Oh, I agree. Just saying that some people get close to these guys and drink the kool aid. Which is fine. It just doesn’t mean anyone is more right than anyone else when it comes to divining the future.
we roasted the players last year, same story different year? Whats been the constant?
With this roster, I have to agree. They're getting open shots and getting into the lane with ease. At least with the zone the inside will be clogged.
Every team has new players—both out of high school and out of the portal. Isn’t it a measure of a coach/staff to assess how long it takes to get them to mesh? Isn’t it also revelatory to recognize that issues from last year—with mostly different players—still exist with the new players?
You make some decent points, but the guys that left from last year's team have not all flopped. Judah is in the G-league, Maliq is playing very well for Duke, Benny had 17 pts 7 rebs and 1 block his last game. Heck even Peter Carey is playing well for Siena. These guys weren't all stiffs - and at least 2 possibly 3 of them would be starting today if they stayed. The problem wasn't talent, it was attitude. They didn't get along with the staff and none of us know for sure why that was the case.
I am going to guess that he will play some zone against Texas. I think he has completely shunned it so far so he can spring it on an opponent in a relatively big game. Like Texas.
No many just criticize when it was warranted and it was warranted late in his career, whether you want to admit it or not, chuck.
After watching three straight games of our Gs being beat consistently off the bounce. no help, inability to fight through screens. Unfortunately, yes, the zone might be the only way to go. It certainly can't be any worse.
Agreed. However, I would like to see full court pressure vs the press. Be on the ball from the baseline and use your subs to stay fresh. I hated being pressured it definitely takes Gs' out of their routine which is good also speeds up the game.
I thought this originally too, but seeing any of these guys play defense in an open court could be really really really bad, especially when we play better teams.
I dont agree with your first point (bolded). I think that less people would be upset and there would be more optimists coming to his defense. It's just needing some last second heroics against le moyne and Youngstown is not a great look, even this early in the season...
That sounds like a brand of jock strap.
"If the team was playing better and beating crap teams by reasonable margins everyone would be more content."
Tough to comment on any statement beginning with "IF". Long way to play out and nobody is bum rushing Red, but this is big boy business and not all fans are idiots. The product this year has not been good."If the team was playing better and beating crap teams by reasonable margins everyone would be more content."
Yes, that is correct.
I think a lot of us enjoy being armchair quarterbacks when it comes to strategy, etc That is a part of being a fan and caring. I just want the suggestions to be in a positive tone. We should display the same high standards we expect out of our coaches, players and the entire University.
Whom he recruited as an assistant. He didn't just parachute in.
