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<blockquote data-quote="Greensboro" data-source="post: 1409533" data-attributes="member: 7536"><p>Assume you're talking 2011-12, with sophomore Leonard, freshman Henry, and junior Paul. Leonard was just establishing himself and Henry wasn't there yet or ready to play on any top half of the B1G level team. No doubt we laid an egg that season with an epic colapse, but the other part of talent during that period is we really never had a pg and were missing balance. We had an injured Maniscalco & a freshman Tracy. The backup big was a freshman Egwu who wasn't ready. I think this says as much about recruiting as it does about squandering talent, part of the recruiting problems have been balance & depth that we have been missing since the Dee years. PG has been the worst, and has been over discussed for years. But when is the last time we had someone near as good as Krupalija coming off the bench. In a vacuum, 2010 looked like a great class number wise, but Leonard was the most productive and only made it through his sophomore year, Richmond & Head didn't stay long enough to make a difference, the 2011 class looked good on paper as well, but outside of Tracy & Egwu there were Shaw, Henry, Langford, Ibby of which only Henry ever made a rotation and he left too early. You can point to some good recruiting classes by the numbers and a few good players, but we haven't had enough good players and the balance has been poor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greensboro, post: 1409533, member: 7536"] Assume you're talking 2011-12, with sophomore Leonard, freshman Henry, and junior Paul. Leonard was just establishing himself and Henry wasn't there yet or ready to play on any top half of the B1G level team. No doubt we laid an egg that season with an epic colapse, but the other part of talent during that period is we really never had a pg and were missing balance. We had an injured Maniscalco & a freshman Tracy. The backup big was a freshman Egwu who wasn't ready. I think this says as much about recruiting as it does about squandering talent, part of the recruiting problems have been balance & depth that we have been missing since the Dee years. PG has been the worst, and has been over discussed for years. But when is the last time we had someone near as good as Krupalija coming off the bench. In a vacuum, 2010 looked like a great class number wise, but Leonard was the most productive and only made it through his sophomore year, Richmond & Head didn't stay long enough to make a difference, the 2011 class looked good on paper as well, but outside of Tracy & Egwu there were Shaw, Henry, Langford, Ibby of which only Henry ever made a rotation and he left too early. You can point to some good recruiting classes by the numbers and a few good players, but we haven't had enough good players and the balance has been poor. [/QUOTE]
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