& in the case of Baker, Aly & Atiki — maybe Marcus too — those decisions bit us in the butt in February & March.

When we lost Fouss we were kinda forced to roll the dice w Aly, though. And his toughness proved up to the challenge. He played a LOT more minutes in late December & January than was the plan.

And losing Jax's scoring & ball-handling forced us to roll em w Baker a month sooner than ideal, too.

We know how much Aly saved our season, & you can't help what might've been had just Baker (we'll leave Marcus alone) been able to keep going into conference play.