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Message: [QUOTE="DoctahLexus, post: 5304577, member: 6798"] Levine came into the year with no game experience and Hottle came into the year running with the offensive middies. Even English/Stevens I assume were expecting to play only limited ssdm runs at the start, but when Rosa and Clary went down we had to change things up. Also we had Trujillo not getting the job done. Having Levine Hottle and English with experience and fully preparing for their roles in the preseason should help with their quality on ssdm runs. Levine and Hottle are not perfect, but I liked their 1v1 play more as the year went on, especially Levine, who got beat pretty rarely in the later part of the season. As far as people in the stepping up category, we have guys like Kempney and Chrishawn Hunter who may have enough under their belts where they are ready for some playing time. I think both have enough athleticism for the job and now are more used to D1 speed. Could also see some freshman mins from guys like Matt McIntee and Kolby White who are both speedy. Then I still would not rule out Jake Spallina looking better with a year of experience/fully knowing his role with the team. I wish Gait and Co had the confidence to trust someone further down the bench with wing play. I think Rice and English are both good there, but as Powellfan mentioned, those are not guys you want worn down at the end of the season. Since we don't have a guaranteed success in Stevens, why not try a guy who has the speed and is willing to bust his asz with 110% on the wing? Again, guys like Kempney and Hunter come to mind for that. Mullen is not the offensive wiz that Kohn was, but he is an insane athlete who is equally effective on groundballs after a faceoff. [/QUOTE]

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