SSHoya
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"Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown."
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Post by SSHoya on Feb 3, 2022 8:18:10 GMT -5
1a) Recruiting. 1b) GM/roster construction - making sure all the pieces fit. JT2 was a master of roster construction. JTIII struggled with it. Ewing is cognizant of matchup-problems with personnel, but evaluating/bringing the guys in from the high school level has been a challenge in filling needs. He has done well with graduate-transfers/transfers though. This current group has a lack of athleticism and height and defensive prowess at the 3,4, and 5 positions. As a result, we have tweeners trying to play against the trees inside. Opponents scoring at will inside the paint. Alley-oop dunks against us. Our bigs getting their shot and dunk attempts blocked. We have 1 primary ball-handler at guard. The rest of our "guards" are swing-guys, not necessarily deft ballhandlers. So that puts an enormous pressure on the PG to play a substantial amount of minutes. 2) Coaching half-court defense Wide-open 3's and guys having career nights against us behind the arc. These are the main source of the problems. Fix 2 and we can live with the personnel deficits. Fix 2 and we would have won a few games this year already and would have won more games during the Ewing era. Fix 1 and 2, we are annual contenders in college basketball. We have more than enough data points to know that this staff can't fix 2 If, as it appears, that Ewing is too stubborn to remake his staff and bring on an assistant coach who can teach defense, point #2, his tenure will end badly. Not a result I ever wished for but as many pointed out when he was hired, it was a risk the powers-that-be took and accepted.
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