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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1004289, member: 289"] GUARDS Tyler Ennis- he had a spectacular freshman year and looks to be one of our best ever point guards- if he stays. Those same polls that had Grant just outside the lottery had Ennis just in it. I suspect our offensive collapse at the end of the year might increase the likelihood that we will have him back and I hope we do. He still needs to work on his outside shooting, get a bit stronger and maybe get a little more confident in his teammates so he’s more willing to push the offense. But you can’t complain very much about what we’ve seen in this first year. If he does come back, Kaleb Joseph can become what JB probably envisioned Ennis’s role to be this year- a capable back-up to a star point guard, (MCW). It would be nice to have two options back there. Trevor Cooney- There’s nothing wrong with Cooney that couldn’t be solved with a second outside threat the defense would have to account for. McCullough or Johnson could provide that. And I’m hoping Trevor can add some more dimension to his game by using the dribble to set up his shot more or by driving all the way to the basket. He’s capable of being a scorer, not just a shooter. And he’s a good defensive player, too. Anybody who is his team’s sole outside threat is going to be made to look bad. The opposing coach will make a point of it. Ron Patterson- I hope Buss will be given a real chance to compete with Cooney for a job. He’ll push Trevor and give us another option back there. If Trevor isn’t hitting, try Patterson. And he came here with a reputation for his defensive prowess. Michael Gbinije- I’ve posted his high school tapes several times. He’s just got so much more ability than we’ve seen this season. The Dayton game was the first game he really began to show it. He should be an ideal sixth man, a guy who can play multiple positions and scores as well. What he isn’t is a point guard. He also isn’t a good enough rebounder to be a true forward. But he can give us a lot more than we’ve seen and, perhaps with a year under his belt in this system we’ll see more of it next year. Kaleb Joseph- Kaleb looks like an exciting player: [media=youtube]_yMEFhZgMqQ[/media] He’s listed at 6-3 but looked to be about Tyler Ennis size, (6-2). He has Jonny Flynn’s hops and penchant for proving he can dunk over people. I also see Pearl’s cross over dribble, setting up a jump shot, (check out the dribbling exhibition late in the tape). He’s a flashy passer. I think the fans are going to love this kid. But, while me might make more spectacular plays than Tyler Ennis, he’ll probably also make more bad ones, trying to show off. He could probably do with a year understudying Mr. Steady but if Ennis goes pro, this is our guy, agai9n with no real back-up. Summary: We don’t get bad at Syracuse but that mix of veteran players and young players JB loves will get seriously disrupted if Grant and Ennis go pro. Without them we are probably looking at a line-up of Christmas/Coleman at center, McCullough and Roberson at forward and Joseph and Cooney at guard. That could certainly be a good team but it’s so young and unproven that it could be a team like North Carolina or Kansas this year: full of size and talent but less than the sum of its parts. We may see Christmas at forward again but if Coleman continues to struggle, (or if Christmas continues to struggle), that won’t work. If we want to get back into contention for a conference and national title, we really need Grant and Ennis back. The conference is surely going to get tougher. Duke and North Carolina don’t’ stay down for long and here comes Louisville. Virginia isn’t going away. The other schools will get better trying to compete with the top ones. We can’t afford to rebuild. We’ve got to reload. [/QUOTE]

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