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Message: [QUOTE="relaxer, post: 4718778, member: 7852"] In regards to Deere, I feel like I came away with a very positive impression of him. I think he's a great attack man and will have a very good career at Syracuse. Just trying to give context based on my prior assessments of him. I've just seen a lot of people huffing about IL/NLF and others not giving him a fifth star when frankly I think it's rare for a finisher attack man to warrant top 10 recruit consideration. I don't see first team AA potential the way I do for the guys who can create their own shot (Duffy/Millon/Lehman/Kabiri). Similar deal with Chauvette; another guy who is a great piece in a great offense that any team would be happy to have, but he's not going to be THE guy. Luckily Cuse has a Spallina to play Batman to the proverbial Robin. As for Spallina, I just don't see his skillset translating into anything more than a role player at the next level. Yeah he's going up against elite competition in the AA game, but unlike other positions, FOGO is one where elite guys are going to pop up who were not on the all star game radar. Spallina isn't just gonna have to go up against the Wellers and Wambachs of the world; most top tier teams are going to have a guy at that level or better. Nonetheless my point is not that Spallina should be evaluated as a FOGO (that's not what he was recruited for). But that skill has been seen as additive to his profile, whereas I think it's pretty much irrelevant since I don't think he's ever going to be a guy who goes above 50% even as a change of pace. Likewise, he is good offensively and good defensively, but he's not GREAT at either; he doesn't have a skill that makes you think you can't keep him off the field. I think there's a role for him in the defensive midfield rotation, but cynically I don't think he's an ACC/B1G/Ivy recruit if his last name isn't Spallina. Certainly not a 4 star and a NB All American. [/QUOTE]

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