[J. R. VanHoose]

I agree Hall needs to get stronger and I'm sure he will at Marshall under a strength and conditioning coach. JR was probably thinner than Hall his first year at Marshall. I don't agree with you when you question his toughness. I've watch him since grade school and he has never backed down from a challenge. In all the years I've watched 15th region basketball Hall has taken more and harder hits than any other player. He gets up, shakes it off, doesn't complain to the ref, doesn't go nose to now with other players. He just goes back and dunks it in your face again and again. I would be curious to know if he has ever had a technical for miss conduct on the floor other than hanging on the rim.

When I got to Marshall I was somewhere around 215 pounds. At the end of my first year I was 230. When I left school in 2002 I had gotten up to 255. Had to get that weight on. Playing in the post there was a lot more physical than high school. The play was easier to handle with the weight!