[NU Sports] Hallelujah

[Roy Lamberton]

I guess last night's "if only" exercise was an attempt to point out what this
year's team is missing - a big dominant player in the Vukusic mode.

What I think I saw last time NU played on TV [where I could see it] was an
outside shooting team with a couple of guys capable of going inside but that was
missing a big presence in the post. We always dumped on Vince Scott, but he
provided size in the middle and a 3 point threat.

That Princeton offense, which has had large parts of it adapted to the "new"
motion offense, demands a big guy who can both play inside, distribute the ball
outside and step out and shoot. It's nice if that big guy can also get inside
for rebounds. The Cats are missing that player this year.

I would propose that finding that big inside player is a tougher job than most
other basketball schemes because they are called upon to not only be tall, but
have to be able to pass the ball around. Once you hit 6-10 on most High School
teams you are usually the last guy to touch the ball, not the guy who spreads it
around looking for the open shot.

When BC and co go looking for that big man, he's not only looking at size, but
what is at the top of that size - it takes a lot of brains to play NU's post
position, and I'm sure it’s a recruiting challenge to find and get that one big
player who "gets" it.

Anyway, it appears to me that NU is one big player away from serious
respectability in the Big 10. Does Eschmeyer have any kids?

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
> Behalf Of mlinhardt at netzero.net
> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 7:52 AM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Cc: Maureen.Linhardt at plexus.com
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Hallelujah
> 
> I could not let that go.
> 
> Maureen and I have that "dream team" discussion, but only with basketball
> and there is a reason for this and it is WRONG.
> 
> Football is forward-looking only.  Bacher will be better tomorrow than he
> was yesterday.  Same way with Lane, Sutton, Peterman, McMannis, Wooten,
> Smith, etc.
> 
> We love the past players, but we are excited about the current players and
> their maturing.
> 
> As Northwestern basketball fans we must get past the "if only" and look at
> next season based on what we have, not what we might have had if we could
> pick players, coaches, schedules, arenas, etc. out of different
> generations.
> 
> "If only" does not help make or improve the future.
> 
> -- "Roy Lamberton" <rstetson at capps-assoc.com> wrote:
> <snip>
> But here's food for thought - imagine Jitim and Vedran playing with this
> bunch of kids. You can make the case that Thompson is another Jitim, but it
> would be great if one of the Croats stepped up an played like VV - I think
> the inside game would be much better, and so would the record.
> <snip>
> 
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