kayako wrote:stever20 wrote:
It shows even moreso the situation. Also the 2 guys that are back are more post type guys. College basketball is a guards game- has been for a while.
I think if Moore had been healthy from the jump, it's a totally different story this year. But he wasn't. I think that's the thing about this year, not really the coach all that much.
Lack of returning minutes, injuries, Collin Gillespie, Justin Moore, lack of guards, you guys are bending over backwards for Kyle Neptune. All other programs deal with same exact issues. Nova's injury situation is no worse than most teams, especially with Moore which was known since last April.
Bending over backwards???
As a Villanova fan you’re badly underrating Gillespie and Moore. College basketball is a guard’s game and you just lost one of last year’s elite backcourts. Most teams have NOT lost the exact same thing because they never had the exact same thing to begin with.
And you’re complaining about minutes being brought into the conversation? The only reason is that minutes were brought up is because you erroneously stated that they brought back 4 players from a Final Four rotation. Jay went with a short bench last year. They only went 6 deep. Claiming that guys who only came in for a couple of minutes here or there were a significant part of a Final Four rotation is simply wrong. It was corrected as a point of fact, not to make excuses for the coach. And how does knowing about Moore’s injury since last April help? It’s still a loss of the guy who was expected to be the team leader and the team’s best player.
You can beat up on your first year coach to your heart’s content. I don’t care. But the guy needs the support of fans if he’s going to succeed. Dumping on him and blaming him for the fact that the team isn’t having the success it has had in recent years isn’t helping the situation.
I say this as someone who’s always liked the Villanova program. I cheered for you guys in ‘85, in ‘16, and in ‘18. I loved Gillespie and hoped that team would go as far as possible. One of my grandkids was just accepted at Nova and is leaning toward going there. Another grandkid is a HS junior and has Nova at the top of his list for applications. My point is that I have nothing against you guys and would like your team to do well. I also have no reason to make excuses for Neptune. I think I’m simply being realistic about what this team was coming into the season and what it is now. As a fan you have other stresses on you. You’re free to reject anyone else’s perspective as you have been. But the notion that any of us are making excuses for the coach is frankly absurd. What’s our motive to do that?