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 2615047, member: 1414"] I don't think it is fair to say he has no future. He's a good athlete who is clearly learning how to play basketball. I don't know why anyone expected anything from him this year. Give him a couple of years of learning the game, and he might be a nice player. Diarra is our most talented big and it isn't close. He needs to work on a lot of things as well. That's not unusual for a freshman. But I think he can become a Jeff Adrien type player. Whaley showed me great natural shot blocking ability. That timing can't easily be taught and he has it. Unfortunately, he doesn't have a knack for rebounding or shooting. Again, he's a project. We knew he was a project. On a normal UConn team he never sees the floor. For the few people who are confused out there, nobody would be saying "play these young, clearly limited players" over Jake, or Freeman, or Travis Knight, or Josh Boone...or any competent big we've ever had. The issue was not playing them to give minutes to a grad transfer who actually provided less quality play than the young guys did. Polley should have played, and his minutes should have come from Anderson...who wasn't a bad player, but who simply took on a role that was bigger than he could fill. [/QUOTE]