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HahahahOriginally posted by SPEShockAlum View PostKung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!Comment
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Marshall asked for the exact number. I haven't tracked down all the HS box scores, but if you allow the assumption that Wessel played varsity ball his last 3 seasons at Heights without missing a game......Originally posted by DJ06Shocker View Post
Football: 30-7 (81%) 1 State Championship
Basketball: 126-4 (97%) 3 State Championships, 2 MVC Championships, 1 MVC Tournament Championship, 1 NCAA Regional Championship, 3 NCAAs, 1 Undefeated Season
Total: 156-11 (93%)
You can point out all the other great players he has played with, the wonderful situations into which he has been dropped, but at the end of the day, that is an awfully large sample size to chalk up to coincidence. In basketball, he has played in parts of more seasons (6) than losses (4). Look at it this way: even if I don't include lesser titles from HS (city league, etc), in basketball Wessel has been a part of 3 more Championships than losses. 7 championships. 4 losses.Comment
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You need to e-mail that to 3G's assistant. Good work.Originally posted by Cdizzle View PostComment
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I'm going to spell out for you how Marshall thinks. Give Wessel all of the good vibes you want to because it won't go to his head and it'll illustrate to the other players exactly how I think you need to play. But stay on Shaq as much as possible, because if anything nice is said about him, he gets the wrong message. Summary: Stay on Shaq's ASS and compliment Wessel as much as you can.Originally posted by pie n eye View PostComment
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Marshall said he has four starters locked in — VanVleet, Cotton, Carter and Baker — and a group of three or four more who might move up in the rotation. Wessel is certainly in that group and junior center Bush Wamukota and freshman forward Rashard Kelly are on most days.
“More important for me is whoever those eight or nine guys are going to be,” Marshall said.
▪ Baker will start the season as the backup point guard to VanVleet. Freshman Corey Henderson Jr. is on call behind Baker, as is Cotton. Holland is playing more at shooting guard.
“He’s improving his handle, but he’s more of an off-guard,” Marshall said.
Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/sports/college...#storylink=cpy
In other words, it's not going to be Henderson, Kelly or Bush W. That narrows it down quite a bit. I absolutely can't believe that it could be Brown or Nurger though. And Glass would be the first JUCO since the dawn of time, so even that is unlikely. Interesting situation. GOOD situation.Comment
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Remember too that despite his year at Sunrise Academy, Zach Brown is still the youngest Shocker, having turned 19 on Sept 28.Livin the dreamComment
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Brown is the only redshirt candidate in my view. We won't waste a year on Glass, Kelly and Nurger are going to play. Wamukota fits both (won't waste and will play), Shaq and Holland already have, leaving Brown and Henderson. I believe Henderson will see time. Just my opinion.Comment
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Sounds right. Depth at forward is too important to lose. Brown plays a very stacked position. Henderson was mentioned by name in coach's 8-9 man current rotation. If Brown does take a year off, he will be awfully mature and developed as a freshman next year. That will be great for the team.Originally posted by WuDrWu View Post
Won't be long now!Comment
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If you are viewing this from the standpoint of which player would benefit the most from a redshirt year then B-Wam would seem to be at the top of that list. Here is a young man who has only played the game 3 years. Who knows what the quality of instruction and competition was in Kenya his senior year in high school. His one year at NAIA Wiley College would be comparable to a year in a good high school league. Then his one year at Kilgore. This guy is a basketball toddler at this point. A redshirt year would represent 25% of his basketball career. Hard to believe he would not have by far the steepest learning curve.Originally posted by shoxlax View Post
OTOH, if you view this from prism of what is best for the team then I don't know if B-Wam would still be at the top of the list or not. I will have to defer to 3G on that one.Comment
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Completely agree with everything except the NAIA comment. :)Originally posted by 1972Shocker View PostKung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!Comment
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In Paul Suellentrop's breakdown of this year's team he at least mentioned every scholarship player except Zach Brown. I don't know if there is anything to be implied from that or not in terms of who might redshirt.Comment
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If I were Zach Brown, I might consider the idea simply as a way of trying to maximize my career as a Shocker. He might not actually be a weak link by any means. It could be possible he and Coach had the conversation early on that both parties just wanted to go ahead and commit to the redshirt unless a need were to arise. If that were the case, it would explain why Coach doesn't bring him up much (in either sense, whether it be his limitations or his strengths). Depth at his position seems to be in place for the year, but a lot starts to change after this season. I'd like to think it's just a win-win situation for both parties and he sees it as a chance to try for a significant role all 4 of his years. Normally, that might seem silly, but this is a team with FVV, Baker, Cotton, Holland and Wessel. The front court is where we need to have all hands on deck, not the "2."Originally posted by 1972Shocker View PostComment
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