How sad is it they we have to root for things like this because we know changes won't be made otherwise? With his defensive teaching and recent recruiting success I wouldn't want to lose Ricky but a big man coach for either Miller or Hobbs any day of the week.
Yep! But you and I aren't magicians either and if it's easier for people to make generalized conclusions with limited data as opposed to in depth analysis so be it. The position you are refuting is very similar to the foolish statements made that JC can't recruit a center or win the big won. It was obviously premature but easy for people to sound correct and intelligent. It's fools gold the same way people so easily were able to say KO and staff can't recruit based on one recruiting class. They chose to ignore the sanctions and coaching change impacts. They did not evaluate all of the conditions involved. Or these coaches can't coach bigs. They are choosing to ignore what these coaches are working with.
Ollie has credited Miller with the free throw shooting success. Miller is the one who came up with the various free drills that UConn now uses. Miller also made adjustment to Brimah's free throw shooting technique which led to his improvement. Without superior FT shooting in 2014 there is no NC.
I have been there and the facilities did not look horrible to me. Now I have not been other places besides temple, Maryland, Georgetown and Uconn but I did not see anything that would rate Rutgers horrible compared to the others.
He may good at teaching free throws but it doesn't surprise me he is a pg. But I have seen no evidence of his teaching big man specific skills. We need a big man to teach big men. Not saying miller is a bad coach in general just not good at teaching and developing skills that are specific to big men. Since he has been the big man coach I can't name one big man that has improved the way our guards have or the way previous big men have improved.
I know this is going to be a disaster but I am going to try and have a conversation on the boneyard without resulting into schoolyard taunts. I didn't know that our best big man's coach was a relatively short guy. So maybe your right a small guy who is very perceptive could teach big man skills. I will admit you are more knowledgeable than me so why do you think or what is the prevailing opinion on why in recent years are big men are not improving? Question open to anyone with a theory.
