weberwildcat
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there have been a lot of great players at wsu. the top 50 list was fun to read. is there a clear top 5 and in what order? was i the only one that thought bullinger and cravens should have been there? maybe joe didnt want to?
joe is 1 of 2 coaches in big sky history to go undefeated. bull made the 1,000/500 club and was a first teamer. to me that is automatic top 50. i really enjoyed the list wsu compiled and i dont want to insult a single player on the list but about 10 had never made first team, 2 played only 1 season. another reason maybe some would say is it wasn't all about the stats, but for me thats another reason to add bull.
i am sure it wasn't that easy to make the list. + was it harder to get 1st team back then? was it only 5 spots?
so anyway, my reseason for this thread, feel free to ignore the above...
who is #1?
one way i like to think about it besides stats and accolades/trophies is who would you want to give the ball to when your down by 1 with 10 seconds left in the biggest game of the year?
willie?
jimmy d?
harold?
eddie?
bruce?
jermaine?
dame?
bam?
hamilton?
someone else?
for me willie and bruce pretty much get dis'd since i never saw them play (sorry). but i have seen all the stars from 1990-2013. i have seen just about every game from 2002-2013, i saw a number of games during the show/thrill era and i saw games occasionally between 1990-1996. the only reason i saw any games from 90-96 was because of current wsu head xcountry/distance coach paul pilkington. i am so so glad he used to take me to games with his kids in the 90s!
to make this long post longer....I would hand the ball to boyette, no offense dame and harold.
boyette was an amazing weber player, ok that isn't selling my point. boyette was an unbelievable play maker. has there been a weber player or big sky player better at driving to the basket, i cant even imagine there could be. his ability to get to the free throw line can't be replicated for those who never saw him play.
he attempted 622 ft's which is insane since most wsu players attempted less in their career than jermaine made, 486. lillard has 600 attempts but he had an extra 9 games. both played 3 seasons. had jermaine played 4 yrs he likely would own the big sky record attempts. but there are a lot of big sky what ifs had many other players played more or injured less.
boyette's senior yr they called him a point-post. he would drive in and a lot of times post people up. he was 6 foot 1. :thumb: he could always get to the hole and draw a foul.
now if we need a 3 pointer i would go with dame or jimmy D, bam, johnny.
joe is 1 of 2 coaches in big sky history to go undefeated. bull made the 1,000/500 club and was a first teamer. to me that is automatic top 50. i really enjoyed the list wsu compiled and i dont want to insult a single player on the list but about 10 had never made first team, 2 played only 1 season. another reason maybe some would say is it wasn't all about the stats, but for me thats another reason to add bull.
i am sure it wasn't that easy to make the list. + was it harder to get 1st team back then? was it only 5 spots?
so anyway, my reseason for this thread, feel free to ignore the above...
who is #1?
one way i like to think about it besides stats and accolades/trophies is who would you want to give the ball to when your down by 1 with 10 seconds left in the biggest game of the year?
willie?
jimmy d?
harold?
eddie?
bruce?
jermaine?
dame?
bam?
hamilton?
someone else?
for me willie and bruce pretty much get dis'd since i never saw them play (sorry). but i have seen all the stars from 1990-2013. i have seen just about every game from 2002-2013, i saw a number of games during the show/thrill era and i saw games occasionally between 1990-1996. the only reason i saw any games from 90-96 was because of current wsu head xcountry/distance coach paul pilkington. i am so so glad he used to take me to games with his kids in the 90s!
to make this long post longer....I would hand the ball to boyette, no offense dame and harold.
boyette was an amazing weber player, ok that isn't selling my point. boyette was an unbelievable play maker. has there been a weber player or big sky player better at driving to the basket, i cant even imagine there could be. his ability to get to the free throw line can't be replicated for those who never saw him play.
he attempted 622 ft's which is insane since most wsu players attempted less in their career than jermaine made, 486. lillard has 600 attempts but he had an extra 9 games. both played 3 seasons. had jermaine played 4 yrs he likely would own the big sky record attempts. but there are a lot of big sky what ifs had many other players played more or injured less.
boyette's senior yr they called him a point-post. he would drive in and a lot of times post people up. he was 6 foot 1. :thumb: he could always get to the hole and draw a foul.
now if we need a 3 pointer i would go with dame or jimmy D, bam, johnny.
