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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1421495, member: 40"] I personally think you are mischaracterizing the sentiment in relation to BJ / Roberson. I think most posters were high on Roberson [who some labeled "The Beast"] because of the strong finish to his high school career, which included him dominating Karl Anthony Towns--the #1 pick in this year's NBA draft--in the state championship game. I think most also recognized that him not being cleared until late September 2014 was an ENORMOUS setback--both in terms of getting his feet on solid academic ground, and also because he missed the team's summer tour, got a late start in college, etc. So while his play was pretty poor his freshman year, many posters were willing to give him a mulligan due to contextual circumstances. BJ was never considered a "god" -- that is ridiculous. The most optimstic prognostications I can remember about BJ pointed to his shooting / rebounding / size on the wing as being something that would really help last year's team. Many of those same posters were also terrified about his scrawny frame, and whether that would prove to be a liability for the entire duration of his collegiate career. Many posts last year lamented the fact that he wasn't a REDSHIRT [forget about being a "god"]. As it turns out, he rebounded pretty well, but couldn't get his shot to drop until the very end of the season. So in general, he was a non-factor. And we sure could have used some additional complimentary outside shooting [and scoring in general] last season. But to claim that he was expected to dominate isn't accurate, IMO--a more accurate way to put it [again, IMO] was that some posters were optimistic that he'd provide some bench firepower and potentially give us the super sub scoring bench guy that we lacked in 2014. Didn't turn out that way. [/QUOTE]

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