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Message: [QUOTE="LStudfellow, post: 2226783, member: 5436"] I am not picking at the post you made with the stats you used - in fact I agree with your point that our offense, particularly our half-court offense was mostly unwatchable this year. And the stats obviously back that up. My come backs and argued support are specifically about comments like the one where in your "memory" that no top recruits left JC, where you are using that measurement as another one to illustrate that Calhoun was great while Ollie is bad. Except that as Upstater and I gave ample examples of, your statement is utterly false, even by your arbitrary measurement of "Top 60" recruits. We had ample "Top 60" recruits during Calhoun's tenure transfer, as well. As for my rebuttal toward Waquoit: "A good coach makes it work here." I have no more patience to see another thread used to take pot shots at Ollie, particularly when in this particular situation Ollie deserves praise for how he handled Durham this year, not another shot at his coaching ability. I wonder out loud if any of us would have stuck to our morals and done the right thing by this kid as this season was circling the drain. How many of us would have pushed him onto the court in our desperation, saying to hell with the caution he needed to be treated with? As for calling Durham's play soft... I actually choose my words carefully when referring to any collegiate athlete. We are talking about 18 to 22 year-old kids to young men here, not adults. That is why I called Durham's play soft this last year, but not him as a person. Nor would I ever say he had no skill. He obviously does. I have no right nor desire to attack him personally. I agree with you that the personal attacks of the young man are offensive. You do make a good point though. From this point forward if I ever make reference to his play again in a thread I will use a better word: [B]tentative[/B]. Durham's play this last year was by-in-large tentative. I am sure this must have been a tough year for him, and it showed. I do wish him luck, and good health, moving forward. [/QUOTE]

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