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Message: [QUOTE="Flacusian, post: 1971491, member: 264"] This team looks very impressive out of the gate and it's scary to think of the possibilities this group has for becoming something very special. I think offensively just watching the team speaks for itself. The defining aspect of how great this team can become lies in it's ability to develop defensively. Last years team with as many shortcomings as it had was able to make it's deep run at years end on account of having become incredibly tenacious defensively. The offensive quotient should develop almost naturally for this group but for a team to become an elite incarnation of the JB 2-3 it will take hard work and a commitment to do so. Last years team had trouble scoring for what seemed like endless stretches during games last year. It was the defense that kept them in the games. Play the kind of defense that last years team was playing by seasons end and I don't think anyone can beat this group. And that scary thing...This team has all the components to become even a better team defensively than last years team. They have all the bases covered... Size, speed, athleticism, depth, and a blend of experienced men and younger newbies bristling with talent. Just think what last years team could have done had they had Chukwu anchoring the defense down low and 5 extra fouls to give. The team is essentially 2 deep at every position and we're not just talking about filling in the position, we are talking about virtually interchangeable parts at every position with each player bringing some unique attribute that their counterpart might not be as strong at. For JB to speak in the manner he recently has about this team... typically early on it's a litany of team deprecatory statements unified by the common tread of " we've got a lot of work to do " and "we haven't won anything", it would seem that JB is doing all he can do to hold back how excited he is about the prospect of molding this team into the National winner winner chicken dinner. Watching tonight's game went a long way in soothing the sting of the QG debacle. Never mind next year... this year we are just going to keep kickin' a$$ and takin' names. Lordy this is going to be an enjoyable season. Let's GO ORANGE and War Damn OTTO!!!!! [/QUOTE]

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