Posters,
With little ones all around my time following the bball season (or any season) has been limited, but I am truly perplexed and need some fellow fans help understanding what happened and what is happening with the bball program.
Throughout the year Haith favored veterans and defense over potential and offense. He continually trotted the same guys out there expecting results that did not happen. We were very limited, but did not try anything new. In his opinion there were no opportunities for the young guys to be in games that "did not matter" and so we were relegated to the "old guard" for most of the season, albeit the two or three push over games that were for increased record, etc.
Then the season ended. As expected the young guys, who were given 0 credit and opportunity (again not able to follow practices or the insider info as others have so maybe they were just bad players/pieces/etc), are leaving- I understand this, especially if Haith was not up front about what this season was about for guys new to the program (other than Richie). But not only are we seeing those all leave, we are also seeing the guys that were given every opportunity and all the PT leave as well. This is either idiotic egos of guys leaving or terrible planning. Wouldn't logic dictate that you lift up certain players to the center of what you are doing next year? It seems that we have neither and the pieces we have left are role players at best, not dudes that you would run offense through (again personal opinion). I just don't get why those that were given the PT and the ball in their hands would go?
Perhaps the guys coming in are much better and will be given free reign? Perhaps that's who he will build around? I'd be for that. But I would also have been for doing that his year with Peyton, Williams, Shumate, Gendron, Early, etc. Help me understand, seriously. I need some perspective.
With little ones all around my time following the bball season (or any season) has been limited, but I am truly perplexed and need some fellow fans help understanding what happened and what is happening with the bball program.
Throughout the year Haith favored veterans and defense over potential and offense. He continually trotted the same guys out there expecting results that did not happen. We were very limited, but did not try anything new. In his opinion there were no opportunities for the young guys to be in games that "did not matter" and so we were relegated to the "old guard" for most of the season, albeit the two or three push over games that were for increased record, etc.
Then the season ended. As expected the young guys, who were given 0 credit and opportunity (again not able to follow practices or the insider info as others have so maybe they were just bad players/pieces/etc), are leaving- I understand this, especially if Haith was not up front about what this season was about for guys new to the program (other than Richie). But not only are we seeing those all leave, we are also seeing the guys that were given every opportunity and all the PT leave as well. This is either idiotic egos of guys leaving or terrible planning. Wouldn't logic dictate that you lift up certain players to the center of what you are doing next year? It seems that we have neither and the pieces we have left are role players at best, not dudes that you would run offense through (again personal opinion). I just don't get why those that were given the PT and the ball in their hands would go?
Perhaps the guys coming in are much better and will be given free reign? Perhaps that's who he will build around? I'd be for that. But I would also have been for doing that his year with Peyton, Williams, Shumate, Gendron, Early, etc. Help me understand, seriously. I need some perspective.