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Message: [QUOTE="Townie72, post: 2872831, member: 780"] That's the right point. Seems to me that lots of people, including Battle himself, erroneously came to the conclusion that this year's team didn't have to depend on him quite so heavily. The theory was that the other returning players were going to improve and that the incoming ones would add scoring punch and that meant that Battle wouldn't have to shoulder so much of the load. That thesis turned out to be untrue or, at least, not anywhere near as true as some hoped. If SU is going to win more, Battle needs to take charge. He may have a slightly better supporting cast this year, but he IS THE MAN. Maybe he can relax, if and when the other players figure things out. But right now, it's a little bit of 2017-18 redux. [/QUOTE]