05-25-2016, 10:21 AM | #911 |
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Playing time. I believe playing time is above anything.
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05-25-2016, 10:27 AM | #913 |
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I am curious about one thing, what are peoples expectations? That the staff get every recruit they go after? What should the hit rate be? What do you think Coach K, or Cal's hit ratio is? Yes they get higher players, but my guess would be that their hit rates aren't as high as you may think. Competition is fierce, and young men are fickle and impressionable. If this were easy, everyone would win a championship every year.
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There are a lot of factors towards poor recruiting. Sure, the coaching staff does get some blame. But a poor arena and sub-par conference that gets few eyes doesn't help either. Trying to find "that one thing", which to you seems to be the coaches, and others seems to be amenities, etc. is silly. |
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05-25-2016, 11:05 AM | #915 | |
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And positivity is a matter of perspective. L-T is viewed as being negative by many, but he has been the top person on the board when it comes to talking up everything The University of Cincinnati has to offer. It's pretty simple on this board...there is the narrative that Cronin is a perfect person, who is doing a perfect job, and is working miracles. And there is the narrative that some people hate Cronin and want to tear down anything and everything he's done at any cost. Neither are really true. But being on the other side of a "positive" and "happy" person's issue, doesn't automatically make you "negative" and "unhappy". Surely you understand that. |
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05-25-2016, 11:21 AM | #917 |
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I agree waterhead, now it comes down to is anyone worth the scholly at this point, I don't think you add a body just to add one, but hopefully you have planned that if option A and B fall through there is an option C, if not shame on them. But sometimes I guess option C could be gone by the time you know A&B are as well, who knows.
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05-25-2016, 11:30 AM | #919 | |
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First off I want to say when I said I wanted Van Exel as an assistant I thought he had AAU coaching experience too. I did a quick search but didn't find anything. Not that he isn't qualified now, like Jacob said he was an instructor for player development for the Hawks, but having those AAU connections as a coach would be an even bigger help for his case as an assistant.
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I think the number one factor of why we don't get big time recruits is our snail like pace of basketball. If I was not a diehard fan of UC, I would HATE watching our games. They are boring. We can't score on the road and have droughts of 8+ minutes every game. It hurts my eyes watching it. We are not in the Big East anymore as a team who can't compete. We are in a lesser conference and are a top-two program in said conference. We should be taking our athletes and pitting them against the other teams to see who can run and score the most. Do I want to give up 75 points a game? No. But, we can win games 75-67 and still play tremendous defense. Someone mentioned ND, Cuse, Virginia, Wisconsin as teams who play slow. Well, yes. But they are also the most efficient offenses in the country. Strides need to be made towards more efficient offense players who can still play solid defense. Not lock down defenders who struggle to reach 50 while on the road. Last edited by Bearcat513; 05-25-2016 at 11:33 AM. |
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