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Message: [QUOTE="kcc1442, post: 2711706, member: 2577"] As usual I agree with a lot of what Ricker says here. Polleys best position at the college level is most likely the stretch 4. He certainly could be a 3 but having him as a stretch 4 adds to his versatility and enables us to get more ball handlers on the court. However, he needs to get stronger, more confident and especially more aggressive and assertive on the boards. He is definitely in the mold of DD and DD looked similarly lost in his freshman year. And with that said DD was never described as anything other than a string bean while at UConn. So weight will help but is not a sole determining factor on whether he can be effective as a role player or even 2/3 star player. I could see his shot developing just as DDs did. SO there is plenty of hope to still be had. But the most successful teams in college basketball these days are teams that have a minimum of 4 guys on the court at once who can space the court to at least 18-20 feet. And some like Nova, Michigan, Duke, Cincy would have their entire starting 5 stretch the floor and many others (Michigan St., Loyola, Gonzaga, Kansas, Texas Tech, Purdue etc) could make one sub, take out their big lug, and have 5 guys shooting from the perimeter. All very successful teams this year. For us, some people are stating how guys like Diarra, and Williams, Whaley and Yawke are better suited for the 4 position but if you put any two of them on the floor together or match them up with a 5 in Cobb and or Carlton, you become limited with what you can do offensively. It takes away driving lanes for the guards because the bigs can sag off on D. And none of those players are worth scripting a "feed the post and let him go to work--back to the basket" type offense. I think its imperative to have a stretch 4 in todays college game and Polley certainly can be that. His shot improved towards the end of the year and he displayed flashes. Hopefully with new coaching he will take his game to another level. We need to be able to play him on the same floor as Sid and Sid doesn't have the length to play the 4 for sure. Would love to see Polley at 9 and 5 a game with 22-25 mpg next year. He has the ability. [/QUOTE]

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