JD was terrible tonight (did I need the tonight?).  Alexi and Chapman were both pretty bad, and Chap threw 2 terrible passes that were intercepted in the few minutes he played (I thought it was 3, but he's only credited with 2 TOs, so).

Gary did some good things and made some mistakes.  He had one particularly good defensive effort in the first half that got me really excited.  Just completely disrupted the shooter in the post without coming even close to fouling.  I'm looking forward to his development in conference play.

I feel like DJ played worse than his stats indicate.  But he did sit for a good portion of the first half with his two quick fouls and he still scored a good portion of our points, so I guess I can't say much at all.

Damion....... was amazing.  There are no words for how good he was.  I had a bad Wisconsin-esque feeling towards the end of the game when we were up by 3 and they were running upcourt — until James had that AMAZING steal running at the ball at 40 miles an hour that made the entire Drum stand up in about 1.3 seconds and we subsequently converted the 3-pointer.  Best play of the night, hands down.

only caught the tail end of the game, but he showed some exciting attributes.  Gary Johnson gets low.  He boxes out from the ground up.  He's active, fast, powerful, and maybe the most physically developed of all the Horns.

It'll take him a few games to find the rhythm of the game, but I'm happy to see this guy on the court.

that the philosophical difference between the two stems from a conversation they had before McDuff was hired. I imagine it going something like this:

MB: Larry, we need you to come help Dwayne kick some tail.

LM: Well, to do that I'm going to want complete control over the personnel decisions for the linebackers.

MB: Dwayne speaks highly of ya, so I'll give you that control--I give you my word you'll have it.

And scene.

Really, that is about all that would've needed to happen. Mack stays true to his word, even to the detriment of the team and then when it is no longer "binding" says get the f*** out.