"They briefly looked ahead to the Villanova game. “Illinois is good and Villanova ran away from them. They have guys who’ve started for 3-4 years. That’s what it takes.”"
Obviously those last two sentences make a lot of sense but seriously, in 2003 how many guys started 3-4 years? Zero? Even K Duany did not start 3-4 yrs to my recollection.
And dont try to tell me that Melo won that championship by himself, if it was that easy for one young hugely talented player to take over then Parker or Wiggins or Randle would have won a championship last yr.
Imo JB keeps putting it all on the players this year, which is fine, but at some point i hope the coaching staff can whip these guys into shape in a way these guys show some serious signs of improvement...