Chadrack Lufile: Man or Boy?

[pinstripers]

I would be surprised, but not shocked.

[SubGod22]

I don't think we have the post depth to redshirt Lufile. And wasn't in pin who during the recruiting process was certain tha we had to have another big anyway? And now you want to redshirt him? Ideally, you have four guys to rotate between the 4/5 positions. Ehimen, Hall, White and Lufile are those four.

[Mr. Obvious]

5 spot in my opinion will be by committee. Hall, EO and Lufile. Lufile was brought in for "instant" help at the 5. It will be a "rebounding/defense" position for the Shocks as neither Hall or EO possess good passing/create shot skills. Lufile will either adapt and thrive in D1 or he will sit and go the James A. route.

[SHOXAAC]

I don't think we have the post depth to redshirt Lufile. And wasn't in pin who during the recruiting process was certain tha we had to have another big anyway? And now you want to redshirt him? Ideally, you have four guys to rotate between the 4/5 positions. Ehimen, Hall, White and Lufile are those four.

I agree...also Early will play some 4. I know he is on record as saying Marshall told him he could play the 3, buuuuuuuut let's face it at his size he will play the 4 in addition to the 3. His size and skills give Marshall so many options with Early at both positions. Hall (5), Early (4), Wiggins (3), Williams (2), Armstead (1) could drive MVC teams, or any other teams for that manner, crazy.

[pinstripers]

Ya, that prolly was me. I do think we'll play a lot of 3-guard stuff now, though. And the fact that he started the game late.....

[ShockRef]

The obvious reason...

He was signed is for depth at the low post and to counter #00 from a certain team to the North.

That is all.

SR

[Dave Stalwart]

I'm not real sure what to think about Lufile yet. Even though its an accolade, I tend to look at things like "2nd team all conference" in juco as underwhelming. I have the impression that he may not be as solid as we would need starting off. Guys like Hannah, Ragland, Smith and Hall were fantastic adds right from the start, but they were highly touted coming in...kind of like Early and Wiggins. Like everyone has said, I expect them to be great. Lufile seems to me like a variable. On the other hand, I'm actually encouraged by the stuff I read from Trop. He said something like he got pulled into basketball by how apparent it was that he should play. It could be sort of like Orukpe...built for it but might take some time. He is going to be a big defensive body who sounds like he might be more athletic than what you would expect from someone with that size. I don't know. I want really bad for him to be great, but I guess my point is I have slightly lower expectations than I did with a guy like Hall. I do think he will be more useful than James Anacreon. I am on the side of thinking he probably won't redshirt, but I also still think we are going to see some fascinating roster management this year. There are going to be either some people getting beat out or some people who won't be as ready as we hope they will be. Makes me wish there was a Monday night radio show with Marshall all through the summer :)

I will say this about the redshirt thing for any of these players. I remember when they said Ellis might redshirt his senior year because we were so deep. Blair's back was in question so coach kept Ellis. Well, as much as I would have loved to have had Ellis an extra year, coach still got it figured out and we were awesome this year. On top of that, and my actual point, I can immediately remember a game winner at home against Creighton by Ellis, some of the best perimeter defense by a guy that size, and a near flawless game against Alabama in the NIT championship (along with Hatch...Ellis just didn't hit three's so it was less marquee of a performance) that helped enable the win. Good memories. :) I don't want anyone redshirting unless they just AREN'T ready. You never know who will have a big game when you really need it. How about Orukpe at Tulsa this year? Curses that I had to listen to all those blocks on the radio and didn't get to watch it. More memories! Can someone please get me a practice video or something before I start getting emotional.

[Dave Stalwart]

He was signed is for depth at the low post and to counter #00 from a certain team to the North.

That is all.

SR

Definitely. I hope our three defensive bigs (Hall, Orukpe & Lufile) make G.E. NOT the defensive player of the year this year. I want him to fall the way of the man he replaced at CU the year before last. Mr. Kenny Lawson? Highly touted senior campaign that ended with him coming off the bench. Does anybody remember that?
I also hope one of our boys comes in and makes the preseason player of the year (McD) finish second in the voting just like he did to Stutz this year.

[shockmonster]

Marshall wouldn't recruit a Juco to redshirt.

[shockmonster]

You need at least 4.5 players for the two post positions for depth because foul problems can creep during any game. Especially when EO can go through 5 fouls in a 5-10 minute period of time w/o difficulty. That's why I think that they'll try to prepare Early to play the post if necessary and maybe on other occasions for matchup purposes (3 guard lineups, etc.).

[SubGod22]

I have no doubt that Early will play SOME 4 if/when needed. But I don't see him being part of the "regular" rotation inside. He'll do more for us at the 3 than the 4 and that's where we need him as much as possible.

[Wuzee]

Wiggins posted a weight room photo of Chadrack a few days ago. This is a stout young man at 6-9.

http://lockerz.com/s/222368457

[InWuWeTrust]

Wiggins posted a weight room photo of Chadrack a few days ago. This is a stout young man at 6-9.

http://lockerz.com/s/222368457

looks pretty good to me, no homo

[ShockerPhi]

Are we sure he's not a line-backer?

[another shocker]

In that first video he showed good handles with the basketball.