This "Boatshow" is Going to be like...

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

BlueDog has seen RB play in person which is different than a person who has only seen highlight tapes. And he has demonstrated on this forum a degree of sophistication regarding players. He is not a run of the mill forum poster regarding evaluations imo.

So his statements regarding RB have credence and this bodes well for the Huskies. At the very least RB should be getting SN type minutes of last season and SN averaged 24 minutes/game. If BlueDog is correct, there will not be a letdown when Shabazz is on the bench. I love this possibility.

I have no doubt JC will love this development as well and knows exactly how to handle playing both SN and RB to keep both happy.

When I drafted this post the idea of the 3 guard tandem had not materialized. I was skeptical that Calhoun would play Bazz and Boat together in a three guard set. This was the move of a true Hall of Fame coach. He reduced minutes to those players who deserved to have their minutes reduced. Lets see how it all plays out. I certainly came down to hard on Bazz with some of my posts. He has character and I love his story. So my apologies to anyone who took my posts the wrong way.

My expectations for RB are through the roof. I just love his game and fell in love with it when I saw him play live.

 

[DogMania]

I agree Scot-e, but based on his swagger from last night and what I've seen from him on TV playing for his high school team, I have a great deal of confidence that he's going to play with maturity beyond his years and at a very high level sooner than later. I'm not saying he's going to beat out Bazz at the point, but I'd say by the time it's all said and done, Boatright looks to me as the more overall talented player.

But lets all keep in mind that Ryan needs to show that he can defend in the half-court, keeping in front of his man and handling high screens which tends to be a struggle for most guards never mind the small ones. He will also show that he has learned the half-court offense if he's going to be the floor general at times. I have a feeling he's going to excel more off the ball initially than at the point.

Bazz not only has a year of experience on him, but one where he help lead the team to a national championship.

I think we'll be fine as far as guard play is concerned with those two and Lamb.

Yet another old thread on Bazz and Boat. I seemed to underestimate Bazz in this one, and over estimate Boat a tad as far as his maturity I'd condemned. He needed more growing up to do than I realized back then, but it seems it all came together during this year's tourney.

Oh, on an unrelated note, there was (or still is) a poster back then called Hungry Husky. Didn't realize that.