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So we have no proven bigs and L brings in one guy who is out half the season and another guy who is sitting out the whole season. WTF?
 
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rokulika said:
Since our frontcourt will be a weakness no matter what, here is what I'd do:

Starting 5: Lykes / Vasiljevic / Beverly / McGusty / Miller

Bench: Wong, Walker, Waardenburg
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Is Gak not available? SIAP.

With what you listed. Concerns would be: (1) In Italy, it seemed Beverly wasn't as far along in his development as I had hoped (that may change before Louisville); and (2) if you're playing a guard-heavy lineup, can Miller run the court well enough?
 
jmandel9 said:
Basically he is punting the season. It is very clear he is loading up for a run in 2020-2021. I don't care how good they think Rodney Miller is he can't be your only true big to start a season.
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Even though this makes NO SENSE; you can technically do this (in bold) AND be competitive this season.

These are not mutually exclusive things.
 
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So we are going into this season with the same depth issues that plagued us last year? He better not continue to recite it as an excuse.
 
Consigliere said:
I hope Coach is considering playing 4 guards at a time.
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I don't think he has a choice. Our only healthy bigs are Miller, Sam (barely a big), and Walker. Stone is out til January, Brooks is shirting (makes zero sense to me still), and no one has confirmed that Gak is healthy enough to play yet.
 
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Gables Canes said:
So we are going into this season with the same depth issues that plagued us last year? He better not continue to recite it as an excuse.
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He is a medicore game day coach, solid recruiter, and a terrible roster manager. He has brought UM basketball to some prevalence but if he doesn't fix these issues next year and I still hear him using the depth as an excuse, I want him gone.
 
Allabouttheu95 said:
He is a medicore game day coach, solid recruiter, and a terrible roster manager. He has brought UM basketball to some prevalence but if he doesn't fix these issues next year and I still hear him using the depth as an excuse, I want him gone.
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I'd say he's a very solid game day coach and, most often, an uninspiring recruiter.
 
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hotshot said:
I'd say he's a very solid game day coach and, most often, an uninspiring recruiter.
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I disagree. I think his X's and O's are well below average. Ever since we lost that assistant a couple of years ago (don't remember his name) our offense has become non existent. I will agree his in game adjustments are solid on the defensive end. In regards to recruiting, signing a couple top 10 classes at Miami is impressive.
 
Coach L went to a school where BBall was not much higher thought of than baseball, and had a history of dropping the sport all together. He had some nice credentials and made a silk purse out of a sow a year or 2. Getting that done in the prestigious ACC was good for the ego as well as us fans. And he gets a good paycheck, and so far unlimited run of the ship with Blake Lame hardly worth a nod.

But (and I wouldn't go so far as to say Coach L sucks like just said in another thread here) "lazy" comes to mind (as in resting on your laurel), uninspired, possibly understaffed assistants-wise (due to Blake funding). Results and future results have a rather poor horizon; ie - my patience ("our" patience?) may be wearing as thin as the roster.
 
I give Coach great credit for his work here at UM. That "double" ACC championship he pulled off, I never thought I'd ever see accomplished. It should be pointed out, though, that Coach Ham did win (actually share) a Big East title in a conference that, at that time, rivaled the ACC in quality. Both of those teams are the highlights of UM hoops since 1985.
 
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