I don’t think we have a top 30-40 roster. But that’s a harder case to make.
It's disingenuous to crow about how many top-10 teams they've knocked off and then claim they don't have top-40 talent. It's illogical. It doesn't add up. You can get a fluky upset without that kind of talent but not four.
I agree ... inconsistency is a sign of weak/bad coaching. This team is not held accountable and it doesn’t appear to have clear expectations, especially on the defensive end of the court.
Agree to disagree
I've really wondered about this myself and this was a HUGE reason I got excited when he was hired... the bloodline and the things I hoped he learned from Rick. I always thought it was strange that he talked about Donovan as the one he modeled his style after.
That’s really a WCS you’re describing. Can’t believe many people are losing sleep over that possibility. Besides that raised floor serves the purpose of keeping all the lower level geriatrics off the court after occasional B1G upsets.
Totally agree and I think part of that is that he doesn't prepare his bench players to be players if called upon due to the fact HE DOESN'T PLAY THEM!! There have been so many situations where these 'bench players' could have gotten valuable playing time, but for whatever reason, he doesn't plug them in.
Great post .
This is definitely true. As I write, in Jeff Sagarin's ratings, the #20 team has a rating of 86.38, and the #70 team is at 80.44. That's six points, which on one hand is a pretty big spread when you convert it to win probability. But when you think about what six points means in the course of a game, it's a rebound, a good/bad shot selection, getting to a 50/50 ball, and an unforced turnover. The margin of victory and defeat is so small...it's the teams that play relatively mistake free, play as a team, move the ball, move their feet on defense, have good rebounding fundamentals--in other words, play efficiently and refined. That further emphasizes how important coaching is, not to mention what aspects of coaching. The guy who wins the press conference is going to talk about schemes, style, blah, blah, but the guy who wins games is going to instill fundamental soundness and a team that knows what it's doing out there. We don't have that here.
Yeah. You can win an extra 2-3 possessions a game per coaching.
You could describe Colt Iverson the same way. Doesn't mean he wasn't an adequate B1G center.
I always liked how he threw elbow.
Actually, I think MN turnovers are not bad at all, IIRC - in comparison.
Anecdotally I don’t think the team turnover numbers are that bad; but the turnover we do have are really bad and lead to points for the other team. They are often unforced turnovers. Ihnen getting passes from the wing to the top of the key intercepted for layups the other way just sticks in my head though there are probably only 4-5 of those the whole year
Both Carr and Tre are very, very guilty of sloppy ass passes. No questions.
Last game wasn’t so great - Tre with 2, Marcus with 3, and Jamal had 5 which is a pretty big number. Combine that with the trio not looking very good on D and you can see how the IL guards had the numbers they got.
Tough, smart, in-sych, willing, hard working, good rebounders.
Pitino to De Paul I predicted kind of on Feb 21
