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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5342342, member: 405"]
No question, your pre-season prediction was a good one.
I was an optimist, and thought this team could win 24 games, looking at the talent on paper.

Two McD's AAs, best 3 pt shooter in the ACC, big physical center w 3 NCAA appearances.
Three more guys who were stars on their mid-major teams, and any one of whom could have been Elijah Hughes, John Gillon or Rick Jackson, but were not.
4 star shooting guard who was 1st team all NYC Catholic League, and 1st team on the Adidas AAU circuit.

Is this a team that is the worst team in the ACC?  Or has the coach massive under-achieved?
Yes, Judah and Maliq Brown were the best players on last year's team.
But wasn't Chris Bell supposed to get better?  Shouldn't JJ have had easier shot opportunities?

I still believe the talent is decent, not elite, but not as bad as they have played.
The coaching deficiency, to me, has been glaring, and the obvious problem.

He hasn't handled the rotation predictably at all this season.
He has been stubborn and unfair to people, and then swung strongly in the opposite direction.
A number of players have a good reason to be upset with how their minutes have been handled.

No offensive structure is self-evident.  Lack of effort on defense is self-evident.
He said he wants to play fast, but hasn't all season.  And we're a good defensive rebounding team, finally!

Lack of changes, in-game, or in-season, is also self-evident.
Lack of feel for when to call time-outs; lack of feel for what guys fit on the floor together versus the opponent in that moment.

The team has not gotten better.  He's just not a very good coach.  I wish he was, but we're just killing time.
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