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Spoon also had a commitment from Marquis Perry when he left. Romar had to resael the deal, but Spoon was the one who got him to sign on the dotted line.

Coaches don't last forever. I think Spoon was a success. Romar was a push. Grawer saved the program, then we screwed him. Soderberg was a mistake.

I wouldn't worry until someone with credibility says he's considering the job. Slaten is just a flamer. If there's no news, he'll make it up just to get some controversy going. That's how he gets ratings. I think that's exactly what he did here. There's an opening at DePaul. RM looks like he's got it going at SLU. Why not say Majerus is talking to DePaul? How can he be proven wrong? Coaches and schools deny mutual interest all the time until the deals are done. Slaten can just say of course they'll deny it, but I've got it from a credible souce they're talking. He creates a controversy, gets some ratings and keeps his job. Does anybody think Slaten would be above doing that?

What's Slaten's attitude toward SLU and Majerus now? Is he still pissed we didn't give his kid a scholarship?

I trust RMs judgment on this. I don't see Willie having a shot in the near future. He's been taken out of the game by decent, but not even good or great competition. Until he can assert himself game in, gameout against whoever we play he won't be ready to move on to the next level. Even then it will be questionable unless he puts on 30 pounds of muscle and improves his jump shot. Bonner was a dominant player and he only had a marginal NBA career.

KC is far ahead of where Chris Sloan was offensively at this point in his career. Chris was a 0 offensively his first year and a little better his second year. If KC makes the same progress we'll be talking about how are we going to replace him after his senior year. If he would stop passing up open shots, which it appears he has, I've got no problem with his play. He's shown he can shoot. If he takes the shots the offense gives him and drives when the opportunity arises, he's a real asset.

He really needs to develope a jump too. He has a hook shot, but no jump shot at all. It amazes me how he could get to this level without a jump shot. He's so athletic, I have no doubt he can develope one, but you would think one of his coaches along the way would have made him work on that.

I only recall one possesion where I thought he passed up an open shot, but that closed quickly. I didn't have any problem with his play yesterday.

That monster may grow a fourth head if Smith keeps improving.

Joey Meyer was a good recruiter, but a terrible coach. We always had a chance to beat the more talented DePaul teams thanks to Joey.

I agree. Why not play a zone from time to time just to mix it up and give the other team something else to deal with?

He also seems to have made great strides defensively enabling us to play 3 bigs at a time.

Looks like Smith has earned his way into our top 5. Conklin is still giving us steady play, but Smith has surpassed him with his quickness and nose for the ball. Reed, Smith, Ellis, Mithchell and Cassity are our best 5 now. I thought CS might come out of it today, his first 2 close, but the other two weren't. He's shooting himself out of minutes. JJ just can't quard another quick quard. He's definately a scorer, but his D kills us. Overall though, I can't ever remember having two classes in a row this good. Our sophomores have all improved from their first year and I think this years group will all do the same.

It was an off the backboard pass to Ellis for the slam, to recpricate for CE's fake hook shot alley oop, but CE blew it by not being in position to finish. They'll work it out next game.

If that was a pass, he's got fantastic court vision. I think it was a miss. It looks like his view of Willie was blocked. I don't think it was a set play either. What it does show is how his presence opens things up for Wilie.

That's ridiculous. RM wants to win. If Relphorde was a stud player, he would have played. Lisch and Liddell played. If RM would have thought Relphorde could help him win he would have tried to keep him. RM thought he could help us at power forward, but Relphorde didn't want to go for that, so he left. The other guys obviously weren't good enough to play at this level. I trust RM's eye for talent. Everyone he's brought in has been able to contribute.

Anyone have any insight into the supposed rift that has developed between RM and Biondi over charter flights? I thought that was one of the things RM insisted on when he signed up. That makes me wonder if they let RM order desert on the road or are do they give him the Spoon treatment?

Willie should appreciate the attention other teams will give to CE. That will keep them from focusing just on shutting him down and give him more space.

I ran into RM in December. He was very friendly. He talked about the Bills and how we needed CE because he was a shooter. He offered us tickets for the next game and thanked us for our support.

KM is not a selfish player. His goal is for the team to score. If he were playing with more capable scorers he would have more assists. Up to this point he has been our best scoring option. He recognizes that and takes it on himself to score. For this team to take the next step other players will have to show they can score consistently. If they do, he'll get them scoring opportunities. This isn't on KM, he's doing all he can.

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Which 2?

What impresses me about RM is his ability to evaluate talent. With the exception of Mitchell and Thompson, none of these players were that highly rgarded as recruits. For the most part we were competing against programs with 100+ RPIs to sign them, but they all seem to have talent and the potential to develope into solid contributors. If two more develope into stars we'll be a tournament team by the time they graduate.