Terry Webster wrote:Sure wish our Aussies did what UK's did/
Isaac Humphries is a long time friend and former teammate of Harry and Tom, both at Australia Institute of Sport, and on the Aussies U17 national team. Humphries had a disastrous freshman year at Kentucky, highlighted by his technical foul in the closing seconds of the Texas A&M game, that gave away a game that they should have had in the bag. The UK fans were apoplectic in their dissapointment, how did this big stiff ever get a scholarship? His biggest weakness was his foot speed, he was a flatfooted plodder, playing on a team of racehorses. Any of that sound familiar? Today was the best game of Humphries short career at Kentucky, and maybe its a sign of good things going forward. He still needs alot of sprint work.
The real point I'm making is that most foriegn players need a year of adjustment, before they start to flourish. Deng Adel at Louisville is another former teammate of our Aussies, and he made a big step forward in his sophomore year. Jock Landale has been a star for St. Marys the last two seasons, but he hardly got off the bench as a freshman, and averaged just 2ppg when he did. DIfferent players develop at different paces. None of us can reliably predict how a player will turn out, and we'll never really know about Tom, but I hear that Harry is doing well at Marquette, he dropped 20 pounds in a couple of months. Harry has plenty of time left to make something out of his time in the US, he was a bad fit in the our style of play, but somewhere else he might thrive.
