With Andre having some ability to take his man on off the dribble I think it is possible to have him and Abele in at the same time. Not sure this would fall within Jim Ferry's philosophy though. I think he likes his 4's to be able to shoot from outside and play interchangeably with the 3s at times.

Looking back at the few games Abele played in last year it is clear he was never really given a chance to play more than fringe minutes.

If you go back to his Radford days, his best game was a 15 point, 10 rebound, 2 block performance against Winthrop in 28 minutes. If we could get anything close to that out of him this year I would be ecstatic.

I like a coach who is willing to adjust his style of play to the talent on hand. Remember when Ben Howland came to Pitt, he stated that he wanted a good shooting team. However, the talent on hand was more suited to a grind it our style. Howland adjusted, and the results speak for themselves.