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Agreed. I think many (myself included) viewed Samp/the PF position in general as one of the weaknesses of this team coming into the season. I was even skeptical of him being in the starting lineup. Not only was that belief wrong, but he is turning into one of our biggest strengths.xlgman wrote:Wow - some well deserved high praise here. If Samp continues like this (and I've seen nothing to suggest this is just a "hot streak"), the ceiling for this team is much higher than I ever imagined.
If you look at DK's first recruiting class (Samp, Javorn, Putney, Freddie, Vinson) , Samp has a good opportunity to have the best single season of anyone in that class...thats the kind of start hes off to. Obviously this season has just started and there is a long way to go, but his play so far has been extremely impressive.
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^ I totally agree on Samp, it's obvious he has his body and his confidence back. He is shooting with confidence and taking it to the hoop with a purpose, finishing and getting to the foul line. That said, on your statement about the best single season of that recruiting class; it looks like Put may have something to say about that - his offensive game is really blossoming,scoring in a variety of ways and like Samp his confidence is showing. For this team to reach its potential these 2 have to continue their breakout senior seasons.
I couldn't agree more. Their determination and their maturity have been huge...true senior leadership.Old Cage wrote:To use a pro term, he and Put and Chaz are in their "contract year." Sampson wants to play somewhere on the planet in the future and so far is making the most of his audition.
We can talk at length here about some of our seniors over the years who have mailed it in, even some who were on decent teams. That's not going to happen with these three.
These guys are on a mission.
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It looks like DK's first real recruiting class will end up going down as a net positive. TV had a great career, Freddie finished strong (even though he was inconsistent throughout his career), Samp is looking great and Put as well. JF is the only one, because he left, that one would say is the downer of that group.
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Agreed, way too early to tell, but who knows. What I do like, though, is that DK clearly is making an effort at getting some of these guys in this year. Last year, we were begging him to play TB. If these guys can get some action this year, it will help their progress immensely.
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Im more than confident to say at this point in the year compared to last year I think this year's class passes the eye test more than last year's classChris20 wrote:And JF made some contributions. So if he was the worst, it was a decent class.
I'm a bit concerned about our latest class. Way too early to judge, one guy hasn't even made an appearance yet, but I don't love what the eye test shows me so far.
Plenty of time to change that, though.
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Marty=Nostradomus of UmassHoops hahachdavis295 wrote:Marty Peretz wrote:Pretty sure, Clyde Santee hit a big shot in my dream last night. I hate to say it, but I'm not joking. That shit was actually in my dream.
Given my forecasting abilities, I think this means that he breaks out tonight and goes for 30 to lead us to a convincing win.