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[QUOTE="Ward, post: 2007891, member: 1958"]
I agree 100%. Recruiting has been well covered. He inexplicably was given way too much responsibility for 2017 guys and struck out.

Your second point, I think this is a great point and HUGE thing nobody has really mentioned. Howard, Joseph, Buss, Cooney, Gillon, Battle to a certain extent have all under performed on his watch. [U][B]We had one of the best positional coaches in the country in Hop who was cranking out pros and making great guard play the foundation of the program. That went away to bring an unproven coach and recruiter on board.[/B][/U] We went from having guard play and development of our guards be a huge strength to now it's been a weakness since Ennis left. I view Gbinije as more of a flat out basketball player than someone who is strictly a guard we developed.

If he isn't bringing in recruits or really developing guys behind the scenes what is the value to having him on staff? Didn't totally understand it at the time and now it looks even worse in hindsight. When a spot opened why didn't we bring in a big man coach who had recruiting ties? Instead we moved a GREAT positional coach off the guards and then did nothing to enhance our efforts in raising the talent level on the roster. It was a gamble that hasn't paid off the last few years.
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