SLUDrew Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Nothing really new here, but I thought since it is a piece about SLU people may want to read. He does more or less mention what I mentioned in an earlier post which is that if we think we can go into next year with a starting lineup of TL, KL, DP, LM, and BH, and expect the team to be successful, we are delusional. In my opinion we will be at our best if we can go, TL, KL, LM, new recruit, new recruit. I don't think Bryce Husak is a starter on a tournament team, but we may be able to hide him offensively if we get an impact player at the 4. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/co...2F?OpenDocument Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjray Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Balanced article and correct assessment that Sodie is "on the spot" in the coming season. Gordo obsesses over the situation in the front court but I'm cautiously optimistic well get a JUCO big and be fine there for the coming season. Having Marcus Relphorde as a 6'7" wing gives you another body to go down low and contribute minutes for short bursts. I tend to agree with 3Star that we have a greater need for a PG who can handle ball pressure and score giving us an upgrade over DP. If Sodie can pull an upgrade at PG out of the fire late in the recruiting cycle, that would impress me. Either way, TL and KL need to bulk up and be ready to bang with big guards when the refs swallow the whistle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 imo, we would be best if meyer, polk, husak are all coming off the bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthelou Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Isn't this the same guy that last Friday wrote that the UMASS game was a "hallmark" victory for Brad and a watershed moment for the program? What a putz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlecat455 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 That would be good. What do you think the odds of that happening are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy03 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I dont think there is anyway that Brad has Luke Meyer coming off the bench. You can tell that he is our leader out there by the way he hustles and really gets after it. Plus Brad loves that senior leadership, which isnt really a bad thing. Plus, I think it will be really hard to find a spring recruit to replace Luke at the 3(assuming we land a PF) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlecat455 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I agree. I think Tommie, Luke and Kevin start next year, regardless of who signs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 We've seen enough of how Brad operates to know that Luke is in the starting lineup when the season starts. The only thing different this time around is that the players pushing the incumbent are both skilled and known for their defensive ability. That gives them a much better change of taking away minutes than Maguire did who had one attribute but not the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 UB's recruiting problems are obvious even to the most casual observer. We knew even befored this season we needed a legit PF and a legit PG. UB said as much in September when he said, "if LM is our 4 we're going to struggle." But what I found interesting was Gordo's last sentence, "SLU's leadership isn't going to accept ordinary much longer." You think he know's something? Or just speculating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 my scenario is that we recruit two street tough power forwards to play inside and that either relophorde or mitchell emerges as the opposite three. i agree that isnt likely to happen as indeed brad loves the grit and toughness that luke brings to the table. relophorde or mitchell would have to be very very good next fall for that to happen. but like i said, if it does happen, that is an indicator that something special is in the works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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