It's hyperbole to think it requires adding a 6 10, 7 foot AA. Against UConn Omier seemed to be playing not to foul because he realized how important he was to stay on the court. You have to relieve the pressure from him. All it may take is, as you put it, adding a rotational big for depth, someone proven from the portal. I sense that Coach has already tried from high school.
Hope so. Watson flashed in the limited minutes he got.
So with that logic because I played football I don't comprehend basketball is what you're saying? Kool. When you just used a lone 2013 team as the arguing point that he values size? #1 all the size on that team beyond tonye jekiri he didn't recruit. Also if you wanna argue that point further,other than kadji (who never played the role of a big at all. He literally carried that team with his shooting from all over the court if I remember correctly )the big who was on the team who had proved his value in Reggie Johnson his production and his minutes played etc went down. His starts disappeared. You literally used an arguing point of a team that proved what I'm saying. But let's pretend you knew what you're talking about and act like bigs played a legit role OF A BIG on that team. Than much like most football posters you're dwelling on nothing but the past to show a result. Your squad has multiple years in the form of every single season he's been here except 2013 where he's proved bigs don't play a significant role on his teams and to recruit a 6-9 guy at best in nwoko doesn't change that narrative. Hopefully he has another growth spurt. But until he does than it is what it is. A 6-11 200 lber isn't a big either by the way and his minutes played this season and his plan moving forward (since they just had exit meetings where the staff talks about your place in the program next season)obviously wasn't something that showed the kid he had a place here. He's not wrong to move on. But I'll go back to the football board now where atleast their dillusion is founded on something I suppose. By the way this football player has a top 50 overall across all boards & a top big his class big as a nephew. I might comprehend a lil more about the game than you seem to give me credit for. Obviously the game has changed. But an inside presence still requires a certain body structure to compete with everyone defensively or on the boards. Don't attempt to argue that. Unless ur gonna use rodman or chuck as ur soap box.
Agree. One of L’s strengths has always been that he’s not a particularly dogmatic coach when it comes to playing style. He’s always adjusted to whatever he has to work with on a given roster.
The point you are trying to make just comes across as unnecessarily critical.
Decent doesn't equal great (or even "very very good") so I agree with all including your last sentence. I just wonder how much NIL$ now has to do with these several portal exits... I could imagine for whatever reason Ruiz or others isn't ready to give them big bucks for next year, as they are bench-riders or undeveloped or worse, and somewhere else might find them getting a bigger piece of the (NIL) pie. This may be the new PortalPie$ predicament.
Coach L and staff (and we fans) got very lucky this year that there were very few starter injuries that lasted any length of time. We really were thin and if that had happened we might not be complimenting player development (of the 3 guys that exited this week, perhaps for better/more NIL hope$)
bingo
No. Just you.
Making room for transfers. I think kids are going to be lined up to play for coach L
You're right ... when it gets to the final 4. You're generally talking about teams that are very talented. They are the outliers.
No one has said this.
Bingo. It's about being able to match up against bigger teams. Unless you have a 7 foot unicorn, you need more than one guy that can pitch in and be effective.
Id be curious to see if he really WANTS size. I believe he wants some size at the 4 but I also think we don't even recruit elite bigs. I know 4 of which in this class and next class that have said as much. But I get what y'all are saying. I just have a different opinion. No biggie I could easily be wrong and I'd hope I am. But that's what his teams have always seemed to me. I don't consider Sam to be size either. He played **** near his entire time with us mainly on the perimeter. It's more a style of play thing for me I guess. But again I happily admit I'm lil more than a casual basketball fan. I'd love to see this become the norm when he builds this team out in some version of that reality. I wanna see us compete at this level when regularity comes back. Maybe this is simply what basketball is now with some of the dinosaur names of the game stepping away as coaches.
When I went with my nephews to his game against Michigan we had an unofficial with Juwan. I sat around with hunter for awhile. That would be amazing to get that kid here. Doubt it though. Doubt we even go after him.
