I sure hope we put forth a better effort the rest of the season than the second half today. Our starters seemed to pack it up early in the second, even when we were only down 6. Cade is selfish and everyone wants to call it leadership. Pledger stands around and only looks to shoot threes and puts forth little effort. Cam is not aggressive. Neal is not aggressive. Fitz is undersized. Blair is too foul prone. Newell needs a year. CJ plays his roll. Everyone else is where they should be...on the bench.
Now that i've vented. All the potential is there. I'm not going to say this team is going to be better without Cade, I'm not gonna do it. He is the heart and sole of this team and constant hustle. And when in the right mindset this teams best player.
If Cam and Neal would be more aggressive we would see some really good basketball out of them. They are skilled and athletic but they are too timid. They are true freshman and I look forward to the progress they make going into next year.
I don't know what to say about pledger. When he's on he's on and has proven he can play, but more often then not the last two years he has been a player that stands around the 3 pt line and does little else. Until he decides to attack, he'll continue to be hit or miss and let defenses dictate his play.
Once Fitz can play more at the 4 next year, I think we will see even more production out of him. He is getting valuable experience playing the 5 this year.
Newell has good potential, but is a freshman and needs time and experience to become a player that really contributes on the floor.
Blair will be better after this year of experience. He sufferes from being the only player on the team that can dribble a basketball and being the only player that can really attack the basket. Some good work in the offseason on foot speed and he'll be a good PG the next couple years.
