Sounds brilliant.
Clearly we are not going to be getting "big" help this year unless we develop it as painful as that probably will be to watch. I disagree only in that IMO Olander should get "mop up minutes" and nothing more. He can't defend(zero foot speed, no lateral quickness, horrible anticipation and judgement, no "hops", no athleticism, marginal strength so if he's not beat off the dribble he's pushed around and in foul trouble more often than not) and has one of the worst low post offensive games that I've ever seen.
I certainly understand your frustration(and even anger) with our "bigs" mau. I certainly share it more often than not. But, where Olander has been an unmitigated disaster, Brimah(especially) and Nolan deserve the opportunity to see what they can become. The plain fact is that without top quality 4s & 5s on the floor we get trashed by the majority of teams who would seriously contend for both league and national hardware. I think we all had our heads in the sand, after the unexpected success last year, regarding just how big a problem our talent at 4 & 5 was going to be down the road. We are getting pushed around by teams with middle of the pack talent at those positions. It is only(until Brimah and Nolan reach their potential ... If that will be enough for now) going to get worse. I'm sure, despite all the talk about "toughness", that the talent gap at those positions has hit the coaching staff square on the jaw. In fact, I'll bet serious money that that reality check happened a long time ago. I'm just going to grit my teeth and stay the course with KO while hoping between talent development and recruiting that we will be rooting for a serious national threat in the next 2-3 seasons.
Not as cocked as someone that think OC is the answer to lack of rebounding. ;^)
We've seen that lineup a lot already. They get steamrolled on the boards, can't defend low, and are easy to defend. Trap the ball and we can't get out.
