I for one would not say he played great last night, far from it but he did play like a rookie under fire and showed he has a lot of motivation. Still, he was thrown around on some plays and the saddest thing to see was how the piss poor non caring play of one Vernon Carey and Columbos inability or simply not knowing the system yet, affected the play of our center. Tony really nailed it on the head when he said he did not prepare the team for Atlanta or anyone else.