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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4306750, member: 1414"] And as I keep pointing out, Hawkins was just as raw in his early limited minutes. He played 398 minutes. Johnson played 68 minutes. The first 68 minutes Hawkins played were at least as bad, and defensively, worse, than Johnson's. He played out of it and got much better. I expect the same of Johnson. He didn't get that opportunity because Whaley, Polley and Akok soaked up the minutes. Some of Johnson's time was actually as a 5 when Sango and then Whaley were hurt. This board gives up on highly rated recruits far too quickly, while embracing guys who have never played a minute as if they are NBA all stars. It's mind boggling. You have to throw out the lack of minutes for freshmen as an indicator of ability until this absurd extra Covid year is gone. Thank God Cole and Martin moved on. The 2022-23 UConn team would be much better if Whaley and Polley had. [/QUOTE]