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Date Posted: 21:48:12 07/05/04 Mon
Author: MHMD
Subject: Re: Fingleton Gone (From US Basket-Coll. BB 5/7/04
In reply to: NTKHC64 's message, "Re: Fingleton Gone (From US Basket-Coll. BB 5/7/04" on 15:12:39 07/03/04 Sat

While I very much appreciate Fingleton's character and wish he and his family well, the kid clearly was nothing more then a very soft 7 ft. 5 local kid HC HAD to take. His skills were D2 at best and if he plays anywhere they better have a seat on the bench at least every other game... he may want to play but has as much feel for the game as Herman Munster.

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[> [> [> [> Fingleton Gone (From US Basket-Coll. BB 5/7/04 -- sader1970, 22:06:00 07/05/04 Mon

Having seen most of the minutes that Neil played in a HC uniform, I disagree that he had no talent. While there was no doubt he was rough and wasn't a natural born BB player, I thought he was athletic the few times he wasn't hurting. The one game I did not see him play, might have been his best from those who did watch - against BC. Listening to the game on the radio, he blocked shots in two successive BC possessions against their highly touted big men. At least one source from the athletic dept. said to me that they felt that was his big game and that they thought Neil was coming into his own and then the injuries came back.

If Neil can keep himself healthy and get some regular playing time against good competition, I think a lot of people will be surprised. But I'll be the first to admit, there are a lot of "ifs" and "caveats" in my comments.

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: Fingleton Gone (From US Basket-Coll. BB 5/7/04 -- Jimbo, 22:47:24 07/05/04 Mon

And, don't forget the Princeton game at home 2 seasons ago.

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: Fingleton Gone (From US Basket-Coll. BB 5/7/04 -- MHMD, 21:35:45 07/06/04 Tue

Hey.. the kid may be 7 foot 5....a great person... terrific student... have a love for the game.... but has the athletic ability and athletic toughness of a flea...let's remain realistic here...the kid will not be missed in this program-basketball wise that is.

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[> [> [> [> [> Fingleton Gone -- sader1970, 06:04:11 07/07/04 Wed

MH, as far as his consistent impact on HC basketball, I agree with you. However, whenever he made an appearance, there was an impact on the fans. Neil was especially loved by the Worcester fans and you could feel the excitement and that the whole Hart center was rooting for this kid to do well. We never got to see a long-term, healthy Neil. Whether he was tough enough is something the rest of us can only conjecture on, we weren't in his situation. As for athletic ability, I think he DID have it, and may have it again, but not in a Crusader uniform. I had earlier posted where I had calculated the rebounds and blocks per minute played for the team. Neil was tied with Nate for the team lead in rebounds per minute played (admittedly playing a lot fewer minutes) at .20 rebounds per minute played (K Ham, Joe Young and Keith had .18 rebounds per minute played). But, just as people would have wanted of a 7' 6" player, an indication of Neil's ability to impact a game on defense was the blocks per minute played. Neil had .115 blocks per minute played with Kevin Hyland next highest at .073 and Nate a distant third at .049.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Re: Fingleton Gone -- MHMD, 13:18:26 07/07/04 Wed

Great points Sader and you are right... Willard was in a NO WIN situation- if he takes him and it doesn't work out it's too bad.. if he doesn't take him Worcester is up in arms. I look at athleticism like this.. if Neil were 6 ft. 7 instead of 7 ft 6 would he have had enough to play for the Cross?? I personally don't think so. Look at Shaq.. if that guy were 6 ft. 7 he'd still be a very good player... Lastly, being a great kid, outstanding student, and a genuinely nice kid is far more important than being able to rebound... and he clearly is all of that.

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