UNI Media Day

[GonzoCat]

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This makes me very happy.

Me too, except I don't understand where our backfield comes in.

[Luckycat]

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This season is all about Jesperson, Morgan, and Lohaus.

They will either get us over the hump and into the tourney or we will be in for another disappointing year.

DISAGREE. This season is all about EVERY member of the team.

[ProwlingPanther]

This team will only go as far as Max Martino will take them. This year is about one man, Mad Max Beyond UNI Dome. Coming soon 2014!

[Kyle]

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DISAGREE. This season is all about EVERY member of the team.

But especially Matt "dark-horse" MacDougall!!! Amiright!?!?

[panther-state]

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We will only go as far as Wes and Deon's ball-handling and decision making will take us. I'm intentionally leaving Wyatt out of that comment because if he has to be our main PG-threat then that means either: 1) he's playing outstanding and going toe-to-toe with Van Vleet for the PG spot on the All-MVC team OR (much more likely) 2) Deon and Wes struggle big time and we're again sitting in the middle of the MVC-pack.

[Luckycat]

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But especially Matt "dark-horse" MacDougall!!! Amiright!?!?

Yes, Matt is a member of the team. You are correct.

[UNIhoops]

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Has anyone seen Ted F. play lately? Just curious how he looked this summer? He started the first few games last year right? If he would have been redshirted instead... would we all have high hopes for him this year? I feel like because of those first few games I've labeled him a bust in my head. Need to remember he was only 18 years old.

Would be nice if he would just come in and bang like O'Rear use to do. He will also be key the following year when we need a good post to replace Tuttle.

[run&blade]

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DISAGREE. This season is all about EVERY member of the team.

That is a nice statement but it is total b.s.

There are members of the team that will not play a single significant minute.

For most teams the top 8 players will decide the success of a team.

A few of the new guys need to crack into that top eight and contribute big productive minutes.

[GoPanthers85]

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Mad Max Beyond UNI Dome. Coming soon 2014!

I think I am going to make a sign with this on it! I love it

[SteinPizza]

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We will only go as far as Wes and Deon's ball-handling and decision making will take us. I'm intentionally leaving Wyatt out of that comment because if he has to be our main PG-threat then that means either: 1) he's playing outstanding and going toe-to-toe with Van Vleet for the PG spot on the All-MVC team OR (much more likely) 2) Deon and Wes struggle big time and we're again sitting in the middle of the MVC-pack.

This is absolutely correct. Throwing an incoming freshman in as a "key to the season" is very unfair to a current high school senior making a HUGE step up in competition. Lohaus could well be a very good player for us, but expecting him to come in and blow people away as a freshman is totally unrealistic. He could contribute meaningful minutes, but there's no way he's better than Wes or Deon this year.

There were people who expected Ted F to light it up as a freshman too, and again, their expectations were way out of whack. In Ted's case, some Panther fans were unfairly blaming a freshman player when they should've thrown mud at the coaching staff for their inability to maintain a pipeline of serviceable big men. That topic has been debated, so I'm not trying to dredge it back up. Just trying to do what I see as some realistic level setting.

[06panther10]

I dont recall a single person claiming Ted Friedman would light it up. What people said, and they were correct, is that he would be a big key to our season. We needed another big body to defend and rebound. He wasnt able to contribute much and we were once again a mediocre basketball team.

[SteinPizza]

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I dont recall a single person claiming Ted Friedman would light it up. What people said, and they were correct, is that he would be a big key to our season. We needed another big body to defend and rebound. He wasnt able to contribute much and we were once again a mediocre basketball team.

OK, fine, but to my point, that's not a realistic expectation as a freshman, particularly for a big man. Is that the player's fault? No. Is that the coaches' fault for not having older bigs already on the roster to fill that role. Absolutely. That's not meant as a big anti-Jake statement, just realism as I see it.

[Luckycat]

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That is a nice statement but it is total b.s.

There are members of the team that will not play a single significant minute.

For most teams the top 8 players will decide the success of a team.

A few of the new guys need to crack into that top eight and contribute big productive minutes.

Really R and B? Really? So, when Coach Jake holds up the conference trophy and says this is a "Team accomplishment" and when individual players are celebrating winning the valley title and credit all the guys on the scout team for helping get the regulars ready for each and every opponent even though never or rarely getting any game minutes-----that's all b.s.? Try running that by the coaches. But then, you best step back. No, it's more than a nice statement. It's a FACT. Try your b.s. argument someplace else.

[Kyle]

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Sometimes I think 06 is the only rational poster we have left on PN.

[Purrrrrfect]

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I'm rational and have my opinions.