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[QUOTE="OrangeDW, post: 1265567, member: 2458"]
Coleman and McCullough(both 5 star recruits) being injured has hurt the program.  Ennis and Grant leaving early hurt the program.

And yes, Johnson and Patterson not being ready to really do much hurts...not sure it was unexpected though.  If we had all 4 of the guys listed above, we'd be a 30+ win team and NC contender like we often have been in recent history.  If we just had 2 of those guys we'd be a solid top 25 team, ACC contender, and tourney lock(provided that Ennis was one, and any of the big men was the other).  It's losing all 4 of them that is really hurting...it would be awesome if guys who would otherwise be projected to be 11th-12th men were capable of stepping in and producing, but they aren't there yet.  What are you going to do?  They aren't that good, and I doubt they were expected to be as soph's when they were recruited.  Johnson seems like your classic college "late bloomer", even though he's actually really young.  That guy with length and athleticism who flies under the radar and who comes on strong as a Junior/Senior.  I doubt he was recruited with the expectation that we'd need him to start games as a sophomore.  Patterson...well, we KNOW what happened there.  Again, a grinder who you hope works his butt off for 4 years and maybe as an upperclassman becomes a solid contriutor, like a Mike Hopkins or something.  If instead he's Louie McCroskey level, oh well.(as long as he's a good egg and doesn't throw chairs at the coach)

Roberson is doing fine.  He's either our best or second best rebounder.  He'll be a bigtime all ACC type player by the time he's done, in my opinion.
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