Dear lord make it stop

[QDOG5]

The lack of any kind of consistency in who got minutes and what role they had was a KO staple and probably led to many of the departures last year.

We'll see what happens this year.

Fun fact: Onuorah got more minutes this year than Diarra, and had 3 times fewer points, 20% fewer rebounds, half as many blocks, and twice as many turnovers.

Stats like that call for a contract extension!

 

[Towney007]

In other words, I have no idea what KO is doing.

Ha - Ollie doesn't know what he's doing....

Diarra, Carlton, Kwintin, and Whaley, while also having some noticeable flaws each do a couple things well and with proper coaching can be significant contributors as upperclassman.

That's where i'm at when we're all said and done and it's what I just don't get. Why Diarra, Whalley and Carlton weren't playing most of the time is something I'll never understand - especially when O really demonstrated that he clearly wasn't good enough to be here in anything other than as a small bit player - and yet he's gobbling minutes. I mean forget the ability even - it's just practical that he's not going to be here next year and isn't capable of really helping you much this year. There's no earthly reason to play him so much.

That's why I'm really dying to see a competent head coach get ahold of this group. Because while I do think we're a little soft, we are also a lot more talented than people want to admit - and my biggest problem with Ollie has been his ability to pull the absolute worst out of each of these kids. Especially if Adams is coming back next year (which it sounds like it might actually happen), then with Wilson added in - there's actually legitimate talent here - enough to at least not embarrass themselves.

There's a lot of IFS in there, but IF we get a new coach, and don't get totally demolished by transfers - I think it's going to shock people how much more even a middling coach gets out of this group of players than Ollie was able to.. and that's when it's going to settle in as to just how bad of a coach Ollie's been the last few years.

 

[BlueDogs]

Going to be another painful March. I was hoping for at least another game and a sliver of hope we might make a little showing, but even beating SMU was asking too much apparently. Terrible coach with mediocre players equals one and done.

 

[CL82]

Good news - I missed the game.
Bad news - I was with my daughter at the University of Cincinnati where she will enroll in the fall.
I have been forsaken.

If this bothers you trying saying "please make it soup" until you feel better.