Well, I mean clearly we can find two players in the portal that match their production from last year - given that they didn't produce at all. That's not the point. The point is that we no longer have any point guards on the roster -- not one. We need to find someone to fill RJ's role (first team All Big East) and then we need to find some capable of back-ups.
Or there's two ways to get the right people around him...
Good. Many of you don't want to hear it but this team NEEDED a complete rework. We started 3 players last year that couldn't shoot the ball. 3!! We had 1 player who could create his own shot and that guy was 6' tall. This roster need a complete shakedown. Some people fall in love with players and it's hard for them to realize that they are not really all that good.
How is it not the point?
I have zero doubt we’ll replace them. And I also have zero doubt that Hurley can evaluate talent. I do have a concern about his acumen at constructing a roster (and using it effectively). And I am a bit befuddled by the last couple of years of how he’s “built”/filled the PG position. It was a big weakness last year. And a big one this year. And that’s to take nothing away from RJ. But , again, there’s a reason why teams don’t find themselves in the position we are (PG-wise) right now. And it isn’t because our coach is smarter than everyone else.
Do you think Gaffney enjoyed hearing the words “Andre will be the starting point guard next year”?
He's getting at least six years barring something wild happening
The leap Andre took from December to March was monumental. He brought the ball up for us against Nova, while also shutting down gillespie at the same time.
This made me laugh out loud before I realized you didn’t mean the media
so he's got 2yrs... I tend to agree with you
Do you consider Cole and Martin Huskies? They were transfers.
Disagree with this and my HS coach friend does too. The biggest function is to shift the development/risk of freshmen to smaller schools so that power programs can poach all the good players they missed on, and reload when guys graduate or go NBA. I think you'll see fewer big programs taking on any 3 star kids as freshmen. They will instead grab the best of those players when they are sophomores and juniors.
Yes I do think it would work. I also think we should bring in a PG from the portal because they're not mutually exclusive.
I've been saying for a while now that next year will be a rebuilding year and that he will be on the hot seat going into 2023/2024. But it's definitely too early to say what will happen that far in the future. A rebuild next year could be good for us. We really need to revamp the offense and to do that we needed to revamp the roster. Now it's his job to fix it.
I think he can make a great backup PG next year. If we find a good starting PG and another guard that can handle the ball and give us 8-10mpg, we will be ok
Very similar to Brendan Adams' situation last year.
Danny Hurley is excellent at speaking to the media and providing actual content while maintaining the professionalism and privacy of the people he works with, players and coaches included.
