McMorrow's Role Next Year

[BrewCity83]

People are dreaming if they think Liam is going to average 6-8 rebounds and 1.5 blocks a game.

Hayward was a rebounding machine this year and played more minutes then LM will get close to next year and he avergaged about 8 boards a game.

Liam also has about an 8" height advantage over Lazar.  That tends to help a little in rebounding.

[NotAnAlum]

Bilsu - What evidence do you have that Roseboro can play at all.  His stats were similar to Otule's out of HS even though it could be argued that Otule played in a tougher league.  We've seen Otule with about half a season of COLLEGE coaching under his belt.  To put it kindly he is not a Big East starter at this point in his development.  We've heard reports of Liam practicing against college players with half a season of college coaching AND a full season of the Canadian equivalent of NAIA playing under his belt.  Those reports claim that he is good defensively and has a ways to go offensively.  Sorry but based on the evidence we have to work with I'm much more enthused about starting a guy who is, age wise, a college junior over a guy who is likely to play like Otule did as a freshman last November.

[Tugg Speedman]

I hate to be brutally honest and I hope I'm wrong but realistically ....

McMorrow and Outle are ahead of him.  His sophomore year Montrele Clark will be ahead.  And if MU recruits over him this summer, he slides further down the list. 

So, Roseboro rides the pines and gets little playing time, like Outle.  Like Scott C he transfers to another school with less competition like an A-10 school, where he can play.

Again, I hope he proves me wrong but I'm not holding my breath.

[MuMark]

Actually he ia about 6 inches taller then Lazar but who is counting.

Being tall didn't didn't help our last project center average 6-8 rebounds a game in his first year. Barro averaged 2.3 as a Frosh and 2.8 as Sophmore. Kinsellla was tall too. How many years did he average 6-8 rebounds? How about Grimm?

This kid has played organized basketball for 1 year.

I'll be very happy if he shows enough to get on the court for 10 minutes a game next year.

To expect more is just silly.

Thabeet was a top 100 recruit who had played organized basketball for 4 years. He also is 3 inches taller then Liam.

He averaged 6 points and 6 rebounds as a frosh.

[M@RQUETTEW@RRIORS]

Not taking either side of this argument.  But from what I understand Lazar is listed at 6'6" and is actually about 6'5".  While Liam is listed at 7'0" and from what I hear he has been growing. 

[Markusquette]

Kinsellla was tall too. How many years did he average 6-8 rebounds? How about Grimm?

Except it's clear to me that Liam is way ahead of them as far as intagibles, coordination and athleticism go.

[MuMark]

Lets just hope that Liam's health situation clears up so he can continue to play basketball.

I agree he is ahead of both Grimm and Kinsella athletically but he still has to learn the game and produce enough to stay on the court.

He also missed this entire year of practice/development which would have been huge for him.

Big men take time to develope and many never do.

Putting any kind of expectations on Liam at this point is just pure guess work.