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Message: [QUOTE="cuseincincy, post: 252400, member: 331"] I saw what I was hoping to see form Coleman last night. A big bodied post player. His biggest problem last night is that the game was played at a fast break pace the entire game and for the most part he was the inbounder after made baskets. Not sure whose idea that was but it certainly didn't help DC2 to be the last player to start upcourt and half the time by the time he got to the foul line the ball was already going up (not many shy shooters last night). This does not mean that he is slow or doesn't hustle. DC2 would have been a great asset to this year's team due to the pace we were often forced into. Thing I really liked were his feet and hands. Displayed a soft shooting touch on a foul line jumper and also looked light on his feet a few times in the 2nd half. As others said he throws a very nice outlet pass also. He's not an above the rim guy but neither is Jared Sullinger who just repeated as a first team all american as a freshman/sophmore. He may not be as good as Sullinger, but then he might. The worst thing I saw was his rebounding position. I attribute that almost entirely to the style of game and he did pull down 12 rebounds. I think the issue there is that so many shots were being taken that normally wouldn't be that he was not ready. He led the game in rebounds so he was more ready than anybody else. He looked like he was familiar with the high post pick and roll. I don't remember him ever getting the ball back but he is going to scare some people when he takes it to the rim from 12 feet out. You would have to have a lot of courage to attempt to take a charge against him. Although I have never seen Noel play my guess is that if we get Noel, DC2 will come off the bench. He's not going to start in front of Christmas and the #1 player in the country usually does not come off the bench. But that is OK. If we get Noel I think DC2 will still get 15-20 minutes per game and if we don't get Noel he's probably still only looking at 25 minutes or so. I think his presence is going to free Christmas up and we may see Rak explode next year. Even without Noel we are well positioned at the 4/5 next year. Add in Fair, Southerland and Grant and our frontcourt will be very strong. I envission MCW dropping several dimes to Coleman the next couple years and some rim rattling slams. He's got plenty of room for improvement but he's damn good right now. [/QUOTE]

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