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Q: Why is Jamie Dixon so stubborn? A few years ago,he insisted on Sam Young being a power forward. This continued for two years without any positive results.When in his junior year he let him play small forward where he wanted to play all along.We all know how he immediately thrived. Now we have Dante Taylor who I am sure does not want to play with his back to the basket, but Jamie insists whether it is at center or power forward. A recent interview with his high school coach indicates that Dante is at his best shooting three's from outside.That's a surprise to me and possibly to Jamie. How long must we wait to see if there is a Sam Young hidden inside?

Abbot Friedland, New York

FITTIPALDO: How quickly we all forget. Jamie Dixon did relent and give Young an opportunity to play small forward as a sophomore. The experiment failed miserably. Young was not good enough to play that position at that time. He was not a good enough outside shooter and he did not handle the ball well enough. So Dixon moved him back to power forward for the rest of his sophomore season, where he was a productive player. After working on his game over the summer, Young proved to Dixon that he had developed his game enough to switch him to small forward. Young flourished at small forward, but only because he improved his game. As for Taylor, I can assure you that if he was talented enough to be playing and contributing at power forward that Dixon would have already made the switch. It is likely that Dixon does not believe Taylor has the capability to play power forward, which entials handling the ball more and shooting more from the outside than the center position requires. And from watching Taylor shoot jumpers, I can assure you he is not a 3-point shooter. Taylor's biggest problem at center is that he is not strong enough to make contributions as a freshman. He needs a summer in the weight room, which will make him better next season whether he is at center again or at power forward.

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