We could have said the same about our offense for the last 6 years until very recently.Bennett should be arrested for what he does to this game.
They win, but they are generally awful to watch. I would be very unhappy if Bennett was tapped to replace JB.
I have faith in John Wildhack to get it right. He knows this isn't an entry-level position.odds are extremely high that whoever replaces JB want be able to hold a candle to Bennett.
We could have, but this thread is about UVA.We could have said the same about our offense for the last 6 years until very recently.
It did affect them this year. Which is why they aren’t one seed good. Still obviously safely in the tournament.It’s like some of our past teams, their excellent defense gets some good close wins even when their offense fails. Bennett recruits players willing to play their defense and waits till their offense catches up. Expending so much energy on defense every game takes some getting used to for many players to adjust their offense. I would love to see their practices. It results in having some ugly basketball games being so defensive minded (we heard that from our own fans when our defense was elite) but it obviously can work if the players, staff commit totally to it.
If UVA start having players each year leave after their freshman, sophomore years - it will eventually effect them too. It will depend on their ability to fill their roster with patient dedicated players committed to defense as much if not more than their offense for Bennett’s system to excel. If he has to reach too deep, too early to his bench or to incoming freshman , he’ll have to adjust too. Bennett likes to redshirt young players not ready (like Huff, Diakite and Hunter, Salt from last year’s team). It will be interesting how he adjusts as recruiting improves how it will effect his winning redshirt strategy.
I have faith in John Wildhack to get it right. He knows this isn't an entry-level position.
Watching them in our first game and now seeing them at 13-5. Bennet takes a back seat to nobody.
Totally an act of faith.Based of what I know of Wildhack's history, this really is an act of faith on your part.
The guy has spent his whole career as a television guy, especially television production. There's very little executive experience in it that would suggest he knows anything at all about hiring coaches.
He's a smart guy and highly motivated. But beyond that ...
And yet we have a poster in Kansas City, supposedly well connected, that claims it will be Red... and he has as much head coaching experience as I do.I have faith in John Wildhack to get it right. He knows this isn't an entry-level position.
Well, Gross decided he would trust others that he expected to know what they were doing. Turns out they didn’t.Totally an act of faith.
Almost added a wink to the post. If it's Red, I have faith in JH to clean house quickly if it doesn't work out. He knows how much the program means to the perception and identity of the university.And yet we have a poster in Kansas City, supposedly well connected, that claims it will be Red... and he has as much head coaching experience as I do.
Almost added a wink to the post. If it's Red, I have faith in JH to clean house quickly if it doesn't work out. He knows how much the program means to the perception and identity of the university.
Three max. No inside info here, just going on my sense of JH.How quickly are we talking about? Everyone gets a couple of years, don’t they?
I just hope the decision on whom to hire isn't based on whether the candidate is an "SU guy". Get the best guy you can find, whether he has SU connections or not. And don't be afraid to open up the wallet.