Mitch did what we needed him to do for the most part. Took care of the ball and didnāt turn it over. He could beat the press as good as anyone and he ran the offense. The area of his game where he really lacked was dribble penetration. At least the last 2 years. I realize he got hurt and that hurts you mentally.
If we could have had the Mitch from Louisville his sophomore year his junior and senior year Iād have been on cloud 9.
But Mitch was a solid kid and as nice a person as you could find.
[QUOTE=MKNiner;275592]Mitch did what we needed him to do for the most part. Took care of the ball and didnāt turn it over. He could beat the press as good as anyone and he ran the offense. The area of his game where he really lacked was dribble penetration. At least the last 2 years. I realize he got hurt and that hurts you mentally.
If we could have had the Mitch from Louisville his sophomore year his junior and senior year Iād have been on cloud 9.
But Mitch was a solid kid and as nice a person as you could find.[/QUOTE]
The big, huge difference I see is intanglebles. Harris really seems to have a fire in his belly that I just never saw with Mitch.
They neither are/were shooters. Harris has a much better handle than Mitch and seems to be a better defender to me. But once again, he just seems to want it more.
Back to the Gerrity issue. I think Harris could be a monster coming off the bench and that will be his role. That is what he was brought in to do. Personally I have been impressed with him, probably more than most. I love his heart. That being said, Gerrity has been in the program longer and if Harris gets another start, itās because he earned it in the first 8 games. Nobody knows what goes on in practice.
Gerrity was brought here to be a starter, hopefully the team chemisty will not suffer because of it.
All I know if thisā¦please donāt let Ian do anymore postgames. You ask him a question and he goes on for like 10 minutes. lol. Think heās auditioning for Mattās color guy when heās out of school.
FWIW: I heard Bobby in a postgame recently and when asked about how having two quality point guards will be a good problem to have, he said something like (Iām paraphrasing), āWeāre really excited about having Mike in the backcourtā¦or Dijuan in the backcourtā¦or Mike AND Dijuan in the backcout (blah, blah, blah)ā
Doubtful if youāll really see much Harris-Gerrity combos this season with Leemire (and his 20 ppg)ā¦but hopefully next year.
FWIW: I heard Bobby in a postgame recently and when asked about how having two quality point guards will be a good problem to have, he said something like (I'm paraphrasing), "We're really excited about having Mike in the backcourt...or Dijuan in the backcourt....or Mike AND Dijuan in the backcout (blah, blah, blah)"
Doubtful if youāll really see much Harris-Gerrity combos this season with Leemire (and his 20 ppg)ā¦but hopefully next year.
What? Why not a Harris, Gerrity, Goldwire, Wilderness, Coley line-up? Put on the track shoes and watch them goā¦