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Message: [QUOTE="Alydar, post: 3316770, member: 730"] I'm a little tired of reading about "replacing" players. Did Collier/KLS "replace" Stewart/Tuck? NO!!! They developed their own skills and did pretty good. So now we are asked "who will replace Collier & KLS"? No one will replace them. No one replaced Nurse/Williams. UConn isn't Indiana St after Bird left. When I was younger it was Wooden's UCLA ruling mcbb (there was no wcbb). Every year I would think that this was the year they get beat because so-and-so left. I couldn't wait for "Alcinder" to graduate. I felt that no one could replace him. And then I watched Walton play. UConn is a system. Comparing freshmen to departing seniors isn't fair. Players all fit into that system in different ways and Geno is a master at finding players that can thrive in his system. But only the rare player looks good in it from day one. This year UConn has a bunch of great talent and even more is coming in the future. Unlike Athena they don't typically appear fully armed and ready for battle but they do get there. I feel more excited about the next half decade than I have ever felt about any UConn era. [/QUOTE]