[Stardust]

Join the club, brother. I, like many other Holmes fans, have also tried to figure out why this Holmes team seems to play very well against the better teams, but let teams that they should blow out, hang around because of a lack of effort and intensity.

I guess it's kind of tough for us to question them though. We've seen the same effort the past 2 years out of this group and said the same things being said now but one thing has been constant...when the bright lights have come on, they haven't disappointed and they've put on a show.

Last year yes, two years ago, I'll differ with you.

Go back to Arrez's Senior year, they took care of business, and I give that young man 100% of the credit. Besides the loss to NCC that year, the beat the teams they were supposed to beat, and they beat them convincingly. If you had an Arrez on that team last year, they would not have had a single loss on the record. I was hopeful that Avery could be that floor leader for the Dogs, that guy who could set the tone. Rico and Elisha are just too strong of personality's to let that happen.

Will they be a different team in two weeks, yes, I believe they will be. But I am questioning whether they can be as good as the last two years without that court leader. We shall see. I am pulling for them, but see a major hole in their ability to three-peat to the championship game.