I never thought I would say this, but I miss Jiri in a big way. He showed some toughness that this team lacks.
Yup. I always felt he would be a bigger loss than most admit. When Jiri didn't want to play tough, he was awful. But when he got smacked around a bit and got mad - he was a beast inside and really the only way he could be stopped - was our own fault by not continuing to give him the ball.
I'll never, ever, ever forget that home game against Baylor, when he was getting beat up pretty good, but played a solid 2nd half. After getting another shot to the face and coming off with a bloody mouth, he walked right by Greg to the bench. Greg was grinning ear-to-ear the entire time and as Jiri passed, gave him a nice slap on the back, as if to say "now you're playing my kind of ball, son".