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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 2017961, member: 716"]
I was looking for stuff like footwork, post moves, vision, specifics about what he does when he got the ball on the block. The point was that he was never strong at those important things, and with that skills deficit and Syracuse's wing-focused offense, it'd be wrong to blame the injuries for preventing him from being a great college player. It could've happened, sure. He's a hard worker and the fact that he's been able to do some things (the 12' shot) well suggests that he could've learned to do some other things well, too.

But it'd be crazy to predict that a freshman whose lone post move seemed to be bending at the waist and putting the ball into a defender's hands was certain to be a great player. It's more likely that Coleman was destined to be a lot closer to the player he is now: a below-the-rim guy who developed a rapport with teammates and could pass the ball to a cutter and rely on savvy to create space for makeable shots at the rim. Because no matter how hard they work, centers with limited athleticism whose fundamental skills are behind the curve tend to top out doing the things you described rather than being great players. (And for a lot of Syracuse teams that's all we're looking for, so this shouldn't be construed as me dumping on Coleman.)
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