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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1190943, member: 40"] A third year player is not a redshirt junior--its just not. Last year, he was a redshirt sophomore. And at the beginning of his redshirt SOPHOMORE season, he wasn't a third year player in the sense that he'd completed three years--he was only beginning his third year. The previous two years, he'd been a redshirt who hadn't seen game action, and then a reserve who played sporadically behind two backcourt players who garnered the vast majority of PT. Thus, he wasn't a highly experienced player entering last year--which is why I characterized him as "young." He was a first year starter. He had first year starter ups and downs. It sucked, but that's a common occurrence for first year starters who haven't played a lot up to that point in their career. If he has the same type of wild inconsistency this year, I swear to god I will 100% be on the same page as many who are writing him off, because second year starters should iron out some of the kinks and be more mentally prepared to contribute at a higher level as a function of the game experience they have under their belts. But I am not prepared to write him off now, after a couple of exhibitions games, precisely because he was a first year starter, and I expect him to be both better and more consistent as a function of being thrown into the fire last year--and having the aforementioned inconsistency. As for "yikes" -- "yikes" is comparing a top 75-ish recruit that came in and was redshirted to the blue chip frosh carrying teams like UK deep into the tourney. No comparison. Cooney was recruited as a role player, and that's what he's going to be throughout the rest of his time here on the hill. He'll be at his best when he's a complimentary scorer on a team that can score in other ways. Last year, we didn't have that kind of team and it exacerbated his flaws at the redshirt SOPHOMORE stage of his developmental curve. So much of this criticism reminds me of the same crap that was expressed about Andy Rautins late in his career. Rautins silenced his detractors with his senior year play. Will Cooney be able to do the same this year and next? We'll see. [/QUOTE]

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