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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 2109336, member: 716"]
I'm an eternal optimist with player development, but I think Chino was a practice body (won't get into my concerns about big man development here). I liked the other two kids in that class, though, and I was both high on Joseph and suspicious about his departure (when the kid shows up in the fall with 15 pounds of new definition and plays well in the exhibitions, but the poster who started this thread's already said that the staff's given up on him and, sure enough, Joseph doesn't get consistent minutes, I think something funny's happened).

I can't pretend to know why this has happened, but Boeheim -- in many ways a stickler for consistency over 30+ years -- has made some unusual changes in response to other changes out of his control. For 1990 Boeheim, losing your point guard meant sticking with a four-year developmental player or recruiting a new four-year point guard. For new Boeheim, it meant rolling with that undersized 3, then finding an undersized 2 from another school. So many instances of playing kids out of position. So little innovation on offense or flexibility with defense. I wonder if there's a plan here or if this has been a series of reactive moves? It's a crappy way for his tenure to end.
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