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Message: [QUOTE="superjohn, post: 2163457, member: 1522"] One bad year and overachieved in the others? His best regular season was his first year with the bull APR ban. He kept them focused all year and they played with passion from the opening game until the last which was really impressive considering the postseason bans. His following regular season was just OK considering the talent we had and the league we play in but what he did in the tournament was amazing/historic. Since then it's two disappointing seasons and a disaster of a season followed by half the team leaving for other schools. He has had 5 seasons as head coach, first two good and next three pretty bad to worse. I wouldn't feel so negative about things if you could see an upward trajectory but everything is going in the wrong direction right now. I don't understand why so many people are assuming we are a tournament team next season? We return two healthy players who have played a full season, no returning frontcourt talent and a weak recruiting class. Gilbert is really good but is coming off two major shoulder injuries and only a couple of games as a college player, Larrier has talent but basically hasn't played games in a couple of years. If Jalen has a Kemba like junior year, Gilbert and Larrier are injury free and play like studs, we grab another good guard and two post players who can rebound and defend then we would/should have a good season. It's also asking a whole lot to break right. If Jalen and Larrier leave after another subpar season it will be frightening to think what our team and recruiting will look like. Rooting like hell for Ollie to turn things around but he has a mess on his hands. Some posters here don't seem to want to recognize the reality of the situation. I also wish it was different but pretending things are fine won't make the reality of the situation go away. [/QUOTE]

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