I seen this story on the number 53 in basketball. Only seven players wear it. With one being our own Ethan Jacobs. this is link to story seeing the Ohio jersey is what got my attention.
    http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/Why-these-players-chose-the-sport-8217-s-least-?urn=ncaab-wp3343 

I saw this yesterday when my yahoo.com popped up.  This morning the story is still there with his picture.  Pretty neat!

You keep banging this drum despite a wealth of forward improvement in Groce's three years.

And you are talking like you have amassed a wealth of knowledge that enables you to use a crystal ball to use to say that is the best they could have been. Those players were going to get better just because Groce is good at emphazing persoanl developpement and has guys in places to help. Is the staff doing as well as they could with someone who played the postion? I am not taking a stand here because I think Dustin is good but you can't just take SBH and deny that it is a good question because they improved. TO be honest there was a huge drop off in the wings improvement when Holtmann left, I have voiced my opinion and will stick by it. Guarantee an extra year under Holtmann and no one would have been bitching about his one dimensionality. Chris was tdeveloping the mid range and off the dribble game when he left.

I respect your stance but I also think it is a valid point that SBH is asking. I played the wing, I am not sure I understand to this day how a big man plays back to the basket. If you have some idea of what they see and how they know when to go up and under or over the top then I guess you are farther along than I. WHen I put my 5th graders together next year I willgladly bring you in to teach the post which I find awfully difficult even at that level.

What in the world are you saying I'm saying? I never said the staff is the best it could be. I did say SBH constantly brings this point up and he gives me the impression he thinks there's not development of forwards. I don't think that's true at all (to the point about Reggie Keely, it's mental. The skills are there). Just because someone is tall doesn't mean they can coach. Example A: Patrick Ewing. And just because someone is short doesn't mean they can't coach.

And I never said I teach low post moves. Where is this coming from?

I was taught the low post was all about "feel" and split second decision making. Of course, you must work on all the moves such as the drop step, hook, baby hook and turn around jumper, and all the liitle spins and reverse spins off the glass around the basket. You can work on those things all day long by yourself. In the game you have to develop the feel for the defender which will dictate your move. When the defense collapses on you, the decision making ability to find the open man is a key skill. Of all the sins I see post players make, it's holding the ball too long before making a play. That, and not asking for the ball. If your teammates done't have confidence in you, you won't see the ball.

I wore 52/53 in high school and loved 52. In those days we wore even numbers at home and odd on the road. I wore 31 freshman year, then switched to 52 the next year. I don't remember that 53 was available.

That's a bold prediction on Baltic. To be drafted these days is very difficult. There have been many players with impressive credentials that never got drafted. Only two rounds now, plus all the foreign players.