Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Addendum to previous post Re: Scheyer

I'm just gonna say this once, unless the urge strikes me to say it again and again, which it probably will. For two consecutive years, Bruce Weber has FAR exceeded expecations at the University of Illinois. He exceeded expectations at Southern Illinois for a few years before going north to Champaign. The dude can flat out coach. While people may have convinced themselves, then tried to unconvince themselves, that Scheyer was the be all and end all of the 2006 class, the truth is that he wasn't. He's a very talented player who deserved all of the accolodes that he's received, and will probably have a solid career at Duke. But the bottom line is this: Bruce Weber is going to get who he is going to get, and he's going to turn them into winners. It's what he does. He just wins. He takes what he has, and he exceeds expectations. He's done it again and again, and as long as people doubt him, he's going to keep doing it.

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