palestra38
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03-14-17 10:50 AM - Post#226918
In response to SteveDanley
All true, but you saw yourself with Ibby the huge difference a PG with Division 1 (not just Ivy) quickness makes. I always thought that Miller would have been much more successful had David Whitehurst remained in school rather than having to go with freshmen the year after you graduated. But almost all successful Penn teams have had a PG who was a superior athlete. There's no better example of that than the 2000-01 team that lost Jordan and Langel and despite still having Ugonna and Koko, Owens, Chubb and Schiffner, went 12-17 because a guard combo that I would compare with guys like we were playing before bringing Goodman up to first team (Copp, Klatsky and Plummer)couldn't match up with opponents. Copp was also very favorably heralded as a recruit. So I am not at all knocking Silpe's skills with the ball, but if he were viewed as having the speed and defensive quickness to match up with our opponents, he would be playing.
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