Thursday, March 15, 2007

Thursday Morning Review March 15th

I've been on Spring Break with no internet, so this post is delayed.
Huskies:
Huskies performed admirably in the Pac 10 tournament.
We struggled a bit against ASU in the beginning, then dominated them in the end. As
Usual, it was the Brockman and Hawes show with 16 10 and 13 and 9 performances. Dentmon performed reasonably well, and Appleby sucked, but at least made his free throws in the end. Our rebounding was the difference, and the game was important because we won a non-home game.
The next game, we played WSU for the third time in an "apple cup". Brockman played real well with 13 and 8, but Hawes was horrible, getting early fouls and only getting 6 and 5. Dentmon played loose and reckless, though he did show spurts of goodness by having the ability to drive adn get a foul call. The biggest surprise of all was Artem Wallace, who played awesome when Hawes was sitting. This bodes well for next year if Hawes leaves, though it will leave us short anyways because he is only 6'8" and Brockman is only 6'7".
The Huskies then inexplicably get screwed over and don't even get an NIT bid. This is inexcusable I think, and I don't think we should go to the Pre-NIT tournament next year. I'm pretty pissed off for this season, but excited for the next season with older more mature players and a new class of freshman.
Sonics:
Since the 4th of this month, we won against Charlotte and New York, but then lost 4 in a row to Phillie, Boston, Toronto, and Detroit. I previously advocated losing the rest of the games, but I don't know if this is the best strategy anymore. Reasons being, if we don't have Rashard back, I don't know if anyone short of Oden or Durant will be enough to save the franchise.
Also, I don't know how good the next draft will be because the players that that make up the top 15 are looking more likely to stay in college. Oden has said that he will probably stay, Durant's father said that he is not guaranteed to go to the NBA, Julian Wright said that he promised his parents a degree, and is currently on pace to graduate in 3 years, Hawes is not guaranteed to go (Or at least I hope he doesn't leave), Noah might stay another year (He did it last year), the same goes for Horford and Corey Brewer, Brook Lopez still has much to learn and might want to stay with his brother for another year, DJ Augustin might stay if Durant stays, and the list goes on.
Back to the Sonics, Petro has been looking great as of late, so we might not need a new center, or we can possibly use him to trade up.
Seahawks:
Seahawks have had a good off season so far. We signed two safeties, Deon Grant to 6 years $30 million, and Brian Russell. This is good because Hamlin is gone, and Grant is a coverage safety that we needed. We cut Wistrom, who is a shell of his former self and just an extra player because of Kerney, but I liked his run defense, his leadership, and his motor, and I think we should have kept him because our 4some of DE would have been formidable I think. We then signed Marcus Pollard, a solid veteran TE the day Jerramy Stevens got a DUI and marijuana possession. We also resigned Blocking TE Will Heller and OL Floyd Womack. We only really need TE, CB, and OL, and all those we just need depth in. I don't know much about the draft so far, but I think we should draft Michael Allan at TE, because he is a Washington product with good attitude, and he is a hard worker who seems like he is just starting to realize his potential.

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