his point is that most players (not gaines obviously) who redshirt or transfer in are hyped to extreme levels in their practice year....vincent banks was all world, james white was an all american, mike williams was far and away our best player, cashmere would have won us 5 more games if he hadn't torn his knee up (then subsequently couldn't hold the job his freshman year), ibrahima thomas was one of our better players in practice...
sure there are exceptions to the theory- kilpatrick namely. but people on other message boards are already saying ellis is our best post player in practice, mick is saying on the radio that shaq thomas would have started on this years team...the point is, everyone knows that cronin exaggerates on the radio and post games. huggins did the exact same thing. part of it is out of frustration, part of it is to keep fans interested.
sorry- but shaq thomas didn't play a lick of defense in high school and would not be supplanting kilpatrick or parker in this lineup. the point ME80 is trying to make is that every year people get smitten with players we have on the roster but don't have on the court yet. 95% of the time, their abilities get inflated by radio shows and message boards, and they are viewed as the "answer" for the next season, and then they are okay but not great or put up pedestrian numbers when they can actually play, and people are disappointed. point is- just manage your expectations.
