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Message: [QUOTE="miamicuse, post: 5292430, member: 7237"] Come on, stop with the excuses. Talent alone does not explain what we are seeing. Less talent due to less NIL so the coaches' hands are tied therefore this product has nothing to do with the coaches. Sorry but having Sherm Billy and DC on the same team? Are you in fantasyland? That's never ever to be repeated, not at cuse, not at anywhere in college basketball. Sherm & DC stayed 4 years, Billy 3, oh throw a walk on Rony in there too while we are at it. Today all of them are one and dones if you get them you get them for one year max and have to leverage that one year to the max, that's the kind of "development" we are lacking. We need someone who can take a team of hodge podge players and get them to play together as a team and you develop them from the summer to the start of the conference play, that's it, that's the window you have. Next year is a repeat all over again. There is no more developing a kid for 4 years, because if you do a good job of it that kid gets poached for year 3 or 4 like Jesse. I don't know what they do in practices because what they did in games showed lack of discipline, effort, motivation, game planning, in game adjustments, pre game opponent scouting, basic fundamentals, on offense on defense, substitutions, X and Os, all of these are part of what a coach do...I just don't see it. Is it just NIL making all the difference? Red wants pace and space, where does overpaying for a our of shape Lampkin fit into this? Did he panicked when Maliq left or a misuse/misfire of NIL? Is Red stockpiling injury prone players because they are less demanding on NIL payouts? I stopped complaining about not being able to watch some cuse games because they are being carried on ESPNU or ACCNX or whatever channel #747 because I guess I finally conceded & agreed with the decision makers who decided these games should not be on front and center channels we were used to because well...the product is not deserving. Ten years ago I could not imagine not even tuning into SU vs Georgetown game #100. I went Christmas shopping with the wife instead (which I do not enjoy) and only checked scores once. [/QUOTE]

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