8 Man Rotation

[intlzncster]

. Larrier and Adams are the only recruits in the Ollie era I have seen that have real bb talent. But, it is the lack of bb smarts that is really killing the team as it makes silly play after silly play.

Alterique doesn't have real basketball talent? Come on.

 

[JSM1970]

Not if shooting is important in basketball

Alterique doesn't have real basketball talent? Come on.

 

[champs99and04]

I can understand that. I just don't think that the result would be different given the lack of depth and experience.

Plenty of guys would die to have a rotation of Purvis, Vital and Jackson to cover the 2 and the 3? Come on champs.

It's a bit of a difficult topic because, while on one hand I agree with you, this also assumes a predetermined outcome regarding the development of our three seniors. And that's the thing. Even though Vital and Jackson have been rushed into oversized roles, they aren't the ones losing us these games. Our seniors are.

It's quite possible that the three seniors weren't going to get it regardless of who they played for. It's quite possible that the erosion of the games most basic fundamentals that we have seen over the past couple years - an inability to seal the post, pass through the interior, screen with purpose, pivot away from traffic instead of into it... - lies purely on the shoulders of the players.

We can't know that, though, and in any event, Ollie recruited these kids and determined that he wanted to stick with them. This is unequivocally his program, and while the sanctions may have had a delayed effect, there is still plenty to work with when compared with what he did in 2012-13.

So I don't think it is a matter of giving him a pass or not giving him a pass. This season is just something that happened. There are plenty of extenuating circumstances to contextualize all this to be sure, but our three seniors still don't know how to play basketball and it is simply not something that can be written off. My suspicion is that this crop of players just didn't work out and that the next batch will return things to normalcy, but what's done is done and if he's going to be (deservedly) credited for the amazing work of his past teams than he needs to be blamed for this one.

 

[Pudge]

Did you watch Alterique?

Eyes. Are you like Jeff Goodman listening to 5-20 of your basketball cognoscenti. Alterique has burst explosiveness to the hole & extra great defensive quickness. He can shoot better through drills ... There's no poor form - aka Taliek Brown - and he will be better with games and reps and training.

 

[KingAG]

Ollie can coach. END OF STORY. He out coached izzo, Donavan, cal, and Hoiberg on the biggest stage when no one gave him a chance. Ollie is a huge reason bazz stayed and didn't transfer. Had ollie not been here we'd already be irrelevant. So the hate he gets on this board is absolutely astounding. The bottom line is because of INJURIES we are not a complete team. To say that vance and CV would start on any other GOOD college team is absolutely laughable. And no KS would not take our guys over the ones he has know. Did any of the ones saying that watch the game??? Houston is pretty good. They're a fringe top 25 tournament team, and they would be with ollie as there coach also. Ollie has earned our patience. He is not leading us to irrelevance he saved us from it!