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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 252271, member: 40"]
College athletics is all about attrition. Experienced players ascend into leadership roles, then move on when their eligibility expires. And then it is up to the next group of rising upperclassmen to take their place and demonstrate leadership for the next group of young players.
 
Heading into last year, there were plenty of questions about whether a guy like Scoop [with a somewhat checkered track record] could be a leader. Legitimate questions, IMO. He knocked it out of the park this year.
 
This criticism of Triche being quiet and not having shown leadership reminds me a LOT of what people were saying about Andy a few seasons ago. How'd that turn out? We haven't had a more vocal and demonstrative leader in a long time.
 
This year, Fair was a sophomore who deferred to the upperclassman. Next year, he'll be an upperclassman who's gone through the wars and will be assuming a more prominent role in the offense. And Southerland will be a senior who's played a lot. My guess is that you won't see Southerland being so happy-go-lucky next year--you'll see a guy who recognizes that this is his last go around, who will be eager for the team to get back to the elite 8 and beyond. And Keita will be an upperclassman, as well.
 
Leadership should be in bountiful supply next season.
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