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Message: [QUOTE="normaliswear, post: 2141503, member: 1478"] I'd agree that 5th years trans can not be the basis of your program. But the way the game is right now, with every even marginally decent player declaring for the draft, 5th year guys could be an ideal way to plug unexpected 1 year holes. Maybe Moyer and Howard were stunted by AW3 and Gillon. But we needed those guys badly. If you think an NIT season looks bad, how would have looked if we kept playing St John's level games all year? It could have been a program killer type season. The ideal use for 5th years is to plug in a specific role... a 3 point shooter off the bench... a wing defender etc. When Ennis left early unexpectedly had we grabbed a 5th year to play and mentor Joseph maybe he wouldn't have collapsed mentally after being forced in full time when he wasn't close to ready for that. [/QUOTE]