Did Tad even recruit him? I thought that was Bzdelik.
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Who Replaces Ben Mills?
- Thread starter wyobuff
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NBDefektor
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We are straying from the original post. We have to find out which player will deliver the laughs that will surely be missing once Mr. Mills graduates. We've had a good run of goofy white guys who can sometimes play at a comical level--SHT and now Ben Mills. The question is, are Mills' shoes simply too big to fill? Looking at the roster as is, we have absolutely NO ONE who can compare to what Mills brings to the table.
Remember, SHT was there to mentor Mills for 3 full years. I remember watching the two warm up before games...Shane would always be giving advice to Ben: "Remember, Ben, we're 7 feet tall. The last thing they'll expect us to do is fade away from 5 feet out. That's why it's genius!" And Ben would nod approvingly. Now, not only do we not have that "role player" to watch, we don't even have a mentor system to ensure our proud tradition of gumpy white guys who make us laugh will endure!
Honestly, I think Boyle needs to take some if not all of the blame for the impending dearth of quality uncoordinated gangly big men on our squad. I've written to him and our AD about this, yet I have not received ONE response. It's quite the slap in the face when you consider our AD has been trying to reach out to the fan base.
I say we all begin a letter-writing campaign to voice our displeasure with the state of the end of the bench. Ben Thrills and SHT were two of a kind, and with the former with only a handful of games left, we are at critical levels of players we can play highlights of with the Benny Hill them overdubbed. Get your head out of your ass, Boyle!
Remember, SHT was there to mentor Mills for 3 full years. I remember watching the two warm up before games...Shane would always be giving advice to Ben: "Remember, Ben, we're 7 feet tall. The last thing they'll expect us to do is fade away from 5 feet out. That's why it's genius!" And Ben would nod approvingly. Now, not only do we not have that "role player" to watch, we don't even have a mentor system to ensure our proud tradition of gumpy white guys who make us laugh will endure!
Honestly, I think Boyle needs to take some if not all of the blame for the impending dearth of quality uncoordinated gangly big men on our squad. I've written to him and our AD about this, yet I have not received ONE response. It's quite the slap in the face when you consider our AD has been trying to reach out to the fan base.
I say we all begin a letter-writing campaign to voice our displeasure with the state of the end of the bench. Ben Thrills and SHT were two of a kind, and with the former with only a handful of games left, we are at critical levels of players we can play highlights of with the Benny Hill them overdubbed. Get your head out of your ass, Boyle!
wyobuff
Well-Known Member
Him and dre were Tad's first class.
Coach A recruited them both. Bzdelik hired Coach A and said to find him some rebounding in the late signing period. Coach A found Mills and Dre. Tad came in, kept Coach A, and went forward with both. Dre was a little different because Tad had known about him and had tried to recruit him to UNCO.
If I remember right, and may not as tired as I am right now, Ben and Dre were both relatively late additions to the class. Tad also had his eyes on a couple other guys who choose other schools.
They were the class. Bzdelik thought he had found another job (NBA assistant, iirc) during the summer AAU recruiting season and mailed it in for our recruiting at that time. Then, it looked like he'd have to stick around CU another year and started recruiting through Coach A for the spring signing period.