@Texas-Hawk-10 I don’t question the leadership on this team. The team is stacked with leaders, not just one guy. I think without a doubt that Devon Dotson is #1, and Marcus is 1A. Then you go to a 4 year Doke, along with a grown man in Silvio. Both of those guys are not here to play around, or pout. Now, that’s not counting a true leader named Lightfoot that is going to be in all those guy’s ears the whole time. Then we get a 2nd year Ochai, who is simply brimming with confidence. Ochai plays with a confidence that is very rare to find. And the cherry on top is a senior coming out of the B10 that has been through the wars, been there…done that…has the t-shirt. Moss will win some games for us because he absolutely loves the ball when the game is on the line.
I think our whole freshmen crop are guys that are pretty humble guys…guys that are working their butts off. There’s only one guy that I think is in line for adjustment, and that is JW. Hopefully, he’ll realize he is in a much larger arena than what he’s been in. I think the power of the team will work on him, and he’ll realize he has a lot of work ahead of him. In the end, I think JW becomes a nice weapon for us, but I certainly see some growing pains ahead.
All in all, this team is a true throwback to the best teams that Bill has ever had. I see comparisons to 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, and even a sprinkling of 2016. More than anything, we simply have more experience …more guys that have been through the trenches. Getting Doke, Dotson, and Silvio back is astonishing. We’ve never had a freshman point guard do what DD did last year. Never. His first year, he had better number’s than Tyshawn’s junior year, Frank’s sophomore year, and arguably Devonte’s sophomore year ( although Devonte smoked him on 3point%). Now, the argument could reasonably be made that Frank and Devonte didn’t have the same opportunity that DD did, and when they did get the chance, they put up similar numbers. Fair point. BUT… first year coming in …never played a second of college ball, and being thrown into the fire from the git-go…that’s pretty amazing. That’s the mark of a leader to me…
