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Message: [QUOTE="Towney007, post: 2006057, member: 5832"] As far as us falling - yeah - i'm worried. But I guess what *worries* me really isn't anything you can fix with a player here or there, or tweaking an offense, or whatever.. It's just kind of a weird death spiral of weird things all lining up to really set you back. I mean this year it really just boils down to injuries. You can't win with six players no matter what you have. You just can't pin anything on anyone, really. But that being said - I'm concerned generally in the same problems with this team manifesting itself in a variety of different ways. The offense just looks lethargic and not really all that focused. While I'm just not smart enough to pinpoint the problem, I will say that the style doesn't always seem to fit the team they have. Not having much of a presence down low has really hurt. Brimah is a solid, but seriously flawed player the team has been forced to use in a situation that isn't ideal. Purvis is maddening - all the tools are there for him to not just be a good college player - but an elite one. But he doesn't blend well with anyone around him. Not having a true point guard is a killer - although I expect Gilbert to help alot next year.. but still - he's missed a year of development. Larrier looks like a stud in waiting, but he's played five games in two years.. They haven't done well with their depthy big men in terms of developing them into real starters. Facey's been a really nice surprise this year - but he seems like an outliar. Enoch's been a huge disappointment. Rakim Lubin is gone (He wasn't a world beater, but another one to throw on the pile I guess - fairly or not). Some of the more hearalded recruits haven't had the kind of impact we'd have hoped for - particularly guys like Calhoun and even Adams to a far more limited degree. Just seems like they've had a hard time developing - or at the very least having the development meet the style of play they want. To good part from this year is that guys like Vital and Durham are getting more time and should really make us a lot longer next year. I'm worried though that guys like Gilbert, Larrier and Diarra won't have the kind development we'll need to be what our talent suggests the ycould be next year. I feel like there are enough pieces in place talent wise to be a national title contender. But none of those pieces have given me an indication that they're ready to take anything close to that kind of jump. SO i'm a big 'I dunno' with a lot of it. Ollie deserves another year IMO to see what he can do but if this team is middling again next year - I don't know what kind of scenario would play out for him to come back the following year. Of course that's kind of doomsday - because that's even more of an extended rebuild, but who knows. But saying everything is cool is kind of being a little 'head in the sand.' We're in trouble. I dunno if it's program killing, but there is a scenario where it could be. They could also bounce back super hard next year and be the UConn we grew up with. [/QUOTE]

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