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02-21-2022, 03:15 PM | #22 | |
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It's one thing to shoot so many 3's when you are a bad shooting team, but you better attack the glass. I swear half the time our 3's are in the air our entire team is running back on defense. |
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02-22-2022, 05:26 PM | #26 | |
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Or... "Hey listen kid I love you but I have a very tough time seeing much if any playing time here for you in any future games" "Are you okay with wasting your talents on the bench?" "You could be an absolute BMOC hero somewhere" |
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02-22-2022, 05:30 PM | #27 | |
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We take away Banks' scholarship and that puts us at 0. I'm definitely not forcing DeJulius out next season, but if he chooses not to return for a 5th year then that puts us at +1. Same with Newman, although it seems like he is more certain to return next season. If McGinnis can't see the floor on such an underwhelming team then I assume he's candidate #1 to be "encouraged" to explore other options. If not McGinnis, then maybe Miller tells Madsen that he doesn't see a path for him to start next season and that Skilling/Reed will cut into his minutes, which encourages him to use his free transfer. Do I think Hensley is up to snuff for this level? No. Do I think Miller will/should give up on him after this year? No. Everyone else is in good standing with me, but I wouldn't be upset if MAW or Saunders chose to go elsewhere after this season in place of some of the aforementioned players. |
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02-22-2022, 05:38 PM | #28 | |
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Outside of that Hensley does not much for me. Nothing on offense for sure and maybe just a little on D. He's not good with the ball and so far he can't shoot a lick. DDJ could say see ya later. We don't have to offer a 5th scholarship year to Newman (or do we?). Although these are not the two guys I would like to see go anyway. Mason has a free transfer and so does Vik. Neither are playing as much as they want I am sure. Both seem to have some ability to get the crowd going but not always the coach |
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02-23-2022, 08:51 PM | #29 |
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A lot of you are suggesting Wes force out the same players you praised him for getting to come back. Maybe Brannen pushed so hard on these kids for the same reasons we are seeing on the court? Brannen had to scrap together a team the same way Wes had to but I still think they looked better under Brannen. They are getting worse as time goes on under Wes, which is never a sign of a good coach.
Obviously McGinnis would be a new one. I've questioned why so many were high on him when he was a UNCG commit for a reason. Same with Hensley. UC had basically become UNCG-North. |
02-23-2022, 10:31 PM | #30 |
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As much flak as the placeholder guys Wes brought in in MAY 2021 or later, the "core" of this team is Brannen guys, and none of them exactly inspire confidence. Assuming that DeJulius is gone because he will have options, the first candidate that I would tell to get lost, frankly, would be Davenport. He's a defensive liability and a total black hole on offense when he's not nailing a bunch of threes, but he fires away like he's Klay Thompson. Saunders I could take or leave. I would try to retain all of the "effort" guys like Hensley, Newman, MAW, Lakhin, Oguama, Madsen--guys who aren't going anywhere better and at least might be susceptible to being "coached" and will at least mostly play within their limitations. There is clearly still a cultural issue with this team, because yes while the talent level is low and offense sucks due to a lack of post prrsence, a lot of what plagues them could be remedied by effort and getting guys on the same page defensively.
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