Acker is NOT a BE caliber player

[Badgerhater]

I am glad Acker and Cubes are on the team and both have made significant contributions.   I posted after the FL tourney that one or the other needs to make a significant contribution in a game for MU to have a chance to win that game.  Such a contribution forces other teams to play our more gifted players straight up.  Thus far my theory has been proven correct in both of MU's BE wins.

With that said, I hope players like Acker and Cubes (in terms of physical ability and makeup) are never recruited by MU again.

[MR.HAYWARD]

Well said, +1.  Not sure of the history of this topic on MU Scoop, but agree with above poster.  Acker and Cubiallan get the most out of their ability, work their tails off, and have generally always had good attitudes.  This makes them winners in my book.  Though not prototypical Big East players, due to their size - they have a ton of heart, and for that we should give them their due, and our respect.

well said Ners.  I think the people that come on a nd say acker and cubi suck are on the fringe as well as those that come on nad asy they are great are on the fringe on the other side.  i think a huge majority of Mu fans probably in the 90th percentile would agree wholehaertedly with your psoition.

  Lastly, to the people all upset about the criticisms of acker that are then using a 23 point game as evidence.   go back and read the criticisms of him. i dont think very many people have ever knocked his offensive abilities.  MU's greatest weakness this year has been dribble penetration and Acker and Cubi have been the 2 biggest victims.  i think that has been the vast majority of the criticsm and IMo rightfully so.  compare theire defnse to say that of DJ last year...night and day.   

[ATWizJr]

Random question # 2 -  how do you put part of a previous post in the blue box?

Thanks.

[mugrad2006]

The "Quote" button at the top right of their posts (and make sure you write your post after the  brackets.

The answer was already in this thread...

[ATWizJr]

No, that tells you how to quote an entire post.  My question is how do you select only part of a previous post to display.  Sorry to be so computer challenged.

[LON]

No, that tells you how to quote an entire post.  My question is how do you select only part of a previous post to display.  Sorry to be so computer challenged.

Delete the parts between the [ ] that you don't want.

[mu-rara]

Acker is not the ideal BE point guard.  True.

BUT,

I was glad to hear he was coming back.  I thought he would add experience at the position.   I thought 10-15 minutes with an experienced PG giving JC a rest, and not losing the ball would be good.  

Given that JC isn't around, and Mo is what we have, he's playing well.  Yeah, I'd like to have a bigger PG, but his experience certainly helps.

[Hards Alumni]

No, that tells you how to quote an entire post.  My question is how do you select only part of a previous post to display.  Sorry to be so computer challenged.

type [@quote][@/quote]

and copy and paste what you want quoted between there...

oh, and remove the @ symbols.

[ATWizJr]

Thanks Hards.  I'll give it a shot.  Sad to be so far behind the technology!

[akmarq]

This whole debate raises a further question in my head - what is the point of even arguing about Acker as a BE caliber player? Not to deny the message board community its fair share of fodder for discussion, but whether or not he is "BE caliber" is totally irrelevant to our season. He is going to play. A lot. That's what happens when the whole guard corp behind him has less than one year of experience (individually, not added together).

I'm not trying to say don't discuss the issue, just recognize that the argument is really fairly meaningless in relation to reality.

[radome]

This whole debate raises a further question in my head - what is the point of even arguing about Acker as a BE caliber player? Not to deny the message board community its fair share of fodder for discussion, but whether or not he is "BE caliber" is totally irrelevant to our season. He is going to play. A lot. That's what happens when the whole guard corp behind him has less than one year of experience (individually, not added together).

I'm not trying to say don't discuss the issue, just recognize that the argument is really fairly meaningless in relation to reality.

Well said!

[NavinRJohnson]

This whole debate raises a further question in my head - what is the point of even arguing about Acker as a BE caliber player? Not to deny the message board community its fair share of fodder for discussion, but whether or not he is "BE caliber" is totally irrelevant to our season. He is going to play. A lot. That's what happens when the whole guard corp behind him has less than one year of experience (individually, not added together).

I'm not trying to say don't discuss the issue, just recognize that the argument is really fairly meaningless in relation to reality.

Pretty on target.  Both Acker and Cubillan have played far beyond my expectations, But I have believed, and still believe that our PG situation will be our undoing in Feb and March (Coudagan's presence could potentially change that), but there is obviously nothing that can be done about it, but hope for the best.