Anyone who honestly is sitting here disappointed is wildly out of touch with the reality of what was shat all over your TV screens and campus for the last 3 years.
The fact Hurley has this team playing well (for them), that they play hard consistently and at times - play above their head.. all while landing an actual real recruiting class by... you know - actually recruiting.
The entirety of this program was a grade-A dumpster fire that people were slow to see. Some still don't get it. This program stunk for three years - and it wasn't just because of the coach. It was the players too - almost all of whom are here still.
They play hard. They're fantastic kids as a group, although they have frustrating lapses. But that's why they're not at a P5 school. They are what they are. We'll treat 'em nice, hopefully they give us their all, graduate...
But that needs to come with something resembling perspective that this group ain't giving you the deep post season run you want. Or to beam you back to 2006. And it doesn't matter if prime Calhoun or Hurley or Jesus himself coached them.
We *literally* don't have much of a front court at all. Our guards are talented - but either have glaring flaws (Vital can't put a basketball on the floor), or are wildly inconsistent (Adams, Jalen). We're good enough if everything falls into place to sneak into the tournament, but with the losses so far and the conference being weak this year, I don't think it's going to be in the cards.
And guess what...
Next year might be more of the same while our actually talented kids figure out their college lives.
