Anyone more excited about Charles Boozer?

**psycln11** · 05-07-2007, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by wolverine68

I went to high school with Steve (Fred's brother). At our 10 year reunion we were all supposed to write down the most famous person we had met since high school. Steve won. He wrote "My little brother!"

I graduated with Fred and always felt sorry for Andrew. He had some serious expectations because he was Fred's younger brother and had to follow in Fred's footsteps.

**cyclonekj** · 05-07-2007, 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by psycln11

I graduated with Fred and always felt sorry for Andrew. He had some serious expectations because he was Fred's younger brother and had to follow in Fred's footsteps.

Exactly. I am excited to see Charles play for us (as well as the other recruits), but I am not placing any unrealistic expectations on him because of his brother's success.

**cyclonenum1** · 05-08-2007, 12:40 PM

I sincerely hope he ends up being a great player.

However, he does not have the size of his older brother and apparently does not have as much talent. Having a "chip on your shoulder" is great but it doesn't mean as much as having size and talent with a chip on your shoulder.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe we beat out Duke or UCLA in recruiting this kid. I think we beat out schools like Lamar and Illinois-Chicago...we were by far his best offer. If he was really a player you can bet Coach K would have been all over him.

The bottom line is I would not get too excited because his older brother is having some nice games in the NBA playoffs.

**ce1** · 05-08-2007, 01:01 PM

Line i hear from west coast source is "late bloomer"...

There's been some rumors of him redshirting next year...anyone know more about this?

**joepublic** · 05-08-2007, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by cyclone#1

I sincerely hope he ends up being a great player.

However, he does not have the size of his older brother and apparently does not have as much talent. Having a "chip on your shoulder" is great but it doesn't mean as much as having size and talent with a chip on your shoulder.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe we beat out Duke or UCLA in recruiting this kid. I think we beat out schools like Lamar and Illinois-Chicago...we were by far his best offer. If he was really a player you can bet Coach K would have been all over him.

The bottom line is I would not get too excited because his older brother is having some nice games in the NBA playoffs.

If he was his brother, we wouldn't have gotten a sniff and you knowit. We don't compete for the same players as Duke and UCLA.

Let's let the kid come in and play and develop and we'll find out what we have over time.

**clonesalltheway** · 05-09-2007, 03:11 PM

I think/hope he redshirts. I think we will have enough guards. That way he can get into the weightroom more, practice with the team and learn the system. Just my hope.

**arganbright2** · 05-09-2007, 03:48 PM

McDermott said on his call in show this past winter that he recruits guards heavily because they are like pitchers on a baseball team. The more solid guards you have, the better your team can be. I guess I can see where he is coming from given the fact that our guard play wasn't all that great this past year hence a 15-16 record.

**Steve** · 05-09-2007, 08:16 PM

Most teams either play with or have to matchup with a style that includes 3 guards and 2 posts. If you choose to play a 3rd front court guy, he better be able to handle the ball and guard a 6-5 slasher. You can win alot of games with 8 guards and 5 posts on your roster provided that at least several of your guards are physical 6-4 or bigger guys.