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(01-20-2015 09:01 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(01-20-2015 12:10 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  No, Chad was not great. He could have been, but he only played one year on a mediocre team. Great indicates successful. Chad did not succeed.

You can be a great player on a bad team. It happens all the time in sports. If that isn't the case, than I suppose Adrian Peterson isn't a great running back, and cousins isn't a great player in the nba. Chad single handily won games for us last year. Cj also played very well for us last year.

I think Haase has done a pretty decent job recruiting juco guys. Rideau was a swing and a miss. Collins(was he juco?) just seems like a guy we picked up to fill a roster. If he worked out, great. If not, no big deal.

You can look at juco stats and tell a lot. Dirk's shooting percentages are very good. It looks like he was a sixth man, but has been starting the last six games. In those games, he has had 19, 24, 9, 8, 27, and 20. He has scored 20 9 times this year. How many 20 point games do we have this year as a team? He may not come in and score 20 a game 15 times, but if we can consistently get him hitting threes and putting up 10-15 a game, that is going to be huge. I have high hopes for him.

Bingo!!!!!! a big fat zero, team ball can be beautiful and a curse.

Let me summarize everyone's opinion:

Chad was a talented JUCO who didn't do great things because Ray Watts.

(01-20-2015 01:14 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  He was a solid Juco with skill at scoring and rebounding. He was streaky and turnover prone, often because he called his own number so much. He could take the team on his back, score 20 and win, or he could have six turnovers. Effort was spotty.

When he was on he was very good. He wasn't the second coming.

Agreed on all points. I am definitely not trying to say he was an all time great at UAB, but as far as juco transfers working out, he was up there. It's still a shame he didn't come back this year, I would've enjoyed watching what he could do with this team around him.