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Message: [QUOTE="Scooch, post: 324088, member: 628"] I think you're both right. We should be playing at a faster tempo, and we also haven't had playmaking talent that would scare anybody if we did. And let's also be real, quality depth was a serious problem even when we were good, so it sure as hell is going to be a serious problem now. Our '97 team was wrecked in large part because of a rash of injuries that we had no answer for. And that was in an era when we were as talented 1-22 as any team in the country. But even if we get back to that level 1-22, we're never going to be as talented 23-44, and that's our burden. We're a small market team, that won't ever change. So we can say that Pugh's absence is an "excuse", and it can be, but it's also a legitimately real challenge. Basically I'm saying that it's a floor wax AND a cake topping. [/QUOTE]