Two things.
1) To say missing almost all of the offseason rehabbing a torn ACL has little to no effect on his capabilities is purely asinine. You can say it doesn't matter all you want. It does. Period.
2) He's not a good distributor right now and is struggling offensively. Yeah. HE'S A FRESHMAN! He's essentially being asked to play the toughest position from a technical perspective on the court with zero experience doing so in Brey's system. Again, not having much time during the offseason to learn and practice his role plays a huge role in his struggles as well.
I get you're frustrated, but if you were expecting Hubb to be an All-ACC PG the second he stepped on campus after rehabbing from a major knee injury, then you're being completely unrealistic. They are valid concerns in regards to this season, but being completely realistic, most ND fans knew there was going to be growing pains and they've only become greater with all the injuries.
You can go back and look at last season's thread to see I was about the most optimistic person on this board as it related to it's chances to make the NCAA's. Over and over I thought we had a chance, while others jumped ship. Yes, I'm frustrated about this year, just like everyone else I would assume, but that doesn't mean you can't point out a players weakness.
I'll give you one thing that last year would have helped, him understanding the PG position. If I'm reading things correctly, he's always played off the ball. Chris Lykes was the PG on his HS team when he was a junior. He didn't play the point.
No, playing last year would not have changed his shot (which was pointed out by recruiting profiles as a weakness, edit: The low release point). No, it wouldn't have made him better around the rim (that takes time getting used to DI athleticism), nor would a year playing the point at Gonzaga freaking High School for one year make him a great distributor.
Good lord, you can watch him shoot foul shots and go, "Yea, that needs adjusted if he wants to be consistent".
So no, I don't think another year at Gonzaga high school would have changed his offensive trajectory for this year. To suggest that his torn ACL is the reason he doesn't know how to take on length on a drive, or the arc on his shot could take out rafters is asinine.
I didn't expect him to come in here and be All-ACC. But that doesn't me criticism of him should be off limits. He's GOING to be a good player. A REALLY good player if he gets some of this stuff corrected. Pointing out fairly obvious flaws isn't suggesting that he won't be really good.
Point is, right now, is he a good offensive player? Seems like the only answer to that people want to give to that starts with, "But..."
