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[QUOTE="Jake, post: 2016419, member: 86"]
See I actually get this.  For those of us spoiled by nearly 50 consecutive winning seasons, its  painful to watch.  Its unchartered territory for about 80% of us.  I imagine you'll try to watch every game...and then the defensive lapses start...and then the missed layups...and then the turnovers...and finally the realization that there is no fixing this mess this year.  Wash-rinse-repeat...only to be teased by a 40 point beat down of some really bad team to reel us back in.  Thankfully, there will be no more of these.

Its hard for the most loyal of us to sit through this.  Especially with a coach who is 15 months maximum from retirement.

IMO, a lot of our weaknesses have been exposed by bad guard play on both ends of the floor.  Fix that, and I think a lot of our problems go away. Now, that doesn't mean we don't have other issues.  Among them:

Thompson does not like contact, and that's bad for a center.
White is a bit of an offense killer.
Tyler Lydon is out of shape.
Tyler Roberson and Frank Howard are playing with Zero confidence.

Its just a terribly perfect storm. So what do we do now?  I think we take our lumps trying to increase competitiveness.  But I'd like to see the following:

1) Need some Tyus Battle reps at point. Gillon isn't coming back and Frank is not the future.
2) Force feed Chukwu minutes when he returns.  Kid has to be ready next year.  I don't care how terrible he looks, we need him next year.
3) More m2m.  Its coming when Hop takes over.  Its time to get the word out so we can recruit kids who can / want to play it.
4) Recruit a kid with a bad attitude.  This team is just to soft.
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