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[QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 4630330, member: 237"]
Gonna tack on.

Two things at the end of last year stuck out. Benny played his last game like we've been waiting for two years. Bell hustled the last few games like we waited for all season.

I didn't play collegiately in my sport (soccer) because of an awful injury late my senior year. I did however play high level AAU. Coaching Xs and Os matter as do relationships. Also what matters is when you don't have a comfort level playing for a certain coach. I saw talented guys who went D1 with big expectations flounder under coaches they weren't comfortable under.

When we talk about young guys breaking out- part of that is putting it all out on the floor. It's not as easy in today's culture to bring that out in a kid. Not  knocking JB but most certainly of late we see examples of that- Benny being one possible example.

You have six frosh who seem to all love the current staff. We may see and get a lot more out of a couple of these guys as a result hence my small sample size reference to Benny and Bell. Im not claiming I am right.. but when I hear the talent and running it back comments- that's a top 30 and then a top 100 forward. JT is a top 100 /150 as well. All 3 with talent that we saw in flashes and comparable to talent levels on other teams. Sophomore leap is one thing - playing with everything you have and being locked in is another. Let's not underestimate that possibility and that reciprocated belief.
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