Originally Posted by Gazoo
Because you can't teach height.
Again, I'm not saying it was everyone's expectation, and that's not the rat hole I'm wanting to go down, I'm just saying that at 6'11" and what appeared to be a good motor in the R&B game, I think there was some hope that by the sophomore year a guy like that might be starting.
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Not to mention Big Steve didn't look all that impressive in his high school highlights and I just kind of figured Archie knew what he was doing when he signed Pierce.
But let's not forget that Toppin will be there to give us length also so hopefully he'll be along the lines of a Kostas and we won't have to worry as much about foul trouble.