the recipe for success at montana is the same as it was back in our heyday of basketball, the same it's been for robin selvig: start with the best ingredients you can find (good kids), let them simmer on the back burner for a year or two (redshirt 'em), sprinkle in a few spices (the kids like richardson, krysko, pope and maybe cherry next year who are ready to play immediately), stir actively (especially on defense) and watch them cook.
i know, i know, the men have fewer scholarships to offer, so they can't redshirt as many as they used to, or as selvig still can. but wouldn't it have been better to redshirt qvale? if he were a freshman this year, i'd really be pumped about the future of our program. it's so hard to find good post players, and when we do find one with a huge upside, we basically waste him for one full year. i'll never understand it.
and by the way, this is basically the same recipe hauck has followed in football. he had to use a lot of new kids last year, several of whom came through for him. but more redshirted, and will be much more productive by their junior and senior years.
