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Date Posted: 06:04:11 07/07/04 Wed
Author: sader1970
Subject: Fingleton Gone
In reply to: sader1970 's message, "Fingleton Gone (From US Basket-Coll. BB 5/7/04" on 22:06:00 07/05/04 Mon

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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