Oregonian Preview; Great Article About Stohl and His Dad

Some nice press bits today.

Oregonian Preview: http://www.oregonlive.com/pilots/index.ssf/2010/11/portland_basketball_preview_pi.html

Herald Net story about Jared Stohl and his dad: http://heraldnet.com/article/20101111/SPORTS/711119854/-1/news01

Interesting preview article. Do you think that Waterford will keep the starting position over Rogers and Thomas for the entire season? Knowing Rev's system is a plus, but, my impression was that the competition was pretty stiff at that position...

I know I should reserve my opinion until after the season gets underway (but whats the fun in that?) but based off of what I've seen so far I think he's going to have to step up his game to avoid getting pushed out of the lineup by the newbies.

oh brody wrote:I know I should reserve my opinion until after the season gets underway (but whats the fun in that?) but based off of what I've seen so far I think he's going to have to step up his game to avoid getting pushed out of the lineup by the newbies.

Sorry, I couldn't disagree more. Stohl's shooting ability is second to none. His presence on the floor requires the full attention of a defender. His defender cannot play any help defense without getting burned. Even if Stohl can't get his shot, that opens up opportunities for other Pilots to penetrate and get the ball down low.

blacksheep wrote:

oh brody wrote:I know I should reserve my opinion until after the season gets underway (but whats the fun in that?) but based off of what I've seen so far I think he's going to have to step up his game to avoid getting pushed out of the lineup by the newbies.

Sorry, I couldn't disagree more. Stohl's shooting ability is second to none. His presence on the floor requires the full attention of a defender. His defender cannot play any help defense without getting burned. Even if Stohl can't get his shot, that opens up opportunities for other Pilots to penetrate and get the ball down low.

Actually, the question was about Waterford, not, Stohl. I think having Stohl in the starting lineup is a given... I just heard some rave reviews about Rogers and Thomas. But, I trust Rev to make the right choice.

That's what I get for reading the first post and the last post

I saw the same thing as you Blacksheep. Stohl getting pushed out of the lineup? Crazy!

Next thing you know Rev will have a representative from PILOTNATION in the huddle at all timeouts, just kid din g, lol...isn't it funny how one man can write something, it get blown way out of proportion, and a not so polite discussion ensues, at least if MESAS involved, lol.
I know I'm going to shock you guys me being a practicing PROTESTANT, my dear ol' de ceased life mentor FATHER Robert Se rafling always tried to get me to proofread my emails and be careful of what snail mail I sent reminding of the power of the WRITTEN WORD as opposed to the spoken word.
It's a great policy,, now if only I could practice this more in my "pilotnation" life...

Mesapilot1

Waterford won't be the starter against Kentucky.

I think it is going to happen that soon.