Chris Howard

[Bullpride08]

Crater = Capko 2.0

not even close.  Crater is already a Big East caliber defender and has Big East quickness.

Capko wasnt even big east caliber water boy.

Crater is a turnover waiting to happen, and is afraid to take a wide open shot like Capko.

That's because relatively speaking Crater's still like a true freshman learning the offense, and flow of it...so he's prone to turnovers, and still learning what a good shot and bad shot is. 

Crater is a poor outside shooter for sure, which he will need to work on and he still has three years to do so, but his speed and quickness on the court is elite...miles ahead of anything Capko could provide.  Crater is a good defender, and he has an innate ability to press the ball deep up the court quickly and capable of breaking presses, he's a capable dribble penetrator too, and has made some dazzling passes and steals, as well as dazzling turnovers.  Give him time.  Watching games live makes it much easier to appreciate Crater, and his ability to press the transition game.  At times our offense was almost better when Crater was running it, although he still made lots of bad reads unlike Howard, he pressed it quickly and it played well to Nique and Mercers' games because we're really a transition team right now.  Howard for his intelligence and sound play would slow the pace, and it forced us into a half-court where we struggled in spurts.