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Hey Matt,
That’s the same question I have.  How does a major college program have only one true PG on the roster, and a freshman at that.  And this isn’t even the same situation with C. Paul (also mystifying that they did not at least suspect he might go pro and be prepared for it); in this case Ish was a senior!  Nice parting gift from Guadio, as it turns out.

Charles on 11/18/2010 (9:26 am)

Bzdelik: “Offensively we started panicking ... and just like Friday night in our opener (against Stetson), when we got behind, we started getting frantic and trying to be the hero and breaking away from what we want to do ... and then it just snowballs from there ... so our lack of discipline over 40 minutes is not there.”

Bzdelik: We weren’t very strong with the basketball ... we didn’t cut to where we were supposed to cut ... we made poor decisions ... and instead of being able to attack with proper spacing and being ball-strong they got us on our heels and that was the difference in the ball game.”

Isn’t this Coach Bzdelik’s and his coaching staff’s responsiblity to maintain disciple, make adjustments during the game and quit making excuses.

Has Wake Forest reverted back to the years of Bob Staack?  If Bzdelik doesn’t get it turned around Wellman needs to consider him a “one and done.”

DT on 11/17/2010 (9:07 pm)

Right now this team has no PG so I expect turnovers but not after we’ve comeback from the dead to get the lead. That was the last thing I expected. The whole team really imploded. I don’t mind getting beat by a better team but I certainly expect my team (and I mean team, not one guy) to maintain its composure for 40 minutes. Last night we did not do that!

Ken Green on 11/17/2010 (6:13 pm)

Better to learn now, before league play starts. The ACC is a tough place for on-the-job-training. Things have to change quickly though or it will be rough BB season to go along with football. I have to admit Ron Wellman is looking like less of a genius.

radio_smuggles on 11/17/2010 (6:02 pm)

Dan - this reminds me a lot of the year that Justin Gray ran the point.  But that team at least had some experienced players (including Gray, who was a senior at the time).  The question that I have is why in the world did Coach Gaudio only intend on having one point guard on the team?  He knew that Jeff Teague was long gone, and he knew that Ish Smith would be graduating.  Sure, Duke was able to shift Jon Scheyer to the point position last year and win a national title.  But Scheyer was a senior, and some guy whose last name starts with K was his coach, not to mention that Scheyer had a few experienced and talented guys around him on the floor.  In most normal circumstances, a team HAS to have a point guard running the show.  So having one point guard suiting up is like only having one quarterback on your football team.  I know that point guards don’t necessarily grow on trees, but certainly there must have been someone out there that Gaudio (or even Coach B) could have signed at some point as a reasonable backup point guard.  Any word on if Wake has signed any other point guards for next year?

Matt on 11/17/2010 (5:54 pm)

The maturity that CJ Harris is exhibiting by taking on the unfamiliar role of point guard, and “facing the music” when he struggles will certainly pay dividends in the long run.  He is developing into the kind of leader that this team will need if it is going to develop into a winner.  Good for him, and I hope he keeps his head up.

DC on 11/17/2010 (4:36 pm)