maybe it's the way he said it?
He picked the players he wanted. He deserves the criticism.
He recruited. He didn't "design" the team. He didn't get the best players. It happens sometimes.
Not really.
Whether it's by design or failure to obtain the necessary talent, it's inadequate. And this isn't a one season aberration.
He certainly made it sound that way when asked about it last off season.
The bigger issue is who he lost to transfer, not who he recruited. If we have last years team outside of Marek and Griffin we are in the top 25.
Yes, but that has nothing to do with him being right about saying this team can't beat this Duke team.
He said we can't handle Duke, he's right that we can't handle Duke and that ought to be cause for serious alarm. But it's not, apparently - at least if you judge by his tone, his actions, and the sort of roster he's going to roll with next year.
its very hard to say how another coach might have developed these players and what type of play he mightve gotten out of them...its easy to just look at how they have been used in this rigid system and assume a lot from there
Did anybody say he wasn't right? The point is that he is resolved to it. It's a statement about the current state of the program. This is not a program that should ever say we CAN'T beat an opponent.
I don't get that he was "resolved to it" as if he doesn't care of won't try to better it for next year with new players. It would be silly to think that he is ok with it and not intent on having a more Cuse year next year. He just can't do much this year. That's all I hear.
The problem is that he doesn't seem to recognize the problem or is too stubborn ro address it. You said earlier he didn't choose the roster. When you aren't putting forth the same effort as your competitors on the recruiting trail (as has been stated by numerous well connected people) there are two reasons. You're ok with what you have and the results you get (resolved to it) or you're not capable of doing the job.
Of course he recognizes it.
Ugh. You're entitled to your take, but it misses the mark.
It's not my perception. There are some well connected recruiting insiders on here that for a few years have stated he isn't putting forth the effort he used to. He's not on the road as much. He's not going to as many tournaments.
