Re: (7) Saturday BE Games 12/10/16
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REDMEN1415 wrote:Bill Marsh wrote:SJHooper wrote:I'm sorry but I just cannot except the platitudes anymore. Wait until next year. They are young! The year after next will be great! The truth is that we are told to wait and wait and wait and nothing every actually materializes. If this was a truly untalented team like last year, I could understand the lumps. It just wasn't there. But the talent was upgraded significantly...and somehow we have found a way to do WORSE to this point than we were last year. Let me repeat that for those still drinking their coffee...we are actually worse record wise right now than at this point last year. That was the worst team ever in our 100+ year history. And we are doing worse than that this year so far. Who do you blame for that other than the coach? As you get more talent and more experience, you are supposed to clearly improve. If that does not happen it suggests some level of incompetence. Like I've said and others have said...whatever "it" is....SJ just doesn't have it. You can feel it in your gut. You just know something's not right and I got the same feeling early on with Lavin. We hear time and time again about our youth and that once they are seniors they will magically turn into butterflies instead of remaining caterpillars. The standard for success in this program is now this: making the tourney once every 4 years (because remember they shouldn't be expected to win until they are seniors) and MAYBE winning a game. That is atrocious. Other teams have young players and they win every single year no matter how many of the players graduate, leave early for the NBA, or transfer. It's a myth that you can only expect teams to be good once every 4 years. Darien Williams is not a freshman, nor is Mussini, Yakwe, nor was Sima, nor is Owens, or Ahmed, or Amar. When you add much more talent and get another year of experience, you are expected to improve and that is not happening. What is so controversial about that? I get losing to MSU, Minny, even VCU. But man, to lose to Delaware State (with LoVett), barely get by CSUN, and now lose to LIU which is close to #300 Kenpom, the proof is in the pudding. Mullin looks overwhelmed and in way over his head, because he is.
Just curious. Didn't you want Lavin fired? Who are you replacing Mullin with?
I was excited with Lovett and Ponds in the backcourt. They are as good as advertised. I was expecting the guys from last year to be much improved, but not hardly.
Oh well.
I can't bitch in Mullins 2nd year and with the second youngest team in the ncaa. Hopefully we see improvement by February.
If you want to bitch, then atleast wait till next year when they'll be juniors and sophmores, Clark and Simon will be playing, and hopefully Zack can suit up.
I expect at the least the NIT next year.
Until then, bite your tongue