darn, Buffalo got the number 2 guy.

I hope coach Phillips finds a JC player who is at least 6-9, long and athletic; a rim-protector, who can rebound and is ready to play significant minutes. I realize that's asking a lot, but that guy is out there somewhere and PT is available. He can share the center position with Doug Taylor and, hopefully, keep the forwards from having to defend true centers.

Jason Carter and maybe A.J. Gareri could play there, but they're nowhere near as strong and physical as they're going to be in a couple of years. So I'd rather have a true post guy who can play there with Doug for the next two seasons and recruit a high school center for the 2018 class. Do we need this guy to compete in the MAC next season? Maybe not. But I believe we need a post player with those skills if we get to The Big Dance in Jaaron Simmons' final season (assuming he returns) and want to boogie for more than one song.

I think we need to look for a 7 footer who can handle the ball, shoot 3's, and is a great rim protector.

Oh hey I found one. Luckily he plays for a crappy program, maybe he'd be interested in transferring.

http://247sports.com/player/kristaps-porzingis--84603

I am really excited to see what Saul will do with 2 extra scholarships. I feel like we can be very good this year with the team we have and allow the two scholarships to be used on transfers who have to sit out. If you don't count Kenny and Jaaron as transfers, his freshmen have been pretty great outside of Ellis so far.
Dartis: Starts year 1
Block: sixth man Frosh, starts year 2
Jason Carter: Starts year 1
Gollon: played some minutes freshman year
Doug: seventh man freshman, key player off bench soph.

This is Marin Bota, right? Just changed his name? Surely the coaching staff will find a guy like this in the Spring Signing period, with three years of eligibility, who can play right away and can start. Piece of cake, right? ;)

And you're leaving out his first recruit, Mike Laster. Watching him grow and develop has been a treat.

Does every basketball player have to be LeBron James...or in Ohio's case DJ Cooper or Gary Trent for you to be satisfied? Not every player on every roster turns out to be All-MAC performers. You need guys like Block who can defend and rebound and take charges and pass the ball, but yeah then knock down the occasional shot.

And your analysis of Laster is way off. Yeah he got more minutes because Tony got hurt, but he has improved his play from day one when he stepped on campus. His first year, and almost more than half of the second year, he was strictly a wing defender, rebounder and a guy who could get to the bucket. How many times did he knock down big shots from 3 this year? Quite a bit. He's improved that part of his game immensely.

And to say Gollon would get more minutes than Mike is way, way overstated. In the limited minutes we saw Gollon play as a freshman, he was no where near ready to provide significant output at this level. He's got more growing to do than almost anyone on the roster.

I think a JUCO or grad transfer MIGHT be a good route to go with one of the extra scholarships, but he better be a guy who can fit into this roster like a chess piece or else it's not going to work. And this person isn't going to be an All-MAC performer from day one nor should we expect him to be.

Once again:

https://youtu.be/5hfYJsQAhl0

Numbers don't lie, people with wild imaginations do. Jason Carter and Dartis could start on multiple teams of the players listed above. Block would be coming off the bench, we are willing to ingnore the fact that he shoots 42% from the field, 34 from three and 65 from the line, even though we have bigs like Carter and Tone that draw double teams. I know you guys are in love and it is probably what is causing the disconnect. The good news is that if Block improves to the NCAA AVERAGE, he will average 13.5 points a game and will limit double teams options for opponents. If he doesn't we will have unhappy players on the bench that feel like they are being slighted. Were talking about AVERAGE man, Average. How silly is that, we are talking about average. Heck, lets not argue. Can I sell you guys some stuff. I have a house in Athens, it about 1500 square feet, Saul said that the house was very nice, it is on a dead end street. Can I get $750,000, it comes with a picture of the Lava Girls, I will throw in a Saul poster as well. Let's do some business.

I just keep hoping you'll realize that your consistent rambling on about being "complacent and satisfied with mediocrity" is old, obnoxious, and annoying to the majority of the readers of this board. As such, I keep posting that snippet to let you know, that "there's more to life than this" when you keep trying to lecture us about that. If you doubt me, rest assured that I've polled several people on here directly to confirm my statement.

Lastly, and kindly, I'm not a ma'am, I'm a sir. Just to clear up the confusion for you.

As for your youtube videos, I have no idea what that's supposed to be, and I don't care.

Agreed. I'm not sure where the standard is that is being compared to, but the current roster is already very good. I'd agree with anyone who thinks that how they use the two available scholarships remaining will be important. But this roster, as-is without added players for those last two schollies, is going to be in contention in the conference.

Mr. McKinney, I should turn the other cheek, it is hard when you get continually attacked. Sorry for being a poor example at times.