Remember this scene from the Lafayette men's hoops game at Hart in 2004? It's former Crusader Josh Kramer, sulking on the floor after the buzzer sounded, after he missed a last-second jumper that would have sent the game to a second OT.
Well, Josh is now playing NAIA basketball on full scholarship at Concordia University in Irvine, CA. And although he's gone from Holy Cross, you could argue his absence is being felt. I know, he's gone and it's the past. But right now, it's hard to make a case that the HC men's basketball team couldn't use (a) a body like his to take some charges and bang around in the post, and (b) a vocal personality like his (remember all the Curry comparisons?)In Crosschat during the William and Mary game, I suggested that HC could use a guy like Kramer. A regular Crossports poster replied, advising, "Don't overrate Kramer." Well, perhaps I am "overrating" him, but if he wasn't a good player, why did Ralph have him on the floor in the final minutes of close, crucial back-to-back home PL games in 2004? That's an interesting thought in light of recent sentiment that "it's not who starts, it's who finishes."
(As an aside, Josh should've been in line with the rest of his teammates, shaking hands with the Leopard players when this picture was taken. I remember a few Laf players looking over at Josh at that moment. He eventually got up and joined the line, but kind of late. I remember thinking it looked a little disrespectful.)
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Thanks, 'hoops. Between Josh not playing around the time of those MSG games, and his ultimate transfer, it's apparent he didn't see eye-to-eye with Ralph. He was a little different, in his own way.
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