More Important Player Poll
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Knight was the most important player starting Pitt's run. Krauser and Blair were the two most important players keeping it going.
These three were by far the most important players in the Howland/Dixon era.
These three were by far the most important players in the Howland/Dixon era.
Yeah, I saw you are talking about one year.
I decided to remark on Blair's true importance. Is that allowed?
Without Blair, there is no 2008-2009 season to ask about.
Does that specifically answer your question?
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No. It is not surprising, because I really get frustrated when I pose these types of questions and how quickly people can take them off the rails.
Anyways, to answer your question, I think Blair was actually more important his FR year than Soph. I think Young was definitely more important, and if he was a FR/Soph instead of Senior likely may have been a lottery pick for how productive he was.
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One specific year. In which you started off talking about Knight and then framing it as the Pitt program as a whole. So, not particularly.
I voted for Blair. The dirty little secret about that team is besides him, we weren't a very good rebounding team. Without him, I think we are a 6/7 seed type of team. Without Young, I think we are a 3/4 seed.
Blair by far. He allowed all the open outside shots because they all teamed up against him underneath.
Easily big fella. He was a force for that team.
Others agree. He and Thabeet tied for Big East Player of the Year; Blair was a first-team AP All-American; and he tied Hansborough for second in the AP College Basketball Player of the Year voting (which went to Capel disciple Blake Griffin).
Sam was great player, it's Blair.
Others agree. He and Thabeet tied for Big East Player of the Year; Blair was a first-team AP All-American; and he tied Hansborough for second in the AP College Basketball Player of the Year voting (which went to Capel disciple Blake Griffin).
Sam was great player, it's Blair.
Young was unreal late in that season. The UConn game. You're right about the 1st weekend and people forget about the Nova game. He had one of those "put the team on my back" games that we all wished a Pitt player would have but we just came up short. Throughout the course of the season though, Blair was more important. You just couldn't replace over the long-run what he did. I don't want to discount Young but if we lose him in November, we had guys that could fill roles and Dixon probably woulda went more defensive and we win nearly as many games.
Blair was obviously the more talented player.
However, I felt that Young was more important because he could create his own shot. Blair needed to receive a pass to set up his shot, or an offensive rebound.
Blair could've been limited by denying entry passes to him, but Young got to the point in which he was creating his own shot and also splitting double teams.
However, I felt that Young was more important because he could create his own shot. Blair needed to receive a pass to set up his shot, or an offensive rebound.
Blair could've been limited by denying entry passes to him, but Young got to the point in which he was creating his own shot and also splitting double teams.
Blair created the space for young to have room to create his shots. Blair would be double teamed. Blair cleaned the boards on the defensive side of the ball. Blairs personality was the leader of the team. He was the most important player. Young was very good but he wasn't as important as Blair was.
I thought Sam was a better overall player, but Blair was more important in that he saved SO many offensive possessions with offensive rebounds. It’s not that he even scored off of all the rebounds, but he turned 0% possessions into 50% possessions.
Blair had 20pts & 10 boards against Nova, was 9-9 from the field. Both had great years, and both were so important.
My vote went to Blair. They had no inside threat without him.
More important? Blair
Better? Young
If we lose Blair for that season, the drop off would have been worse than if we lost Young. That said, Sam was the better player.
Big Fella 5th National In Defensive Win Shares & 7th In Overall Win Shares.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/seasons/2009-leaders.html
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/seasons/2009-leaders.html
