Butler Thread

[Djgoldnboy]

Call me the optimist, but I think we will be just fine next year. 4-5th in the league. Another year of experience for some, add in some athleticism, as well as some height and a burger boy, another year of the players under Wojo's system.....I like the direction the program is heading.

The one thing I really wish is that we had one more year out of Carlino, I think him on next years team could be a PERFECT fit.

[TheSultan]

I know we talk all the time about rankings not really meaning anything, but then why do we talk about it. Over half of these guys were ranked in the RSCI Top 100. So are they not good? Is it coaching? No development?

1. Lack of experience
2. Not well rounded talent (no shooters, no rebounders, no wing to attack the basket, bad PG)
3. Not enough physicality for the Big East

I think that the underclassmen have developed. Duane has the makings of a all conference player as a junior and senior. JJJ is much better than last year. Luke struggles, but he is basically in his first year right now. Sandy has grown as well.

[Nukem2]

1. Lack of experience
2. Not well rounded talent (no shooters, no rebounders, no wing to attack the basket, bad PG)
3. Not enough physicality for the Big East

I think that the underclassmen have developed. Duane has the makings of a all conference player as a junior and senior. JJJ is much better than last year. Luke struggles, but he is basically in his first year right now. Sandy has grown as well.

Agreed. #2 constitutes an unbalanced roster arising from recruiting misses and the coaching changeover.

[Djgoldnboy]

1. Lack of experience
2. Not well rounded talent (no shooters, no rebounders, no wing to attack the basket, bad PG)
3. Not enough physicality for the Big East

I think that the underclassmen have developed. Duane has the makings of a all conference player as a junior and senior. JJJ is much better than last year. Luke struggles, but he is basically in his first year right now. Sandy has grown as well.

Luke is really going to benefit when teams have to worry about more than just one of our bigs scoring....hopefully HE is the real deal and that will give Luke more opportunity to not be the sole target of the opposing teams defense down low. I'm not expecting much out of Heldt the first year, but even just having another big body down there they have to worry about will help Luke.