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Message: [QUOTE="ctchamps, post: 3310345, member: 37"] I doubt he just didn't care. If he did the coach would have or should have yanked him. This was not just a practice. This was not a game but it was meant to develop the team for the season. There is only one more opportunity before things count. It's not as if this team is coming from a successful season and can rest on it's laurels. There are a lot of questions but the biggest is who will be the leader on the court? At least it has been my biggest preseason concern. I can't see how anyone can think otherwise. For all his failures JA was the most productive player for UConn last season. Either one individual player has to step up and make up more than what Jalen contributed or the team as a whole has to contribute more or the team has to be significantly better defensively or the opposition has to be significantly worse or some combo to improve on a 16 win season. I can easily wait for the season to begin to make an assessment. But why? Assessment should be constant. I'm not isolating this scrimmage and determining things are done for the season. Not by a long shot pun intended. I wouldn't even focus on Al if he had numbers equivalent to CV last season. But he didn't hence a 4-18 game does not reassure me. That may sound pessimistic to pessimists but I'm not pessimistic at all. It's very possible Al can be the player he was in high school. As they say tbd. [/QUOTE]