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<blockquote data-quote="The Bell Tolls for Thee" data-source="post: 131879551" data-attributes="member: 1812660">Because the post I was responding to seemed to imply that McCabe was doing well elsewhere and WVU may have been worse off for not retaining him.&nbsp; Even this season McCabe's pros do not outweigh his cons and as others have pointed out he is not going up against Big 12 athletes game in and game out as WVU is about to.&nbsp; Meager offensive numbers like 8-11 ppg and 3-5 assists do not make up for lack of defense like being able to score 20 when you're hot.&nbsp; Neither player is a world beater.&nbsp; McCabe is better at handling the ball than McNeil.&nbsp; He wasn't good enough at it to play point guard for WVU which was the only thing we really needed him for.&nbsp; From both their time at WVU, neither is really a better passer than the other.&nbsp; McCabe is worse on defense if for nothing else other than his lack of size compared to McNeil.&nbsp; 6'4-6-7 players can just shoot over McCabe even if he plays good defense, which he didn't do on a regular basis for WVU. McCabe on his best day is only equal to McNeil on an average day when it comes to defense which is not to praise McNeil's defense.&nbsp; Shooting easily favors McNeil.Therefore when you brought up McNeil's failings I just wanted to point out they are not really worse than McCabe and his upside is so much better.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Bell Tolls for Thee, post: 131879551, member: 1812660"] Because the post I was responding to seemed to imply that McCabe was doing well elsewhere and WVU may have been worse off for not retaining him. Even this season McCabe's pros do not outweigh his cons and as others have pointed out he is not going up against Big 12 athletes game in and game out as WVU is about to. Meager offensive numbers like 8-11 ppg and 3-5 assists do not make up for lack of defense like being able to score 20 when you're hot. Neither player is a world beater. McCabe is better at handling the ball than McNeil. He wasn't good enough at it to play point guard for WVU which was the only thing we really needed him for. From both their time at WVU, neither is really a better passer than the other. McCabe is worse on defense if for nothing else other than his lack of size compared to McNeil. 6'4-6-7 players can just shoot over McCabe even if he plays good defense, which he didn't do on a regular basis for WVU. McCabe on his best day is only equal to McNeil on an average day when it comes to defense which is not to praise McNeil's defense. Shooting easily favors McNeil. Therefore when you brought up McNeil's failings I just wanted to point out they are not really worse than McCabe and his upside is so much better. [/QUOTE]

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